The history of women’s cricket can be traced back to 1745 and in 1811 the first recorded women’s county match between Surrey v Hampshire at Ball’s Pond, London was played. Check out all the important dates in the History of Cricket.
| Year | Events |
| 1745 | the first known match was played in Surrey. |
| 1811 | First recorded women’s county match: Surrey v Hampshire at Ball’s Pond, London |
| 1887 | The first women’s cricket club was formed at Nun Appleton in Yorkshire and named the White Heather Club |
| 1926 | The Women’s Cricket Association was founded |
| 1931 | the Australian Women’s Cricket Association was founded |
| 1934 | first Women’s Test match between England and Australia in December |
| 1958 | The International Women’s Cricket Council was formed.Betty Wilson of Australia became the first player, male or female, to record a century and ten wickets in a Test match against England at the MCG |
| 1973 | The first Women’s Cricket World Cup was held in England |
| 1979 | Lord’s staged its first women’s Test match between England and Australia |
| 1998 | The Women’s Cricket Association handed over the running of women’s cricket in England to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) |
| 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. |
| 2009 | The first World Cup held under the auspices of the ICC was won by England, the first English team of either sex to win an ICC competition. |
| 2009 | England batsman Claire Taylor was named one of Wisden’s five cricketers of the year, the first woman to be honoured with the award in its 120-year history. |
History of Indian Women Cricket team
The history of Indian women’s cricket can be traced back to 1973 as Women’s Cricket Association of India was formed. The first Women’s Inter-State Nationals was held in Pune. WCAI received the International Women’s Cricket Council (IWCC) membership. Check out all the important dates in the History of Cricket.
| Year | Events |
| 1973 | Women’s Cricket Association of India was formed. The first Women’s Inter-State Nationals was held in Pune. WCAI received the International Women’s Cricket Council (IWCC) membership. |
| 1974 | The inter-zonal limited overs tournament – the Rani Jhansi Trophy – was held at Kanpur. |
| 1975 | International women’s cricket was played in India vs Australia |
| 1976 | The first Test match won by India was in the presence of 25,000 spectators when West Indies were beaten at Patna |
| 1978 | 2nd women World cup held in India for the first time.WCAI received Government recognition. |
| 1986-91 | Gap of cricket. |
| 1995 | India won their first ODI series vs New Zealand. |
| 1997 | the World Cup was held, for the 2nd time. Semi Finalists |
| 2000 | Again knocked out of semifinals |
| 2004-16 | Champions of Asia. |
| 2017 | Runners up of ODI World Cup. |
| 2018 | For the first time lost the title of Asia cup vs Malaysia |
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