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Women's cricket is the form of the Team Sport of Cricket that is played by Women . HISTORY The first recorded Women's cricket match was reported in ''The Reading Mercury'' on 26 July 1745 and took place between the towns of Bramley and Hambleton near Guildford in Surrey . The ''Mercury'' reported: "The greatest cricket match that was played in this part of England was on Friday, the 26th of last month, on Gosden Common, near Guildford, between eleven maids of Bramley and eleven maids of Hambledon, all dressed in white. The Bramley maids had blue ribbons and the Hambledon maids red ribbons on their heads. The Bramley girls got 119 notches and the Hambledon girls 127. There was of bothe sexes the greatest number that ever was seen on such an occasion. The girls bowled, batted, ran and catches as well as most men could do in that game." Historically, Cricket Deliveries were bowled Underarm or Roundarm . The modern Overarm Bowling action was pioneered by Christine Willes in the early 1800s, to avoid becoming ensnared in her Skirt s. The first women's cricket club was formed in 1887 at was founded in 1926, and the first overseas tour was made to Australia and New Zealand in 1934-35 which included the first Women's Test Match between England and Australia in December 1934 . In Australia , the Victoria Women’s Cricket Association was founded in 1905 and the Australian Women's Cricket Association in 1931. The International Women's Cricket Council was formed in 1958 to coordinate women's cricket which was now being played regularly in Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa , the West Indies , Denmark and the Netherlands . England toured South Africa in 1960-61, and the first Women's Cricket World Cup was held in England in 1973, won by the hosts. Lord's Cricket Ground staged its first women's Test Match in 1979, between England and Australia. In 2005, after the eighth Women's World Cup, the International Women’s Cricket Council was officially integrated under the umbrella of the International Cricket Council , and an ICC Women’s Cricket Committee was formed to consider all matters relating to women’s cricket. {Link without Title} WOMEN'S TEST CRICKET See Also: Women's Test cricket Women's Test cricket has been played since December 1934. Current international women's cricket teams include nine Test teams, as follows: Note that Bangladesh and Zimbabwe do not play women's Test cricket although they ''do'' have men's teams, and that Ireland is a Test nation in women's cricket but not in the men's game. WOMEN'S ODI CRICKET See Also: Women's one-day international cricket Women's One-day Internationals have been played since 1973. The first Women's Cricket World Cup competition was held in 1973, two years before the first men's Cricket World Cup . Four women's cricket teams field one-day international sides but do not play Test cricket: There are also four One-day International teams which no longer field sides at this level: SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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