England A 112 for 4 (Prasad 23, MacDonald-Gay 3-19) beat India A 111 (Grewcock 29*) by six wickets
Ryana MacDonald-Gay continued her scintillating bowling form by taking three for 19 as England A won their T20 series decider with India A.
Surrey fast bowler MacDonald-Gay is the Vitality Blast's leading wicket-taker, and had taken two scalps in each of the first two matches in the series, before headlining an exemplary bowling exhibition at the Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford.
MacDonald-Gay has 20 T20 wickets in nine outings this campaign, having recently recovered from a low level lumbar spine bone stress injury - which forced her to miss last year's Hundred and the first month of this season.
Having rolled India for 111, the batters finished off the job with 20 balls to spare and secured a come-from-behind series victory with a six-wicket win.
Each side had won one apiece in the first two clashes at Northampton, to set up an intriguing decider. England chose to bowl and backed it by putting in an almost flawless bowling and fielding display, although it didn't start that way.
Alexis Stonehouse dropped Gunalan Kamalini in her first over, after a misunderstanding with MacDonald-Gay, but got her wicket in her second over, thanks to MacDonald-Gay's high-quality grab over her shoulder.
After tight overs from Stonehouse, MacDonald-Gay and Grace Potts, spinner Sophia Smale found Dinesha Vrinda bulleting a catch for deep midwicket - England well on top by restricting the tourists to 21 for 2 in the powerplay.
They had only improved that to 42 at the halfway mark, with Anushka Sharma spooning to mid-off to add to their woes, as the home side rarely veered away from the lines. Shweta Sehrawat carved Stonehouse to point and Niki Prasad chipped to mid-off as the batters struggled to time anything on a stoppy pitch.
Minnu Mani and Uma Chetry finally managed to put a meaningful partnership together - putting on 34 for the sixth - but MacDonald-Gay stifled that momentum. She had Mani caught at mid-off before keeper Kira Chathli pulled off a stunning one-gloved catch next ball. The subsequent hat-trick ball only missed the off stump by a whisker.
Smale's caught and bowled and a run out in the final over topped of an exceptional effort, as India were bowled out for 111.
Ella McCaughan - who had scored centuries on her previous two visits to the ground with Hampshire - learned from India's mistakes and swept behind square strongly, but it was a dead-straight blast down the ground that really drew the eye.
But England's chase was largely gritty and lacked panache. Grace Scrivens was stumped, Chathli run out, and McCaughan bowled, but as runs constantly flowed, there was no drama. Bess Heath eventually knocked off the winning runs to complete a professional thrashing, with Jodi Grewcock 29 not out on her home county ground.
The two sides now turn their attention to 50-over cricket, with a three-match series beginning at Hove on Sunday, before the final two fixtures at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton July 1 and 4.
