{"id":192939,"date":"2026-07-12T20:09:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T01:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=192939"},"modified":"2026-07-12T20:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T01:39:41","slug":"yastika-bhatia-becomes-first-woman-to-score-a-test-century-at-lords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=192939","title":{"rendered":"Yastika Bhatia becomes first woman to score a Test century at Lord\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71213867\">Yastika Bhatia became the first woman to score a Test century at the Lord\u2019s Cricket Ground on the third day of the ongoing one-off Test match between England and India.<\/p>\n<p>Yastika reached three figures from 145 balls in an innings that had 12 fours. This is her highest Test score, and first century in the longest format.<\/p>\n<p>Resuming from overnight, she had an early piece of fortune when the first ball of the day from Lauren Bell clipped off-stump but failed to dislodge the bails. From there, she batted resolutely to reach the milestone.<\/p>\n<p>She joins teammate Kranti Gaud in making the Lord\u2019s honours board. Kranti earned the recognition after her five-wicket haul in England\u2019s first innings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 12, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/england-vs-india-one-off-test-yastika-bhatia-first-womens-test-century-at-lords-scores-stats-latest\/article71213867.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yastika Bhatia became the first woman to score a Test century at the Lord\u2019s Cricket Ground on the third day of the ongoing one-off Test match between England and India. Yastika reached three figures from 145 balls in an innings that had 12 fours. This is her highest Test score, and first century in the &#8230; <a title=\"Yastika Bhatia becomes first woman to score a Test century at Lord\u2019s\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=192939\" aria-label=\"Read more about Yastika Bhatia becomes first woman to score a Test century at Lord\u2019s\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2285752338.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":192909,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=192909","url_meta":{"origin":192939,"position":0},"title":"ENG vs IND, one-off Test: Yastika\u2019s century brings India to the precipice of victory","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"It was just one run. 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