Women's T20 World Cup

For the equivalent men's tournament, see ICC Men'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
Current champion	Australia (5th title)
Most successful	Australia (5 titles)
Most runs	Suzie Bates (929)
Most wickets	Anya Shrubsole (41)
Website	t20worldcup.com

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. 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. The number of teams in at the 2026 tournament is also set to increase to twelve.

At each tournament, a set number of teams qualify automatically, with the remaining teams determined by the World Twenty20 Qualifier. Australia, having won the tournament five 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 rankings, with the host country and two qualifiers joining them in the tournament.

Summary

Year	Host nation(s)	Final venue	Final
			Winners	Result	Runners-up
2009	England	London	Zimbabwe 126/7 (17 overs)	Zimbabwe won by 20 runs Scorecard	Pakistan 105/9(20 overs)
2010	West Indies	Bridgetown	England 90/8 (20 overs)	England won by 10 runs Scorecard	India 80 (20 overs)
2012	Sri Lanka	Colombo	Australia 353/4 (20 overs)	Australia won by 44 wickets Scorecard	South Africa 349/0 (20 overs)
2014	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Bangladesh 176/3 (15 overs)	Bangladesh won by 57 wickets Scorecard	England 170/5 (20 overs)
2016	India	Kolkata	India 232 (19 overs)	India won by 1 run Scorecard	Australia 231/1 (20 overs)
2018	UAE	Dubai	New Zealand 127/2 (9.4 overs)	New Zealand won by 11 wickets Scorecard	England 121/7 (20 overs)
2020	Australia	Melbourne	Pakistan 279/0 (20 overs)	Pakistan won by 100 runs Scorecard	India 179 (19.1 overs)
2023	South Africa	Cape Town	To be confirmed
2024	New Zealand	To be confirmed
2026	England	To be confirmed

Performance of teams

Team	Appearances			Best performance	Statistics
	Total	First	Latest		Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR	Win%
Australia	7	2009	2020	Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020)	38	29	8	1(1)	0	77.63
England	7	2009	2020	Champions (2009)	33	24	8	1(0)	0	74.24
West Indies	7	2009	2020	Champions (2016)	30	18	12	0	0	60.00
New Zealand	7	2009	2020	Runners-up (2009, 2010)	32	22	10	0	0	68.75
India	7	2009	2020	Runners-up (2020)	31	17	14	0	0	54.83
South Africa	7	2009	2020	Semi-finals (2014, 2020)	27	11	16	0	0	40.74
Sri Lanka	7	2009	2023	First Round (2009–2023)	27	8	19	0	0	29.62
Pakistan	7	2009	2023	First Round (2009–2023)	28	7	20	0	1	25.92
Bangladesh	4	2014	2023	First Round (2014–2023)	17	2	15	0	0	11.76
Ireland	3	2014	2023	First Round (2014–2023)	13	0	13	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
•  •  – 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	Q			7
Bangladesh	×	×	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	Q	Q		4
England	C	R1	RU	RU	SF	RU	SF	Q		Q	7
India	SF	SF	R1	R1	R1	SF	RU	Q			7
Ireland	×	×	×	R1	R1	R1	•	Q			3
New Zealand	RU	RU	SF	R1	SF	R1	R1	Q			7
Pakistan	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	Q			7
South Africa	R1	R1	R1	SF	R1	R1	SF	Q			7
Sri Lanka	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	Q			7
Thailand	×	×	×	•	•	•	R1	•			1
West Indies	R1	SF	SF	SF	C	SF	R1	Q			7

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
Total		11

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	Semi-finalists
2020	Australia	Champions
2023	South Africa
2024	Bangladesh
2026	England

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	Semi-finalists
2020	Australia	Champions
2023	Australia

Records

Team records

Highest innings totals

Score	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	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
187/5 (20 overs)	West Indies	Sri Lanka	Gros Islet, Saint Lucia	16 November 2018	Scorecard
Updated: 1 March 2020

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
65/9 (20 overs)	Pakistan	New Zealand	Basseterre, Saint Kitts & Nevis	10 May 2010	Scorecard
69/8 (20 overs)	Sri Lanka	England	Taunton, England	14 June 2009	Scorecard
Updated: 1 March 2020

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	[1]
Updated: 16 February 2023

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
5/16	3.5	Priyanka Roy	India	Pakistan	Taunton, England	13 June 2009	Scorecard
5/20	3.2	Julie Hunter	Australia	West Indies	Colombo (RPS), Sri Lanka	5 October 2012	Scorecard
4/9	3.4	Holly Colvin	England	Pakistan	Galle, Sri Lanka	27 September 2012	Scorecard
Updated: 1 March 2020

Records by tournament

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
2018	Alyssa Healy	225 runs
2020	Beth Mooney	259 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
2018	Deandra Dottin Ashleigh Gardner Megan Schutt	10 wickets
2020	Megan Schutt	13 wickets

Awards

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
2018	Alyssa Healy	225 runs
2020	Beth Mooney	259 runs

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
2018	Ashleigh Gardner	33 runs and 3 wickets
2020	Alyssa Healy	75 runs and 1 catch

See also

• ICC Men's T20 World Cup
• Women's Cricket World Cup

External links

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