Women's Twenty20 International

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.

Women's Twenty20 International
Highest governing bodyInternational Cricket Council
NicknamesWT20I
First played5 August 2004
Characteristics
Team membersFull members
Mixed-sexNo
TypeOutdoor Game
Equipment
  • Ball,
  • Bat,
  • Stumps,
  • Cricket Helmet,
  • Thigh Guard,
  • Batting Pads,
  • Abdominal Guard,
  • Gloves,
  • etc
VenueCricket Stadium
Presence
Country or regionWorldwide

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 Trophy.[8]

Involved nations

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The ICC granted Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members from 1 July 2018.[9] As of September 2024, 89 nations have played WT20Is.[10]

The full list of teams who have played full WT20I matches, with the date of their debut, is as follows:[11]

  1.   England (5 August 2004)
  2.   New Zealand (5 August 2004)
  3.   Australia (2 September 2005)
  4.   India (5 August 2006)
  5.   South Africa (10 August 2007)
  6.   Ireland (27 June 2008)
  7.   West Indies (27 June 2008)
  8.   Netherlands (1 July 2008)
  9.   Pakistan (25 May 2009)
  10.   Sri Lanka (12 June 2009)
  11.   Bangladesh (28 August 2012)
  12.   Malaysia (3 June 2018)
  13.   Thailand (3 June 2018)
  14.   Scotland (7 July 2018)
  15.   Uganda (7 July 2018)
  16.   United Arab Emirates (7 July 2018)
  17.   Papua New Guinea (7 July 2018)
  18.   Singapore (9 August 2018)
  19.   Botswana (20 August 2018)
  20.   Lesotho (20 August 2018)
  21.   Malawi (20 August 2018)
  22.   Namibia (20 August 2018)
  23.   Mozambique (20 August 2018)
  24.   Sierra Leone (20 August 2018)
  25.   Brazil (23 August 2018)
  26.   Mexico (23 August 2018)
  27.   Chile (23 August 2018)
  28.   China (3 November 2018)
  29.   South Korea (3 November 2018)
  30.   Zimbabwe (5 January 2019)
  31.     Nepal (12 January 2019)
  32.   Hong Kong (12 January 2019)
  33.   Indonesia (12 January 2019)
  34.   Myanmar (12 January 2019)
  35.   Bhutan (13 January 2019)
  36.   Nigeria (26 January 2019)
  37.   Rwanda (26 January 2019)
  38.   Kuwait (18 February 2019)
  39.   Kenya (6 April 2019)
  40.   Costa Rica (26 April 2019)
  41.   Vanuatu (6 May 2019)
  42.   Japan (6 May 2019)
  43.   Fiji (6 May 2019)
  44.   Samoa (6 May 2019)
  45.   Tanzania (6 May 2019)
  46.   Canada (17 May 2019)
  47.   United States (17 May 2019)
  48.   Guernsey (31 May 2019)
  49.   Jersey (31 May 2019)
  50.   Mali (18 June 2019)
  51.   Germany (26 June 2019)
  52.   France (31 July 2019)
  53.   Austria (31 July 2019)
  54.   Norway (31 July 2019)
  55.   Argentina (3 October 2019)
  56.   Peru (3 October 2019)
  57.   Maldives (2 December 2019)
  58.   Belize (13 December 2019)
  59.   Philippines (21 December 2019)
  60.   Oman (17 January 2020)
  61.   Qatar (17 January 2020)
  62.   Italy (9 August 2021)
  63.   Sweden (29 August 2021)
  64.   Eswatini (9 September 2021)
  65.   Cameroon (12 September 2021)
  66.   Belgium (25 September 2021)
  67.   Bahrain (20 March 2022)
  68.   Saudi Arabia (20 March 2022)
  69.   Ghana (28 March 2022)
  70.   Gambia (29 March 2022)
  71.   Spain (5 May 2022)
  72.   Denmark (28 May 2022)
  73.   Barbados (29 July 2022)
  74.   Malta (27 August 2022)
  75.   Romania (27 August 2022)
  76.   Greece (9 September 2022)
  77.   Serbia (10 September 2022)
  78.   Isle of Man (12 November 2022)
  79.   Cambodia (21 December 2022)
  80.   Turkey (29 May 2023)
  81.   Estonia (26 August 2023)
  82.   Cook Islands (1 September 2023)
  83.   Luxembourg (5 September 2023)
  84.   Mongolia (19 September 2023)
  85.   Gibraltar (20 April 2024)
  86.   Czech Republic (8 June 2024)
  87.   Croatia (14 June 2024)
  88.   Cyprus (17 June 2024)
  89.   Cayman Islands (26 September 2024)
  90.   Bulgaria (12 October 2024)

Rankings

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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.[12] 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.[13]

ICC Women's T20I Rankings
Team Matches Points Rating
  Australia 33 9,671 293
  England 39 10,996 282
  India 45 11,712 260
  New Zealand 35 8,875 254
  South Africa 35 8,470 242
  West Indies 30 7,220 241
  Sri Lanka 42 9,591 228
  Pakistan 39 8,551 219
  Bangladesh 39 7,621 195
  Ireland 33 6,397 194
  Scotland 25 3,884 155
  Papua New Guinea 19 2,915 153
  Thailand 35 5,345 153
  Zimbabwe 36 5,040 140
  United Arab Emirates 50 6,324 126
  Netherlands 23 2,809 122
  Namibia 36 4,238 118
  Uganda 42 4,630 110
  Tanzania 25 2,570 103
    Nepal 28 2,781 99
  Indonesia 24 2,349 98
  Hong Kong 45 4,013 89
  Italy 22 1,838 84
  Spain 12 909 76
  Nigeria 33 2,499 76
  Rwanda 52 3,898 75
  Malaysia 37 2,742 74
  United States 14 1,036 74
  Kenya 41 2,858 70
  Cyprus 7 462 66
  Jersey 15 976 65
  Vanuatu 18 1,078 60
  Canada 6 326 54
  Gibraltar 9 470 52
  France 10 462 46
  Brazil 18 819 46
  Isle of Man 16 713 45
  Croatia 8 328 41
  Sweden 15 605 40
  Myanmar 21 824 39
  Greece 18 657 37
  Denmark 13 473 36
  Guernsey 12 423 35
  Germany 14 486 35
  Japan 26 838 32
  Botswana 28 858 31
  Sierra Leone 14 395 28
  China 21 591 28
  Kuwait 24 651 27
  Bhutan 18 473 26
  Samoa 13 304 23
  Mozambique 12 270 23
  Mexico 7 150 21
  Qatar 20 318 16
  Romania 8 126 16
  Serbia 13 200 15
  Argentina 17 232 14
  Malawi 9 112 12
  Austria 21 250 12
  Cook Islands 8 82 10
  Luxembourg 11 104 9
  Norway 13 116 9
  Cambodia 7 15 2
  Malta 15 28 2
  Singapore 35 61 2
  Oman 7 11 2
  Mongolia 15 0 0
  Eswatini 5 0 0
  Philippines 8 0 0
  Lesotho 9 0 0
  Ghana 5 0 0
  Fiji 13 0 0
  Estonia 12 0 0
  Cameroon 12 0 0
  Bulgaria 8 0 0
  Bahrain 14 0 0
  Czech Republic 7 0 0
References: ICC Women's T20I Rankings, Updated on 22 December 2024

Statistics and records

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Women's Twenty20 Playing Conditions" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  2. ^ Miller, Andrew (6 August 2004). "Revolution at the seaside". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Wonder Women – Ten T20I records women own". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. ^ English, Peter (17 February 2005). "Ponting leads as Kasprowicz follows". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  5. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  6. ^ "ICC Board brings in tougher Code of Sanctions". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Favourites Nepal eye for Global Qualifier spot". Cricket Addictors Association. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  8. ^ Jolly, Laura (8 March 2021). "New event, more teams added to World Cup schedule". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  9. ^ "ICC grants T20I status to all 104 members countries". Cricbuzz. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Women T20I matches / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Team records | Women's Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  12. ^ "ICC Women's Team Rankings launched". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  13. ^ "ICC Launches Global Women's T20I Team Rankings". 12 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.