Women's Twenty20 International
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Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members.[1] The first Twenty20 International match was held in August 2004 between England and New Zealand,[2][3] six months before the first Twenty20 International match was played between two men's teams.[4] The ICC Women's World Twenty20, the highest-level event in the format, was first held in 2009.
In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between two international sides after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[5] A month after the conclusion of the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, which took place in June 2018, the ICC retrospectively gave all the fixtures in the tournament full WT20I status.[6] On 22 November 2021, in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament, the match between Hong Kong and Nepal was the 1,000th WT20I to be played.[7]
The ICC has announced a new tournament starting in 2027 and called the ICC Women's T20 Champions Cup.[8]
Involved nations[edit]
In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members from 1 July 2018.[9]
The full list of teams who have played full Women's Twenty20 International matches is as follows (correct to 21 December 2022):
 Argentina
 Australia
 Austria
 Bahrain
 Bangladesh
 Barbados
 Belgium
 Belize
 Bhutan
 Botswana
 Brazil- Template:Country data CAM
 
 Cameroon
 Canada
 Chile
 China
 Costa Rica
 Denmark
 England- Template:Country data ESW
 
 Fiji
 France
 Gambia
 Germany
 Ghana
 Greece- Template:Country data GUE
 
 Hong KongIndia
 Indonesia
 Ireland- Template:Country data IOM
 
 Italy- Template:Country data JER
 
 Japan
 Kenya
 Kuwait- Template:Country data LES
 - Template:Country data MAW
 
 Malaysia
 Maldives
 Mali
 Malta
 Mexico- Template:Country data MOZ
 
 Myanmar
 Namibia
   Nepal
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Nigeria
 Norway
 Oman
 Pakistan- Template:Country data PNG
 
 Peru
 Philippines
 Qatar
 Romania- Template:Country data RWA
 - Template:Country data SAM
 
 Saudi Arabia
 Scotland
 Singapore- Template:Country data SLE
 
 South Africa
 South Korea
 Spain
 Sri Lanka
 Sweden
 Tanzania
 Thailand
 Uganda
 United Arab Emirates
 United States- Template:Country data VAN
 
 West Indies
 Zimbabwe
Rankings[edit]
Before October 2018, ICC did not maintain a separate Twenty20 ranking for the women's game, instead aggregating performance over all three forms of the game into one overall women's teams ranking.[10] In January 2018, ICC granted international status to all matches between associate nations and announced plan to launch separate T20I rankings for women.[1] In October 2018 the T20I rankings were launched with separate ODI rankings for Full Members.[11] Template:ICC Women's T20I Rankings
Statistics and records[edit]
See also[edit]
- List of women's Twenty20 International cricket grounds
 - Women's Test cricket
 - Women's One Day International
 - Twenty20 International
 
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Women's Twenty20 Playing Conditions" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
 - ↑ Miller, Andrew (6 August 2004). "Revolution at the seaside". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
 - ↑ "Wonder Women – Ten T20I records women own". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
 - ↑ English, Peter (17 February 2005). "Ponting leads as Kasprowicz follows". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
 - ↑ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
 - ↑ "ICC Board brings in tougher Code of Sanctions". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
 - ↑ "Favourites Nepal eye for Global Qualifier spot". Cricket Addictors Association. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
 - ↑ Jolly, Laura (8 March 2021). "New event, more teams added to World Cup schedule". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
 - ↑ "ICC grants T20I status to all 104 members countries". Cricbuzz. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
 - ↑ "ICC Women's Team Rankings launched". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
 - ↑ "ICC Launches Global Women's T20I Team Rankings". 12 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
 
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