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England vs India: Hosts suffer crushing 270-run defeat in historic Lord’s Test

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July 13, 2026

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England v India, one-off Test, Lord’s

India 285 (Mandhana 83; Ecclestone 3-68) & 341-7 dec (Bhatia 113; Ecclestone 5-118)

England 170 (Jones 52; Gaud 5-37) & 186 (Jones 54; Rana 4-42)

India won by 270 runs

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England suffered a 270-run thrashing in the one-off women’s Test at Lord’s as India sealed the emphatic victory before lunch on the final day.

Though defeat was inevitable as England started the day 130-6 and needing another 328 for victory, any hopes of prolonged resistance were ended when overnight batter Amy Jones was caught at mid-wicket for 54.

With the pitch turning, India had fielders crowded around the bat as their spinners then mopped up the tail with England skittled for 186.

It is England’s second-heaviest defeat in terms of runs in Test cricket after their 347-run loss against the same opposition away from home in 2023.

Both Issy Wong and Lauren Bell were bowled by Deepti Sharma to leave England on the brink at nine down, but Sophie Ecclestone held firm for her first international half-century.

Ecclestone reached the milestone from 61 balls to follow her five-wicket haul on day three, before she was bowled by a beauty from Sneh Rana for 50 to spark jubilant India celebrations.

Off-spinner Rana was the pick of India’s bowlers with 4-42.

England were outclassed, offering little conviction or discipline with the bat – across both innings they averaged just four when the ball was bowled on the stumps – and with the ball failed to adapt to the conditions and the Lord’s slope.

It was a disappointing ending to the fine careers of former captain Heather Knight and batter Tammy Beaumont, having fallen cheaply in England’s innings the previous day.

England’s attention now turns to The Hundred, which starts on 21 July, before they play Ireland in a white-ball series in September where their transition begins without Knight and Beaumont.

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How to watch the women’s UniCredit Iasi Open: Streaming options for the Round of 32

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July 13, 2026 8:47 am EDT Updated

There are nine women’s matches at the UniCredit Iasi Open today, highlighted by No. 118-ranked Alina Charaeva against No. 114 Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva.

UniCredit Iasi Open key details

Tournament: The UniCredit Iasi Open
Round: Round of 32
Date: July 13
Streaming: Fubo (Stream now)
Venue: Ciric Sport Base
Location: Iaşi, Romania
Court Surface: Clay
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UniCredit Iasi Open schedule today

Elena Pridankina vs. Georgina Garcia Perez, 4 a.m. ET (Qualification Final)
Ilinca Dalina Amariei vs. Carmen Andreea Herea, 4 a.m. ET (Qualification Final)
Elina Avanesyan vs. Irina Fetecau, 5:15 a.m. ET (Qualification Final)
Leyre Romero Gormaz vs. Zhibek Kulambayeva, 6:15 a.m. ET (Qualification Final)
Claire Liu vs. Ipek Oz, 6:30 a.m. ET (Qualification Final)
Varvara Lepchenko vs. Alevtina Ibragimova, 8 a.m. ET (Qualifying Qualification Final)
Alina Charaeva vs. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva, 8 a.m. ET (Round of 32)
Anna Bondar vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo, 8:10 a.m. ET (Round of 32)
Nadia Podoroska vs. Petra Marcinko, 10:50 a.m. ET (Round of 32)

UniCredit Iasi Open odds

Paula Badosa: +550
Anhelina Kalinina: +750
Jaqueline Adina Cristian: +800
Elena-Gabriela Ruse: +900
Yulia Putintseva: +900
Anna Bondar: +1100
Simona Waltert: +1100
Petra Marcinko: +1200
Oleksandra Oliynykova: +1200
Mayar Sherif: +1400
Panna Udvardy: +1800
Sara Sorribes Tormo: +1800
Alina Charaeva: +1800
Katarzyna Kawa: +2800
Dalma Galfi: +3300
Kaitlin Quevedo: +3300
Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva: +3300
Emiliana Arango: +4000
Leolia Jeanjean: +4000
Dominika Salkova: +4000
Tamara Zidansek: +4000
Clara Burel: +4000
Moyuka Uchijima: +4000
Elsa Jacquemot: +5000
Nadia Podoroska: +5000

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Josh Kerr’s world mile record attempt confirmed for London meet

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July 13, 2026

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The Scot will look to build on his showing in Friday’s Diamond League meeting in Monaco, where he finished a close second to Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi as the Olympic and world 800m champion broke the long-standing men’s 1,000m world record on his debut at the rarely run distance.

Wanyonyi joins Wightman in London, along with Olympic silver medallist Marco Arop of Canada, Olympic finalist Bryce Hoppel of the United States, plus Ireland’s Mark English and English duo Max Burgin and Ben Pattison.

Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson leads a strong English contingent in the women’s 800m along with world silver medallist Georgia Hunter Bell, in a race that will also feature the Netherlands’ Femke Broeders-Bol, who has stepped up in distance from the 400m hurdles – in which she has won multiple Olympic and world medals.

Julien Alfred heads to London after a blistering run in Monaco, where the Saint Lucian clocked the third-fastest women’s 200m time in history, a world lead and personal best.

The double Olympic medallist will defend her London title against a world-class field including American Gabby Thomas and English trio Dina Asher-Smith, Amy Hunt and new British champion Success Eduan.