India would be playing the longest format of the game after a really big gap.
The wait has finally come to an end as the Indian women's cricket team would be playing a test match after a gap of whopping 2401 days. They last played a test in Nov 2014 against South Africa, and the match will also mark the first non-ashes test in the same period.
Indian women's team has been a very successful team in the longest format of the game since the start of the century. They've played 10 matches of which they won 4, drew 5 and lost only 1 test. Interestingly, the loss came against England at home in a very small margin of just 2 runs.
HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD
The two teams have faced each other in test for 13 times, out of which India have won twice, England won once and 10 of them ended in draw. In England, the two teams have played 8 tests. India won two of them and England won none with 6 of them being drawn.
PREVIOUS RESULT
When these two sides met for the last time in a test, India beat England comprehensively by 6 wickets at Wormsley in Aug 2014. India had as many as eight debutants in the match and still managed to beat a full-strength English side.
Courtesy: ESPN Cricinfo.
BIG CONTEXT
India has won their last three tests, which is a joint world record in itself. If they manage to win the test against England, they'd have the world record of most consecutive test wins (4) surpassing three such previous streaks of Australia. The victory would also ensure that India wins their fourth consecutive test series, which would also be a world record.
HOW PREPARED ARE BOTH THE TEAMS?
Between November 2014 to May 2021, England has the experience of playing three tests, while India has none. Out of the 17 members in the squad, England has 11 players with test experience, compared to only 8 among 18 members from the Indian squad. The preparations though were in full swing in both the camps. Indian players were looking in a good rhythm.
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PITCH AND CONDITIONS
The match would be played at Bristol county cricket ground, which hasn't traditionally produced results. The cloud cover would be too relevant. Approximately, 53.37 percent of tests in the century have produced results. Would be interesting to see how the following test goes.
SQUADS
England: Heather Knight (C), Emily Arlott, Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Georgia Elwiss, Natasha Farrant, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Nathalie Sciver (VC), Anya Shrubsole, Mady Villiers, Fran Wilson, Lauren Winfield-Hill.
India: Mithali Raj (C), Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur (VC), Punam Raut, Priya Punia, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia, Indrani Roy, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav.
WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW TO WATCH?
The test would be played from 16 to 19 Jun at Bristol county ground. In India, the match would be televised on the Sony sports network and the Sony Liv app would provide live streaming. The match would start at 15:30 pm (IST).
