Women’s Cricket Daily – 11 July 2026

Welcome to today’s women’s international cricket update featuring overnight results, today’s matches, breaking news and a look back through history.

News in brief

• Gripping day of cricket on the first day of the Lord’s Test between England and India. Of particular joy was seeing England Test legends as part of the opening ceremony. There were at least eight of them ringing the bell for the start of play. Nice touch from the ECB.
• India were sent in to bat after being sent in by Nat Sciver-Brunt. With Smriti Mandhana in full flight it appeared for a while as though it was the wrong decision, but 285 all out suggests otherwise. The early wicket of  Tammy Beaumont has England 21/1 at stumps.
• The Test continues later today. Early wickets the key for India. For England? Bat all day.
• Crowd for day one: 10,763.
• A Hayley Matthews special has seen West Indies defeat Ireland by 9 wickets in the first ODI of the series at Bready. Her 159* is her eleventh ODI century and the second highest all time for West Indies.
• The 258 opening stand between Matthews and Realeanna Grimmond (91) is the highest partnership for any wicket in ODIs by West Indies. It is the eighth highest all time in ODIs.
• New Friday Quiz: An English Summer

Overnight Scores

India 285 (Smriti Mandhana 83, Harmanpreet Kaur 58, Deepti Sharma 57*, Sophie Ecclestone 3-69) v
England 21/1 (Maia Bouchier 21*, Heather Knight 1*, Kranti Gaud 1-8)

Ireland 269 (Amy Hunter 96, Gaby Lewis 39, Afy Fletcher 4-49, Hayley Matthews 3-52) lost to
West Indies 271/1 (Hayley Matthews 159*, Realeanna Grimmond 91, Louise Little 1-25) by 9 wickets

POTM: Hayley Matthews