100 years in the making – previewing the first-ever women's Test match at Lord's

Wisden Cricket Weekly · Jul 9, 2026 · 1h 13m

Katya sits down with the Guardian's Raf Nicholson to preview the historic first-ever women's Test match at Lord's against India.

0:15 Intro 1:12 Metro Bank 1:32 Scheduling of Lord's Test 8:10 England's historic Test form & squad 17:45 What XI will England pick? 29:22 How are India shaping up? 33:25 Relationship between domestic red-ball competitions and Test cricket 38:10 Mithali Raj on women's Test cricket 48:33 Relationship with Lord's/MCC 1:01:05 Declining volume of women's Test cricket 1:05:50 What can the ICC do to push for more women's Test cricket 1:10:40 Metro Bank Outro

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