ENG-W vs IND-W

Harmanpreet Kaur collects the trophy from the podium and then proceeds towards her teammates for the celebrations and the photgraphs. A historic win on a momentous occasion surely calls for celebrations and this Indian team will celebrate for sure. They came into this country more than a month and a half back with twin goals, the first half did not go well with them getting knocked out before the knockouts in the T20 World Cup but they have created some history of their own at Lord's. For England, it was a heartbreaking loss in the final of the World Cup when they were completely outplayed by the champion Australia side at this very veune and cut to a week later they have lost the Test too along with bidding good byes to two of their legends, Tammy Beaumont and Heather Knight. 

Up next for them in the Hundred competition which will start next week, a couple of the Indians, including Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrgiues, will stay back to take part in it while the rest will head home after what has been a long season. Time for us to sign off now, it has been a pleasure bringing you all the action from this first-ever Women's Test at Lord's and we will be back soon with much more. This is Sourabh Agrawal taking your leave on behalf of Pradeep and everyone else here. Ta-ta!

Now a chat with the winning captain. The first woman to captain her side to a Test win at Lord's, Harmanpreet Kaur: (could she have written a better script?) God is a better writer, he has written very well.

Our openers have been our biggest strength. The way they batted in the first half, it was very special. They always take the responsility for us, in this test match they did the same as well. The effort our support staff has put in, many of them have played Test cricket and know how it moves. They keep giving us input and feedbacks, I would like to thank Amol Sir and the whole team for their support in these Test match and the last Test we played

The last couple of series have not gone our way. Credit goes to our support staff for keeping us together, once again thanks to Amol Sir and the entire support staff. We came back strongly in the Test match, really happy that we're taking some good memories back home

(on Yastika Bhatia's hundred) She is a great batter, had a really strong feeling about her. (Richa Ghosh's stunning catch at silly point) We always have a fielder of the match, the fielding coach has been working hard and fielding has been an area where we are always looking to improve. (will the win here make the flight back sweeter?) Playing in Lord's is always special. Really want to thank the people who though about getting a Test match to Lord's, hopefully we get many more in the future and keep performing the way we have done

Nat Sciver-Brunt [England Women captain]: [On England's defeat] "I think we probably didn't adapt to the conditions well enough on the first morning. We struggled to find the right lengths initially, but once we did, we were right back in the game. With the bat, though, we couldn't build enough partnerships or extend them to get close to India's total, so we were always trying to fight our way back into the contest."

[On the toss decision]
"I wouldn't change it. We were happy with the decision at the toss. It could just as easily have gone the other way, with us losing early wickets if we'd batted first. We had our moments during the match, but we just couldn't sustain them for long enough."

[On the quick turnaround after the T20 World Cup]
"Of course, we would've liked a few more days between the World Cup final and this Test, but that's the schedule we have. As professional cricketers, it's something we have to deal with. We all want to play every format, so it's about recovering as well as possible and adapting quickly."

[On captaining England in her first Test]
"I've absolutely loved the experience. Walking through the Long Room at Lord's as captain was incredibly special. It was also an emotional week with Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont playing their final Test, so there was a lot happening around the game. Despite the result, it's been a memorable experience."

[On Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont's retirements]
"They've been a huge part of my entire career. Both were already established when I came into the team, and I couldn't have done it without them. Heather led us through the professional era of women's cricket and helped build this team into what it is today. They've both had outstanding careers, and I'm proud to have shared the dressing room with them and been part of their journey."

[On preparing for future Test matches]
"We'll reflect honestly on this game, learn as much as we can and take those lessons into the Ashes next year. Every Test match is special because we don't play many of them, and we'll use this experience to make ourselves better when the next opportunity comes along."

Kranti Gaud is the Player of the Match! Here's what she has to say: [On dreaming of a performance like this at Lord's] "I never imagined something like this when I was growing up. But once this Test match began, I had one goal in mind—to get my name on the Lord's Honours Board. I'm incredibly happy that I was able to achieve it."

[On her bowling approach]
"My approach is very simple. I just stick to what my coaches have told me—keep hitting the right line and length. That's my biggest strength, and I tried to do that with every ball. Once I kept landing it in the right areas, the conditions and the ball did the rest."

[On earning a place on the Lord's Honours Board]
"It makes me feel extremely proud. My family will be proud as well. I'm grateful to my family, my coaches and all my seniors who have supported me throughout this journey."

[On taking home a stump from the match]
"I've made a small museum at home, and this stump is going to have a very special place there. It's a memory I'll cherish forever."

An emotional end to a remarkable era. Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont are embraced by the England coaching staff and support personnel before making their way onto the outfield for the post-match handshakes. Sachin Tendulkar is also out in the middle, congratulating both sets of players as Lord's rises to applaud two of England's modern greats.

12:35 PM local time, 5:05 PM IST: MATCH SUMMARY

India Women (285 & 341/7 dec) beat England Women (170 & 186) by 270 runs

Smriti Mandhana 83(108), 70(130) | Yastika Bhatia 12(17), 113(158) | Kranti Gaud 5/37 & 2/54
Amy Jones 52(62), 54(80) | Sophie Ecclestone 50(66) & 3/68, 5/118

Hugs all around for India, they complete a famous win and become the first team to win a women's Test match at the home of cricket. History will remember this day, it took a massive 142 years for the Women to get an opportunity to play a Test match here and India have truely showed who the better side with a thumping win over the hosts who have been blown away out of the water

Kranti Gaud, Yastika Bhatia, the two Indians to get their names on the Lord's honours board were the two chief architects of the win but there were plenty of other contributions as well. 83 and 70, a total of 153 runs for Smriti Mandhana, 6 wickets for Sneh Rana, 4 each for Satghare and Deepti with the latter getting a fifty with the bat as well along with skipper Harmanpreet and Richa Ghosh. A total team effort, in its true essence!

Second largest Test win for India in terms of runs, fourh-highest overall second heaviest defeat for England with the biggest one coming against India too. It was all India right from the start, England were never really truly in this game

Right from the outset, it was a suprising call from Sciver-Brunt at the toss to send India in to bat. England's new ball bowlers, Bell and Filer, were wayward with the new ball and allowed Smriti to get off to the flier on Day 1. Smriti missed out on a hundred, she made 83 and there were a couple of fifties from Harmanpreet and Deepti too which took India up to 285 on the first day as Ecclestone took 3 for England

At that time, you felt that the match was in the balance but England did not turn up with the bat. Kranti Gaud dismissed Beaumont for only 2 in the first innings of her final game, the following morning Gaud continued her brilliant work again and in combination with Sayali Satghare and the off spin of Sneh Rana, India skittled out England for only 170 with Amy Jones top-scoring with 52 as Kranti Gaud became the first woman to get her name on the Lord's honours board, she took a maiden fifer

With a big lead of 115 in the first innings, India held all the aces and they drove home the advantage with the bat. Smriti came to the party again, this time a 70 for her but it was Yastika Bhatia's time to have her moment in the sun, a maiden international century for the wicketkeeper-batter as she became the first female cricket to score a Test century at Lord's. Richa got a fifty too and India set a massive target of 457 for England in the last 4 sessions of the game

England had a massive mountain in front of them, they once again came against a rampaging Kranti Gaud who dismissed Beaumont for a golden duck in her final innings, then Knight just managed 13 in her final innings and was dismissed by Gaud too. Satghare nipped a couple from the other end, India got England on the floor late on Day 3 reducing them to 59/5. Amy Jones got a fifty again, in the second innings too and got this match into Day 4.

There was some dogged resistence this morning, Ecclestone made her test match even more special with a maiden international fifty after she had herself got a 5-er herself and became England's leading wicket taker. Rana chipped in with 4 wickets in the second innings, India finally ended it with a clean up job and sealed the deal

62.5 Sneh Rana to Sophie Ecclestone, OUT! BOWLED HER AND IT'S ALL OVER! HISTORY SCRIPTED AT LORD'S! History is written in blue! India conquer Lord's with a clinical all-round display to register one of their finest overseas Test victories.

Flighted on a length in the channel, lures Ecclestone forward to drive, sharp turn did the trick for Rana as she bags a four-for. Past the inside edge and rattles the off-stump. It's been a thoroughly professional performance from India

62.1 Sneh Rana to Sophie Ecclestone, too full on the off-stump, Ecclestone smacked it back past the bowler. Long-on gets around and cleans it up, they don't take the single.

Now that Ecclestone has got her fifty, she should look to go for the big shots. She has all the license in the world to do so, might just bring India the final wicket

61.6 Deepti Sharma to Lauren Filer, BIG APPEALS FOR LBW, NOT GIVEN! Filer doesn't offer the shot again, but would've gone to miss the off-stump. Deepti slanting it across the right-hander. Harman contemplating it, doesn't review.

How about that? Filer has had enough of dead batting. Gives the locals in the crowd something to cheer as she gets off the mark with a boundary off her 21st ball. Deepti goes around the wicket