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India were bowled out for 285 on the opening day of the historic women’s Test against England at Lord’s after a dramatic batting collapse. Despite Smriti Mandhana’s 83, Harmanpreet Kaur’s 58 and Deepti Sharma’s 57, India lost their last seven wickets for 95 runs. Sophie Ecclestone and debutant Mady Villiers led England’s fightback with five wickets.

London, July 10: A dramatic batting collapse in the final session saw India being bowled out for 285 in 74.5 overs on the opening day of their historic one-off Test match against England at Lord’s in London on Friday. Cruising at 190/3 at one stage, the visitors suffered a spectacular slide and lost their last seven wickets for just 95 runs to end 15 runs short of 300.

England’s relentless spinners, Sophie Ecclestone and debutant Mady Villiers, orchestrated the spectacular turnaround by sharing five crucial wickets between themselves. With her 3-68, Sophie also became England's all-time leading wicket-taker across all formats, a record previously held by Katherine Sciver-Brunt.

Resuming the post-tea session from 202/5, India desperately needed stability. However, the visitors suffered an early setback when aggressive wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh (13) was cramped by pacer Lauren Filer and top-edged a short delivery straight to fine leg.

All-rounder Deepti Sharma, who played a gritty knock of 57 off 87 balls, studded with seven boundaries, tried to courageously hold the innings together. She employed the sweep shot to fantastic effect against the spinners and brought up a well-deserved half-century off 70 balls. Unfortunately, she completely lacked support from the lower order.