“They bowled outstandingly. They showed exactly how to play in these conditions, as you would expect. They just managed to get a little bit of nibble. It was the seam movement this morning when you hit a good area [and] that made it quite tough. That accounted for obviously a few wickets in our top-order,” Knight said during the post-match press conference.

The English captain lavished praise on Vastrakar, who dismissed Sophie Dunkley (15) and Nat Sciver-Brunt for zero  off successive deliveries. “I thought PJ [Vastrakar] in particular was outstanding...the late seam [movement] that she got off the wicket... [It’s a] good lesson to our bowlers about how to bowl in these conditions. Obviously, with the spin, it was quite extreme,” Knight added.