The first test of women’s cricket was played between India and England at the historic Lord’s ground in London, known as the Mecca of cricket. In this match, Team India, captained by Harmanpreet Kaur, won a spectacular victory by 270 runs. With this it became the most watched Test in the history of women’s cricket.

Let us tell you that this was the first women’s Test played at Lord’s. According to Cricbuzz data, a total of 37,846 people came to watch this test. With this figure, last year’s record was broken and a new world record was established.

The only Test of the Women’s Ashes in 2025 was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. 35,365 people had come to watch this match. In this way the previous record at Lord’s was broken.

Harmanpreet Kaur becomes the fourth Indian captain to win a Test at Lord’s

Harmanpreet Kaur became only the fourth Indian captain (men and women combined) to win a Test at Lord’s. For the first time, the Indian men’s team won the Test at Lord’s in 1986 under the captaincy of Kapil Dev.

After this, in 2014, playing under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, Team India won the Test at the historic ground of Lord’s.

Moving forward, in 2021, Team India under the captaincy of Virat Kohli won the Test match at Lord’s. Now in 2026, Harmanpreet Kaur did this miracle.

This was the condition of the match

In the match that started on July 10, England won the toss and decided to bowl. Team India, who came to bat first, was all out for 285 runs in the first innings. England then came out to bat and were all out for 170 runs in the first innings. After this, in the second innings, Team India declared the innings after scoring 341/7 runs. Then in the fourth innings, the English team, which came out to chase, collapsed for only 186 runs. In this way the Indian team won by 270 runs.

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