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Women's cricket is the form of the Team Sport of Cricket that is played by Women .


HISTORY

Women's cricket has a long history and was first reported in ''The Reading Mercury'' on 26 July 1745.

''See main article at '': History Of Women's Cricket


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 ten 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 and the Netherlands are Test nations 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 . The following women's cricket teams have fielded one-day international sides but do not play Test cricket:


The following sides competed in the first women's world cup, but no longer field sides at this level.



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