Women’s Cricket Daily – 13 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
- India are in the box seat to take the Lord’s Test match. England need 327 runs to win with four second innings wickets in hand.
- Two more names to be added to the Lord’s Honours Board: Sophie Ecclestone (5-118) and Yastika Bhatia (113). Will there be another on day four as India look to take the remaining wickets in England’s second innings, or will England score the required 327 runs?
- Crowd for day one: 10,763. Crowd for day two: 15, 243: a record single day attendance at a women’s Test. Day three: tba.
- An even century to Hayley Mathews and likewise for Stafanie Taylor as the West Indies defeat Ireland in the scond ODI to lead the series 2-0.
- With 11 runs to win, Stafanie was 90 not out. Four. Six. Leg bye. Surprisingly, that is Stafanie Taylor‘s first ODI ton, beating her previous score of 90.
- Friday Quiz: An English Summer
Overnight Scores
India 285 (Smriti Mandhana 83, Harmanpreet Kaur 58, Deepti Sharma 57*, Sophie Ecclestone 3-69) and 341/7 (Yastika Bhatia 113, Smriti Mandhana 70, Richa Ghosh 50*, Sophie Ecclestone 5-118) v
England 170 (Amy Jone 52, Nat Sciver-Brunt 44, Kranti Gaud 5-37) and 130/6 (Amy Jones 52*, Sayali Satghare 2-19, Sneh Rana 2-33, Kranti Gaud 2-40)
England trail by 327 runs
Ireland 241/7 (Amy Hunter 67, Rebecca Stokell 57, Deandra Dottin 2-15, Hayley Matthews 2-34) v
West Indies 242/4 (Hayley Matthews 100, Stafanie Taylor 100, Amy Maguire 2-52) by 6 wickets
POTM: Hayley Matthews
