ICC Women's T20 World Cup

ICC Women's T20 World Cup

Administrator	International Cricket Council
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
2009 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023 2024 2026

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

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.

Summary

Year	Host nation(s)	Final venue
			Winners	Result	Runners-up	Teams	Winning captain
2009	England	Lord's, London	England 86/4 (17 overs)	England won by 6 wickets Scorecard	New Zealand 85 (20 overs)	8	Charlotte Edwards
2010	West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Australia 106/8 (20 overs)	Australia won by 3 runs Scorecard	New Zealand 103/6 (20 overs)	8	Alex Blackwell
2012	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Australia 142/4 (20 overs)	Australia won by 4 runs Scorecard	England 138/9 (20 overs)	8	Jodie Fields
2014	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka	Australia 106/4 (15 overs)	Australia won by 6 wickets Scorecard	England 105/8 (20 overs)	10	Meg Lanning
2016	India	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	West Indies 149/2 (19 overs)	West Indies won by 8 wickets Scorecard	Australia 148/5 (20 overs)	10	Stafanie Taylor
2018	West Indies	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound	Australia 106/2 (15.1 overs)	Australia won by 8 wickets Scorecard	England 105 (19.4 overs)	10	Meg Lanning
2020	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia 184/4 (20 overs)	Australia won by 85 runs Scorecard	India 99 (19.1 overs)	10	Meg Lanning
2023	South Africa	Newlands, Cape Town	Australia 156/6 (20 overs)	Australia won by 19 runs Scorecard	South Africa 137/6 (20 overs)	10	Meg Lanning
2024	Bangladesh	To be confirmed				10
2026	England	To be confirmed				12

Performance of teams

Team	Appearances			Best performance	Statistics[7]
	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 number in bracket indicates number of wins in tied matches by Super Overs however these are considered half a win regardless of the result. The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win.
• Teams are sorted by their best performance, then winning percentage, then (if equal) by alphabetical order.

Team results by tournament

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.

Legend

• C – Champions
• RU – Runners-up
• SF – Semi-finalist
• R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
• Q – Qualified, Still in Competition
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Did not enter

Venue/ Year/ Teams	2009 (8)	2010 (8)	2012 (8)	2014 (10)	2016 (10)	2018 (10)	2020 (10)	2023 (10)	2024 (10)	2026 (12)	Total
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

Debutant teams in each tournament

Year	Debutants	Total
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

Other results

Records

Team records

Highest innings totals

Score	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
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]

Lowest innings totals

Score	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
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]

Individual records

Highest individual score

Runs	Balls	Batter	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
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]

Best bowling figures

Figures	Overs	Bowler	Bowling team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
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]

Records by tournament

Awards

See also

• Women's Cricket World Cup
• ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy
• ICC Women's Championship
• ICC Men's T20 World Cup

References

External links

• ICC Women's World Twenty20 on ESPNcricinfo
• ICC World Twenty20 2012 on International Cricket Council Official Website