India national women's cricket team

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Captain Jhulan Goswami
First recorded match 31 October 1976 v West Indies at Bangalore, India
World Cup
Appearances 6 (First in 1978)
Best result Runners up, 2005
Test matches
Test matches played 34
Test wins/losses 3/6
ODI matches
ODI matches played 169
ODIs wins/losses 47/77
As of 12 March 2009

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.

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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 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]

World Cup

Asia Cup

ICC World Twenty20

2011 : Finalists

Records

Test cricket

ODI cricket

See also

References

  1. ^ Downing, Clement (1978). A History of the Indian Wars. p. 189. OCLC 5905776. 
  2. ^ "Cricket and Politics in Colonial India". Ramachandra Guha. 1998. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2279/is_1998_Nov/ai_53542832/pg_3. Retrieved 7 December 2009. 
  3. ^ "India in England, 1911". Cricket Archive. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1911_ENG_India_in_England_1911.html. Retrieved 7 December 2009. 
  4. ^ "England v India 1932". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151765.html. Retrieved 7 December 2009. 
  5. ^ "List of women's Test matches". Cricinfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=8;filter=advanced;orderby=start;size=200;template=results;type=aggregate;view=results. Retrieved 7 December 2009. 
  6. ^ Stoddart, Brian; Keith A. P. Sandiford (1998). The imperial game: cricket, culture, and society. Manchester University Press. p. 5. ISBN 9780719049781. OCLC 40430869. 
  7. ^ "India women Test matches". Cricinfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=8;team=1863;template=results;type=aggregate;view=results. Retrieved 7 December 2009. 
  8. ^ "Better days for women's cricket?". Rediff. November 14, 2006. http://in.rediff.com/cms/print.jsp?docpath=//cricket/2006/nov/14message.htm. Retrieved 7 December 2009. 
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