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Second women's Test match between Australia and England in Sydney in 1935; Myrtle Maclagan (not pictured) scored the first century in women's Test cricket during this match while Betty Snowball (wicketkeeper, third from left) scored a century two Tests later. Test cricket is the longest version of the sport of cricket.
First Women's Test Century First Women's ODI Century First Women's T20I Century Women's Test Total Women's ODI Total Women's T20I Total 1 Heather Knight [49] 2010–2023 England: 157 vs Australia, August 2013 [50] 106 vs Pakistan, June 2017 [51] 108* vs Thailand, February 2020 [52] 2 2 1 2 Tammy Beaumont: 2009–2023 England
In a women's Twenty20 match, each team plays a single innings, which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs. [2] A women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is an international cricket match between two teams, each having WT20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport's world governing body. [3]
As of January 2025, 311 centuries have been scored by 113 different players from over 1,400 WODI matches. [9] The first two centuries in WODIs were scored as part of the opening round in the 1973 Women's World Cup. [10] England's Lynne Thomas and Enid Bakewell both achieved the feat as part of their team's victory over the International XI. [11]
A qualification of 15 overall centuries is used for entry onto the men's list. To date, 127 cricketers have scored 15 or more international centuries, 83 of whom went on to score 20 or more centuries, 44 have scored 30 or more centuries, and 21 have a total of 40 or more centuries.
In The Laws of Cricket, the only explicit difference between men's and women's cricket is the ball size. According to The Laws of Cricket: Clause 4.6.1 Women’s cricket Weight: from 4.94 ounces/140 g to 5.31 ounces/151 g Circumference: from 8.25 in/21.0 cm to 8.88 in/22.5 cm.
Ten women have scored double centuries in Test cricket; the highest of these was the 242 runs scored by Pakistan's Kiran Baluch against the West Indies in 2004. [ 32 ] Mary Duggan , who played for England between 1949 and 1963 is the leading wicket-taker in women's Test cricket, claiming 77 wickets from 17 matches. [ 33 ]
A women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match played in a maximum of 150 minutes between two ICC member sides, and is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket. [1] The first such match was held in August 2004 between England and New Zealand . [ 2 ]