Dates | 15 March – 3 April 2016 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Women's Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Host(s) | India |
Champions | West Indies (1st title) |
Runners-up | Australia |
Participants | 10 |
Matches | 23 |
Player of the series | Stafanie Taylor |
Most runs | Stafanie Taylor (246) |
Most wickets | Leigh Kasperek Sophie Devine Deandra Dottin (9) |
Official website | iccworldtwenty20.com |
The 2016 Women's World Twenty20 was the fifth edition of the ICC Women's World Twenty20, the world championship of women's Twenty20 International cricket. India hosted the event for the first time, with matches played from 15 March to 3 April 2016. The tournament was run simultaneously with the men's World Twenty20, with the final of each tournament played on the same day at the same venue (at Eden Gardens, Kolkata). In the tournament final, the West Indies defeated defending champions Australia by eight wickets, claiming their first title. West Indian captain Stafanie Taylor was named Player of the Tournament, having scored more runs than any other player.
The top eight teams from the 2014 tournament earned direct qualification to the 2016 tournament. The remaining two spots were decided at the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier, with Bangladesh and Ireland qualifying:
Team | Qualification tournament | Standing |
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Australia | 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 | Winner |
England | Runner-up | |
West Indies | Semi-finalist | |
South Africa | Semi-finalist | |
India (host) | Fifth | |
New Zealand | Sixth | |
Pakistan | Seventh | |
Sri Lanka | Eighth | |
Ireland | 2015 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier | Winner |
Bangladesh | Runner-up |
On 21 July 2015, the Indian cricket board announced the name of the eight hosting cities (Bengaluru, Chennai, Dharamshala, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi) along with Kolkata, which would host the final of the event. [1]
Dharamshala | Mohali | Delhi |
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Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground |
Capacity: 23,000 | Capacity: 26,950 | Capacity: 40,715 |
2 Group matches | 3 Group matches | 5 Group matches, 1 Semi-final |
Mumbai | Kolkata | |
Wankhede Stadium | Eden Gardens | |
Capacity: 32,000 | Capacity: 66,349 | |
1 Semi-final | Final | |
Bengaluru | Nagpur | Chennai |
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium |
Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 38,000 |
4 Group matches | 2 Group matches | 4 Group matches |
A total of 9 warm-up matches were played between 10 and 14 March in Bengaluru (at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium) and Chennai (at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium) featuring 9 of the tournament's 10 participating teams. [2]
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On 11 December 2015, International Cricket Council announced the schedule for the tournament [3] with the 10 teams split into 2 groups. Each team played every other team in its group once. [4] The top two teams from each group qualified to the knockout phase.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | New Zealand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.430 |
2 | Australia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.613 |
3 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.240 |
4 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.173 |
5 | Ireland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.817 |
Qualified to Knockout stage
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | England | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.417 |
2 | West Indies | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.688 |
3 | Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.673 |
4 | India | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.790 |
5 | Bangladesh | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.306 |
Qualified to Knockout stage
Relegated to Qualifier
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Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
A2 | Australia | 132/6 (20 ov) | |||||||
B1 | England | 127/7 (20 ov) | |||||||
A2 | Australia | 148/5 (20 ov) | |||||||
B2 | West Indies | 149/2 (19.3 ov) | |||||||
A1 | New Zealand | 137/8 (20 ov) | |||||||
B2 | West Indies | 143/6 (20 ov) |
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Australia were appearing in the World Twenty20 final for a fourth consecutive time (and hoping to claim a fourth consecutive title), whereas the West Indies had only made it as far as the semi-finals in previous tournaments. Both teams had finished second in their groups (to New Zealand and England, respectively), but Australia went into the final as favourites. [14] Australian captain Meg Lanning won the toss and elected to bat, with Australia posting what was regarded as a highly competitive total of 148/5 from their 20 overs. Lanning and Elyse Villani both scored half-centuries, while Ellyse Perry hit two sixes in a quickfire innings of 28 towards the end of the innings. [15]
In response, the West Indian openers Hayley Matthews (66 from 45 balls) and Stafanie Taylor (59 from 57 balls) put on a partnership of 120 runs for the first wicket, setting a new team record for Twenty20 Internationals. [16] Matthews and Taylor were both dismissed within the final five overs, but Deandra Dottin and Britney Cooper combined to carry the West Indies to victory with three balls remaining. [17] Matthews, who turned 18 during the tournament, was named Player of the Match. By winning the tournament, the West Indies became only the fourth team to win a global women's cricket tournament, after Australia, England, and New Zealand. [18] In all World Twenty20 matches, only one higher successful chase has been carried out. [19]
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Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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Stafanie Taylor | West Indies | 6 | 6 | 246 | 41.00 | 93.18 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
Charlotte Edwards | England | 5 | 5 | 202 | 50.50 | 114.77 | 77* | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
Meg Lanning | Australia | 6 | 6 | 201 | 50.25 | 111.66 | 56* | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 |
Suzie Bates | New Zealand | 5 | 5 | 183 | 36.60 | 111.58 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 |
Elyse Villani | Australia | 6 | 6 | 171 | 34.20 | 117.12 | 53* | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [20] |
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI |
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Leigh Kasperek | New Zealand | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10.11 | 4.91 | 3/13 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 |
Sophie Devine | New Zealand | 5 | 5 | 10.55 | 5.58 | 4/22 | 11.3 | 1 | 0 | |
Deandra Dottin | West Indies | 6 | 6 | 13.55 | 6.42 | 3/16 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 | |
Stafanie Taylor | West Indies | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15.25 | 6.42 | 3/13 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 |
Suné Luus | South Africa | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6.71 | 4.70 | 5/8 | 8.5 | 0 | 1 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [21] |
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