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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]
The 2nd Women's Test match between Australia and England in Sydney in 1935.. The history of women's cricket can be traced back to a report in The Reading Mercury on 15 Aug 1745 and a match that took place between the villages of Bramley and Hambledon near Guildford in Surrey.
[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]
Women's cricket has been played internationally since the inaugural women's Test match between England's and Australia's women's teams in December 1934. The following year, New Zealand joined them. in 2007 Netherlands became the tenth women's Test nation in their debut against South Africa. A total of 145 women's Test matches have been played.
It’s the first in women’s Test match cricket for an England player and just the eighth in the history of women’s Test match cricket. 317 balls, 26 fours and 200 glorious, well-deserved runs.
Records for the short form of women's international cricket, One Day Internationals, are at List of women's One Day International cricket records. Cricket is, by its nature, capable of generating large numbers of records and statistics. Women's Test cricket has been played since 1934–35 with essentially the same rules as are played today, and ...
The list is arranged in the order in which each player won her Test cap. Until 2001, players making their debut in the same Test would have their cap number determined by appearance in the batting order, [1] [2] except for Margaret Peden who was allocated cap number one due to being Australia's captain in the first-ever Test.
This is a complete list of New Zealand women Test cricketers. A Test match is an international cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. This list contains every woman to have played Test cricket for New Zealand. Their first Test match was against England, in February 1935. [1] Their last Test was in 2004 against England. [2]