Overview
- On Sunday at stumps of Day III England were 130 for 6 chasing 457, leaving India just four wickets shy of winning the one-off women’s Test at Lord’s.
- Yastika Bhatia made 113, becoming the first woman to score a Test century at Lord’s and giving India the platform to declare on 341 for 7.
- Richa Ghosh struck a rapid 50 late in India’s second innings to accelerate the score and allow captain Harmanpreet Kaur to set a challenging target.
- India’s bowlers then made regular breakthroughs with Sayali Satghare, Kranti Gaud and Sneh Rana taking two wickets apiece while England’s Sophie Ecclestone finished with a five-wicket haul.
- The match drew unusually large crowds with more than 30,000 tickets sold and could mark the first visiting women’s Test win at Lord’s, a result that would raise the profile of women’s red-ball cricket.