England: Tammy Beaumont, Maia Bouchier, Heather Knight, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Alice Capsey, Amy Jones, Mady Villiers, Sophie Ecclestone, Issy Wong, Lauren Bell, Lauren Filer.

India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Sayali Satghare, Sneh Rana, Sree Charani, Kranti Gaud.

The England skipper confirms there will be two debutants today - Alice Capsey and Mady Villiers

Full teams incoming.

Nat Sciver-Brunt decides to bowl first after winning the toss.

Can England put that heavy defeat by Australia in last week’s T20 World Cup final at this very ground to the back of the mind?

India, meanwhile, didn’t even make the semi-finals.

This is a moment to celebrate, but it also raises an obvious question: why now?

The Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket was damning in its 2023 report, describing it as “truly appalling” that England women had never played a Test at Lord’s.

Here is a brilliant explainer from the brilliant Ffion Wynne.

Lord’s staged its first men’s Test on 21 July 1884 when England faced Australia in an Ashes match.

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Now, 142 years later, England’s women are playing their first Test at the Home of Cricket, with India the opposition.

A historic day for the game.