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IND W vs ENG W: Indian team is just 4 wickets away from winning the historic test at Lord’s, England has a big target in front of them
Samira Vishwas | July 13, 2026 3:24 AM CST

IND W vs ENG W: The only 4-day Test match is being played between the women’s teams of India and England at the historic ground of Lord’s. Lord’s ground is hosting a women’s test match for the first time. In this historic test match, Team India is just 4 wickets away from victory. India has set a target of 457 runs for victory against England. In reply, by the end of the third day’s play, the England team had scored 130 runs after losing 6 wickets. England is still 327 runs behind victory.

India had scored 285 runs in the first innings

In the Lord’s Test match, England won the toss and decided to bowl first. Team India, who came to bat first, scored 285 runs in the first innings. Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana played the highest innings of 83 runs for the team. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 58 runs. Whereas Deepti Sharma played an inning of 57 runs. Apart from this, Jemimah Rodrigues contributed 35 runs. Sophie Ecclestone took 3 wickets for England. Maddy Villiers, Issie Wong and Lauren Filer took 2 wickets each, while Lauren Bell got one success.

Kranti Gaur had created history by taking 5 wicket haul from India’s side.

In reply to India, the England team was limited to only 170 runs in the first innings. For England, Amy Jones played the highest innings of 52 runs, while Nate Sciver-Brunt scored 44 runs. From India’s side, Kranti Gaur destroyed the batting order of the English team by taking 5 wickets. Kranti Gaur became the first woman player in the history of Lord’s to take 5 wicket haul in a Test match. Apart from this, Sayli Satghare and Sneha Rana took 2-2 wickets, while Deepti Sharma got 1 success.

India set a target of 457 runs to win against England

After this, Team India has declared the innings by scoring 341 runs for 7 wickets on the basis of this century of Yastika Bhatia. Team India had a good lead of 115 runs in the first innings, on the basis of which India has set a target of 457 runs to win against England. Yastika Bhatia played an inning of 113 runs in 158 balls. Apart from this, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana played an inning of 70 runs. Richa Ghosh scored 50 not out.

England still need to score 327 runs to win, India needs 4 wickets

By the end of the third day’s play, the England women’s team had scored 130 runs after losing 6 wickets. Amy Jones is unbeaten on 52 runs and Sophie Ecclestone is unbeaten on one run. England still needs 327 runs to win. Now at the beginning of the fourth and last day itself, Team India would like to win this historic test match by getting England out early. At the same time, England will also have an eye on victory. If Amy Jones is successful in scoring a century and Sophie Ecclestone also scores runs with her bat, then Team India’s problems may increase, but considering the way the Indian bowlers have performed so far, England’s chances of victory are low.


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