Five-wicket Gaud stars before India run riot in women's Test at Lord's
Kranti Gaud’s 5-37 made her the first woman to reach the Lord’s Test honours board and left India 269 runs ahead.
- On Saturday, Indian pacer Kranti Gaud claimed a historic five-wicket haul at Lord's, becoming the first woman to earn a place on the iconic dressing room honours board for a Test performance.
- England's first innings crumbled to 170 all out, despite an 84-run fifth-wicket partnership between captain Nat Sciver-Brunt and Amy Jones that briefly steadied the visitors' collapse.
- India closed Saturday with a commanding 269-run overall lead after reaching 154-1 in their second innings, with Smriti Mandhana unbeaten on 69 alongside Yastika Bhatia on 39.
- At 22 years old, Gaud became the youngest Indian female fast bowler to take a Test five-for, surpassing Jhulan Goswami's 2005 record by 28 days.
- This fixture represents a landmark in women's cricket evolution after 142 years of men's Test play at Lord's, highlighting the sport's cultural and societal barrier-breaking progress.
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France24Five-wicket Gaud stars before India run riot in women's Test at Lord's
Seam bowler Gauad led the way with a miserly 5-37 in 17 overs to become the first woman to gain a coveted place on the Lord's dressing room honours board for a Test performance as England were dismissed for 170 in reply to India's first-innings 285. Come the close of the second day of four, India were 154-1 in their second innings -- a huge overall lead of 269 runs. Elegant left-hander Mandhana, carrying on from her sublime first-innings 83, was…
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