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Women’s Cricket
	Unlike men cricket, Women’s Cricket is yet to make a mark among the common masses. Primarily, when we discuss about Cricket, the game of cricket is usually associated with men. The Women’s Cricket has a long history to bank upon. Evidences indicate that the first women's cricket club was formed in 1887 at Nun Appleton in Yorkshire and it was accordingly named as the White Heather Club. In 1890, the then Women Cricket Players formed a team known as the Original English Lady Cricketers toured England, where they played exhibition matches in front of large crowds and it was regarded to be highly successful.
Finally, looking at its success the Women's Cricket Association was founded in 1926, and the first overseas tour was made to Australia and New Zealand in 1934-35 where the first Women's Test match between England and Australia in December 1934. With the passage of time, Women’s Cricket gained significant popularity as in Australia, the Victoria Women's Cricket Association was founded in 1905 and the Australian Women's Cricket Association in 1931. The current status of cricket is run by the Women's National Cricket League. Looking at the Popularity of Women’s Cricket, the International Women's Cricket Council was formed in 1958 to coordinate women's cricket which is now regularly played in Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, the West Indies, Denmark and the Netherlands. Some of the Famous Women Cricket Players have come from the Australian side. A look at the back ground of Australian women's cricket team gives us details about their success story so far. Records suggest that the Australian women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1935, when they lost to England in a two-nil in a three-Test series. Since then they have remarkably improved their fitness, bowling and batting sides and today they are considered the best women's cricket team in the world as they have continuously won the World Cups in 1977/8, 1981/2, 1988/9, 1997/8 and 2004/5. Thus, Women’s Cricket has a glorious history to bank upon. Keep surfing through War of Cricket.com for more updates on Women’s Cricket.

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