Sophie Ecclestone He faced embarrassment after tumbling in the field during the final over of the first innings in the decisive third T20 match between India and England at The Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton on Tuesday, June 3.
Charlotte Dean won the toss for the home team and elected to field first, after which the Women in Blue scored a healthy 180/5 in 20 overs on the back of Harmanpreet Kaur's unbeaten 56 off 40 balls and useful innings from Yastika Bhatia and Deepti Sharma.
Something very strange happened on the field on the last ball of the first innings. Left-arm spinner Ecclestone bowled a brilliant yorker to Richa Ghosh, who edged it straight to the bowler. Harmanpreet, who was batting at the non-striker's end, went far back and carelessly walked towards the batting end. Ghosh also started running towards the bowler's end, knowing that he would never be able to complete the run.
The ball went straight to Ecclestone and Ghosh had taken only four steps by then. However, the England cricketer faltered. Still, when he caught the ball, he had enough time to run out Ghosh. However, when Ecclestone finally took control of the ball, he still had plenty of time to settle himself and deliver an underarm throw to hit the stumps. However, she missed and the Indian wicketkeeper-batsman completed the run.
Ecclestone had to face defeat after his mistake. His companions also laughed. However, England did not suffer the brunt of this mistake and achieved the target of 181 runs with six wickets and nine balls to spare. The home team won the three-match series 2–1, with Ellis Capsey being named Player of the Match as well as Player of the Series.
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