Dates | 10 – 26 February 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage & knockout |
Host(s) | South Africa |
Champions | Australia (6th title) |
Runners-up | South Africa |
Participants | 10 |
Matches | 23 |
Player of the series | Ashleigh Gardner |
Most runs | Laura Wolvaardt (230) [1] |
Most wickets | Sophie Ecclestone (11) [2] |
Official website | www |
The 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup was the eighth edition of ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament. It was held in South Africa between 10 February and 26 February 2023. [3] The final took place at Cape Town. Australia won their sixth [4] and third consecutive title after beating the hosts South Africa in the final by 19 runs.
In December 2020 the ICC confirmed the qualification process for the tournament. [5] South Africa automatically qualified for the tournament as the hosts. They were joined by the seven highest ranked teams in the ICC Women's T20I Rankings, as of 30 November 2021, who competed at the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. [6] The remaining two teams were Ireland and Bangladesh, the finalists of the qualifying tournament. [7]
Team | Qualification |
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South Africa | Host Nation |
Australia | Automatic qualification |
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India | |
New Zealand | |
Pakistan | |
Sri Lanka | |
West Indies | |
Bangladesh | Via qualifying tournament |
Ireland |
Each team selected a squad of 15 players before the tournament, and was able to replace any injured players. [8] Pakistan were the first to name their squad on 14 December 2022. [9]
In August 2022, the ICC announced that three venues in three cities would host matches. The venues were Newlands Cricket Ground, St George's Park and Boland Park. [10] [11] [12]
Cape Town | Gqeberha | Paarl | |
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Newlands Cricket Ground | St George's Park | Boland Park | |
Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 19,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | |
Matches: 12 | Matches: 5 | Matches: 6 |
On 27 January 2023, the ICC appointed the all-woman panel of match officials for the tournament. Along with the ten umpires, G. S. Lakshmi, Shandre Fritz and Michell Pereira were also named as the match referees. [13] [14]
The total prize money purse of US$2,450,000 was available for the tournament and was allocated according to the performance of the team as follows: [15]
Stage | Teams | Prize money (USD) | Total (USD) |
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Winner | 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
Runner-up | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 |
Losing semi-finalists | 2 | $210,000 | $420,000 |
Winner of each pool match | 20 | $17,500 | $350,000 |
Teams that do not pass the group stage | 6 | $30,000 | $180,000 |
Total | $2,450,000 |
Before the T20 World Cup, the participating nations competed in ten warm-up matches, which were played from 6 February to 8 February 2023. These matches did not have either Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status or WT20 status. [16]
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The ICC released the fixture details on 3 October 2022. [17]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.149 |
2 | South Africa (H) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.738 |
3 | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.138 |
4 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.460 |
5 | Bangladesh | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.529 |
Advance to the knockout stage
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Laura Wolvaardt 66* (56) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | England | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.860 |
2 | India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.253 |
3 | West Indies | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.601 |
4 | Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.703 |
5 | Ireland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.814 |
Advanced to the knockout stage
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Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Australia | 172/4 (20 overs) | ||||||||
India | 167/8 (20 overs) | ||||||||
Australia | 156/6 (20 overs) | ||||||||
South Africa | 137/6 (20 overs) | ||||||||
South Africa | 164/4 (20 overs) | ||||||||
England | 158/8 (20 overs) |
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South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 230 runs. [1] England's Sophie Ecclestone, was the leading wicket-taker, finishing with eleven dismissals. [2]
On 27 February 2023, ICC announced its team of the tournament picked by a selection panel featuring Ian Bishop, Anjum Chopra, Lisa Sthalekar, Mel Jones, Nasser Hussain, Ebony Rainford-Brent and Mpumelelo Mbangwa. [28]
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