The buzz around the ongoing women’s cricket world cup compel me to look back the history of the game as well as the applied sports science and medicine aspect of female cricket. This is the 13^th edition of the ICC event jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka. The evolution of women’s cricket went back from its inception in the 1700s to its present-day recognition as a highly competitive sport. Moreover several international professional leagues, such as  Women’s Indian Premier League, Women’s Big Bash League etc provide cricketers diverse opportunities to participate at the highest level. Cricket Australia reported a 4% increase in registered participants at clubs and an 11% increase in registrations among children aged 5–12 in 2023. This increase in professionalism leads female cricketers to be exposed to higher training loads and intensity. The combination of high training workload and frequent match schedule increase physical and mental demands of players, which in turn increase the need of the sport science and medicine team to support these players.

Despite the growing evidence-based knowledge in women’s cricket particularly related to injury, performance, and well-being of players, there still remains a critical gap in understanding the specific health and performance needs of female cricketers. This lack of targeted research prevents developing evidence-based strategies for injury prevention, rehabilitation, and performance enhancement in female athletes. Male and female cricket players have significant anthropometric differences, impacting their physical profiles, injury profiles, and biomechanics. These distinctions highlight the need for more targeted, sex-specific research to ensure optimization of training and injury prevention strategies.

There should be focused area of tailored training interventions, sex-specific biomechanics, and structured coaching programs to enhance performance in female cricketers. Studies on female biomechanics have shown differences in bowling and batting techniques that require individualized coaching. Whereas load monitoring via GPS and video analysis can enhance performance monitoring and guide strategic planning, particularly in high-intensity match phases. Optimal vision and visual skills training for female cricketers could improve reaction time and hand-eye coordination. Focus should also be given on the need for proper nutrition and hydration strategies in female cricketers, as poor dietary habits and inadequate hydration may impact performance and overall health and increase injury risks.

Future research should focus on menstrual health, breast health, pregnancy, pelvic floor health, postpartum, and biomechanics for spin bowlers, where evidences are minimal. Other areas, such as long-term health, neurocognitive health, travel medicine, visual health, coordination/proprioception, load, fatigue and recovery, nutrition and hydration, have also insufficient evidence. There is need for longitudinal observational and experimental studies on injury prevention and recovery programs tailored specifically for female cricket players.