england: England, Australia to play first 5-day women’s cricket test

The first women’s cricket Test match to be played over five days will be next year when England and Australia meet in the Ashes. Women’s Test matches are traditionally played over four days, as opposed to five in the men’s game. 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 to break a long-standing tradition by the England and Wales Cricket Board and Cricket Australia comes three months after International Cricket Council President Greg Barkley said he wanted women to play five-day Tests, 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 big grounds, and it feels like a long time.” has come .

“I probably spent most of my career being grateful for what you did. When I started with anything it was a bonus, you were happy just playing the game you love for England and getting paid Not even doing it, but my eyes are opened. 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 at Trent Bridge from June 22-26 as part of the multi-format Ashes series in 2023 which also includes three Twenty20s and three One Day Internationals.

The men’s Ashes will be a five-Test series, with matches in June-July at Edgbaston, Lord’s, Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval.

Originally published at Pen 18