The Indian women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1976/1977, when they drew with the West Indies in a six-match series. They performed better than expected in the last Women's Cricket World Cup, reaching the finals but then losing to Australia. In 2005 they won their second Women's Asia Cup, played in Pakistan. That tournament featured the first-ever match between the Indian and Pakistani women's teams.
They toured England in 2006, winning the Test series 1-0, winning the Twenty20 international, but losing the ODI series 4-0. The captain of the team is Jhulan Goswami.
History
The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721.[1] The first Indian cricket club was established by the Parsi community in Bombay, in 1848; the club played their first match against the Europeans in 1877.[2] The first official Indian cricket team was formed in 1911 and toured England, where they played English county teams.[3] The India team made their Test debut against England in 1932.[4] Around the same time (1934), the first women's Test was played between England and Australia.[5] However, women's cricket arrived in India only much later; the Women's Cricket Association of India was formed in 1973.[6] The Indian women's team played their first Test match in 1976, against the West Indies.[7]
As part of the International Cricket Council's initiative to develop women's cricket, the Women's Cricket Association of India was merged with the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 2006.[8]
- 1973: did not participate
- 1978: 4th place
- 1982: 4th place
- 1988: did not participate
- 1993: 4th place
- 1997: Semi Finals
- 2000: Semi Finals
- 2005: Runners up
- 2009: 3rd place
- 2004: Winners
- 2005: Winners
- 2006: Winners
- 2008: Winners
ICC World Twenty20
Records
Test cricket
- Highest team total: 467 v England, 14 August 2002 at County Ground, Taunton, England
- Highest individual score: 214, Mithali Raj v England, 14 August 2002 at County Ground, Taunton, England
- Best innings bowling: 8/53, Neetu David v England, 24 November 1995 at Jamshedpur, India
- Best match bowling: 10/78, Jhulan Goswami v England, 29 August 2006 at County Ground, Taunton, England
ODI cricket
- Highest team total: 298/2 v West Indies, 26 February 2004 at Jamadoba, India
- Highest individual score: 138 not out, Jaya Sharma v Pakistan, 30 December 2005 at National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
- Best innings bowling: 6/10, Mamatha Maben v Sri Lanka, 25 April 2004 at Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka
See also
References
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