Article by Hiral Vilas
In a Women’s cricket match between India and England at Wormsley, India has beaten England by 6 wickets.
Skipper Mithali Raj played and innings of unbeaten 50 . Mithali helped to chaise a target of 181 runs easily. Fifth wicket pair of Mithali and Shikha Pandey made 68 runs on the final day.
This is the first Test that the eves played after a eight-year hiatus with eight players in the starting XI making their Test debut.
The women’s team also achieved a remarkable feat, by winning consequetive Test series, having won the one-off ‘Test’ at Taunton in 2006, which incidentally was also the last time that the likes of Mithali and Jhulan Goswami were seen in white flannels. Bengal medium pacer took six wickets in the game, Mithali, who had scored 65 during the last Test, anchored the chase with a lot of resolve.
