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• Former England captain Heather Knight to retire from international cricket

  11-07-2026 21:47 via theguardian.com
  Current Lord’s Test will be her final appearance‘I’m privileged to have gone on this journey’Heather Knight will retire from international cricket at the end of this week’s Test against India at Lord’s. Knight, who has made a record 320 appearances for England, has joined her teammate Tammy Beaumont in calling time on her career at the end of what is the first women’s Test at the home of cricket, and one in which England appear headed for defeat after a
  
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• England beat India by 56 runs in fifth men’s T20 to complete series sweep – as it happened

  11-07-2026 20:44 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the series finale (2.30pm BST start)
  Sign up to The Spin | Email Geoff1st over: England 4-0 (Salt 2, Buttler 1) Another quiet opening over for England with the bat. Arshdeep Singh is swinging the ball with his left-arm efforts, and neither Salt nor Buttler tries anything expansive.Looks like we’re finally going to get a game. Continue reading...
  
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• Kranti Gaud makes history as India turn up heat on England in women’s Test

  11-07-2026 20:28 via theguardian.com
  Only Test, Day two: India 285 & 154-1; England 170Gaud takes 5-37 to write name on Lord’s honours boardIndia are in firm control of their one-off Test after bowling England out for 170 and reaching 154 for one at the close, building a substantial lead of 269. The 22-year-old seamer Kranti Gaud showed true mastery of red-ball bowling to finish with five for 37: her teasing line and length, combined with wobble seam, had England reeling at 47 for four.This is Gaud’s second Test, af
  
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• Jos Buttler and Harry Brook in record T20 partnership as England thrash India

  11-07-2026 20:19 via theguardian.com
  Fifth T20i: England, 257-3 beat India, 201-8, by 56 runsButtler hits 131, Brook 95 as England seal 4-0 series winCast your minds back to February 2022: the Partygate scandal is in full swing as news breaks of the surprise birthday party held for Boris Johnson two years earlier and four of the prime minister’s top advisers resign; Russia launches a “special military operation” in Ukraine; Adele sweeps artist, song and album of the year awards at the Brits; and India beat West In
  
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• England trail India by 269 runs after punishing second day in first women’s Test – as it happened

  11-07-2026 19:50 via theguardian.com
  Kranti Gaud becomes first female Test cricketer to see her name on the Lord’s honours board after taking 5-37 with the ball for India15th over: England 38-3 (Sciver-Brunt 1, Capsey 5 ) Alice Capsey joins Sciver-Brunt in the middle with a rebuild job needed. Her first ball jags bag at the pads and she is fortunate to get an inside edge on it to tickle away for four runs. India have been on the money this morning, much more accurate than England’s seamers in the first 10-15 overs yeste
  
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• England v India: fifth men’s T20 international – live

  11-07-2026 18:45 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the series finale (2.30pm BST start)
  Sign up to The Spin | Email Geoff1st over: England 4-0 (Salt 2, Buttler 1) Another quiet opening over for England with the bat. Arshdeep Singh is swinging the ball with his left-arm efforts, and neither Salt nor Buttler tries anything expansive.Looks like we’re finally going to get a game. Continue reading...
  
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• England v India: women’s Test, day two updates – live

  11-07-2026 12:40 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the one-off women’s Test at Lord’s
  Sign up for The Spin | Email James15th over: England 38-3 (Sciver-Brunt 1, Capsey 5 ) Alice Capsey joins Sciver-Brunt in the middle with a rebuild job needed. Her first ball jags bag at the pads and she is fortunate to get an inside edge on it to tickle away for four runs. India have been on the money this morning, much more accurate than England’s seamers in the first 10-15 overs yesterday and they are reaping the rewards.Huge w
  
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