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England women's cricket team in India in 2001–02

The English women's cricket team toured India in January 2002. They played India in 5 One Day Internationals and 1 Test match. India won the ODI series 5–0, whilst the Test match was drawn.[1][2]

Squads

 India[3]  England[4]

Tour Matches

50-over match: Women's Cricket Association of India v England

4 January 2002
Scorecard
Women's Cricket Association of India
137/9 (50 overs)
v
 England
139/4 (46.1 overs)
Dwarakanath Kamashki 34 (78)
Dawn Holden 2/9 (6 overs)
Arran Brindle 65* (154)
Seema Bhowmick 1/20 (6 overs)
England Women won by 6 wickets
Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai
Umpires: Krishnamachari Bharatan (Ind) and Ramamurthy Sundar (Ind)
  • Toss not known.

2-day match: Women's Cricket Association of India v England

11–12 January 2002
Scorecard
Women's Cricket Association of India
v
101 (41.2 overs)
Sulakshana Naik 44 (51)
Dawn Holden 3/25 (11 overs)
148 (57 overs)
Caroline Atkins 42 (104)
Savita Nirala 4/10 (7 overs)
146/9d (54 overs)
Reema Malhotra 32 (51)
Helen Wardlaw 6/33 (18 overs)
59/4 (20 overs)
Jane Smit 32* (54)
Usha Bhogade 2/12 (7 overs)
Match drawn
Tata Energy Research Institute Oval, Gurgaon
Umpires: Bishan Das (Ind) and Paramjit Singh (Ind)
  • Women's Cricket Association of India won the toss and elected to bat.

50-over match: Women's Cricket Association of India v England

19 January 2002
Scorecard
England 
202/6 (50 overs)
v
Women's Cricket Association of India
92 (36 overs)
Caroline Atkins 96* (139)
Amita Patel 1/14 (6 overs)
Reema Malhotra 25 (34)
Clare Connor 3/1 (3 overs)
England Women won by 110 runs
Middle Income Group Club Ground, Mumbai
Umpires: Kiran Anja (Ind) and Avdhoot Gokhale (Ind)
  • Women's Cricket Association of India won the toss and elected to field.

50-over match: Women's Cricket Association of India v England

23 January 2002
Scorecard
Women's Cricket Association of India
149/8 (50 overs)
v
 England
153/7 (49.2 overs)
Amita Patel 28* (61)
Clare Connor 2/10 (6 overs)
Jane Smit 30 (87)
Bindeshwari Goyal 2/25 (10 overs)
England Women won by 3 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Sunil Dighe (Ind) and Anil Karve (Ind)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to field.

WODI Series

1st ODI

6 January 2002
Scorecard
England 
106 (44.4 overs)
v
 India
110/2 (27.4 overs)
Clare Connor 22 (59)
Neetu David 4/14 (9 overs)
Mithali Raj 36* (33)
Arran Brindle 1/10 (2 overs)
India Women won by 8 wickets
Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai
Umpires: Kutticode Murali (Ind) and G. A. Pratapkumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Neetu David (Ind)

2nd ODI

8 January 2002
Scorecard
England 
71/7 (23 overs)
v
 India
72/1 (20 overs)
Dawn Holden 13* (18)
Jhulan Goswami 3/8 (5 overs)
Anjum Chopra 37* (57)
India Women won by 9 wickets
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Chandra Kumar (Ind) and Ramesh Jadhav (Ind)
Player of the match: Jhulan Goswami (Ind)
  • India Women won the toss and elected to field.
  • Match reduced to 23 overs per side due to rain.
  • Helen Wardlaw (Eng) and Nooshin Al Khadeer (Ind) both made their WODI debuts.

3rd ODI

9 January 2002
Scorecard
India 
191/5 (50 overs)
v
 England
78 (42.3 overs)
Mamatha Maben 53* (86)
Lucy Pearson 1/26 (10 overs)
Arran Brindle 21 (47)
Mithali Raj 3/4 (4.3 overs)
India Women won by 113 runs
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Ivaturi Shivram (Ind) and P Prakash (Ind)
Player of the match: Mithali Raj (Ind)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI

21 January 2002
Scorecard
England 
142 (48 overs)
v
 India
143/5 (41.4 overs)
Arran Brindle 55 (112)
Neetu David 4/13 (10 overs)
Anjum Chopra 49* (95)
Lucy Pearson 2/24 (10 overs)
India Women won by 5 wickets
Middle Income Group Club Ground, Mumbai
Umpires: B. Jamula (Ind) and V. M. Gupte (Ind)
Player of the match: Anjum Chopra (Ind)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Amrita Shinde (Ind) made her WODI debut.

5th ODI

24 January 2002
Scorecard
England 
180/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
182/4 (46.4 overs)
Arran Brindle 67 (128)
Neetu David 1/28 (8 overs)
Amrita Shinde 78 (124)
Clare Taylor 1/17 (8 overs)
India Women won by 6 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Pune
Player of the match: Amrita Shinde (Ind)
  • England Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Only Test

14 – 17 January 2002
Scorecard
v
314 (165.3 overs)
Caroline Atkins 90 (–)
Neetu David 4/88 (51 overs)
312/9 (146 overs)
Hemlata Kala 110 (–)
Clare Connor 2/32 (16 overs)
Match drawn
K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Rajan Seth (Ind) and S. K. Bansal (Ind)
Player of the match: Hemlata Kala (Ind)

References