Women's Twenty20 International

This article is about the format for women's international cricket. For the men's format, see Twenty20 international.

Women's Twenty20 international (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). A women's Twenty20 international is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between any two ICC members. ^[1] The very first Women's Twenty20 International match was played on 5 August 2004 between England and New Zealand at Hove, ^{[2] [3]} six months before the first Twenty20 International match was played between two men's teams. ^[4] The Women's T20 World Cup, the highest-level event in the format, was first held in 2009.

Women's Twenty20 International

Highest governing body	International Cricket Council
Nicknames	WT20I
First played	5 August 2004
Characteristics
Team members	ICC members
Mixed-sex	No
Type	Outdoor Game
Equipment	Ball, Bat, Stumps, Cricket Helmet, Thigh Guard, Batting Pads, Abdominal Guard, Gloves, etc
Venue	Cricket Stadium
Presence
Country or region	Worldwide

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]

Involved nations

The ICC granted Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members from 1 July 2018. ^[8] As of April 2025 ^[update] , 93 nations have played WT20Is. ^[9]

The full list of teams who have played full WT20I matches, with the date of their first match, is as follows: ^[10]

1.   England (5 August 2004)
2.   New Zealand (5 August 2004)
3.   Australia (2 September 2005)
4.   India (5 August 2006)
5.   South Africa (10 August 2007)
6.   Ireland (27 June 2008)
7.   West Indies (27 June 2008)
8.   Netherlands (1 July 2008)
9.   Pakistan (25 May 2009)
10.   Sri Lanka (12 June 2009)
11.   Bangladesh (28 August 2012)
12.   Malaysia (3 June 2018)
13.   Thailand (3 June 2018)
14.   Scotland (7 July 2018)
15.   Uganda (7 July 2018)
16.   United Arab Emirates (7 July 2018)
17.   Papua New Guinea (7 July 2018)
18.   Singapore (9 August 2018)
19.   Botswana (20 August 2018)
20.   Lesotho (20 August 2018)
21.   Malawi (20 August 2018)
22.   Namibia (20 August 2018)
23.   Mozambique (20 August 2018)
24.   Sierra Leone (20 August 2018)
25.   Brazil (23 August 2018)
26.   Mexico (23 August 2018)
27.   Chile (23 August 2018)
28.   China (3 November 2018)
29.   South Korea (3 November 2018)
30.   Zimbabwe (5 January 2019)
31.     Nepal (12 January 2019)
32.   Hong Kong (12 January 2019)
33.   Indonesia (12 January 2019)
34.   Myanmar (12 January 2019)
35.   Bhutan (13 January 2019)
36.   Nigeria (26 January 2019)
37.   Rwanda (26 January 2019)
38.   Kuwait (18 February 2019)
39.   Kenya (6 April 2019)
40.   Costa Rica (26 April 2019)
41.   Vanuatu (6 May 2019)
42.   Japan (6 May 2019)
43.   Fiji (6 May 2019)
44.   Samoa (6 May 2019)
45.   Tanzania (6 May 2019)
46.   Canada (17 May 2019)
47.   United States (17 May 2019)
48.   Guernsey (31 May 2019)
49.   Jersey (31 May 2019)
50.   Mali (18 June 2019)
51.   Germany (26 June 2019)
52.   France (31 July 2019)
53.   Austria (31 July 2019)
54.   Norway (31 July 2019)
55.   Argentina (3 October 2019)
56.   Peru (3 October 2019)
57.   Maldives (2 December 2019)
58.   Belize (13 December 2019)
59.   Philippines (21 December 2019)
60.   Oman (17 January 2020)
61.   Qatar (17 January 2020)
62.   Italy (9 August 2021)
63.   Sweden (29 August 2021)
64.   Eswatini (9 September 2021)
65.   Cameroon (12 September 2021)
66.   Belgium (25 September 2021)
67.   Bahrain (20 March 2022)
68.   Saudi Arabia (20 March 2022)
69.   Ghana (28 March 2022)
70.   Gambia (29 March 2022)
71.   Spain (5 May 2022)
72.   Denmark (28 May 2022)
73.   Barbados (29 July 2022)
74.   Malta (27 August 2022)
75.   Romania (27 August 2022)
76.   Greece (9 September 2022)
77.   Serbia (10 September 2022)
78.   Isle of Man (12 November 2022)
79.   Cambodia (21 December 2022)
80.   Turkey (29 May 2023)
81.   Estonia (26 August 2023)
82.   Cook Islands (1 September 2023)
83.   Luxembourg (5 September 2023)
84.   Mongolia (19 September 2023)
85.   Gibraltar (20 April 2024)
86.   Czech Republic (8 June 2024)
87.   Croatia (14 June 2024)
88.   Cyprus (17 June 2024)
89.   Cayman Islands (26 September 2024)
90.   Bulgaria (12 October 2024)
91.   Portugal (7 April 2025)
92.    Switzerland (28 May 2025)
93.   Finland (18 July 2025)

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. ^[11] 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. ^[12]

ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings

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Team	Matches	Points	Rating
Australia	31	9,260	299
England	46	12,751	277
India	46	12,137	264
New Zealand	34	8,600	253
South Africa	35	8,456	242
West Indies	35	8,433	241
Sri Lanka	40	9,099	227
Pakistan	36	7,790	216
Ireland	41	8,198	200
Bangladesh	34	6,535	192
Scotland	30	4,712	157
Thailand	57	8,902	156
Papua New Guinea	34	4,995	147
Netherlands	44	5,809	132
Zimbabwe	35	4,587	131
United Arab Emirates	57	7,440	131
Uganda	70	7,877	113
Namibia	55	6,057	110
Tanzania	40	4,138	103
Indonesia	33	3,155	96
Nepal	41	3,788	92
Hong Kong	54	4,782	89
Italy	33	2,891	88
Rwanda	59	4,901	83
United States	22	1,725	78
Malaysia	39	3,026	78
Nigeria	36	2,694	75
Switzerland	12	863	72
Kenya	41	2,832	69
Vanuatu	26	1,688	65
Canada	17	1,067	63
Jersey	30	1,870	62
Spain	17	1,049	62
Germany	33	1,850	56
Brazil	32	1,699	53
Myanmar	34	1,577	46
Sweden	24	1,093	46
Isle of Man	30	1,312	44
Oman	15	645	43
Japan	33	1,377	42
Sierra Leone	32	1,322	41
Cyprus	18	712	40
Denmark	23	908	39
Gibraltar	15	535	36
Guernsey	13	442	34
China	27	914	34
Kuwait	27	848	31
Samoa	23	709	31
Botswana	35	1,077	31
Turkey	11	322	29
Greece	26	662	25
France	14	352	25
Romania	12	290	24
Croatia	10	237	24
Austria	32	639	20
Bhutan	20	398	20
Argentina	19	322	17
Estonia	23	376	16
Fiji	22	358	16
Qatar	24	365	15
Mozambique	20	301	15
Serbia	17	246	14
Norway	24	342	14
Malta	17	200	12
Malawi	21	226	11
Luxembourg	15	149	10
Cameroon	24	160	7
Lesotho	10	50	5
Singapore	45	166	4
Philippines	23	39	2
Cook Islands	14	6	0
Eswatini	17	0	0
Finland	9	0	0
Czech Republic	19	0	0
Bulgaria	19	0	0
Belgium	8	0	0
Bahrain	22	0	0
Cambodia	10	0	0
Mongolia	20	0	0
Source: ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings, 23 December 2025

Statistics and records

Main article: List of women's Twenty20 International records

See also

• Cricket portal
• Sports portal

• List of women's Twenty20 International cricket grounds
• Women's Test cricket
• Women's One Day International
• Twenty20 International

References

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5. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
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