Indian women's cricket team
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The Indian women's cricket team played their first Test match
in 1976/1977, when they drew with the West Indies
in a six-match series. They performed better than expected in the last Women's Cricket World Cup
, reaching the finals but then losing to Australia
. In 2005 they won their second Women's Asia Cup
, played in Pakistan
. That tournament featured the first-ever match between the Indian and Pakistani women's teams.
They toured England in 2006, winning the Test series 1-0, winning the Twenty20 international, but losing the ODI series 4-0.
The captain of the team is Jhulan Goswami
.
debut against England in 1932. Around the same time (1934), the first women's Test was played between England and Australia. However, women's cricket arrived in India much later; the Women's Cricket Association of India was formed in 1973. The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies.
As part of the International Cricket Council
's initiative to develop women's cricket, the Women's Cricket Association of India was merged with the Board of Control for Cricket in India
in 2006.
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
in 1976/1977, when they drew with the West Indies
West Indian women's cricket team
The West Indian women's cricket team is the team that represents the West Indies in international women's cricket matches.-Test history:The first Test series played by the West Indies was at home to Australia in 1975-76, when both the three day matches were drawn. In 1976-77 the same team then...
in a six-match series. They performed better than expected in the last Women's Cricket World Cup
Women's Cricket World Cup
The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is a Women's one-day international cricket competition. The first tournament was held in England in 1973, two years before the first men's ICC Cricket World Cup....
, reaching the finals but then losing to Australia
Australian women's cricket team
The Australian women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1934/5, when they lost to England two-nil in a three-Test series. Since then they have improved and are generally considered the best women's cricket team in the world...
. In 2005 they won their second Women's Asia Cup
Women's Asia Cup
The ACC Women's Asia Cup is an international One Day International cricket tournament contested by women's cricket teams from Asia. It has been played four times to date.-2004:...
, played in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. That tournament featured the first-ever match between the Indian and Pakistani women's teams.
They toured England in 2006, winning the Test series 1-0, winning the Twenty20 international, but losing the ODI series 4-0.
The captain of the team is Jhulan Goswami
Jhulan Goswami
Jhulan Goswami is an all round cricketer who plays for the India national women's cricket team, Bengal Women, East Zone Women as well as the Asia Women XI women's cricket team. She is currently the Indian Women's cricket team captain...
.
History
The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721. The first Indian cricket club was established by the Parsi community in Bombay, in 1848; the club played their first match against the Europeans in 1877. The first official Indian cricket team was formed in 1911 and toured England, where they played English county teams. The India team made their TestTest cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
debut against England in 1932. Around the same time (1934), the first women's Test was played between England and Australia. However, women's cricket arrived in India much later; the Women's Cricket Association of India was formed in 1973. The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies.
As part of the International Cricket Council
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
's initiative to develop women's cricket, the Women's Cricket Association of India was merged with the Board of Control for Cricket in India
Board of Control for Cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered at Mumbai, is the national governing body for all cricket in India. It's not the apex governing body in India. The board was formed in December 1928 as BCCI replaced Calcutta Cricket Club. BCCI is a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu...
in 2006.
World Cup
- 1973: did not participate
- 1978: 4th place
- 1982: 4th place
- 1988: did not participate
- 1993: 4th place
- 1997: 3rd place
- 2000: 3rd place
- 2005: Runners up
- 2009: 3rd place
Test cricket
- Highest team total: 467 v EnglandEnglish women's cricket teamThe England women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1934–35, when they beat Australia 2–0 in a three-Test series. Their current captain is Charlotte Edwards, replacing Clare Connor after her five-year tenure, which she finished by leading England to their first Ashes series win since...
, 14 August 2002 at County Ground, TauntonTauntonTaunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... - Highest individual score: 214, Mithali RajMithali RajMithali Raj is a Test and One Day International cricketer who represents India women's cricket team. She was the captain of the Indian women's cricket team. She made her One Day International debut in 1999 against Ireland at Milton Keynes and scored 114 runs without getting out in that match...
v EnglandEnglish women's cricket teamThe England women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1934–35, when they beat Australia 2–0 in a three-Test series. Their current captain is Charlotte Edwards, replacing Clare Connor after her five-year tenure, which she finished by leading England to their first Ashes series win since...
, 14 August 2002 at County Ground, TauntonTauntonTaunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... - Best innings bowling: 8/53, Neetu DavidNeetu DavidNeetu David is a left-arm spinner who plays for the India national women's cricket team.David is India's third highest wicket taker in Tests and their leading wicket-taker in One Day Internationals...
v EnglandEnglish women's cricket teamThe England women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1934–35, when they beat Australia 2–0 in a three-Test series. Their current captain is Charlotte Edwards, replacing Clare Connor after her five-year tenure, which she finished by leading England to their first Ashes series win since...
, 24 November 1995 at Jamshedpur, India - Best match bowling: 10/78, Jhulan GoswamiJhulan GoswamiJhulan Goswami is an all round cricketer who plays for the India national women's cricket team, Bengal Women, East Zone Women as well as the Asia Women XI women's cricket team. She is currently the Indian Women's cricket team captain...
v EnglandEnglish women's cricket teamThe England women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1934–35, when they beat Australia 2–0 in a three-Test series. Their current captain is Charlotte Edwards, replacing Clare Connor after her five-year tenure, which she finished by leading England to their first Ashes series win since...
, 29 August 2006 at County Ground, TauntonTauntonTaunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....
, England
ODI cricket
- Highest team total: 298/2 v West IndiesWest Indian women's cricket teamThe West Indian women's cricket team is the team that represents the West Indies in international women's cricket matches.-Test history:The first Test series played by the West Indies was at home to Australia in 1975-76, when both the three day matches were drawn. In 1976-77 the same team then...
, 26 February 2004 at JamadobaJamadobaJamadoba is a census town in Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.-Geography:Jamadoba is located at . It has an average elevation of 153 metres .-Demographics:...
, India - Highest individual score: 138 not out, Jaya SharmaJaya SharmaJaya Sharma in Ghaziabad. She is an Indian cricketer who has played one women's test match and 77 women's one-day internationals including the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa...
v PakistanPakistani women's cricket teamThe Pakistan national women's cricket team is a professional cricket team that represents Pakistan in international women's cricket matches.-1990s:...
, 30 December 2005 at National StadiumNational Stadium, KarachiThe National Stadium is a cricket stadium in Karachi, Pakistan. It is currently used for cricket matches, and is home to Karachi's domestic cricket teams. The stadium is able to hold 34,228 spectators, making it the second largest cricket stadium in Pakistan after Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore...
, KarachiKarachiKarachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... - Best innings bowling: 6/10, Mamatha MabenMamatha MabenMamatha Maben is an Indian cricketer who has played four women's test matches and 40 women's one-day internationals including the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup in England.-References:...
v Sri LankaSri Lankan women's cricket teamThe Sri Lankan women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of Sri Lanka in international women's cricket matches.-1990s:Sri Lanka's international debut came in 1997 with a three match ODI series against The Netherlands, which they lost 2-1...
, 25 April 2004 at Asgiriya StadiumAsgiriya StadiumAsgiriya International Stadium, is a Cricket stadium situated in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Asgiriya Stadium is the private property of Trinity College, Kandy. It is around a 10 minute walk from the centre of the city. The venue would usually be used when an international team toured Sri Lanka for a Test...
, Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
See also
- List of India women Test cricketers
- List of India women ODI cricketers
- Indian men's cricket teamIndian cricket teamThe Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....