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Shafali Verma shows the way for future female stars of Indian cricket-by Tanya Aldred   Supremely talented 17-year-old should make the BCCI realise how big the women’s game could be India’s Shafali Verma was player of the match against England in the Test at Bristol. Photograph: Ashley Allen/Getty Images Tanya Aldred Just as more people saw Jim Laker whistle out 19 for 90 at Old Trafford and Ian Botham bristle 149 at Headingley than could possibly have fitted in the ground even stacked cheek to jowl and on top of each other, you suspect Bristol County Ground will have been rather fuller in retrospect than it was last week. Not because it was the first time India had played a Test for seven years or because of the cricket itself, which was excellent, but because of the Test debut of a 17-year-old superstar in the making. Shafali Verma made 96 and 63 and ...