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Administrator | International Cricket Council |
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Format | WT20I |
First edition | 2009 England |
Latest edition | 2024 United Arab Emirates |
Next edition | 2026 England |
Tournament format | Round robin and knockout |
Number of teams | 10 (16 from 2030) |
Current champion | New Zealand (1st title) |
Most successful | Australia (6 titles) |
Most runs | Suzie Bates (1,216) [1] |
Most wickets | Megan Schutt (48) [2] |
Website | t20worldcup.com |
Tournaments |
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The ICC Women's T20 World Cup is the biennial international championship for women's Twenty20 International cricket. [3] The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council, with the first edition having been held in England in 2009. [4] For the first three tournaments, there were eight participants, but this number has been raised to ten from the 2014 edition onwards. In July 2022, the ICC announced that the Bangladesh would host the 2024 tournament and that England would host the 2026 tournament. [5] The number of teams in at the 2026 tournament is also set to increase to twelve. [6]
At each tournament, a set number of teams qualify automatically, with the remaining teams determined by the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.
As of 2024, a total of nine editions have been held and twelve teams have participated, Australia, having won the tournament a record six times (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023) are the most successful team, while England (2009), West Indies (2016) and New Zealand (2024) have one title each. In August 2024, ICC announced that the United Arab Emirates will be the venue for the Women's T20 World Cup instead of Bangladesh although the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) continued to officially host the event. The matches were played at Dubai and Sharjah. [7]
New Zealand are the current champions having won the 2024 edition for the first time, after defeating South Africa in the final.
Year | Winning Team |
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2009 | England |
2010 | Australia |
2012 | Australia (2) |
2014 | Australia (3) |
2016 | West Indies |
2018 | Australia (4) |
2020 | Australia (5) |
2023 | Australia (6) |
2024 | New Zealand |
Qualification is determined by the ICC Women's Twenty20 international rankings and a qualification event, the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier. Until 2014, six teams were determined by the top six teams of the ICC Women's Twenty20 International rankings at the time of the draw and the remaining two places determined by a qualification process. In 2014 edition, six places were determined by the top eight teams of the ICC Women's T20I rankings, with the host country and three qualifiers joining them in the tournament. 2016 onwards, seven places were determined by the top eight teams of the ICC Women's T20I Team rankings, with the host country and two qualifiers joining them in the tournament.
Correct as of 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Teams are ordered by best result then by appearances, then by winning percentage, then by total number of wins, total number of games, and then alphabetically:
Team | Appearances | Best result | Statistics [8] | |||||||
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Total | First | Latest | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | Win% | ||
Australia | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023) | 49 | 39 | 9 | 1(1) | 0 | 80.61 |
England | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | Champions (2009) | 42 | 31 | 10 | 1(0) | 0 | 75.00 |
New Zealand | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | Champions (2024) | 42 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 69.04 |
West Indies | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | Champions (2016) | 39 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 58.97 |
South Africa | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | Runners-up (2023, 2024) | 39 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 46.15 |
India | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | Runners-up (2020) | 40 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 55.00 |
Sri Lanka | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | First Round (2009–2024) | 35 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
Pakistan | 9 | 2009 | 2024 | First Round (2009–2024) | 36 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 25.71 |
Bangladesh | 6 | 2014 | 2024 | First Round (2014–2024) | 25 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 |
Ireland | 4 | 2014 | 2023 | First Round (2014–2018, 2023) | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Scotland | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | First Round (2024) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Thailand | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | First Round (2020) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Note:
The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams in the ICC World Twenty20. For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
Venue/ Year/ Teams | 2009 (8) | 2010 (8) | 2012 (8) | 2014 (10) | 2016 (10) | 2018 (10) | 2020 (10) | 2023 (10) | 2024 (10) | 2026 (12) | Total |
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Australia | SF | C | C | C | RU | C | C | C | SF | Q | 10 |
Bangladesh | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 6 | |
England | C | R1 | RU | RU | SF | RU | SF | SF | R1 | Q | 10 |
India | SF | SF | R1 | R1 | R1 | SF | RU | SF | R1 | Q | 10 |
Ireland | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | • | R1 | • | 4 | |
New Zealand | RU | RU | SF | R1 | SF | R1 | R1 | R1 | C | Q | 10 |
Pakistan | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | Q | 10 |
Scotland | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | R1 | 1 | |
South Africa | R1 | R1 | R1 | SF | R1 | R1 | SF | RU | RU | Q | 10 |
Sri Lanka | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | Q | 10 |
Thailand | × | × | × | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | 1 | |
West Indies | R1 | SF | SF | SF | C | SF | R1 | R1 | SF | Q | 10 |
Entry of players in groups
Year | Debutants | Total |
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2009 | Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies | 8 |
2010 | none | 0 |
2012 | none | 0 |
2014 | Bangladesh, Ireland | 2 |
2016 | none | 0 |
2018 | none | 0 |
2020 | Thailand | 1 |
2023 | none | 0 |
2024 | Scotland | 1 |
2026 | TBD | 0 |
Total | 12 |
Results of host teams
| Results of defending champions
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Score | Batting team | Opposition | Venue | Date | Scorecard |
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213/5 (20 overs) | England | Pakistan | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa | 21 February 2023 | Scorecard |
195/3 (20 overs) | South Africa | Thailand | Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia | 28 February 2020 | Scorecard |
194/5 (20 overs) | India | New Zealand | Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana | 9 November 2018 | Scorecard |
191/4 (20 overs) | Australia | Ireland | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh | 27 March 2014 | Scorecard |
189/1 (20 overs) | Australia | Bangladesh | Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia | 27 February 2020 | Scorecard |
Updated: 21 February 2023 [9] |
Score | Batting team | Opposition | Venue | Date | Scorecard |
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46 (14.4 overs) | Bangladesh | West Indies | Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana | 9 November 2018 | Scorecard |
56 (11.4 overs) | Pakistan | New Zealand | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 14 October 2024 | Scorecard |
58/9 (20 overs) | Bangladesh | England | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh | 28 March 2014 | Scorecard |
60 (16.5 overs) | Pakistan | England | County Ground, Taunton, England | 16 June 2009 | Scorecard |
60 (15.5 overs) | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa | 19 February 2023 | Scorecard |
Updated: 14 October 2024 [10] |
Runs | Balls | Batter | Batting team | Opposition | Venue | Date | Scorecard |
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126 | 65 | Meg Lanning | Australia | Ireland | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh | 27 March 2014 | Scorecard |
112* | 45 | Deandra Dottin | West Indies | South Africa | Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre, Saint Kitts & Nevis | 5 May 2010 | Scorecard |
108* | 66 | Heather Knight | England | Thailand | Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia | 26 February 2020 | Scorecard |
103 | 51 | Harmanpreet Kaur | India | New Zealand | Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana | 9 November 2018 | Scorecard |
102 | 68 | Muneeba Ali | Pakistan | Ireland | Newlands Cricket Ground, Newlands, South Africa | 15 February 2023 | Scorecard |
Updated: 16 February 2023 [11] |
Figures | Overs | Bowler | Bowling team | Opposition | Venue | Date | Scorecard |
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5/5 | 3.4 | Deandra Dottin | West Indies | Bangladesh | Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana | 9 November 2018 | Scorecard |
5/8 | 4 | Suné Luus | South Africa | Ireland | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India | 23 March 2016 | Scorecard |
5/12 | 3 | Ashleigh Gardner | Australia | New Zealand | Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa | 11 February 2023 | Scorecard |
5/15 | 4 | Renuka Singh Thakur | India | England | St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha, South Africa | 18 February 2023 | Scorecard |
5/16 | 3.5 | Priyanka Roy | India | Pakistan | County Ground, Taunton, England | 13 June 2009 | Scorecard |
Updated: 11 February 2023 [12] |
Most runs in the tournament
| Most wickets in the tournament
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Player of the tournament
| Player of the final
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