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The International Women's Cricket Council IWCC was the global
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of
Women's cricket Women's cricket is the team sport of cricket when played by woman, women. Its Laws of cricket, rules are almost identical to those in the game played by men, the main change being the use of a smaller cricket ball, ball. Women's cricket is b ...
. formed in February 1958 by the women's cricket associations of
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. In 2005 it was merged with the
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(ICC) to form one unified body to help manage and develop cricket.


List of members

The IWCC had a maximum of 13 members at one time, and 17 members in total in the course of its history.International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC) Seventeenth Meeting
– Women's Cricket History. Retrieved 30 November 2015. Founding members are marked with a dagger (†). ;Full members * (from 1958) † * (1973–1978) * (from 1985) * (from 1958) † * (from 1973) * (from 1985) * (1969–1978) * (from 1958) † * (from 1958) † * (from 1997) * (from 1958) † * (from 1997) * (1973–1978) * (from 1978) ;Affiliate members * (from 1995) * (from 1995) ;Observers * (1993 only) * (1976–1978)


References

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