England v Ireland: first women’s cricket one-day international – live

Updates from the first ODI, 1pm BST start at Leicester Sign up to receive The Spin newsletter | And mail Geoff Plenty of England players resting for this series, so Charlie Dean is captaining in place of Nat Sciver-Brunt.

Dean has the coin fall her way and wants to chase.

Ireland captain Gaby Lewis says she would have batted anyway, in time-honoured style.

Hello! It’s the first of September, which still counts as summer in the north of Europe, and it’s time for cricket.

Been a long while since we had a women’s bilateral series in England this season, having come through the Hundred and before that the T20 World Cup, but we’re back now on the bread and butter of the international game.

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