The Australian women's national cricket team represent Australia in international women's cricket. Currently captained by Alyssa Healy 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.
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 West Indies women's cricket team,nicknamed the Windies,is a combined team of players from various countries in the Caribbean that competes in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB),a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC),which represents fifteen countries and territories.
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. There is also another championship for Twenty20 International cricket,the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
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 Jamaica women's national cricket team is the women's representative cricket team of the country of Jamaica. They compete in the Women's Super50 Cup and the Twenty20 Blaze.
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.
Hettimulla Appuhamilage Shashikala Dedunu Siriwardene,known as Shashikala Siriwardene,is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who captained the Sri Lankan women's cricket team in WODIs. She is the only woman cricketer to take 100 wickets in WODIs for Sri Lanka,and the only female Sri Lankan to combine this with 1,000+ runs. She is also the all-time leading wicket taker for Sri Lanka in WT20I with 77 scalps. She played for Sri Lanka internationally in a career spanning 17 years,from 2003 to 2020.
Danévan Niekerk is a South African cricketer born in Pretoria and educated at Hoërskool Centurion. A right-handed batter and leg break bowler,she played for South Africa in Test matches,One Day Internationals (ODI) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) between 2009 and 2021,and was captain of the side between 2016 and 2021. She was the first bowler for South Africa to take 100 wickets in WODIs. On 16 March 2023,she announced her retirement from international cricket.
Harmanpreet Kaur is an Indian cricketer who captains the India women's national cricket team in all formats. She plays for and captains Mumbai Indians in the Women's Premier League. She plays as an all-rounder for the Indian women's cricket team;and was awarded the Arjuna Award for Cricket in the year 2017 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
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.
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. Although the United States has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1965,the team made its international debut in 2009. 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.
Megan Schutt is an Australian cricketer who has played for the national team as a fast-medium bowler since 2012. Domestically,she plays for the South Australian Scorpions,for whom she debuted in 2009,and,since 2015,the Adelaide Strikers. She was the first cricketer to take a hat-trick for Australia in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match.
Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana is an Indian cricketer who represents the Indian women's national team. She plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League (WPL). In domestic cricket,she represents the Maharashtra cricket team.
