Women's cricket gets its first Lord's Test
Home Lord's will finally host a women's Test, 142 years since staging its first such men's match, when England face India in a four-day game at the 'Home of Cricket' starting Friday. "It just boggles my mind that it is just the first (women's) Test match here at Lord's," said India coach Amol Muzumdar, who added: "It is a great occasion and we are looking forward to it." The match takes place just over 50 years since the first women's match of any kind at the renowned London venue, with England beating Australia by eight wickets in a one-day international on August 4, 1976. England's captain at Lord's that day was the late Rachael Heyhoe Flint, a pioneering figure in a women's game where players were still wearing skirts rather than, as they do no now, white or coloured trousers.
Published: July 9, 2026 3:48 pm
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