1978 Women's Cricket World Cup

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1978 Women's Cricket World Cup
Dates1 – 13 January 1978
Administrator(s) International Women's Cricket Council
Cricket format Women's One Day International (50-over)
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Host(s)
  • India
ChampionsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of England.svg  England
Participants4
Matches6
Most runs Flag of Australia (converted).svg Margaret Jennings (127)
Most wickets Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sharyn Hill (7)
1973
1982

The 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup was an international cricket tournament played in India from 1 to 13 January 1978. Hosted by India for the first time, it was the second edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, after the inaugural 1973 World Cup in England.

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It was originally proposed that South Africa host the World Cup, but this was abandoned to conform with the sporting boycott of the country. The Women's Cricket Association of India (WCAI) then made a successful bid, and served as the primary organiser, with the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC) providing only limited oversight. [1] Along with India, which was making its debut, five other teams were originally invited – Australia, England, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the West Indies. The Netherlands and the West Indies, which had both not previously participated, were forced to withdraw due to financial issues. [2] [3] The four teams that did compete (the lowest number in the tournament's history) played a round-robin tournament of three matches each, with Australia going undefeated to claim its first title. Australia's captain, Margaret Jennings, led the tournament in runs, while her teammate, Sharyn Hill, led the tournament in wickets. [4] [5]

Squads

Information is only available for players who played at least one match at the tournament.

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [6] Flag of England.svg  England [7] Flag of India.svg  India [8] Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand [9]

Venues

India location map 3.png
Four venues hosted matches at the 1978 Women's World Cup:

Warm-up matches

At least five warm-up matches were played against various local Indian teams, all but one of which came before the tournament. [10]

Warm-up matches
28 December 1977
v
Flag of India.svg East Zone

28 December 1977
v
Flag of India.svg West Bengal WCA President's XI

28 December 1977
v
Flag of India.svg Indian Universities
Result unknown
Pune, Maharashtra (exact venue unknown)

30 December 1977
v
Flag of India.svg West Bengal WCA President's XI

2 January 1978
v
Flag of India.svg East Zone

Group stage

Points table

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts RR
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3300063.264
2Flag of England.svg  England 3210042.657
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3120022.777
4Flag of India.svg  India 3030001.988

Matches

New Zealand vs Australia

1 January
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
177 (49.2 overs)
v
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
111/8 (50 overs)
Wendy Hills 64
Barb Bevege 3/17 (9.2 overs)
Trish McKelvey 37
Sharyn Hill 3/16 (10 overs)
Australia won by 66 runs
Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, Bihar (now Jharkhand)
Umpires: KVK Rao (IND) and Sukha Bose (IND)

India vs England

1 January
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
63 (39.3 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
65/1 (30.2 overs)
Diana Edulji 18
Margaret Wilks 2/6 (6 overs)
Lynne Thomas 43*
Diana Edulji 1/18 (10 overs)
England won by 9 wickets
Eden Gardens, Calcutta, West Bengal
Umpires: Bhairab Ganguly (IND) and Sunit Ghosh (IND)

New Zealand vs India

5 January
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
130/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
131/1 (44 overs)
Ujwala Nikam 31*
Linda Lindsay 2/26 (10 overs)
Pat Carrick 2/26 (9 overs)
Barb Bevege 67*
Anjali Sharma 1/32 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, Bihar

India vs Australia

8 January
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
150/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
79 (47.2 overs)
Shobha Pandit 17
Peta Verco 3/9 (9 overs)
Australia won by 71 runs
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, Bihar
Umpires: KVK Rao (IND) and Sukha Bose (IND)

New Zealand vs England

8 January
Scorecard
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg
157 (49.4 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
160/3 (40.3 overs)
Barb Bevege 57
Jacqueline Court 4/29 (10 overs)
Lynne Thomas 47
Sue Rattray 2/33 (6 overs)
  • England won the toss and elected to bowl.
  • Karen Hadlee (NZ) made her WODI debut.

England vs Australia

Both Australia and England went into the last match of the tournament undefeated, which meant it functioned as a de facto final, akin to the Uruguay v Brazil match at the 1950 Football World Cup. [2] England's Megan Lear later recounted that the "most memorable part of [the] tournament was playing in front of crowds of 40,000 plus". [12]

13 January
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
96/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
100/2 (31.3 overs)
Shirley Hodges 26
Sharon Tredrea 4/25 (10 overs)
Australia won by 8 wickets
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana)
Umpires: SA Swaminathan (IND) and V. K. Ramaswamy (IND)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bowl.

Statistics

Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.

PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgHighest100s50s
Margaret Jennings Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 127363.5057*01
Barbara Bevege Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 126363.0067*02
Lynne Thomas Flag of England.svg  England 109354.504700
Sharon Tredrea Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 87243.505601
Wendy Hills Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 66322.006401

Source: ESPNcricinfo CricketArchive

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

PlayerTeamOversWktsAveSREconBBI
Sharyn Hill Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30.077.5725.711.763/16
Sharon Tredrea Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 25.067.0025.001.684/25
Pat Carrick Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 29.0617.6629.003.653/43
Glynis Hullah Flag of England.svg  England 21.156.8025.401.602/2
Peta Verco Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23.057.4027.601.603/9

Source: ESPNcricinfo

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