Administrator | International Cricket Council |
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Format | WT20I |
First edition | 2009 England |
Latest edition | 2023 South Africa |
Next edition | 2024 Bangladesh |
Tournament format | Round robin and knockout |
Number of teams | 10 (12 from 2026) |
Current champion | Australia (6th titles) |
Most successful | Australia (6th titles) |
Most runs | Suzie Bates (1,066) [1] |
Most wickets | Shabnim Ismail (43) [2] |
Website | t20worldcup.com |
Tournaments |
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The ICC Women's T20 World Cup (known as the ICC Women's World Twenty20 until 2019) is the biennial international championship for women's Twenty20 International cricket. [3] [4] The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with the first edition having been held in England in 2009. 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. Australia, having won the tournament six times, are the most successful team.
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.
Team | Appearances | Best performance | Statistics [7] | |||||||
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Total | First | Latest | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | Win% | ||
Australia | 8 | 2009 | 2023 | Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023) | 44 | 35 | 8 | 1(1) | 0 | 80.68 |
England | 8 | 2009 | 2023 | Champions (2009) | 38 | 28 | 9 | 1(0) | 0 | 75.00 |
West Indies | 8 | 2009 | 2023 | Champions (2016) | 34 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 58.82 |
New Zealand | 8 | 2009 | 2023 | Runners-up (2009, 2010) | 36 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
India | 8 | 2009 | 2023 | Runners-up (2020) | 36 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 |
South Africa | 8 | 2009 | 2023 | Runners-up (2023) | 33 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 42.42 |
Sri Lanka | 8 | 2009 | 2023 | First Round (2009–2023) | 31 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 32.25 |
Pakistan | 8 | 2009 | 2023 | First Round (2009–2023) | 32 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 25.80 |
Bangladesh | 5 | 2014 | 2023 | First Round (2014–2023) | 20 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9.52 |
Ireland | 4 | 2014 | 2023 | First Round (2014–2018, 2023) | 17 | 0 | 17 | 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 | Q | 8 | |
Bangladesh | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | Q | 5 | |
England | C | R1 | RU | RU | SF | RU | SF | SF | Q | Q | 8 |
India | SF | SF | R1 | R1 | R1 | SF | RU | SF | Q | 8 | |
Ireland | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | • | R1 | 4 | ||
New Zealand | RU | RU | SF | R1 | SF | R1 | R1 | R1 | Q | 8 | |
Pakistan | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | Q | 8 | |
South Africa | R1 | R1 | R1 | SF | R1 | R1 | SF | RU | Q | 8 | |
Sri Lanka | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 8 | ||
Thailand | × | × | × | • | • | • | R1 | • | 1 | ||
West Indies | R1 | SF | SF | SF | C | SF | R1 | R1 | Q | 8 |
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 | TBD | 0 |
2026 | TBD | 0 |
Total | 11 |
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 | Cape Town, South Africa | 21 February 2023 | Scorecard |
195/3 (20 overs) | South Africa | Thailand | Canberra, Australia | 28 February 2020 | Scorecard |
194/5 (20 overs) | India | New Zealand | Providence, Guyana | 9 November 2018 | Scorecard |
191/4 (20 overs) | Australia | Ireland | Sylhet, Bangladesh | 27 March 2014 | Scorecard |
189/1 (20 overs) | Australia | Bangladesh | Canberra, Australia | 27 February 2020 | Scorecard |
Updated: 21 February 2023 [8] |
Score | Batting team | Opposition | Venue | Date | Scorecard |
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46 (14.4 overs) | Bangladesh | West Indies | Providence, Guyana | 9 November 2018 | Scorecard |
58/9 (20 overs) | Bangladesh | England | Sylhet, Bangladesh | 28 March 2014 | Scorecard |
60 (16.5 overs) | Pakistan | England | Taunton, England | 16 June 2009 | Scorecard |
60 (15.5 overs) | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Paarl, South Africa | 19 February 2023 | Scorecard |
65/9 (20 overs) | Pakistan | New Zealand | Basseterre, Saint Kitts & Nevis | 10 May 2010 | Scorecard |
Updated: 19 February 2023 [9] |
Runs | Balls | Batter | Batting team | Opposition | Venue | Date | Scorecard |
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126 | 65 | Meg Lanning | Australia | Ireland | Sylhet, Bangladesh | 27 March 2014 | Scorecard |
112* | 45 | Deandra Dottin | West Indies | South Africa | Basseterre, Saint Kitts & Nevis | 5 May 2010 | Scorecard |
108* | 66 | Heather Knight | England | Thailand | Canberra, Australia | 26 February 2020 | Scorecard |
103 | 51 | Harmanpreet Kaur | India | New Zealand | Providence, Guyana | 9 November 2018 | Scorecard |
102 | 68 | Muneeba Ali | Pakistan | Ireland | Newlands, South Africa | 15 February 2023 | Scorecard |
Updated: 16 February 2023 [10] |
Figures | Overs | Bowler | Bowling team | Opposition | Venue | Date | Scorecard |
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5/5 | 3.4 | Deandra Dottin | West Indies | Bangladesh | Providence, Guyana | 9 November 2018 | Scorecard |
5/8 | 4.0 | Suné Luus | South Africa | Ireland | Chennai, India | 23 March 2016 | Scorecard |
5/12 | 3 | Ashleigh Gardner | Australia | New Zealand | Paarl, South Africa | 11 February 2023 | Scorecard |
5/15 | 4 | Renuka Singh Thakur | India | England | Gqeberha, South Africa | 18 February 2023 | Scorecard |
4/9 | 3.4 | Holly Colvin | England | Pakistan | Galle, Sri Lanka | 27 September 2012 | Scorecard |
Updated: 11 February 2023 [11] |
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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