2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup


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The 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup was the eighth edition of ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament. It was held in South Africa between 10 February and 26 February 2023.[3] The final took place at Cape Town. Australia won their sixth[4] and third consecutive title after beating the hosts South Africa in the final by 19 runs.

2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

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Dates10 – 26 February 2023
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Group stage & knockout
Host(s) South Africa
Champions Australia (6th title)
Runners-up South Africa
Participants10
Matches23
Player of the seriesAustralia Ashleigh Gardner
Most runsSouth Africa Laura Wolvaardt (230)[1]
Most wicketsEngland Sophie Ecclestone (11)[2]
Official websitewww.t20worldcup.com

Teams and qualification

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In December 2020 the ICC confirmed the qualification process for the tournament.[5] South Africa automatically qualified for the tournament as the hosts. They were joined by the seven highest ranked teams in the ICC Women's T20I Rankings, as of 30 November 2021, who competed at the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[6] The remaining two teams were Ireland and Bangladesh, the finalists of the qualifying tournament.[7]

Team Qualification
  South Africa Host Nation
  Australia Automatic qualification
  England
  India
  New Zealand
  Pakistan
  Sri Lanka
  West Indies
  Bangladesh Via qualifying tournament
  Ireland

Each team selected a squad of 15 players before the tournament, and was able to replace any injured players.[8] Pakistan were the first to name their squad on 14 December 2022.[9]

In August 2022, the ICC announced that three venues in three cities would host matches. The venues were Newlands Cricket Ground, St George's Park and Boland Park.[10][11][12]

Venues of 2023 ICC World T20 in South Africa

 Cape Town Gqeberha Paarl
Newlands Cricket Ground St George's Park Boland Park
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 19,000 Capacity: 10,000
   
Matches: 12 Matches: 5 Matches: 6

On 27 January 2023, the ICC appointed the all-woman panel of match officials for the tournament. Along with the ten umpires, G. S. Lakshmi, Shandre Fritz and Michell Pereira were also named as the match referees.[13][14]

Match Referees
Umpires

The total prize money purse of US$2,450,000 was available for the tournament and was allocated according to the performance of the team as follows:[15]

Before the T20 World Cup, the participating nations competed in ten warm-up matches, which were played from 6 February to 8 February 2023. These matches did not have either Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status or WT20 status.[16]

The ICC released the fixture details on 3 October 2022.[17]

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   Australia 4 4 0 0 0 8 2.149
2   South Africa (H) 4 2 2 0 0 4 0.738
3   New Zealand 4 2 2 0 0 4 0.138
4   Sri Lanka 4 2 2 0 0 4 −1.460
5   Bangladesh 4 0 4 0 0 0 −1.529

  Advance to the knockout stage

  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shorna Akter (Ban) made her WT20I debut.
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Suné Luus (SA) played in her 100th WT20I.[18]
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   England 4 4 0 0 0 8 2.860
2   India 4 3 1 0 0 6 0.253
3   West Indies 4 2 2 0 0 4 −0.601
4   Pakistan 4 1 3 0 0 2 −0.703
5   Ireland 4 0 4 0 0 0 −1.814

  Advanced to the knockout stage

  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Alice Capsey (Eng) equalled the record for the fastest 50 in a Women's T20 World Cup match (21 balls).[19]
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Deepti Sharma became the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in WT20Is.[20][21]
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.
  • Harmanpreet Kaur (Ind) became the first player among male or female, to play 150th T20Is.[23]
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.
  • England's score of 213/5 was the highest total in a women's T20 World Cup match.[24]
  • England's margin of victory was the highest (by runs) in a women's T20 World Cup match.[25]
Semi-finals Final
      
  Australia 172/4 (20 overs)
  India 167/8 (20 overs)
  Australia 156/6 (20 overs)
  South Africa 137/6 (20 overs)
  South Africa 164/4 (20 overs)
  England 158/8 (20 overs)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Tazmin Brits (SA) equalled the record for taking most number of catches in a WT20I match (4 catches).[26]
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Jess Jonassen (Aus) played in her 100th T20I.[27]

South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 230 runs.[1] England's Sophie Ecclestone, was the leading wicket-taker, finishing with eleven dismissals.[2]

Team of the tournament

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On 27 February 2023, ICC announced its team of the tournament picked by a selection panel featuring Ian Bishop, Anjum Chopra, Lisa Sthalekar, Mel Jones, Nasser Hussain, Ebony Rainford-Brent and Mpumelelo Mbangwa.[28]

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