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Across all three formats, 9 players have scored 50 or more centuries, 5 have scored 60 or more centuries and 3 have scored 70 or more centuries, 2 have scored 80 or more centuries in their respective international careers. Only one cricketer has scored 100 centuries.
[1] [2] The Women's Cricket Association was formed in England in 1926, [3] and the first women's Test was played between England and Australia in 1934. The English team were on a tour of Australia and New Zealand, arranged by the WCA. [4] [5] The International Women's Cricket Council was formed in 1958 as the governing body for women's cricket. [6]
Following the success of the list for Test cricket, the Wisden 100 list for ODI cricket was released on 1 February 2002. The top-rated batting performance was Viv Richards ' 189* for West Indies against England at Manchester in 1984. 7 of Richards' innings appeared in the top 100, more than any other batsman.
The ICC women's rankings were launched on 1 October 2015 covering all three formats of women's cricket. The ranking system gives equal weight to results of Test, ODI, and T20 matches. It was designed by statistician and ICC Cricket Committee member David Kendix and utilizes the same methodology as men's cricket rankings. [1]
The first ever Cricket World Cup was the Women's Cricket World Cup organised in 1973 by the WCA; it was based on an idea of cricketer Rachael Heyhoe Flint and businessman Jack Hayward. [94] After the success of the Women's Cricket World Cup, the men's tournament took place two years later.
The editor of Wisden at the time, Matthew Engel, wrote that the only real deficiency of the list was the absence of a fast bowler in the top five places. Fast bowlers dominated cricket from the 1970s until at least the mid-1990s, and the most famous pre-war test series, Bodyline , aroused controversy because of England's fast bowling strategy ...
The first ever Cricket World Cup was organised for women in 1973 by the English Women's Cricket Association, based on an idea by cricketer Rachel Heyhoe Flint and businessman Jack Hayward. [1] After the success of the Women's Cricket World Cup, the men's tournament took place two years later. [2]
Unlike Wisden ' s Cricketers of the Year, players can be recognised more than once as the Leading Cricketer in the World, and eighteen players have been selected for multiple years. [6] The majority of these have won the award twice, but seven players have been recognised for three or more years: Don Bradman , Garfield Sobers , Jack Hobbs , Viv ...