Women's Test cricket is the longest format of women's cricket and is the female equivalent to men's Test cricket. Matches comprise four-innings and are held over a maximum of four days between two of the leading cricketing nations. The rules governing the format differ little from those for the men's game,with differences generally being technicalities surrounding umpiring and field size.
Belinda Jane Clark is an Australian former international cricketer and sports administrator. A right-handed batter,she served as the captain of the national women's team for eleven years and was a member of triumphant World Cup campaigns in 1997 and 2005. The first player to record a double century in the One Day International (ODI) format of the game,Clark has scored the most runs and captained the most matches of any Australian woman in ODIs. She has also achieved emphatic success domestically,winning five championships with New South Wales and two with Victoria while playing in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL).
The Australian women's national cricket team represent Australia in international women's cricket. Currently captained by Meg Lanning and coached by Shelley Nitschke,they are the top team in all world rankings assigned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the women's game.
Patricia Frances McKelvey,often known as Trish McKelvey,is a New Zealand former cricketer,cricket administrator and educator. She appeared in 15 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1966 and 1982. She also appeared in 6 One Day Internationals for International XI at the 1973 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for Wellington and Otago.
Betty Rebecca Wilson was considered one of the greatest woman cricketers of all time. She represented Australia in Women's Test cricket between 1947–48 and 1957–58. Wilson batted right-handed,and was a good off spin bowler and a superb fielder.
Deborah Ann Hockley is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. Hockley was the first woman to become President of New Zealand Cricket.
Emily Cecilia Drumm is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and could bowl both right-arm medium and right-arm leg break. She appeared in 5 Test matches and 101 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1992 and 2006. She played domestic cricket for Auckland,Northern Districts and Kent.
Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor is a former international cricketer and former captain of the New Zealand national team. Batting predominantly at number four,when he announced his retirement from international cricket at the end of 2021,he was the leading run-scorer for New Zealand in Test and One Day International cricket.
Charlotte Marie Edwards is an English former cricketer and current cricket coach and commentator. She played primarily as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 23 Test matches,191 One Day Internationals and 95 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 1996 and 2016. She played domestic cricket in England for East Anglia,Kent,Hampshire and Southern Vipers,as well as overseas for Northern Districts,Western Australia,Perth Scorchers,South Australia and Adelaide Strikers.
Samantha Claire Taylor is a former cricketer who represented England more than 150 times between 1998 and 2011. A top order batter,Taylor was the first woman to be named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. Along with Charlotte Edwards,she was the mainstay of England's batting during the first decade of the 21st century,and played a key role in the team's two world titles in 2009.
Enid Bakewell played for the English women's cricket team in 12 Tests between 1968 and 1979,and in 23 one-day international matches. A right-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler,on her figures she has a strong claim to be regarded as the best all-rounder that the English women's game has produced. In Tests she scored 1,078 runs at an average of 59.88,with 4 centuries,as well as taking 50 wickets at an average of 16.62. In what proved to be her final Test,she scored 68 and 112* and took 10 for 75 against West Indies at Edgbaston in 1979. Her final WODI appearance was in the final of the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup.
Alyssa Jean Healy is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australian women's national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket,as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL. She made her international debut in February 2010.
Kiran Maqsood Baluch is a Pakistani former cricketer who played as an all-rounder,batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She appeared in three Test matches and 40 One Day Internationals for Pakistan. She holds the record for the highest score in women's Test cricket,scoring 242 against the West Indies in 2004. She played domestic cricket for Karachi.
Joanne Broadbent is a former Australian cricketer.
Patricia Frances Carrick is a New Zealand former cricketer and umpire. She played as a right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in seven Test matches and three One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1969 and 1978. Her best bowling performance came in 1972,when she claimed 6/29 against Australia. She played domestic cricket for Canterbury and North Shore. In 1988,she became the first woman to umpire a men's first-class match.
Katey Jane Martin is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She appeared in one Test match,103 One Day Internationals and 95 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2003 and 2022. She played domestic cricket for Otago and Melbourne Stars.
Meghann Moira Lanning is an Australian cricketer who currently captains the national women's team. She has been a member of six successful world championship campaigns,winning two Women's Cricket World Cup and four ICC Women's World Twenty20 titles. Lanning holds the record for the most Women's One Day International centuries and is the first Australian to score 2,000 Twenty20 International runs. Domestically,she is the captain of Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League and the Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash League.
Bethany Louise Mooney is an Australian professional cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a batter in all three formats of the game. At the domestic level,she plays as a wicket-keeper-batter for Western Australia and Perth Scorchers. In March 2020,at the conclusion of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020,she became the world's number one batter in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket.
