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Lord’s women’s Test match preview! England take on India in historic first, 100 years in the making

Cricket

Taon2026

Tagal1h 10m

Panoorin Ngayon

7.0

Katya sits down with the Guardian's Raf Nicholson to preview the historic first-ever women's Test match at Lord's against India. 0:00 Intro 0:58 Metro Bank 1:18 Scheduling of Lord's Test 7:56 England's Test form & squad 17:30 What XI will England pick? 29:07 How are India shaping up? 33:10 Relationship between domestic red-ball competitions and Test cricket 37:55 Mithali Raj on women's Test cricket 48:18 Relationship with Lord's/MCC 1:00:49 Declining volume of women's Test cricket 1:05:35 What can the ICC do to push for more women's Test cricket 1:10:25 Metro Bank Outro ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund in collaboration with the ECB aims to triple the number of girls’ cricket teams by breaking down barriers and creating supportive and inclusive spaces. Help transform the game, head to https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/cri... to champion the future of girls’ cricket. Lord's tickets: https://tickets.lords.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 📔 RAF NICHOLSON - THE WOMEN IN WHITES https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-... 👀 PATREON For bonus podcasts and daily episodes after every England game, sign up to our Patreon!   / wisdencricket   📔 WISDEN CRICKET MONTHLY: Print: https://bit.ly/WCMPrint Digital: https://bit.ly/WCMDigital #Cricket #EnglandCricket #TestCricket #EnglandCricket #IndianCricket