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. The Women's Cricket Association was formed in England in 1926,Heyhoe Flint & Rheinberg, pp. 30–31. 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.Heyhoe Flint & Rheinberg, pp. 39–40. The International Women's Cricket Council was formed in 1958 as the governing body for women's cricket.Heyhoe Flint & Rheinberg, pp. 52–54. 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. As of March 2026, a total of ten teams have played a total of 154 women's Test matches and 2 matches were abandoned. England have played the most matches (102) while Sri Lanka, Ireland and the Netherlands have played only one Test each.

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 119 centuries, including nine 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. 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. Flavell scored the first double century in women's Test cricket in 1996; later nine more double centuries were scored, by Joanne Broadbent (Australia, 1998), Michelle Goszko (Australia, 2001), Karen Rolton (Australia, 2001), Mithali Raj (India, 2002), Kiran Baluch (Pakistan, 2004), Ellyse Perry (Australia, 2017) and Shafali Verma (India, 2024). , Australia and England have the most centurions (25 players each) while English players have scored the most centuries (47 times).

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 Symbol MeaningRunsNumber of runs scored * Batsman remained not outBFNumber of balls faced4sNumber of fours hit6s Number of sixes hitSR Runs scored per 100 ballsInn Innings in which the score was made–Statistic was not recordedScore was a world record at that time

Centuries

+ List of centuries in women's Test cricketNo.PlayerRunsBF4s6sSRInnsTeamOppositionDateGroundResult 1   (1/2)–– Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyWon 2  –– Lancaster Park, ChristchurchWon 3 (1/2)–– 4 (2/2)–– Stanley Park, BlackpoolWon 5 (1/2)–– Basin Reserve, WellingtonWon 6 (1/3)–– Adelaide Oval, AdelaideWon 7 (2/2)––– Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyDrawn 8 (1/2)–– North Marine Road, ScarboroughDrawn 9 (2/2)–– Adelaide Oval, AdelaideWon 10 (1/2)–– Lancaster Park, ChristchurchDrawn 11 (2/3)–– Junction Oval, MelbourneDrawn 12 (3/3)–– Adelaide Oval, AdelaideDrawn 13 (2/2)–– 14–– Kingsmead, DurbanWon 15–– Newlands, Cape TownDrawn 16 (2/2)––– The Oval, LondonWon 17 (1/3)–– North Marine Road, ScarboroughDrawn 18 (1/4)––– Adelaide Oval, AdelaideDrawn 19––– Junction Oval, MelbourneDrawn 20 (1/2)––– Basin Reserve, WellingtonDrawn 21 (2/4)––– 22––– Hagley Oval, ChristchurchLost 23 (3/4)––– Won 24 (2/2)––– Newlands, Cape TownDrawn 25–– Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgDrawn 26––– Basin Reserve, WellingtonDrawn 27 (2/3)–– Old Trafford, ManchesterDrawn 28–– Edgbaston, BirminghamDrawn 29–– The Oval, LondonDrawn 30 (3/3)–– 31––– Carisbrook, DunedinDrawn 32––– 33–– University Oval, SydneyDrawn 34 (4/4)–– Edgbaston, BirminghamWon 35–– Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, AhmedabadDrawn 36 (1/3)–– 37–– 38 (1/4)–– Wankhede Stadium, BombayDrawn 39 (1/5) Headingley Cricket Ground, LeedsDrawn 40 (1/4) St Lawrence Ground, CanterburyDrawn 41 (1/2) 42 (2/5) WACA, PerthDrawn 43 (2/3) 44 Adelaide Oval, AdelaideLost 45 (3/3) Queen Elizabeth Oval, BendigoWon 46 (2/4)–– Barabati Stadium, CuttackDrawn 47 Collingham Cricket Club, CollinghamDrawn 48 49 (3/4) Stanley Park, BlackpoolDrawn 50 51 (3/5) New Road, WorcesterDrawn 52 (2/2) 53   (4/4) 54 55 (1/2) New Road, WorcesterWon 56 Collingham Cricket Club, CollinghamDrawn 57   (1/2) 58 Cornwall Park, AucklandDrawn 59 (2/4) 60 (1/2) North Sydney Oval, SydneyDrawn 61 (2/2) Richmond Cricket Ground, MelbourneWon 62 (2/2) North Sydney Oval, SydneyWon 63 (3/4) Trafalgar Park, NelsonDrawn 64 (1/2) Hagley Oval, ChristchurchDrawn 65 CCFG, CalcuttaDrawn 66 North Marine Road, ScarboroughDrawn 67 68   69 (4/4) New Road, WorcesterDrawn 70 (2/2) Woodbridge Road, GuildfordDrawn 71 Colts Cricket Club Ground, ColomboWon 72 (4/5) Woodbridge Road, GuildfordDrawn 73 74 75 (5/5) St George's Road, HarrogateDrawn 76 (2/2) New Road, WorcesterDrawn 77 (1/2) 78 (1/4) Denis Compton Oval, ShenleyDrawn 79 Denis Compton Oval, ShenleyWon 80   (2/2) Headingley Cricket Ground, LeedsWon 81 (1/4) Lost 82 (1/2) K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, LucknowDrawn 83   County Ground, TauntonDrawn 84 Bankstown Oval, SydneyDrawn 85 (2/4) Denis Compton Oval, ShenleyDrawn 86 (3/4) County Ground, TauntonWon 87 (2/2) Bilakhiya Stadium, VapiDrawn 88   National Stadium, KarachiDrawn 89 90 (2/4) North Marine Road, ScarboroughDrawn 91 92 County Ground, HoveDrawn 93 (4/4) Grace Road, LeicesterDrawn 94 (3/4) County Ground, TauntonLost 95 New Road, WorcesterDrawn 96 (4/4) Bankstown Oval, SydneyLost 97 Sir Paul Getty's Ground, WormsleyDrawn 98 (1/2) 99 Gangotri Glades Cricket Ground, MysoreWon 100 101 Lost 102 (1/2) North Sydney Oval, SydneyDrawn 103 (2/2) County Ground, TauntonDrawn 104 (1/2) Carrara Oval, QueenslandDrawn 105 (2/2) Manuka Oval, CanberraDrawn 106 County Ground, TauntonDrawn 107 (1/2) 108 109 (1/4) Trent Bridge, Nottingham Won 110 Lost 111 (2/4) WACA Ground, Perth Won 112 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Won 113 (2/2) 114 Lost 115 116 Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Won 117 (2/2)118 (3/4)Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneWon119120 (4/4)WACA Ground, PerthWon121Lord's, LondonWon

Team overview

+ Team statistics for century scoresNo.TeamFirst TestNo. of TestsNo. of playersNo. of centurionsNo. of centuriesHighest individual scoreHighest scorer 11934 21934Tammy Beaumont 31935 41960 51976 61976 71998 81998 92000 102007

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