India, July 11 -- Captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma all scored important fifties, but that was not enough, as England's consistent wickets saw India bowled out for 285 on Day 1 of the solitary women's Test at Lord's on Friday. At stumps, England were 21 for one with Maia Bouchier (17 not out) and Heather Knight (1 not out) at the crease after Kranti Goud dismissed Tammy Beaumont (2).

Smriti Mandhana provides resilience after India lose early wickets

Before Deepti (57) decided to resist with the last pair at the crease, Mandhana (83) and Harmanpreet (58) had done well for India in a later order. Mandhana, after two quick wickets within the first seven overs, had Shafali Verma and Yastika Bhatia dismissed, and In...