Calls for more Women’s Tests are growing louder, but the ICC and Cricket Boards aren’t hearing them
Over 558,000 tuned in to watch the final session of the Women's Ashes Test which was the most-watched day of a women's test on record in Australia. If that isn't a strong message to the ICC and cricket boards that more fans want more women's tests then what else will convince them. Women's cricket has come leaps and bounds over the years the one area the women's game is lagging in is test cricket. Women cricketers have been playing test cricket since 1934 there have been only 143 test matches ever played in history. But in recent times women's test matches are becoming scarcer. The reason we see fewer test matches being played is down to many factors. The one biggest factor is that cricket boards don't want to put money and effort into women's tests and primarily want to focus on the limited-overs forms of the game to develop and promote the game in their respected countries. Calls are growing louder for more women's tests after we witness one of