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Women's Test cricket has been played since 1934, when England faced Australia in a three-match series. [1] Since that first match, over 130 Tests have been competed. [ 2 ] The advent of Twenty20 cricket in the early part of the 21st century has all but eliminated Test cricket from the woman's game. [ 3 ]
In the women's variant, the game is scheduled to last four days of play. [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 ...
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.
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] The next most prolific bowler is Australia's Betty Wilson, who claimed her 68 wickets at the lowest bowling average, 11.80 and the first hat-trick in Women's Test cricket. [34]
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Sri Lanka women Twenty20 International cricketers (56 P) Pages in category "21st-century Sri Lankan sportswomen" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of ...
Pages in category "England women Twenty20 International cricketers" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Deandra Dottin was the first player to score a century in a WT20I match. In the sport of cricket, a century is a score of one hundred or more runs by a batter in a single innings. [1] In a women's Twenty20 match, each team plays a single innings, which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs. [2]