before lunch

The warm atmosphere and friendly body language we saw when the two men first met in the Oval Office just before lunch did not seem quite so pronounced when they emerged after talks about three hours later.

India took three wickets before lunch despite captain Jasprit Bumrah being unable to bowl because of injury, but Travis Head and Beau Webster saw Australia to their target of 162 in just 27 overs to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

India's innings was finally ended when Deep was stumped off Travis Head for 31 five overs into the final day, but no play further play was possible before lunch because of rain and the threat of lightning.

Opener Anneke Bosch fell in the second over of the day, but a stand of 92 between Laura Wolvaardt and Annerie Dercksen helped the hosts rebuild until the latter was caught at slip off Filer from the final ball before lunch.

But Knight threw Filer the ball for a short burst before lunch and it produced the desired result, with Dercksen fending off a short ball to slip where Ecclestone took a cracking one-handed rebound catch.