15:36 (IST)
INDW 85/1 (f/o) after 26 overs (Shafali 55, Deepti 18)
Spin from the other end as Ecclestone comes into the attack. Bowls a poor line off the third, down the leg side, and Shafali collects two runs, via byes, after helping the ball on its way. Just two off the over.
15:33 (IST)
INDW 83/1 (f/o) after 25 overs (Shafali 55, Deepti 18)
Cross will complete her fifth over, which had to be stopped owing to rain yesterday. Two slips in place, the keeper too has been called up. And she does a tidy job, keeping things tight. Maiden over.
15:30 (IST)
Alright then. Time for live action. Shafali and Deepti are out in the middle. Cross to start the proceedings for England.
15:15 (IST)
Meanwhile, the good news is that live action is underway at Southampton. After being asked to bat, India are 8/0 against New Zealand.
15:07 (IST)
Indian opener Smriti Mandhana said that the conditions were still good for batting and with talented batter Shafali Verma going strong, her side "were in a good position" in the one-off Test against England.
Click here to read what Mandhana said about India’s position in the Test
14:50 (IST)
Shafali Verma continued to amaze the cricketing world with her audacious strokeplay as she became only the fourth player in the history of women's Tests to two half centuries on debut, taking India to 83 for 1 at stumps on the third day of one-off Test against England.
14:40 (IST)
Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the fourth and final day of the one-off women's Test between England and India at Bristol's County Ground. Only 45.5 overs were possible on a rain-marred Day 3, but Shafali Verma (55*) and Deepti Sharma (18*) will resume the visitors' follow-on at 83-1, still trailing England by 82 runs. Join us as we build-up towards what should be an exciting final day.
Live Score updates England Women vs India Women Test Day 4: Spin from the other end as Ecclestone comes into the attack. Bowls a poor line off the third, down the leg side, and Shafali collects two runs, via byes, after helping the ball on its way. Just two off the over.
Only 45.5 overs were bowled, but India will still have work to do when the match resumes on Saturday.
India resumed the day on 187-5, which was still 60 runs behind follow-on, but a flurry of wickets from Sophie Ecclestone put the visitors in trouble at 197/8. While England wasted no time in taking the second new ball, Anya Shrubsole wrapped up the Indians’ first innings at 231, half an hour before lunch. India were still 16 runs behind the follow-on total, and the hosts enforced follow-on thereafter.
India went to lunch at 29/1, having lost Smriti Mandhana early. The start of the post-lunch session was delayed by half an hour due to rain, and once play resumed, India surpassed the 50-run mark before rain played spoilsport once again. India went to the second rain break at 57/1, still trailing by 108 runs, but Shafali Verma (45*) was looking in good touch with Deepti Sharma (1*).
The match resumed once again after the rain receded few minutes later, and Shafali got to her second fifty of the match, thereby becoming the youngest woman to hit two half-centuries in a debut Test.
Rain halted play again around tea time, with India’s score reading 83/1, trailing the hosts by 82 runs. With the rain becoming heavy this time and refusing to recede, the umpires called for tea break, and with the rain continuing to play spoilsport, it was later decided that there would be an early stumps.
The duo of Shafali and Deepti have so far forged a partnership of 54 for the second wicket.
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