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toured England to play the

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in June and July 2021. On

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2021,

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, the secretary of the

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(BCCI), stated that the India team would play a one-off

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against the England team. India women last played a Test match in November 2014, against South Africa. In April 2021, the

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(ECB) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, including the one-off Test match, three

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(WODI) and three

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(WT20I) matches. A points-based system was used across all three formats of the tour, with four points for winning the Test match, two points if the Test was drawn, and two points for each win in the

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matches. The one-off Test match ended in a draw, despite England making a big first-innings lead and enforcing the

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. England won the first WODI by eight wickets to record their 100th win at home in the format. England then won the second WODI match by five wickets, to win the series with a game to spare. India won the final WODI by four wickets, with England taking the series 2–1. England won the first WT20I, with India winning the second match. Therefore, England took an 8–6 lead in the points-based system into the final match of the tour. England won the third WT20I by eight wickets, to win the WT20I series 2–1 and to win 10–6 in the points-based system. During the third WODI match, India's

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became the leading run-scorer in women's international cricket. She went past

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' previous record of 10,273 runs.

Background

Originally, the tour was scheduled to take place in June and July 2020. The tour was to consist of four WODIs and two WT20Is. However, on 24 April 2020, due to the

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, the ECB confirmed that no professional cricket would be played in England before 1 July 2020, with the tour being postponed. In May 2020,

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, the Director of Cricket for the ECB, suggested that India could take part in a tri-series with the touring South African team during September 2020. However, on 20 July 2020, reports stated that India would not tour, due to the impact of the pandemic in India. The Test match was played on a used pitch from a men's game in the

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from the previous week. The ECB later apologised for the situation.

Squads

On 9 June 2021, England named a squad of 17 players for the one-off Test match. Two days later,

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and

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were released from the squad allowing them to play in the

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ahead of England's one-day matches.

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WODI series

1st WODI

2nd WODI

3rd WODI

WT20I series

1st WT20I

2nd WT20I

3rd WT20I

References

External links

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