ICC Women's World Twenty20

ICC Women's World Twenty20

Administrator	International Cricket Council
Format	Twenty20
First tournament	2009, England
Next tournament	2018, West Indies
Tournament format	Round robin and knockout
Number of teams	10
Current champion	West Indies (1st title)
Most successful	Australia (3 titles)
Most runs	Charlotte Edwards (768)[1]
Most wickets	Ellyse Perry (27)[2]

The ICC Women's World Twenty20 is the biannual international championship for women's Twenty20 International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with the first edition being 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. At each tournament, a set number of teams qualify automatically, with the remaining teams determined by the World Twenty20 Qualifier. Australia are the most successful team at the World Twenty20, having won three tournaments, while the most recent tournament in 2016 was won by the West Indies.

Qualification

Qualification is determined by the ICC Women's Twenty20 international rankings and a qualification event, the 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. For the 2014 tournament, six places are determined by the top eight teams of the ICC Women's T20I rankings, with the host country and three qualifiers joining them in the finals.

Format

2009, 2010 & 2012

During the group stage and Super Eight, points are awarded to the teams as follows:

Results	Points
Win	2 points
No result	1 point
Loss	0 points

In case of a Tie (i.e. both teams score exactly the same number of runs at the end of their respective innings), a Super Over would decide the winner. In case of a Tie again in the Super Over, the match is won by the team that has scored the most 6s in their innings. This is applicable in all stages of the tournament.

Within each group (both group stage & Super Eight stage), teams are ranked against each other based on the following criteria:

1. Higher number of points
2. If equal, higher number of wins
3. If still equal, higher net run rate
4. If still equal, lower bowling strike rate
5. If still equal, result of head to head meeting.

2014

The ten teams are divided into two groups of five, A and B. Every team in the group plays all the other teams in a round-robin format. The top team in group A will play the runner-up in group B for a place in the final. Likewise, the top team in group B will play the runner-up in group A for the other final berth. Guaranteed qualification for the 2016 tournament for two teams will be determined from a similar "play-off" between the third and fourth placed teams in each group.^[3]

2016

The ten teams are divided into two groups of five, A and B. Every team in the group plays all the other teams in a round-robin format. The top team in group A will play the runner-up in group B for a place in the final. Likewise, the top team in group B will play the runner-up in group A for the other final berth.

Summary

Year	Host nation(s)	Final venue	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
2009 Details	England	London	England 86/4 (17 overs)	England won by 6 wickets Scorecard	New Zealand 85 (20 overs)
2010 Details	West Indies	Bridgetown	Australia 106/8 (20 overs)	Australia won by 3 runs Scorecard	New Zealand 103/6 (20 overs)
2012 Details	Sri Lanka	Colombo	Australia 142/4 (20 overs)	Australia won by 4 runs Scorecard	England 138/9 (20 overs)
2014 Details	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Australia 106/4 (15 overs)	Australia won by 6 wickets Scorecard	England 105/8 (20 overs)
2016 Details	India	Kolkata	West Indies 149/2 (19 overs)	West Indies won by 8 wickets Scorecard	Australia 148/5 (20 overs)
2018 Details	West Indies
2022 Details	South Africa

Performance of teams

Team	Appearances			Best result	Statistics[4]
	Total	First	Latest		Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR	Win%
Australia	5	2009	2016	Champions (2010, 2012, 2014)	26	19	6	1(1)	0	75.00
England	5	2009	2016	Champions (2009)	24	18	5	1(0)	0	77.08
West Indies	5	2009	2016	Champions (2016)	22	13	9	0	0	59.09
New Zealand	5	2009	2016	Runner-up (2009, 2010)	24	18	6	0	0	75.00
India	5	2009	2016	Semi-final (2009, 2010)	21	9	12	0	0	42.85
South Africa	5	2009	2016	Semi-final (2014)	19	6	13	0	0	31.57
Sri Lanka	5	2009	2016	1st round (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)	20	6	14	0	0	30.00
Pakistan	5	2009	2016	1st round (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)	20	5	15	0	0	25.00
Bangladesh	2	2014	2016	1st round (2014, 2016)	9	2	7	0	0	22.22
Ireland	2	2014	2016	1st round (2014, 2016)	9	0	9	0	0	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 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)
•  ×  — Did not qualify

Team	2009 (8)	2010 (8)	2012 (8)	2014 (10)	2016 (10)	2018 (TBD)	Total
Australia	SF	C	C	C	RU		5
Bangladesh	×	×	×	R1	R1		2
England	C	R1	RU	RU	SF		5
India	SF	SF	R1	R1	R1		5
Ireland	×	×	×	R1	R1		2
New Zealand	RU	RU	SF	R1	SF		5
Pakistan	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1		5
South Africa	R1	R1	R1	SF	R1		5
Sri Lanka	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1		5
West Indies	R1	SF	SF	SF	C		5

Other results

Results of host teams Year Host Team Finish 2009  England Champions 2010  West Indies Semi Finalists 2012  Sri Lanka Round 1 2014  Bangladesh Round 1 2016  India Round 1 2018  West Indies TBD

Results of defending champions Year Defending champions Finish 2010  England Round 1 2012  Australia Champions 2014  Australia Champions 2016  Australia Runners-up 2018  West Indies TBD

Awards and achievements

Player of the tournament

Year	Player	Performance details
2009	Claire Taylor	199 runs
2010	Nicola Browne	9 wickets
2012	Charlotte Edwards	172 runs
2014	Anya Shrubsole	13 wickets
2016	Stafanie Taylor	246 runs and 8 wickets

Most runs in the tournament

Year	Player	Performance details
2009	Aimee Watkins	200 runs
2010	Sara McGlashan	147 runs
2012	Charlotte Edwards	172 runs
2014	Meg Lanning	257 runs
2016	Stafanie Taylor	246 runs

Most wickets in the tournament

Year	Player	Performance details
2009	Holly Colvin	9 wickets
2010	Diana David Nicola Browne	9 wickets
2012	Julie Hunter	11 wickets
2014	Anya Shrubsole	13 wickets
2016	Leigh Kasperek Sophie Devine Deandra Dottin	9 wickets

Player of the final

Year	Player	Performance details
2009	Katherine Brunt	3 wickets
2010	Ellyse Perry	3 wickets
2012	Jess Cameron	45 runs
2014	Sarah Coyte	3 wickets
2016	Hayley Matthews	66 runs and 1 wicket

See also

• ICC World Twenty20

References

1. "Records / ICC Women's World Twenty20 / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
2. "Records / ICC Women's World Twenty20 / Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
3. "ICC Women's World Twenty20, 2013/14 / Fixtures". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
4. Women's World T20 / Records / Result summary – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

External links

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