Women's Test cricket
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Women's cricket
Women's cricket is the form of the team sport of cricket that is played by women.-History:The first recorded match of women's cricket was reported in The Reading Mercury on 26 July 1745, a match contested "between eleven maids of Bramley and eleven maids of Hambledon, all dressed in white." The...
and is the gender equivalent to men's Test cricket
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...
. Matches comprise four-innings and are held over a maximum of four days between two of the leading cricketing nations. The rules governing the format differ little from those for the men's game, with differences generally being technicalities surrounding umpiring and pitch size. Far fewer women's Test matches are played each year than women's One Day Internationals, with the international calendar revolving around the shorter format of the game. The first women's Test match was played by England women and Australia women in December 1934, a three-day contest held in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
which England won by nine wickets.
Nations
By 2007 ten teams had played women's Test matches, as follows:- Australia
- England
- India
- Ireland
- The Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Pakistan
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- West Indies
The Netherlands played their first Test in July 2007 against South Africa. The Netherlands gained Test status when it was announced by the ICC that the top ten ranked women's sides would have Test and ODI status.
Records
- Highest individual innings: 242 by Kiran BaluchKiran BaluchKiran Maqsood Baluch is a female Pakistani cricketer.-References:...
for Pakistan v West Indies at 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...
, 2003/04 - Best bowling: 8-53 by 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...
for India v England at Jamshedpur, 1995 - Hat-trick to Rene FarrellRene FarrellRene Farrell is an Australian cricketer. A fast-medium pace bowler, she is a current member of the Australian team.Although Farrell was successful in age-group interstate cricket, she did not make her senior debut for New South Wales until late in the 2006–07 season a month before turning 20...
for Australia v England at Bankstown, 2011 (Scorecard)