England bowl against India in historic first women's Test at Lord's
Nat Sciver-Brunt said England would use the new ball first as 30,000 tickets were sold for the four-day landmark match, officials said.
- On Friday, July 10, 2026, England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt won the toss and elected to field against India as Lord's hosted its first women's Test match, a landmark 142 years after the ground's first men's Test.
- Before play, the Long Room unveiled portraits of women cricketers including Enid Bakewell, while a parade of 50 former players rang the five-minute bell as 30,000 tickets sold for the four-day event.
- India opening batter Smriti Mandhana became the youngest woman to feature in 300 international games at age 29, while England confirmed debutants Mady Villiers and Alice Capsey for the historic fixture.
- Explaining her strategy, Sciver-Brunt stated, "The most we can get out of the wicket with the bowlers is now," while India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said, "It's a very big achievement playing the first test at Lord's."
- England's anticlimactic T20 World Cup final loss at the same ground five days ago offers both teams a chance to move past tournament disappointments and focus on this historic Test fixture.
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England bowl against India in historic first women's Test at Lord's
After 142 years -- and 150 matches -- of men's Test cricket at the London ground, this four-day fixture represents another landmark in the evolution of a now fast-developing women's game. This match is also taking place some 50 years after the first major women's match at Lord's, a one-day international between England and Australia. Members of the England team that day gathered on the outfield Friday to ring the five-minute bell signalling the …
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