A woman who discovered a love of cricket after volunteering to help out a village side was part of the scoring team overseeing a history making test match at Lord's.

The four-day test, where England played host to India, was the first ever Women's Test match at the world famous cricket ground.

England were all out for 186 on the fourth and final day, giving India a 270-run victory - the biggest by a visiting team against England in women's Tests and the fourth largest in the format's history.

But despite the result, Derbyshire County Cricket Club's first team scorer Jane Hough said it remained a dream come true.

Hough, from Ockbrook, has been first team scorer at Derbyshire's County Ground since 2023, and in February she was approached by the England and Wales Cricket Board to score England Women for the test.

She told the BBC: "I was asked a few years ago what's my dream appointment, and I said a Test match - a women's Test match - which surprised quite a few people because most people think it's a men's Test match but I'm a huge supporter of women's cricket.

"So to be asked to score a women's Test match and then for it to be the first one at Lord's too was absolutely my number one thing.

"I had to go to Derbyshire and say 'please can you release me for two T20s because I've been offered a Test match', and I got as far as 'Test match at Lord's' and my boss very kindly went 'of course you're going to do it'."

Hough was part of a seven-strong scoring team for the match, joining two official scorers, two people operating the electronic scoreboard, two on the manual scoreboard, and a scorebox manager.

She said: "I think it was actually the morning of day one when I walked into Lord's, we just looked at each other and went 'oh this is real'.

"I had never scored a Test match before. At Test matches the scorers don't interact with the umpires other than over radios and they were like 'no, we've got special permission, we're going to come and say hello'.

"The fourth umpire and the match referee came round to say hello. It was just lovely, it added to the whole event."

But Hough said the scoring was "very intense" as the whole team was aware it was "part of history".

Hough has scored domestic and international fixtures including the 2017 Cricket World Cup, but it was Etwall in Derbyshire where she first discovered the sport.

"My husband played so I went along with him one day when we were still going out," she said. "I was quite adamant I was not doing cricket teas."

But after the team's scorer was due to be away on holiday, Hough learned to score to cover her absence.

"There were no computers involved, there were no tablets, there were no iPhones, it was all done on paper," she said.

"And this game of cricket that I had never really known about, suddenly came alive - the runs, the good bowling, the great catching, the fours, the sixes, the run-outs, and suddenly it was like 'this is why people like this sport'.

"Perhaps I'm a cricketer crying to get out, but I started way too late to be able to play at any higher level, so for me to be able to represent my country by scoring a women's Test match is a way that I can play internationally almost."

The Derbyshire Cricket Foundation added: "Jane has been a familiar and respected face in the scorer's box across Derbyshire for many years, dedicating countless hours with the Association of Cricket Officials to support scoring education in recreational cricket before progressing to score for the Derbyshire County Cricket Club first team.

"Her dedication, professionalism and passion for the game have now seen her involved on one of the biggest stages in women's cricket. Everyone at Derbyshire is incredibly proud."