Mandhana’s big blast in the ‘Mecca of Cricket’! Smriti made the first fifty in women’s test history at Lord’s

Indian women’s cricket team’s star opener and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has set a record in the only historic Test match being played against England, which has become immortal forever in the history of women’s cricket. In this match being played at the historic Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, known as the ‘Mecca of Cricket’, Mandhana batted brilliantly and made an unprecedented world record. This is the first time in the 149-year long history of Test cricket that Lord’s ground is hosting a women’s Test match, and Mandhana made this moment memorable forever with her historic innings.

Mandhana becomes the first female cricketer in the world to score a test fifty at Lord’s

In this historic match, Smriti Mandhana gave a great start to the Indian team after winning the toss and coming to bat first. Mandhana has become the first female cricketer in the world to score a Fasting Fifty in Test cricket at Lord’s. However, she missed converting her historic half-century into a memorable century and returned to the pavilion on a personal score of 83 runs. During this brave innings, Mandhana faced only 108 balls, in which she spoiled the line-length of the English bowlers by hitting 11 brilliant fours and 1 skyscraper six.

Brilliant half-centuries from captain Harmanpreet Kaur and all-rounder Deepti Sharma.

After the strong foundation laid by Smriti Mandhana, Indian team captain Harmanpreet Kaur and star all-rounder Deepti Sharma also displayed excellent batting in English conditions. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur faced 121 balls and played a captaincy inning of 58 runs with the help of 7 fours. At the same time, Deepti Sharma, who was in excellent form, also scored 57 runs on 87 balls. Both these batsmen handled the Indian innings, but after being completely set at the crease, both of them failed to convert their fifty into a big century innings.

Indian innings was reduced to 285 runs: Disappointing surrender of the lower order.

On the basis of half-centuries of these three top batsmen, the Indian women’s team was successful in scoring a challenging score of 285 runs in its first innings. The lower order of the Indian team, which once looked in a strong position, collapsed like a pack of cards in front of the fast bowlers of England. The last 5 batsmen of the team together could add only 26 runs to the scoreboard, due to which the Indian team was all out on the very first day and England had to come out to bat just before the end of the day’s play.

England got a big shock on the very first day: Kranti Gaur gave India its first success

England had a very poor start in reply to 285 runs in the first innings. Indian fast bowler Kranti Gaur bowled sharply and showed the way to the pavilion by dismissing England’s star opener Tammy Beaumont LBW on the score of just 2 runs. By the end of the first day’s play, England had scored 21 runs at the loss of 1 wicket in 11 overs. At this time Maia Boshier and captain Heather Knight are at the crease. The Indian team still has a huge and strong lead of 264 runs on the basis of first innings.