The Australian women's national cricket team represent Australia in international women's cricket. Currently captained by Meg Lanning and coached by Shelley Nitschke,they are the top team in all world rankings assigned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the women's game.
Deborah Ann Hockley is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. Hockley was the first woman to become President of New Zealand Cricket.
The India women's national cricket team,also known as 'Women in Blue',represents India in women's international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI),and is a full member of International Cricket Council (ICC) with Women's Test cricket,Women's One Day International (WODI),and Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status.
The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is the sport's oldest world championship,with the first tournament held in England in 1973. Matches are played as One Day Internationals (ODIs) over 50 overs per team,while there is also another championship for Twenty20 International cricket,the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
The Ireland women's cricket team represents Ireland in international women's cricket. Cricket in Ireland is governed by Cricket Ireland and organised on an All-Ireland basis,meaning the Irish women's team represents both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The Pakistan women's national cricket team,also known as Green Shirts or Women in Green,represents Pakistan in international women's cricket. One of ten teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship,the team is organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB),a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The Sri Lanka women's national cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international women's cricket. One of ten teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship,the team is organised by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC),a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The Zimbabwe women's national cricket team represents Zimbabwe in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Zimbabwe Cricket,a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Sophie Frances Monique Devine is a New Zealand sportswoman,who has represented New Zealand in both cricket for the New Zealand national women's cricket team,and in field hockey as a member of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team. She has since focused on cricket. She is known for not wearing a helmet when batting,a rarity in 21st century cricket. In December 2017,she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year.
Suzannah Wilson Bates is a New Zealand cricketer and former captain of national women cricket team. Born at Dunedin,she plays domestic cricket for the Otago Sparks,as well as playing for the White Ferns. She currently holds the highest score and highest batting average in the New Zealand Women's Twenty20 cricket team. She won the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2013. Bates again won ICC Women's ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Year 2016.
The Bangladesh women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Bangladesh in international women's cricket matches. They made their international debut when they played,and won,two matches against Thailand in July 2007 before participating in and winning the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament. Bangladesh were granted One-Day International (ODI) status in 2011 after finishing fifth in the 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. They subsequently qualified for the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20,making their first appearance at a top-level women's international tournament. They have also won the 2018 edition of ACC Women's Asia Cup.This was the only instance in ACC Women's Asia Cup where any team other than India has won the cup.However,they finished fifth in the next edition of Women's Asia Cup
Ellyse Alexandra Perry is an Australian sportswoman who has represented her country in cricket and soccer. Having debuted for both the national cricket team and the national soccer team at the age of 16,she is the youngest Australian to play international cricket and the first to have appeared in both ICC and FIFA World Cups. Gradually becoming a single-sport professional athlete from 2014 onward,Perry's acclaimed cricket career has continued to flourish and she is now widely considered to be one of the greatest female players ever.
Heather Clare Knight is an English cricketer who is captain of the England women's cricket team. She is a right-handed batter and right arm off spin bowler. Knight played in her 100th Women's One Day International match for England in December 2019.
Meghann Moira Lanning is an Australian cricketer who formerly captained the national women's team. Lanning has been a member of seven successful world championship campaigns,winning two Women's Cricket World Cup and five ICC Women's World Twenty20 titles. She holds the record for the most Women's One Day International centuries and is the first Australian to score 2,000 Twenty20 International runs.
The 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the third ICC Women's World Twenty20 competition,held in Sri Lanka from 26 September to 7 October 2012. The group stage matches were played at the Galle International Stadium in Galle and semi-finals and final were played at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The competition was held simultaneously with the equivalent men's tournament,the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.
The United States women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of the United States in international women's cricket matches. The team made its international debut in 2009,although the United States has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1965. The United States is one of the leading associate teams in the ICC Americas region and has participated in two editions of the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier and two editions of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier,although it is yet to qualify for any World Cups.
The 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup squads consisted of 120 players from 8 national women's cricket teams. Organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC),the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup,held in India,was the tenth edition of the competition. Australia won the tournament for the sixth time,defeating the West Indies by 114 runs in the final.
