India women to play maiden pink ball Test vs Aus

NEW DELHI: The Indian women’s cricket team will compete in its maiden daynight Test from September 30 to October 3 when it tours Australia. The match will be played in Perth, which hasn’t hosted a daynight game yet, Cricket Australia said after BCCI secretary Jay Shah made the announcement. “Taking forward our commitment towards women’s cricket, I am extremely pleased to announce that Team India @Bcciwomen will play in their first-ever pink ball day-night Test later this year in Australia,” Shah tweeted.

The Indian women’s team, which will play its first Test in seven years from June 16 in England, will compete in another one during the tour of Australia.

The team will also play three ODIS (from September 19-24) and as many T20IS (from October 7-11) Down Under. India last played a Test against Australia in 2006. The pink ball Test will be only the second such match to be held in the history of women’s cricket. The only day-night women’s game played so far was between Australia and England at Sydney in November 2017.

Hampshire County Club head Rod Bransgrove has said.

The Covid-19 situation has improved in the UK and around 1,500 people were allowed to watch the county game between Leicestershire and Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl, which hosts the WTC final from June 18.

“We’re staging a four-day county game from today and for the first time since September 2019 fans were allowed for a cricket match in England. The other county games of this round will begin tomorrow and those games too will see crowds,” Rod Bransgrove, the head of Hampshire CCC, said.