Overview
- The one-off women's Test begins Friday, July 10 at Lord's and will be played over four days under women's Test playing conditions with play starting at 11:00 a.m. BST each day.
- Lord's reported more than 30,000 tickets sold across the four days, making this one of the best-attended women's Tests in the UK and signalling strong public interest in the red-ball game.
- England will be captained by Nat Sciver-Brunt and will send several players into Test cricket for the first time while Tammy Beaumont will retire from international cricket after the match.
- India captain Harmanpreet Kaur leads a side that replaced injured opener Pratika Rawal with Priya Punia and includes potential Test debutants such as Harleen Deol, Shree Charani and Nandani Sharma.
- The fixture responds to long‑running equity criticisms of Lord's — including a 2023 ICEC review noting the absence of women's Tests there — and could raise the profile and broadcast reach of women's multi-day cricket through Sony, Sky and Willow coverage.