<p>Indian women bowlers once again came to the rescue to check England’s lead on the second day of the one-off Test here on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Surpassing a slender 22-run lead, the Charlotte Edwards-led team had reached 84 for six in 38 overs until latest reports on a rain affected day. <br /><br />The hosts lost early wickets but were looking steady at 73 for three when play resumed after rain interruption cost them two more wickets with a lead of just 62 runs.<br /><br />Jhulan Goswami (2/20) started the rot after scalping opnener Heather Knight for nought and Shikha Pandery (1/22) soon got the other opener and danger-woman Lauren Winfield for 35.<br />Left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht also picked two wickets (2/8) to give the Mithali Raj-led team some hope in the low-scoring game.<br /><br />Sharing the new ball with Jhulan, Nirangana Nagarajan bagged four wickets in the first innings to skittle out the hosts for 92 runs.<br /><br />Indian batting though, faltered in the first innings as they were bundled for 114 in 64.2 overs. Nirangana also contributred with the bat, top-scoring with 27 runs.<br /><br />England medium-pacer Gun bagged a fifer with Kate Cross picking three wickets.<br />The match now hangs in balance as another two days of play are still left to decide the winner.<br /><br />Brief score: England 92 and 84/6 in 38 overs (Lauren Winfield 35, Charlotte Edwards 20; Nirangana Nagarajan 4-19) vs India 114 (Smriti Mandhana 22, Nirangana Nagarajan; Jenny Gun 5-19.</p>
<p>Indian women bowlers once again came to the rescue to check England’s lead on the second day of the one-off Test here on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Surpassing a slender 22-run lead, the Charlotte Edwards-led team had reached 84 for six in 38 overs until latest reports on a rain affected day. <br /><br />The hosts lost early wickets but were looking steady at 73 for three when play resumed after rain interruption cost them two more wickets with a lead of just 62 runs.<br /><br />Jhulan Goswami (2/20) started the rot after scalping opnener Heather Knight for nought and Shikha Pandery (1/22) soon got the other opener and danger-woman Lauren Winfield for 35.<br />Left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht also picked two wickets (2/8) to give the Mithali Raj-led team some hope in the low-scoring game.<br /><br />Sharing the new ball with Jhulan, Nirangana Nagarajan bagged four wickets in the first innings to skittle out the hosts for 92 runs.<br /><br />Indian batting though, faltered in the first innings as they were bundled for 114 in 64.2 overs. Nirangana also contributred with the bat, top-scoring with 27 runs.<br /><br />England medium-pacer Gun bagged a fifer with Kate Cross picking three wickets.<br />The match now hangs in balance as another two days of play are still left to decide the winner.<br /><br />Brief score: England 92 and 84/6 in 38 overs (Lauren Winfield 35, Charlotte Edwards 20; Nirangana Nagarajan 4-19) vs India 114 (Smriti Mandhana 22, Nirangana Nagarajan; Jenny Gun 5-19.</p>