England captain Heather Knight accuses India of 'lying' over controversial run-out

England women's captain Heather Knight has accused India of "lying" about giving tailender Charlie Dean warnings before her controversial run-out in the third one-day international between the sides.

England were chasing victory at Lord's when India bowler Deepti Sharma dismissed Dean, who was well out of her ground at the non-striker's end.

Sharma's decision to abort her delivery stride and flick the bails while Dean left her ground was met with boos among the crowd and escalated familiar arguments on either side about the rights and wrongs of the dismissal.

Running out a non-striker backing up is allowed under cricket's rules but has been regarded as unsporting by many within the game.

India sealed a 16-run win over England, completing a 3-0 series whitewash but tensions are still simmering, with different accounts from both sides.

Deepti said on Monday that India had repeatedly warned Dean, who was playing a potentially match-winning innings of 47 at the time of the incident, for stealing ground by backing up and was adamant they had done nothing wrong.

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"That was our plan because she was repeatedly doing it and we had warned them too," the off-spinner said after the team's arrival in Kolkata.

"We had also informed the umpires. But still she was right there so there wasn't much we could do. We did everything according to the rules and guidelines."

Tweeting in response to Deepti's comments, Knight acknowledged that Dean was dismissed legitimately but she said: "No warnings