England were well beaten by India in their winner-takes-all third one-day international in Chester-le-Street as the tourists clinched a 2-1 series win.
After a ragged performance in the field left England needing a women’s ODI record 319 for victory, the hosts were 8-2 in the third over after Kranti Goud dismissed openers Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones.
Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt put on 162 with Emma Lamb, who supported with 68, to resurrect the chase but gloved a catch down the leg side on 98.
From there 121 runs were still needed and, despite 34 from Sophia Dunkley, 44 from Alice Davidson-Richards and 21 from Charlie Dean, it always felt an England win was a long shot.
Dunkley was run out in disappointing fashion in the 40th over and, despite some lower-order hitting reducing England’s margin of defeat to 13 runs, 21-year-old seamer Goud returned to wrap up the lower order and finish with 6-52 – her maiden five-wicket haul.
England were bowled out for 305 in the final over.
Earlier, not helped by a series of misfields, they were unable to stop India piling up 318-5 with India captain Harmanpreet Kaur stroking 102 from 84 balls.
