2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Last updated October 22, 2025 Cricket tournament
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The 2025 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is the 13th edition of Women's Cricket World Cup . It is being hosted jointly by India and Sri Lanka. [ 1] It is India's fourth time hosting the World Cup after the 1978 , 1997 and 2013 editions, and Sri Lanka's first time hosting it. This is the last time the tournament will have eight teams. [ 2] Australia are the defending champions, having won their seventh title in 2022 . In June 2025, the International Cricket Council announced the event will take place from 30 September to 2 November 2025. [ 3]
Background Neutral venue arrangements On 19 December 2024, following an agreement between the BCCI and PCB , the ICC confirmed that matches between India and Pakistan at ICC events in 2024–2027 will be played at neutral venues. [ 4]
Marketing Before the commencement of the tournament, the ICC hosted a Trophy Tour, during which the trophy was taken to various locations across the four Indian host cities and in later to Colombo . [ 5] [ 6] The tour began on 11 August in Mumbai. ICC Chairman Jay Shah , along with former cricketers Mithali Raj and Yuvraj Singh , and Indian cricketers Harmanpreet Kaur , Smriti Mandhana , and Jemimah Rodrigues , launched the Trophy Tour at a 50-day countdown event held in Mumbai. [ 7]
Qualification Highlighted are the countries that participated in the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup. Qualified as host
Participated in the qualifier but failed to qualify
The West Indies , semi-finalists at the preceding 2022 tournament, failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 2000 and the first time in the World Cup's history as an ICC-run tournament. [ 10]
Venues It was originally planned that matches would be played at five different Indian venues, [ 11] [ 12] with the BCCI prioritising cities likely to enjoy favourable weather conditions and which were efficient in terms of transport and logistics. [ 13]
After Pakistan's qualification, it was agreed that their matches would be played outside India at a neutral venue, [ 14] and in June 2025, the ICC announced the final venues in India and Sri Lanka. [ 3] The cities of Bengaluru , Guwahati , Indore , and Visakhapatnam in India, and Colombo in Sri Lanka, were initially announced as venues, [ 15] although the following month the ICC replaced Bengaluru with the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai . [ 16]
One semi-final and the final will be played at Navi Mumbai, with the other semi-final will be played in Guwahali.
Match officials On 11 September 2025, the ICC appointed the officials for the tournament. [ 17] [ 18] This was the first time that whole panel was lead by female officials. [ 19]
Squads Each team will select a squad of 15 players. [ 20] On 19 August, India became the first team to announce their squad. [ 21] England announced their squad on 21 August 2025. [ 22] Bangladesh announced their squad on 23 August. [ 23] Pakistan announced their squad on 25 August. [ 24] South Africa announced their squad on 3 September. [ 25] Australia announced their squad on 5 September. [ 26] New Zealand announced their squad on 10 September. [ 27] Sri Lanka were the final team to announce their squad, doing so on 10 September. [ 28]
Prize money The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced a prize fee of a total of $13.88 million. [ 30] This marks a 297% increase in the total prize pool compared to the USD 3.5 million announced for the 2022 edition in New Zealand, and even surpasses the total prize money of the 2023 Men's Cricket World Cup. The winner's purse of USD 4.48 million also exceeds the USD 4 million awarded in the men's 2023 edition, highlighting a landmark commitment to gender equity in cricket. [ 31]
Warm-up matches Before the competition, teams were played in a series of warm-up matches between 25 and 28 September. These matches did not have either ODI or List A status. [ 32]
Warm-up matches
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. India A's innings was interrupted at 38.5 overs due to rain and was reduced to 40 overs. India A were set a revised target of 224 runs from 40 overs. South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. No further play was possible due to rain. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. No further play was possible due to rain. India won the toss and elected to field. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. The match was reduced to 42 overs per side due to rain. India were set a revised a target of 237 runs from 42 overs. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. England won the toss and elected to field. League stage Points table Note : The total points at the end of each group match are listed.Note : Click on the points to see the match summary.Fixtures The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the schedule of the tournament on 16 June 2025. [ 33] The revised schedule was announced on 22 August 2025. [ 16]
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. The match was reduced to 47 overs per side due to rain. Sri Lanka were set a revised target of 271 runs from 47 overs due to rain. This was the first women's ODI to be played at this venue . [ 34] [ 35] Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. Rubya Haider (Ban) made her ODI debut. England won the toss and elected to field. Heather Knight (Eng) played in her 150th ODI match. [ 41] No toss. No play was possible due to rain. [ 42] Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. Fatima Sana (Pak) played in her 100th international match. [ 43] Deepti Sharma (Ind) scored her 4,000th run in international cricket. [ 44] New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. Suzie Bates (NZ) became the first women's cricketer to make 350 appearances in international cricket. [ 45] Sophie Devine (NZ) played in her 300th international match. [ 46] Chloe Tryon (SA) took her 100th wicket in international cricket. [ 47] Laura Wolvaardt (SA) scored her 7,000th run in international cricket. [ 48] England won the toss and elected to field. South Africa won the toss and elected to field. Laura Wolvaardt (SA) played in her 200th international match. [ 51] Richa Ghosh (Ind) scored her 1,000th run in ODIs. [ 52] [ 53] The 88-run partnership between Richa Ghosh and Sneh Rana was India's highest for the 8th wicket in Women's ODIs. [ 54] Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. Nat Sciver-Brunt (Eng) scored her 8,000th run in international cricket. [ 57] Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. No further play was possible due to rain. [ 62] Nilakshi de Silva (SL) scored her 1,000th run in ODIs. [ 63] Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. The match was reduced to 31 overs per side due to rain. Pakistan were set a revised target of 113 runs from 31 overs due to rain. No further play was possible due to rain. [ 64] Sophia Dunkley (Eng) scored her 1,000th run in ODIs. [ 65] Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. Alyssa Healy (Aus) scored her 7,000th run in international cricket. [ 66] Australia qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. The match was reduced to 20 overs per side due to rain. South Africa were set a revised target of 121 runs from 20 overs due to rain. New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. The match was reduced to 46 overs per side due to rain. No further play was possible due to rain. [ 67] Omaima Sohail (Pak) played in her 100th international match. [ 68] Amelia Kerr (NZ) took her 200th wicket in international cricket. [ 69] South Africa qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match. England won the toss and elected to bat. Heather Knight (Eng) played in her 300th international match. [ 70] Deepti Sharma became the second bowler and first spinner for India to take 150 wickets in ODIs. [ 71] [ 72] England qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match. Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. The match was reduced to 40 overs per side due to rain. Pakistan were set a revised target of 234 runs from 20 overs due to rain. Knockout stage Bracket Semi-finals Final 1 1st placed team 4 4th placed team SFW1 Winner of Semi-final 1 SFW2 Winner of Semi-final 2 2 2nd placed team 3 3rd placed team
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Final Winner of Semi-final 1
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Broadcasting Outside the listed regions, all matches will also be available for streaming worldwide via the official broadcast channel on ICC.tv
Notes ↑ The official sole host for the tournament was India. Following an agreement between the BCCI and the PCB , the ICC confirmed Sri Lanka as hosts for all Pakistani matches as well as some Sri Lankan games. [ 15] References ↑ "Hosts for ICC Women's global events until 2027 announced" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 28 February 2023 . ↑ "ICC announces expansion of the women's game" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 28 February 2023 . 1 2 "Dates, venues confirmed for 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 2 June 2025 . ↑ "Update issued on India and Pakistan hosted matches at ICC events" . International Cricket Council . 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024 . ↑ "ICC Women's World Cup Trophy Tour Showcases Indore's Cricket Spirit & Ignites Excitement" . News18 . 26 August 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025 . ↑ "ICC Womens World Cup 2025 Trophy Tour Ignites Excitement In Indore" . NDTV Sports . 26 August 2025. 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