England vs India LIVE: Fifth women's T20, Edgbaston – cricket score, video clips, radio & highlights – BBC

India set England 167 to win
Verma top-scores with 75 from 41; Dean 3-23, Ecclestone 2-28
England won the toss and bowl
Hosts bring in Bouchier, Arlott & Smith for Capsey, Bell & Filer; India hand debut to Goud
Fifth T20, Edgbaston – India hold unassailable 3-1 series lead
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Elizabeth Botcherby
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
India will feel they're about 15 runs short based on how Shafali Verma got started.
But with England not in the best place, they've got enough on the board to cause them trouble if they bowl well.
Charlie Dean for me was the pick of the bowlers. The seamers tried but they're going to have to think about getting the execution right.
Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
India's score could've been a few more, could've been a few less. It's a few above par but not out of reach for an England team with the firepowwr to chase that down.
So India set a target of 168 for England in the fifth and final T20 in Edgbaston.
The hosts picked up wickets in regular interval but Shafali Verma's 41-ball 75 has given India a fighting total.
Em Arlott oversteps and India has a free hit.
But the England bowler recovers well, restricting Arundhati Reddy to a single off the free hit.
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
If India get to 170, it's going to feel like a very different game.
Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
That is clever batting, Reddy flipping the ball over her shoulder down to fine leg.
This time, Arundhati Reddy finds the boundary through fine leg.
This is turning into a good final over for India.
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
This is what makes India dangerous. A batter coming in at nine and able to hit a seam bowler up and over mid-off.
That's a really well executed shot.
Nice footwork from Arundhati Reddy, batting at number nine, as she comes down the wicket and smacks Em Arlott over mid-off for a boundary.
Arundhati Reddy is the new batter in as Sophie Ecclestone ends the over with a dot.
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Good catch in the deep and that could be the difference between 165 and 180.
Maybe that wicket of Richa Ghosh will stem the flow.
Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Richa Ghosh goes, that could be a pivotal moment.
Ghosh c Bouchier b Ecclestone 24 (Ind 154-7)
Richa Ghosh has kept the scoreboard ticking for India, playing some fine shots.
But her innings end with a scoop into the hands of Maia Bouchier.
Sophie Ecclestone has her second wicket.
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
If India get to 165 then I'll be a bit nervous for England.
Sophie Ecclestone will bowl the penultimate over of the innings.
How much can India get on the board here?
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Issy Wong has gone for a lot tonight.
I've watched her and thought that she's tried the right deliveries, the execution just hasn't been right.
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
That is a very smart shot from Radha Yadav
A bit of a gift when you ball it that full but what I like is that she didn't try to hit it too hard, she just dinked it.
Issy Wong finishes her allotment with a nine-run over, taking her figures to 0-47.
In her penultimate ball, Radha Yadav steps across the line and Wong fires a full toss which is helped on its way to the boundary by the India batter.
Ebony Rainford-Brent
Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
A ball on leg stump is not what the doctor ordered when you've set a field for the batter to hit straight.
It's a gift.
Linsey Smith bowls the 17th over and goes for eight runs.
She is whacked over square leg by Richa Ghosh off her fourth delivery.
India are still scoring at a run rate of 8.11 here.
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