2023 Women's T20 World Cup
8th edition of the Women's T20 World Cup From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2023 Women's T20 World Cup was the eighth edition of 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.
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| Dates | 10 – 26 February 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage & knockout |
| Host(s) | South Africa |
| Champions | Australia (6th title) |
| Runners-up | South Africa |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 23 |
| Player of the series | Ashleigh Gardner |
| Most runs | Laura Wolvaardt (230)[1] |
| Most wickets | Sophie Ecclestone (11)[2] |
| Official website | www |
Teams and qualification
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 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 |
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 South Africa | Host Nation |
 Australia | Automatic qualification |
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 India | |
 New Zealand | |
 Pakistan | |
 Sri Lanka | |
 West Indies | |
 Bangladesh | Via qualifying tournament |
 Ireland |
Squads
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]
Venues
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]
| Cape Town | Gqeberha | Paarl | |
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| Newlands Cricket Ground | St George's Park | Boland Park | |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 19,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | |
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| Matches: 12 | Matches: 5 | Matches: 6 |
Match officials
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
Prize money
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]
| Stage | Teams | Prize money (USD) | Total (USD) |
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| Winner | 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| Runner-up | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| Losing semi-finalists | 2 | $210,000 | $420,000 |
| Winner of each pool match | 20 | $17,500 | $350,000 |
| Teams that do not pass the group stage | 6 | $30,000 | $180,000 |
| Total | $2,450,000 | ||
Warm-up matches
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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]
Warm-up matches
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
Group stage
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The ICC released the fixture details on 3 October 2022.[17]
Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 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
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
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Laura Wolvaardt 66* (56) |
Group 2
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Advanced to the knockout stage
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
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- 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]
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Deepti Sharma became the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in WT20Is.[20][21]
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Muneeba Ali became the first player for Pakistan to score a century in WT20Is.[22]
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
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- 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]
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Knockout stage
Bracket
| 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) | ||||||||
Semi-finals
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
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- 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]
Final
Statistics
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
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]
References
External links
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