England women's cricket team

England

England Cricket crest
Association	England and Wales Cricket Board
Personnel
Captain	Heather Knight
Coach	Jon Lewis
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Full member (1909)
ICC region	Europe
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever WODI 3rd 2nd (1 Oct 2015) WT20I 2nd 2nd
Women's Tests
First WTest	v  Australia at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane; 28–31 December 1934
Last WTest	v  India at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai; 14–16 December 2023
WTests Played Won/Lost Total[2] 100 20/16 (64 draws) This year[3] 0 0/0 (0 draws)
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODI	v International XI at County Cricket Ground, Hove; 23 June 1973
Last WODI	v  New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton; 7 April 2024
WODIs Played Won/Lost Total[4] 386 229/143 (2 ties, 12 no results) This year[5] 3 2/1 (0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's World Cup appearances	11 (first in 1973)
Best result	Champions (1973, 1993, 2009, 2017)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20I	v  New Zealand at County Cricket Ground, Hove; 5 August 2004
Last WT20I	v  New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington; 29 March 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost Total[6] 192 137/50 (3 ties, 2 no results) This year[7] 5 4/1 (0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's T20 World Cup appearances	8 (first in 2009)
Best result	Champions (2009)
Official website	www.ecb.co.uk/england/women
As of 7 April 2024

The England women's cricket team represents England and Wales in international women's cricket. Since 1998, they have been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by the Women's Cricket Association. England is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council, with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. They are currently captained by Heather Knight and coached by Jon Lewis.

They played in the first ever Women's Test match in 1934, against Australia, which they won by 9 wickets. The two teams now compete regularly for The Women's Ashes. They played in the first Women's Cricket World Cup in 1973, winning the tournament on home soil, and have gone on to win the World Cup three more times, in 1993, 2009 and 2017. After their 2017 triumph, they were awarded the BBC Sports Team of the Year Award. They played in the first ever Twenty20 International in 2005, against New Zealand, and won the inaugural ICC Women's World Twenty20 in 2009.