ICC 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 (12 from 2026)
Current champion	Australia (6th title)
Most successful	Australia (6 titles)
Most runs	Template:Criconw Suzie Bates (1,066)
Most wickets	Template:Criconw Shabnim Ismail (43)
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. 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 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 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	England 86/4 (17 overs)	England won by 6 wickets Scorecard	New Zealand 85 (20 overs)
2010	West Indies	Bridgetown	Australia 106/8 (20 overs)	Australia won by 3 runs Scorecard	New Zealand 103/6 (20 overs)
2012	Sri Lanka	Colombo	Australia 142/4 (20 overs)	Australia won by 4 runs Scorecard	England 138/9 (20 overs)
2014	Bangladesh	Dhaka	Australia 106/4 (15 overs)	Australia won by 6 wickets Scorecard	England 105/8 (20 overs)
2016	India	Kolkata	West Indies 149/2 (19 overs)	West Indies won by 8 wickets Scorecard	Australia 148/5 (20 overs)
2018	West Indies	North Sound	Australia 106/2 (15.1 overs)	Australia won by 8 wickets Scorecard	England 105 (19.4 overs)
2020	Australia	Melbourne	Australia 184/4 (20 overs)	Australia won by 85 runs Scorecard	India 99 (19.1 overs)
2023	South Africa	Cape Town	Australia 156/6 (20 overs)	Australia won by 19 runs Scorecard	South Africa 137/6 (20 overs)
2024	Bangladesh	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	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

• Template:Bg – Champions
• Template:Bg – Runners-up
• Template:Bg – 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
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	Runners-up
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	Champions
2024	Australia

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

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

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

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

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
2023	Laura Wolvaardt	230 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
2023	Sophie Ecclestone	11 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
2023	Ashleigh Gardner	110 runs and 10 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
2018	Ashleigh Gardner	33 runs and 3 wickets
2020	Alyssa Healy	75 runs and 1 catch
2023	Beth Mooney	74 runs

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