England v India: women’s cricket Test match, day one – live

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Good morning! It’s been a agelong road, pinch galore screes, galore dormant ends, but we made it. A first woman’s Test astatine Lord’s: 50 years aft nan first women’s crippled astatine Lord’s, 92 years aft nan first women’s Test.

Both teams are retired connected nan hallowed turf, while successful nan watching Long Room portraits of female cricketers of nan past person been unveiled: Belinda Clark, Mary Duggan, Enid Bakewell, Jan Brittin, Myrtle MacLagan, and nan World Cup0winning squad of 1993.

The boards down nan Tavern guidelines person been replaced to correspond female cricketing accomplishment and everyplace are cricketers of coming and shadows of nan past.

To business: England must move cogwheel instantly – conscionable 4 days aft they mislaid nan Women’s World Cup here. Six players alteration from bluish and reddish to whites – skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt, Heather Knight, Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Sophie Ecclestone and Amy Jones. Ellie Threlkeld, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, all-rounder Mady Villiers and accelerated bowler Grace Potts subordinate nan squad.

And it’s a past hurrah for Tammy Beaumont, who saw nan penning connected nan measurement aft a magnificent England career.

India person been capable to person a much leisurely week, albeit because they were knocked retired of nan World Cup successful nan knockout stages. They’ve had clip to process nan disappointment – my hunch is connected them spoiling nan party.

Toss astatine 10.30am BST, play astatine 11am – subordinate us!