India Women secured a 270-run victory over England Women on day four of their one-off Test match at Lord’s Cricket Ground. Chasing a target of 457, the hosts were bowled out for 186 in their second innings. The loss cements a heavy defeat for England in the venue’s first-ever women’s Test fixture.
Key Details
- Yastika Bhatia became the first woman to score a Test century at Lord’s with 113 off 158 balls.
- Kranti Gaud took a five-wicket haul (5/37) in the first innings and added two more in the second.
- England veterans Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont retired from international cricket after the match.
India controlled the scoreboard from the opening day. They posted 285 in the first innings behind an 83-run contribution from vice-captain Smriti Mandhana. England managed just 170 in response. Gaud tore through the English batting order. She took five wickets for 37 runs.
The visitors then declared their second innings at 341 for 7. Bhatia anchored that total and put her name in the record books. England required 457 to win but folded on day four, leaving the hosts with a 270-run margin of defeat. Amy Jones provided the only sustained resistance for the hosts. She scored twin half-centuries of 52 and 54 across both innings.
Spinner Sneh Rana finished the job. She took 4 for 42 in the second innings and claimed the final wicket of Sophie Ecclestone. The match concludes the international careers of Knight and Beaumont. This fixture arrived 142 years after Lord’s hosted its first men’s Test, a scheduling push by the ECB following both teams’ early exits from the recent ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.