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'The Big Test'-- Women's version!

As the Indian women’s cricket team gears up for the Test match against England, my mind drifts to early February, to a time when I was swallowing every bit of information Cricinfo had to offer. I navigated my way to the Women’s Cricket page and the first article that showed up was titled ‘Indian women to play Test in England’. My heart raced and I couldn’t believe my eyes. I quickly opened the article and read it… Not once, not twice, but all of five times. Each time I read it, the excitement grew. Could it really be? A Test match after eight years? And in England at that? I must be dreaming! The news just couldn’t get any better. Turns out I wasn’t dreaming after all, and the Indian women are scheduled to play a solitary Test match in Wormsley followed by three one day games at Scarborough. The squad landed in England a couple of weeks ago. Of the 16, only three have any experience playing Test cricket. All three though, have played Test cricket in England and tasted success the