List of centuries in women's Test cricket explained

Test cricket is the longest version of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between international teams of eleven players each over four innings; each team bats twice. In the women's variant, the game is scheduled to last four days of play.[1] [2] The Women's Cricket Association was formed in England in 1926,[3] and the first women's Test was played between England and Australia in 1934. The English team were on a tour of Australia and New Zealand, arranged by the WCA.[4] [5] The International Women's Cricket Council was formed in 1958 as the governing body for women's cricket.[6] In 2005, women's cricket was brought under the International Cricket Council along with men's cricket; at that time 89 of the council's 104 members had started developing women's cricket.[7] As of June 2024, a total of ten teams have played a total of 149 women's Test matches and 2 matches were abandoned.[5] England have played the most matches (98) while Sri Lanka, Ireland and the Netherlands have played only one Test each.[8]

A century is a score of a hundred or more runs in an innings. The first century in women's Test cricket was scored in 1935 by Myrtle Maclagan, who made 119 runs for England against Australia. Since then, a total of 108 centuries, including seven double centuries, have been scored. Betty Snowball of England (189 runs) held the record for the highest individual score for over 51 years. She was the second cricketer to hold the record after Maclagan, a record which stood until Sandhya Agarwal of India surpassed it by a single run in 1986. Following Agarwal the record was held by Denise Annetts (Australia, 1987), Kirsty Flavell (New Zealand, 1996), Karen Rolton (Australia, 2001), Mithali Raj (India, 2002), and the current record holder Kiran Baluch of Pakistan who, in 2004, scored 242 runs against the West Indies.[9] Janette Brittin of England has scored five centuries in a Test career spanning 27 matches and 44 innings, the most hundreds in women's Test match history.[10] Flavell scored the first double century in women's Test cricket in 1996; over the next eight years five more double centuries were scored, by Joanne Broadbent (Australia, 1998), Michelle Goszko (Australia, 2001), Karen Rolton (Australia, 2001), Mithali Raj (India, 2002), and Kiran Baluch (Pakistan, 2004), which was then succeeded by a 13 year wait until Ellyse Perry of Australia scored the next one in 2017.[11], Australia and England have the most centurions (23 players each) while English players have scored the most centuries (44 times).[12]

The first part of this list includes all players who have scored a Test century. The list is organised in chronological order; in cases where more than one player has scored a century in the same match or innings, the player who started batting earlier is listed first. The second part of the list provides an overview of century scores by Test playing teams. Teams are listed in the order of debut; in cases where two teams played their first match together, the host team is listed first.

Key

SymbolMeaning
Runs Number of runs scored
Batsman remained not out
MinsDuration of the innings in minutes
BF Number of balls faced
4sNumber of fours hit
6s Number of sixes hit
SR Runs scored per 100 balls
Inn Innings in which the score was made
–Statistic was not recorded
Score was a world record at that time

Century scores

No.!width="130"
PlayerDateForAgainstGroundRunsMinsBF4s6sSRInns
1[13]  Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney––
2[14]  Lancaster Park, Christchurch––
3Lancaster Park, Christchurch––
4Stanley Park, Blackpool–––––
5[15] Basin Reserve, Wellington–––
6Adelaide Oval, Adelaide––
7Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney–––––
8North Marine Road, Scarborough––
9Adelaide Oval, Adelaide––
10Lancaster Park, Christchurch––
11Junction Oval, Melbourne––
12Adelaide Oval, Adelaide––
13Adelaide Oval, Adelaide––
14Kingsmead, Durban––
15Newlands, Cape Town––
16The Oval, London–––––
17[16] North Marine Road, Scarborough––
18Adelaide Oval, Adelaide–––––
19Junction Oval, Melbourne–––––
20Basin Reserve, Wellington–––––
21Basin Reserve, Wellington–––––
22Hagley Oval, Christchurch–––––
23Hagley Oval, Christchurch–––––
24Newlands, Cape Town–––––
25[17] Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg––
26[18] Basin Reserve, Wellington––––
27[19] Old Trafford, Manchester––
28[20] Edgbaston, Birmingham––
29[21] The Oval, London––
30The Oval, London––
31Carisbrook, Dunedin–––––
32Carisbrook, Dunedin–––––
33University Oval, Sydney––
34[22] Edgbaston, Birmingham––
35[23] Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad–––
36Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad–––
37Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad–––
38[24] Wankhede Stadium, Bombay–––
39[25] Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
40[26] St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
41St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
42WACA, Perth
43WACA, Perth
44Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
45[27] Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo
46[28] Barabati Stadium, Cuttack––
47[29] Collingham Cricket Club, Collingham
48Collingham Cricket Club, Collingham
49[30] Stanley Park, Blackpool
50Stanley Park, Blackpool
No.PlayerDateForAgainstGroundRunsMinsBF4s6sSRInns
51[31] New Road, Worcester
52New Road, Worcester
53  New Road, Worcester
54New Road, Worcester
55[32] New Road, Worcester
56[33] Collingham Cricket Club, Collingham
57  Collingham Cricket Club, Collingham
58[34] Cornwall Park, Auckland
59Cornwall Park, Auckland
60[35] North Sydney Oval, Sydney
61[36] Richmond Cricket Ground, Melbourne
62North Sydney Oval, Sydney
63Trafalgar Park, Nelson
64Hagley Oval, Christchurch
65CCFG, Calcutta
66[37] North Marine Road, Scarborough
67North Marine Road, Scarborough
68  North Marine Road, Scarborough
69[38] New Road, Worcester
70[39] Woodbridge Road, Guildford
71[40] Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo–
72Woodbridge Road, Guildford
73Woodbridge Road, Guildford
74Woodbridge Road, Guildford
75St George's Road, Harrogate
76New Road, Worcester
77New Road, Worcester
78[41] Denis Compton Oval, Shenley
79Denis Compton Oval, Shenley
80  Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
81Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds
82[42] K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow
83  County Ground, Taunton
84Bankstown Oval, Sydney
85Denis Compton Oval, Shenley
86County Ground, Taunton
87Bilakhiya Stadium, Vapi
88  National Stadium, Karachi
89National Stadium, Karachi
90North Marine Road, Scarborough
91North Marine Road, Scarborough
92County Ground, Hove
93Grace Road, Leicester
94County Ground, Taunton
95New Road, Worcester
96Bankstown Oval, Sydney
97Sir Paul Getty's Ground, Wormsley
98Sir Paul Getty's Ground, Wormsley
99Gangotri Glades Cricket Ground, Mysore
100Gangotri Glades Cricket Ground, Mysore
No.PlayerDateForAgainstGroundRunsMinsBF4s6sSRInns
101Gangotri Glades Cricket Ground, Mysore
102North Sydney Oval, Sydney
103County Ground, Taunton
104Carrara Oval, Queensland
105Manuka Oval, Canberra
106County Ground, Taunton
107County Ground, Taunton
108County Ground, Taunton
109
110
111
112
113
114
115

Team overview

No.!width="130"
TeamFirst TestNo. of TestsNo. of playersNo. of centurionsNo. of centuriesHighest individual scoreHighest scorer
1[43] 193477 24 34
2[44] 1934992445208Tammy Beaumont
3[45] 1935
4[46] 1960
5[47] 1976
6[48] 1976
7[49] 1998
8[50] 1998
9[51] 2000
10[52] 2007

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