Next year’s multi-format Ashes series will see a women’s cricket Test match be played over five days for the first time since 1992.
Women’s Test matches are traditionally played over four days, as opposed to five in the men’s game. The only previous instance of a five-day Test in the women’s game was in 1992, when Australia hosted England at the North Sydney Oval.
There have been only six women’s trials around the world since 2017, all of which have ended in draws after time runs out.
The decision by the England and Wales Cricket Board and Cricket Australia to break a long-standing tradition comes three months after International Cricket Council President Greg Barkley said he wanted women to play the five-day Test, while Also raises doubts about the long term. The future of the format in women’s cricket.
England captain Heather Knight said, ‘I am very happy. “I feel like I’ve been drumming for five days in a long time, so it’s a special moment. It feels like the right time, for five days, for the big grounds, and it feels like this one.” A long time has come.
“I probably spent most of my career being grateful for what you did. When I started out anything was a bonus, happy playing the game you love for England and not even getting paid, but my Your eyes have opened up a little more. You see the inequalities you’ve gone through and haven’t really felt. Moving on to the same level is a logical progression.”
The Test will take place in 2023 in a multi-format Ashes series at Trent Bridge from June 22-26 which also includes three Twenty20s and three One Day Internationals.
They will follow up with the men’s Ashes series, with five Tests in June-July at Edgbaston, Lord’s, Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval.
The growth of women’s cricket in England has been underscored by some huge crowds for the Games this summer as well as during the Commonwealth Games.
Next year’s multi-format Ashes series will see a women’s cricket Test match be played over five days for the first time since 1992.
Women’s Test matches are traditionally played over four days, as opposed to five in the men’s game. The only previous instance of a five-day Test in the women’s game was in 1992, when Australia hosted England at the North Sydney Oval.
There have been only six women’s trials around the world since 2017, all of which have ended in draws after time runs out.
The decision by the England and Wales Cricket Board and Cricket Australia to break a long-standing tradition comes three months after International Cricket Council President Greg Barkley said he wanted women to play the five-day Test, while Also raises doubts about the long term. The future of the format in women’s cricket.
England captain Heather Knight said, ‘I am very happy. “I feel like I’ve been drumming for five days in a long time, so it’s a special moment. It feels like the right time, for five days, for the big grounds, and it feels like this one.” A long time has come.
“I probably spent most of my career being grateful for what you did. When I started out anything was a bonus, happy playing the game you love for England and not even getting paid, but my Your eyes have opened up a little more. You see the inequalities you’ve gone through and haven’t really felt. Moving on to the same level is a logical progression.”
The Test will take place in 2023 in a multi-format Ashes series at Trent Bridge from June 22-26 which also includes three Twenty20s and three One Day Internationals.
They will follow up with the men’s Ashes series, with five Tests in June-July at Edgbaston, Lord’s, Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval.
The growth of women’s cricket in England has been underscored by some huge crowds for the Games this summer as well as during the Commonwealth Games.
“We have clearly entered another phase in terms of demand for the elite women’s sport,” said ECB interim chief executive Claire Connor. “We have seen record numbers in stadiums for the second season of The Hundred. We now want to give more fans the chance to see the England women in person next summer as they compete for the Ashes on home soil. ”
“We have clearly entered another phase in terms of demand for the elite women’s sport,” said ECB interim chief executive Claire Connor. “We have seen record numbers in stadiums for the second season of The Hundred. We now want to give more fans the chance to see the England women in person next summer as they compete for the Ashes on home soil. “