2023 Women's T20 World Cup Last updated October 30, 2025 8th edition of the Women's T20 World Cup
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The 2023 Women's T20 World Cup was the eighth edition of 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.
Teams and qualification 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 Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. [ 6] The remaining two teams were Ireland and Bangladesh, the finalists of the qualifying tournament . [ 7]
Squads 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]
Prize money 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]
Warm-up matches 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]
Warm-up matches
West Indies won the toss and elected to field. Ireland won the toss and elected to field. South Africa won the toss and elected to field. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. England won the toss and elected to field. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. India won the toss and elected to bat. Group stage The ICC released the fixture details on 3 October 2022. [ 17]
Group 1 the knockout stage
South Africa won the toss and elected to field. New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. Shorna Akter (Ban) made her WT20I debut. South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. Australia won the toss and elected to field. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. Australia won the toss and elected to field. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. Suné Luus (SA) played in her 100th WT20I. [ 18] Group 2 the knockout stage
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. Ireland won the toss and elected to bat. Alice Capsey (Eng) equalled the record for the fastest 50 in a Women's T20 World Cup match (21 balls). [ 19] West Indies won the toss and elected to bat. Deepti Sharma became the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in WT20Is. [ 20] [ 21] Ireland won the toss and elected to bat. India won the toss and elected to field. West Indies won the toss and elected to bat. India won the toss and elected to bat. No further play was possible due to rain. Harmanpreet Kaur (Ind) became the first player among male or female, to play 150th T20Is. [ 23] England won the toss and elected to bat. England's score of 213/5 was the highest total in a women's T20 World Cup match. [ 24] England's margin of victory was the highest (by runs) in a women's T20 World Cup match. [ 25] Knockout stage Semi-finals Australia won the toss and elected to bat. South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. Tazmin Brits (SA) equalled the record for taking most number of catches in a WT20I match (4 catches). [ 26] South Africa qualified for the Women's T20 World Cup final for the first time. [ 27] Final Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Jess Jonassen (Aus) played in her 100th T20I. [ 28] Statistics 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]
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