England and Argentina will meet at a World Cup for the first time in 24 years when they face each other in Wednesday’s semi-final in Atlanta.

A war over a remote South Atlantic archipelago turned Argentina vs England into football's closest equivalent of the India-Pakistan cricket rivalry.

David Beckham’s red card in 1998 for fouling Diego Simeone, both a regular presence in the VIP box this tournament, has been a metaphor of Argentina practising the dark arts.

Number of women's Tests played at Lord's, nearly 92 years and 152 matches since the beginning of the format, with India beating England by 270 runs in the first fixture. Fast bowler Kranti Gaud was the first woman on the Lord's Test honours board with a five-wicket haul in England's first innings,

England suffered a 270-run thrashing in the one-off women's Test at Lord's as India sealed the emphatic victory before lunch on the final day.

Resuming on her overnight 39, the 25-year-old enjoyed an early reprieve when a Lauren Bell delivery clipped her leg stump without dislodging the bails.