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• Ecclestone breaks record - in front of those who paved the way

  10-07-2026 21:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sophie Ecclestone is a fitting player to take the headlines after a momentous opening day at Lord's, where past England players were honoured for paving the way.
  
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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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• T20 Blast: Surrey and Glos through, Lancs win Roses

  10-07-2026 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surrey and Gloucestershire become the latest sides to reach the quarter-finals of the T20 Blast on a busy night of action.
  
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• Watch: England v India day one highlights

  10-07-2026 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  England v India, Day 1. World Cup stars feature in the historic women’s test at Lord’s
  
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• The Blaze and Durham complete Finals Day line-up

  10-07-2026 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Blaze beat Somerset by seven wickets in the T20 Blast, a result that guarantees a semi-final spot for them and Durham.
  
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• India all out for 285 against England: women’s cricket Test match, day one – as it happened

  10-07-2026 20:11 via theguardian.com
  Sophie Ecclestone became England’s leading wicket-taker across forms as Lord’s finally hosted a women’s Test3rd over: India 15-1 (Smriti 3, Yastikaa 11) Yastikaa isn’t hanging around –clips two fours off Bell, one through square leg, one through backward point.2nd over: India 5-1 (Smriti 3, Bhatia 1) There’s England’s future, right there, Lauren Filer firing balls down at 70mph plus. Varma done by a belter. Bathetically, Filer follows up with a full toss
  
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• Sophie Ecclestone and women’s cricket make history at Lord’s as England bowl out India

  10-07-2026 20:10 via theguardian.com
  Only Test, day one: India 285; England 21-1Ecclestone becomes England’s leading women’s wicket-takerThe opening day of the first women’s Test match at Lord’s started with a nod to the historical injustice of the long, slow journey to reach this moment – a group of former women players, denied the chance themselves to play a Test at the home of cricket, given the chance to ring a ceremonial bell on the outfield marking five minutes before the start of play. There wer
  
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• India all out for 285: women’s cricket Test match, day one – live reaction

  10-07-2026 20:08 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the historic one-off women’s Test at Lord’s
  Hosts have redemption in mind | The Spin | Email Taha3rd over: India 15-1 (Smriti 3, Yastikaa 11) Yastikaa isn’t hanging around –clips two fours off Bell, one through square leg, one through backward point.2nd over: India 5-1 (Smriti 3, Bhatia 1) There’s England’s future, right there, Lauren Filer firing balls down at 70mph plus. Varma done by a belter. Bathetically, Filer follows up with a full toss. I
  
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• History made at Lord's - with Test finely balanced after opening day

  10-07-2026 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It's a day for the history books as Lord's hosts it's first women's Test match with England closing the day on 21-1, 264 runs behind India's first innings total of 285 - an innings which saw Sophie Ecclestone become England's leading wicket-taker in all formats.
  
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• Ecclestone makes history as England fight back

  10-07-2026 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sophie Ecclestone becomes England's all-time leading wicket-taker across all formats as the hosts fight back late on day one against India of the first women's Test at Lord's.
  
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• ECB to face no action over Stokes retirement video

  10-07-2026 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England will face no action from the International Cricket Council (ICC) over Ben Stokes' retirement video.
  
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• 'She's cleaned up!' - Ecclestone takes three wickets in six balls

  10-07-2026 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sophie Ecclestone takes three wickets in six balls across two overs to reduce India from 279-7 to 285 all out in their first innings against England on the opening day of their one-off Test at Lord's.
  
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• Matthews hits 159 as West Indies hammer Ireland

  10-07-2026 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Captain Hayley Matthews hit 159 and claimed three wickets as the West Indies hammered Ireland in the first one-day international at Bready.
  
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• Villiers bowls Harmanpreet with 'excellent delivery'

  10-07-2026 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has "no answers" to debutant's Mady Villiers' ball as she is bowled for 58 in the first women's Test match at Lord's.
  
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• As a Muslim cricketer, at times I felt like I didn’t belong. I yearn for an Australia where all that matters is how you play | Usman Khawaja

  10-07-2026 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Whenever I wore the baggy green, I was reminded of what that cap represented – a team that was stronger because each player brought something differentA cricket scorecard is pretty straightforward.It shows you how many runs you scored, how long you played and whether your team won or lost. Cricket has always been appealing to me because of that honesty. The numbers don’t care about your appearance, where you were born or what you believe. Continue reading...
  
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• No century for Mandhana as England finally get breakthrough after lunch

  10-07-2026 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There's no historic century for India captain Smriti Mandhana as she's caught for 83 off the bowling of Issy Wong as India fall to 190-4 on the opening day of the one-off Test between England and India at Lord's.
  
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• Northants all-rounder Broad out for rest of season

  10-07-2026 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northamptonshire all-rounder Justin Broad is ruled out for the remainder of the season with a lower back injury.
  
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• England advised to avoid alcohol around matches

  10-07-2026 13:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England men's players are advised to avoid drinking alcohol on the day before and the day after matches, under new behaviour guidelines.
  
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• England v India: women’s cricket Test match, day one – live

  10-07-2026 13:26 via theguardian.com
  Updates from the historic one-off women’s Test at Lord’s
  Hosts have redemption in mind | The Spin | Email Tanya3rd over: India 15-1 (Smriti 3, Yastikaa 11) Yastikaa isn’t hanging around –clips two fours off Bell, one through square leg, one through backward point.2nd over: India 5-1 (Smriti 3, Bhatia 1) There’s England’s future, right there, Lauren Filer firing balls down at 70mph plus. Varma done by a belter. Bathetically, Filer follows up with a full toss.
  
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• 'A lovely delivery!' - Filer's historic Test wicket at Lord's

  10-07-2026 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lauren Filer puts herself into the history books, by becoming the first bowler to take a wicket in the first women's Test at Lord's, as she removed Shafali Verma for 0 on the opening morning of the one-off Test.
  
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• Australia's BBL to stage season opener in India

  10-07-2026 09:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The opening match of next season's Big Bash League will take place in India on 12 December.
  
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• ‘He keeps getting better’: Kohli returns to sprinkle stardust on England v India ODI series

  10-07-2026 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Now based in London and gaining respite from relentless attention at home, Indian legend still has the form and aura that make him the main attractionIn a sporting summer that is challenging even the most voracious appetites, the one-day international series between England and India that gets under way next Tuesday could be viewed as the wafer-thin mint that tips people over the edge.But for all that 50-over cricket is on the retreat, and its World Cup is still 15 months away, it is worth loose
  
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• Catch him while you can: Virat Kohli brings stardust to ODI series

  10-07-2026 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Now based in London, Indian legend still has the form and aura that make him the main attraction in what could be his last appearances in EnglandIn a sporting summer that is challenging even the most voracious appetites, the one-day international series between England and India that gets under way next Tuesday could be viewed as the wafer-thin mint that tips people over the edge.But for all that 50-over cricket is on the retreat, and its World Cup is still 15 months away, it is worth loosening
  
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• England thrash India as Brook shines in Bristol to secure series win

  09-07-2026 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harry Brook hit an unbeaten 79 to guide England to a nine-wicket win against India in Bristol, to go 3-0 in the five match series and secure their first T20 series win against the tourists.
  
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• England inflict record defeat on India to claim first T20 series win

  09-07-2026 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England seal their first-ever T20 series victory over India as their opponents suffer a record fifth straight defeat in completed 20-over matches.
  
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• Big-hitting in Bristol - Brook's special innings in England win

  09-07-2026 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch Harry Brook's best shots against India in the fourth T20 as he finishes unbeaten on 79 from 35 balls to guide England to a nine-wicket win in Bristol, securing a 3-0 series lead with one match to play.
  
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• Harry Brook and Phil Salt blast England to T20 series win against India

  09-07-2026 21:57 via theguardian.com
  Fourth T20i: England, 159-1 beat India, 158-6, by 9 wicketsBrook scores 79, Salt 59 to win with six overs remainingEngland’s recent heatwave continued in Bristol, India wilting to lose their cool, the game and the series in what turned into another bizarrely one-sided encounter. Timid with the bat, poor in the field, error-prone with the ball and swift to accept the inevitability of defeat, this was a complete horror show from the world champions and a performance of complete dominance fro
  
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• England defeat India in fourth men’s T20 cricket international – as it happens

  09-07-2026 21:55 via theguardian.com
  Harry Brook pyrotechnics take England to a thrilling first T20 series win over India at Bristol3rd over: India 24-1 (Abhishek 6, Ishan 1) Not quite working for Sooryavanshi yet here in England, he looks to the skies and pulls off his helmet, shaggy teenage hair hanging in disappointment.A big hit too many, squares up his body and throws the bat at a ball creeping up on him– the ball shimmies at the moon before falling into the hands of Curran at mid on. Continue reading...
  
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• Superb Shreyas makes unbeaten 80 for India against England

  09-07-2026 20:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India's captain Shreyas Iyer frustrates England's bowlers with an unbeaten 80 to help his side reach 158-7 after batting first against England in the fourth T20 at Bristol.
  
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