2000 Women's Cricket World Cup
| Dates | 29 November – 23 December 2000 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | International Women's Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Women's ODI |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) |
 New Zealand |
| Champions |
New Zealand (1st title) |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Most runs |
 Karen Rolton 393 |
| Most wickets |
Charmaine Mason 17 |
The 7th IWCC Women's Cricket World Cup was held in New Zealand from 29 November to 23 December 2000.
Teams from New Zealand, Australia, England, India, Ireland, South Africa, Sri Lanka and The Netherlands played each other once in a round robin format to determine the semi finalists.
The tournament was sponsored by Cricinfo, which allowed the tournament to receive ball-by-ball text commentary coverage, as well as streamed audio and video, a first for women's cricket.[1]
Australia defeated South Africa by 9 wickets and New Zealand beat India by 9 wickets in the semi finals.
New Zealand won the tournament, for the 1st time, beating Australia by 4 runs in the final. The New Zealanders scored 184 all out before bowling Australia out for 180 in 49.1 overs.
Lisa Keightley of Australia was named the player of the tournament.[2]
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.984 | 14 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2.008 | 12 |
 India | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.711 | 10 |
 South Africa | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | –0.403 | 8 |
 England | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +0.440 | 6 |
 Sri Lanka | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | –1.572 | 4 |
 Ireland | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | –0.983 | 2 |
 Netherlands | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | –2.098 | 0 |
Knockout stage
Semi finals
Final
Statistics
Batting averages
| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolton, KarenKaren Rolton | Australia | 9 | 7 | 393 | 131.00 | 154* | 2 | 2 |
| Keightley, LisaLisa Keightley | Australia | 8 | 8 | 375 | 75.00 | 91* | 0 | 4 |
| Drumm, EmilyEmily Drumm | New Zealand | 7 | 7 | 339 | 67.80 | 108* | 1 | 2 |
| Taylor, ClaireClaire Taylor | England | 4 | 4 | 267 | 66.75 | 137* | 1 | 1 |
| Clark, BelindaBelinda Clark | Australia | 9 | 9 | 351 | 58.50 | 91 | 0 | 2 |
| Kaul, ChanderkantaChanderkanta Kaul | India | 8 | 8 | 260 | 52.00 | 80 | 0 | 2 |
| Smith, AnnaAnna Smith | New Zealand | 8 | 8 | 308 | 51.33 | 91* | 0 | 3 |
| Chopra, AnjumAnjum Chopra | India | 8 | 8 | 267 | 38.14 | 70 | 0 | 3 |
Qualification: 250 runs. Source: CricketArchive[3]
Bowling averages
| Player | Team | Matches | Balls | Wickets | Average | Economy | BBI | 4wi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keenan, KatrinaKatrina Keenan | New Zealand | 9 | 414 | 12 | 10.66 | 1.85 | 3/16 | 0 |
| Mason, CharmaineCharmaine Mason | Australia | 9 | 417 | 17 | 10.76 | 2.63 | 3/20 | 0 |
| Taylor, ClareClare Taylor | England | 9 | 384 | 14 | 10.85 | 2.37 | 4/25 | 1 |
| Fahey, AvrilAvril Fahey | Australia | 9 | 270 | 13 | 11.76 | 3.40 | 3/11 | 0 |
| McGregor, TerryTerry McGregor | Australia | 9 | 378 | 10 | 15.60 | 2.47 | 4/18 | 0 |
| Ramel, KarthynKarthyn Ramel | New Zealand | 9 | 327 | 10 | 17.50 | 3.21 | 2/12 | 0 |
| Shastri, RupiRupi Shastri | India | 9 | 362 | 10 | 22.20 | 3.67 | 3/25 | 0 |
| Fitzpatrick, CathrynCathryn Fitzpatrick | Australia | 9 | 508 | 11 | 26.09 | 3.38 | 3/22 | 0 |
| Seneviratne, ChamaniChamani Seneviratne | Sri Lanka | 9 | 414 | 10 | 26.10 | 3.78 | 4/23 | 0 |
See also
References
- ↑ Raf Nicholson (11 July 2013). "Cricinfo's own World Cup". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ↑ http://www.southernstars.org.au/wcawc2000.htm
- ↑ "Batting and Fielding in CricInfo Women's World Cup 2000/01 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
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