The report, commissioned by New Zealand Cricket, has recommended a stronger female representation at governance and management level.
It has also drawn attention to the gap between the number of women playing the game and the large number of women who follow the sport.
Statistics from the MyBLACKCAPS fan database show 39% are female, while 54% of the people who tune in to watch the domestic twenty20 competition on television are female.
However, females make up just 10% of the playing population. That is not surprising when 90.5% of cricket clubs do not offer girls-only cricket and 57.6% of clubs do not offer any girls cricket at all.
Women account for just 6.4% of NZC's governance positions, down from 38% in 1993-94. And at regional level women hold just two of the 43 board positions.
''Transforming cricket's engagement with women is fundamental to achieving our vision of cricket being a game for all New Zealanders; a game for life,'' he wrote.
''Greater engagement with women has the potential to increase player numbers, deepen the pool of volunteer coaches, officials and administrators, expand the fan base and open new sources of revenue.''
The report's principal author, Sarah Beaman, is a former Auckland cricket representative and her key finding was women had virtually no voice in the game.
''I found it ironic that the 1992 amalgamation of New Zealand Women's Cricket Council with NZC was considered trailblazing; a model for the rest of the world,'' Beaman wrote.
''But the buzz quickly faded. Women's cricket which had been run by women for women for 58 years, was soon run mostly by men; the partnership became a takeover.''
New Zealand and Otago captain Suzie Bates is also quoted in the report and talks optimistically about the future of the women's game.
''You don't start with everything you need or would like, but what you have is a sense of possibility. And so I feel optimistic,'' Bates said.
''For me, as a player, there are more opportunities and - for women's cricket - I'm seeing changes happening that mean things are going much better than how they have been.''
Otago Cricket Association chief executive Mike Coggan said change would take time when approached for comment by the Otago Daily Times.
But the association is committed to strengthening the women's game and it starts with ''getting more women into decision-making positions''.
Coggan concedes that is still a work in progress but the association plans to roll out ''Girls Smash'' this summer which it hopes will attract new players to the sport.
''They will only be 45 minutes long and possibly four-ball overs. It will give the girls a taste,'' Coggan said.
Initially, the games will be played indoor so they won't be affected by rain.
The funding is coming from New Zealand Cricket. It has has allocated $350,000 to be split between the six major associations.
Coggan hopes the initiative will attract 200 players.
There are about 60 girls playing club cricket, so it is ambitious. But Coggan hopes to have established some female-only competitions by 2020.
