openerjason roy will also miss the series to return home for the birth of his first child.he men's year is in full swing — england's women begin their 2019 with three one—day internationals against india, the first of which is in mumbai tomorrow. they'll then play three 0dis in sri lanka as part of the icc‘s women's championship from which the top four teams will qualify for the 2021 world cup. what better way to kick off a massive year with three games in india. it is a great place to play cricket. there is a chance for us to make history. there has never been a series won by an english team out here. a great opportunity for us to put that right and make some history. there are championship points on offer. we haven't played a lot of games, others have played more games. we have a trip to sri la nka more games. we have a trip to sri lanka as well. it is a really big start for us. i guess the pressure to qualify for the world cup automatically and it is going to be an exciting series and a long trip for us as well. and you can follow it on five live sports extra. the second

openerjason roy making a fine century. root and captain eoin morgan going along very nicely. england currently 319—2 from 42 overs. england's women's side go up against india in three one—day internationals beginning on friday. it's the start of a tour of the sub—continent that also includes three t20s against india and a series in sri lanka. it's the first time england have played india since beating them in the semi—finals of the world t20 in november, but england opener amyjones says the squad aren't being complacent. i guess you can take confidence from previous games and obviously it was a big one, everyone was obviously very confident on the back of that, but obviously playing india is always challenging and we have never won a series out here. equally, our practise has been brilliant, and all the girls are feeling pretty confident. looking forward to it. an lgbt group has cut ties with tennis great martina navratilova after she said it was a form of "cheating" for transgender women to be allowed to compete in women'