Women's T20 World Cup

For the equivalent men's tournament, see ICC Men's T20 World Cup. For the 50 over tournament, see Women's Cricket World Cup.
Women's T20 World Cup
AdministratorInternational Cricket Council
FormatWT20I
First edition2009  England
Latest edition2024  United Arab Emirates
Next edition2026  England
Tournament formatRound robin and knockout
Number of teams12 (16 from 2030)
Current champion New Zealand (1st title)
Most successful Australia (6 titles)
Most runsNew Zealand Suzie Bates (1,216)[1]
Most wicketsAustralia Megan Schutt (48)[2]
Websitet20worldcup.com
Tournaments

The Women's T20 World Cup is the biennial international championship for women's Twenty20 International cricket.[3] The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council, with the first edition having been held in England in 2009.[4] 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 Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.

As of 2024, a total of nine editions have been held and twelve teams have participated, Australia, having won the tournament a record six times (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023) are the most successful team, while England (2009), West Indies (2016) and New Zealand (2024) have one title each. In August 2024, ICC announced that the United Arab Emirates will be the venue for the Women's T20 World Cup instead of Bangladesh although the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) continued to officially host the event. The matches were played at Dubai and Sharjah.[7]

New Zealand are the current champions having won the 2024 edition for the first time, after defeating South Africa in the final.

History

Winners
T20 World Cups
Year Winning Team
2009  England
2010  Australia 
2012  Australia (2)
2014  Australia (3)
2016  West Indies 
2018  Australia (4)
2020  Australia (5)
2023  Australia (6)
2024  New Zealand 

Qualification

Qualification is determined by the ICC Women's Twenty20 International rankings and a qualification event, the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier. Until 2014, the top six teams of the ICC Women's Twenty20 International rankings would automatically qualify 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 No. of Teams Winning captain
2009 England
England 		Lord's, London  England
86/4 (17 overs) 		England won by 6 wickets
Scorecard 		 New Zealand
85 (20 overs) 		8 Charlotte Edwards
2010 Cricket West Indies
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
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
Bangladesh 		Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka  Australia
106/4 (15 overs) 		Australia won by 6 wickets
Scorecard 		 England
105/8 (20 overs) 		10 Meg Lanning
2016 India
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 Cricket West Indies
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
Australia 		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  Australia
184/4 (20 overs) 		Australia won by 85 runs
Scorecard 		 India
99 (19.1 overs) 		10 Meg Lanning
2023 South Africa
South Africa 		Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town  Australia
156/6 (20 overs) 		Australia won by 19 runs
Scorecard 		 South Africa
137/6 (20 overs) 		10 Meg Lanning
2024 United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates[a] 		Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai  New Zealand
158/5 (20 overs) 		New Zealand won by 32 runs
Scorecard 		 South Africa
126/9 (20 overs) 		10 Sophie Devine
2026 England
England 		To be confirmed 12
2028 TBC To be confirmed 12
2030 TBC To be confirmed 16

Team performance

Correct as of 2024 Women's T20 World Cup. Teams are ordered by best result then by appearances, then by winning percentage, then by total number of wins, total number of games, and then alphabetically:

Team Appearances Best result Statistics[8]
Total First Latest Played Won Lost Tie NR Win%
 Australia 9 2009 2024 Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023) 49 39 9 1(1) 0 80.61
 England 9 2009 2024 Champions (2009) 42 31 10 1(0) 0 75.00
 New Zealand 9 2009 2024 Champions (2024) 42 29 13 0 0 69.04
 West Indies 9 2009 2024 Champions (2016) 39 23 16 0 0 58.97
 South Africa 9 2009 2024 Runners-up (2023, 2024) 39 18 21 0 0 46.15
 India 9 2009 2024 Runners-up (2020) 40 22 18 0 0 55.00
 Sri Lanka 9 2009 2024 First Round (2009–2024) 35 10 25 0 0 28.57
 Pakistan 9 2009 2024 First Round (2009–2024) 36 9 26 0 1 25.71
 Bangladesh 6 2014 2024 First Round (2014–2024) 25 3 22 0 0 12.00
 Ireland 4 2014 2023 First Round (2014–2018, 2023) 17 0 17 0 0 0.00
 Scotland 1 2024 2024 First Round (2024) 4 0 4 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.

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
  •     — Hosts
Venue/

Year/ Teams

England
2009
(8) 		Cricket West Indies
2010
(8) 		Sri Lanka
2012
(8) 		Bangladesh
2014
(10) 		India
2016
(10) 		Cricket West Indies
2018
(10) 		Australia
2020
(10) 		South Africa
2023
(10) 		United Arab Emirates
2024
(10) 		England
2026
(12) 		Total
 Australia SF C C C RU C C C SF Q 10
 Bangladesh × × × R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 6
 England C R1 RU RU SF RU SF SF R1 Q 10
 India SF SF R1 R1 R1 SF RU SF R1 Q 10
 Ireland × × × R1 R1 R1 • R1 • 4
 New Zealand RU RU SF R1 SF R1 R1 R1 C Q 10
 Pakistan R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 Q 10
 Scotland × × × × • • • • R1 1
 South Africa R1 R1 R1 SF R1 R1 SF RU RU Q 10
 Sri Lanka R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 Q 10
 Thailand × × × • • • R1 • • 1
 West Indies R1 SF SF SF C SF R1 R1 SF Q 10

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  Scotland 1
2026 TBD 0
Total 12

Other results

Records

Main article: List of Women's T20 World Cup records
As of 16 November 2024
T20 World Cup records
Batting
Most runs New Zealand Suzie Bates 1,216 (2009 – 2024) [9]
Highest average (min. 20 inns.) Australia Beth Mooney 41.77 (2016 – 2024) [10]
Highest score Australia Meg Lanning v  Ireland at Sylhet 126 (2014) [11]
Highest strike rate (min. 500 balls) Australia Alyssa Healy 129.39 (2010 – 2024) [12]
Most fifty+ New Zealand Suzie Bates 8 (2009 – 2024) [13]
Most sixes Cricket West Indies Deandra Dottin 31 (2009 – 2024) [14]
Highest partnership England Nat Sciver-Brunt & Heather Knight v  Thailand at Canberra 169* (2020) [15]
Most runs in a tournament Australia Beth Mooney 259 (2020) [16]
Bowling
Most wickets Australia Megan Schutt 48 (2016 – 2024) [17]
Best strike rate (min. 400 balls bowled) 12.43 (2016 – 2024) [18]
Best bowling average (min. 400 balls bowled) England Sophie Ecclestone 10.65 (2018 – 2024) [19]
Best economy rate (min. 400 balls bowled) 4.37 (2018 – 2024) [20]
Best bowling figures Cricket West Indies Deandra Dottin v  Bangladesh at Providence 5/5 (2018) [21]
Most wickets in a tournament New Zealand Amelia Kerr 15 (2024) [22]
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) Australia Alyssa Healy 32 (2010 – 2024) [23]
Most catches (fielder) New Zealand Suzie Bates 26 (2009 – 2024) [24]
Team
Highest team total  England (v  Pakistan) at Cape Town 213/5 (2023) [25]
Lowest team total  Bangladesh (v  West Indies) at Providence 46 (2018) [26]
Highest win % (min. 10 matches played)  Australia 80.61% (played 49, won 39, lost 9) (2009 – 2024) [27]
Largest victory (by runs)  England (v  Pakistan) at Cape Town 114 (2023) [28]
Highest match aggregate  India v  New Zealand at Providence 354/14 (2018) [29]
Lowest match aggregate  Sri Lanka v  West Indies at Galle 92/11 (2012) [30]
Highest score chased  England vs  Australia at The Oval 165 (2009)
Lowest score defended  New Zealand vs  Bangladesh at Junction Oval, Melbourne 91
(2024)
Most consecutive wins  Australia 15 (2009 – 2024)

Records by tournament

Awards

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The hosting rights were owned by Bangladesh Cricket Board, but matches were played in UAE.

References

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