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• ‘Era-defining’ growth of women’s cricket now outstripping men’s game

  08-07-2026 19:00
  Attendance and viewing figures at T20 World Cup hit an all-time high – and the sport’s appeal is pushing boundariesWomen’s cricket is growing faster than the men’s game in many areas of the world, according to the International Cricket Council chief executive, Sanjog Gupta, who has defended his organisation’s reliance on the Indian market for driving expansion.The first women’s Test to be played at Lord’s begins on Friday between England and India, five
  
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• The Spin | ‘Plant pots in the urinals’: Lord’s pioneers reunite and reflect 50 years after first women’s game

  08-07-2026 11:24
  On the eve of the first women’s Test at Lord’s, nine England players and one Australian from 1976 are gatheringOn Thursday, in a room in central London about three miles from Lord’s, a group of 10 women will gather together for a very special reunion. Fifty years ago, on 4 August 1976, they made history when they were among the first female cricketers to play a match at the so-called Home of Cricket: a one-day international between England and Australia.England strolled to an e
  
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