women's Test match Women's Test cricket is the longest format of women's cricket and is the female equivalent to men's Test cricket. Matches comprise four-innings and are held over a maximum of four days between two of the leading cricketing nations. The rules gov ...

is an international four-

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cricket match held over a maximum of four days between two of the ten leading cricketing nations. The first women's Test was played between

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and

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in 1934. As of 2014, the Pakistan women's team have played three Test matches since their first appearance in 1998, against

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at the

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. Pakistan have lost two matches, while one resulted in a

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. Twenty women have played Test matches for Pakistan. As of 2014, four players have made the most appearances for Pakistan in Women's Test cricket, playing in all the three matches. Five players have appeared in two matches each, and eleven have played in one match each. Shaiza Khan has captained the side in all the three matches.

Kiran Baluch Kiran Maqsood Baluch (born 23 February 1978) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She appeared in three Test matches and 40 One Day Internationals for Pakistan. She h ...

has scored the most runs in total, making 360 from 6

. Her score of 242, made against

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in March 2004, is the highest total by any batsman in Women's Test cricket as of 2014. Khan has taken more

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s than any other Pakistani bowler in this format of the game, dismissing 19 batsmen over 3 matches. She has the best

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in an innings among Pakistani bowlers, 7 wickets for 59 runs. Her 13 wickets for 226 runs in a match is the best performance by any bowler in the format. Khan,

Urooj Mumtaz Urooj Mumtaz Khan ( ur, عروج ممتاز) (born 1 October 1985) is a Pakistani cricket commentator, television host, dentist, and former cricketer. She played as an all-rounder, bowling right-arm leg break and batting right-handed. She appear ...

, and

Batool Fatima Syeda Batool Fatima Naqvi (born 14 August 1982) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She appeared in one Test match, 83 One Day Internationals and 45 Twenty20 Internationals for Pakistan between ...

have taken the most catches with three each. Fatima holds the record for the most Test cricket dismissals for Pakistan with five. The first list comprises all members of the Pakistan Women's cricket team who have played at least one Test match. It is initially arranged in the order in which each player won her first Test

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. Where more than one player won her first Test cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname. The second lists those who have represented Pakistan as captain.

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Test cricketers

:''Statistics are correct as of the Pakistan women's most recent Test match, against West Indies on 15 March 2004.''

Test captains

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Test cricketers

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