Women's Twenty20 International

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Women's Twenty20 international (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 international is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. [1] The first Twenty20 International match was held in August 2004 between England and New Zealand, [2] [3] six months before the first Twenty20 International match was played between two men's teams. [4] The ICC Women's World Twenty20, the highest-level event in the format, was first held in 2009.

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In April 2018, the ICC granted full women's Twenty20 international (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between two international sides after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I. [5] A month after the conclusion of the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, which took place in June 2018, the ICC retrospectively gave all the fixtures in the tournament full WT20I status. [6] On 22 November 2021, in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament, the match between Hong Kong and Nepal was the 1,000th WT20I to be played. [7]

The ICC has announced a new tournament starting in 2027 and called the ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy. [8]

Involved nations

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members from 1 July 2018. [9] As of June 2024, 86 nations have played the WT20Is. [10]

The full list of teams who have played full WT20I matches, with the date of their debut, is as follows: [11]

  1. Flag of England.svg  England (5 August 2004)
  2. Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (5 August 2004)
  3. Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (2 September 2005)
  4. Flag of India.svg  India (5 August 2006)
  5. Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (10 August 2007)
  6. Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland (27 June 2008)
  7. WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies (27 June 2008)
  8. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (1 July 2008)
  9. Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (25 May 2009)
  10. Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka (12 June 2009)
  11. Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh (28 August 2012)
  12. Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (3 June 2018)
  13. Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (3 June 2018)
  14. Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (7 July 2018)
  15. Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda (7 July 2018)
  16. Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates (7 July 2018)
  17. Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea (7 July 2018)
  18. Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore (9 August 2018)
  19. Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana (20 August 2018)
  20. Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho (20 August 2018)
  21. Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi (20 August 2018)
  22. Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia (20 August 2018)
  23. Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique (20 August 2018)
  24. Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone (20 August 2018)
  25. Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (23 August 2018)
  26. Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (23 August 2018)
  27. Flag of Chile.svg  Chile (23 August 2018)
  28. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (3 November 2018)
  29. Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (3 November 2018)
  30. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe (5 January 2019)
  31. Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal (12 January 2019)
  32. Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong (12 January 2019)
  33. Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (12 January 2019)
  34. Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar (12 January 2019)
  35. Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan (13 January 2019)
  36. Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (26 January 2019)
  37. Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda (26 January 2019)
  38. Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait (18 February 2019)
  39. Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya (6 April 2019)
  40. Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica (26 April 2019)
  41. Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu (6 May 2019)
  42. Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (6 May 2019)
  43. Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (6 May 2019)
  44. Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa (6 May 2019)
  45. Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania (6 May 2019)
  46. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (17 May 2019)
  47. Flag of the United States.svg  United States (17 May 2019)
  48. Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey (31 May 2019)
  49. Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey (31 May 2019)
  50. Flag of Mali.svg  Mali (18 June 2019)
  51. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (26 June 2019)
  52. Flag of France.svg  France (31 July 2019)
  53. Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (31 July 2019)
  54. Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (31 July 2019)
  55. Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (3 October 2019)
  56. Flag of Peru.svg  Peru (3 October 2019)
  57. Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives (2 December 2019)
  58. Flag of Belize.svg  Belize (13 December 2019)
  59. Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines (21 December 2019)
  60. Flag of Oman.svg  Oman (17 January 2020)
  61. Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar (17 January 2020)
  62. Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (9 August 2021)
  63. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (29 August 2021)
  64. Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini (9 September 2021)
  65. Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon (12 September 2021)
  66. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (25 September 2021)
  67. Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain (20 March 2022)
  68. Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia (20 March 2022)
  69. Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana (28 March 2022)
  70. Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia (29 March 2022)
  71. Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (5 May 2022)
  72. Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (28 May 2022)
  73. Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados (29 July 2022)
  74. Flag of Malta.svg  Malta (27 August 2022)
  75. Flag of Romania.svg  Romania (27 August 2022)
  76. Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (9 September 2022)
  77. Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (10 September 2022)
  78. Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man (12 November 2022)
  79. Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia (21 December 2022)
  80. Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (29 May 2023)
  81. Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia (26 August 2023)
  82. Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands (1 September 2023)
  83. Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg (5 September 2023)
  84. Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia (19 September 2023)
  85. Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar (20 April 2024)
  86. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (8 June 2024)
  87. Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (14 June 2024)

Rankings

Before October 2018, ICC did not maintain a separate Twenty20 ranking for the women's game, instead aggregating performance over all three forms of the game into one overall women's teams ranking. [12] In January 2018, ICC granted international status to all matches between associate nations and announced plan to launch separate T20I rankings for women. [1] In October 2018 the T20I rankings were launched with separate ODI rankings for Full Members. [13]

ICC Women's T20I Rankings
TeamMatchesPointsRating
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 349,982294
Flag of England.svg  England 3810,752283
Flag of India.svg  India 4812,613263
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 328,163255
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 327,736242
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 327,588237
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 409,209230
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 418,936218
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 387,562199
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 386,868181
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 264,088157
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 446,766154
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 375,616152
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 284,236151
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 313,863125
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 526,531122
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 586,414111
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 333,649111
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 343,468102
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 262,609100
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 323,10197
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 413,69190
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 171,32078
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 433,22575
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 463,44175
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 563,99571
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 453,14370
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 221,43065
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 1383965
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 271,62860
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 951357
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1161356
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1576651
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 625643
Flag of France.svg  France 2397342
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2084642
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1658637
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 932336
Flag of Guernsey.svg  Guernsey 1137534
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 1446233
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 2163230
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 391,15029
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 1333426
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 1230225
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1229425
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2148723
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 2138618
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2748518
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1626917
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 610017
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1320716
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2436315
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 1012513
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 1112311
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 1110810
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 272529
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 201508
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8577
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 201266
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 13282
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 7112
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1130
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 800
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 900
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 700
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1200
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 1000
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 700
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2100
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1900
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 600
References: ICC Women's T20I Rankings, Updated on 9 June 2024

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