England mixed disability

Vitality IT20 Mixed Disability Series: England's Mixed Disability team defeated India by 65 runs in the opening day/night match of the Vitality IT20 Mixed Disability Series here at Taunton, the home of the Somerset County Cricket Club on Saturday (local time).

Before the match and the series began, both the teams and officials at the ground kept a one-minute silence as a mark of respect to the victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash on June 14.

Both the teams' players wore black armbands to mourn the tragedy too. After they were asked to bat first, England's Mixed Disability team put up a formidable total of 182 for five in 20 overs, with C Flynn (70, 47b, 7x4, 1x6) and L O'Brien (64, 34b, 8x4, 2x6) smashing superb half-centuries and putting up a mammoth 122-run partnership for the third wicket in just 70 balls.