Heartbreak but no longer lonely

July 24, 2017 13:37

In the end, it was heartbreak by nine runs for India. But to get so close in front of a packed and partisan crowd at Lord's signalled a huge achievement.

Charles Dagnall from the BBC's Test Match Special was brutally honest: "India had this game won. You have got to give them credit for the match but if you are being honest they have only themselves to blame."

But when the tears have dried - and tonight there will be tears - the battle-hardened Indian women will be psychologically better prepared for the next encounter. Read the full report here.

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