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.
Highest governing body | International Cricket Council |
---|---|
Nicknames | WT20I |
First played | 5 August 2004 |
Characteristics | |
Team members | Full members |
Mixed-sex | No |
Type | Outdoor Game |
Equipment |
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Venue | Cricket Stadium |
Presence | |
Country or region | Worldwide |
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
editThe ICC granted Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members from 1 July 2018.[9] As of September 2024[update], 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]
- England (5 August 2004)
- New Zealand (5 August 2004)
- Australia (2 September 2005)
- India (5 August 2006)
- South Africa (10 August 2007)
- Ireland (27 June 2008)
- West Indies (27 June 2008)
- Netherlands (1 July 2008)
- Pakistan (25 May 2009)
- Sri Lanka (12 June 2009)
- Bangladesh (28 August 2012)
- Malaysia (3 June 2018)
- Thailand (3 June 2018)
- Scotland (7 July 2018)
- Uganda (7 July 2018)
- United Arab Emirates (7 July 2018)
- Papua New Guinea (7 July 2018)
- Singapore (9 August 2018)
- Botswana (20 August 2018)
- Lesotho (20 August 2018)
- Malawi (20 August 2018)
- Namibia (20 August 2018)
- Mozambique (20 August 2018)
- Sierra Leone (20 August 2018)
- Brazil (23 August 2018)
- Mexico (23 August 2018)
- Chile (23 August 2018)
- China (3 November 2018)
- South Korea (3 November 2018)
- Zimbabwe (5 January 2019)
- Nepal (12 January 2019)
- Hong Kong (12 January 2019)
- Indonesia (12 January 2019)
- Myanmar (12 January 2019)
- Bhutan (13 January 2019)
- Nigeria (26 January 2019)
- Rwanda (26 January 2019)
- Kuwait (18 February 2019)
- Kenya (6 April 2019)
- Costa Rica (26 April 2019)
- Vanuatu (6 May 2019)
- Japan (6 May 2019)
- Fiji (6 May 2019)
- Samoa (6 May 2019)
- Tanzania (6 May 2019)
- Canada (17 May 2019)
- United States (17 May 2019)
- Guernsey (31 May 2019)
- Jersey (31 May 2019)
- Mali (18 June 2019)
- Germany (26 June 2019)
- France (31 July 2019)
- Austria (31 July 2019)
- Norway (31 July 2019)
- Argentina (3 October 2019)
- Peru (3 October 2019)
- Maldives (2 December 2019)
- Belize (13 December 2019)
- Philippines (21 December 2019)
- Oman (17 January 2020)
- Qatar (17 January 2020)
- Italy (9 August 2021)
- Sweden (29 August 2021)
- Eswatini (9 September 2021)
- Cameroon (12 September 2021)
- Belgium (25 September 2021)
- Bahrain (20 March 2022)
- Saudi Arabia (20 March 2022)
- Ghana (28 March 2022)
- Gambia (29 March 2022)
- Spain (5 May 2022)
- Denmark (28 May 2022)
- Barbados (29 July 2022)
- Malta (27 August 2022)
- Romania (27 August 2022)
- Greece (9 September 2022)
- Serbia (10 September 2022)
- Isle of Man (12 November 2022)
- Cambodia (21 December 2022)
- Turkey (29 May 2023)
- Estonia (26 August 2023)
- Cook Islands (1 September 2023)
- Luxembourg (5 September 2023)
- Mongolia (19 September 2023)
- Gibraltar (20 April 2024)
- Czech Republic (8 June 2024)
- Croatia (14 June 2024)
- Cyprus (17 June 2024)
- Cayman Islands (26 September 2024)
- Bulgaria (12 October 2024)
Rankings
editBefore 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]
Team | Matches | Points | Rating | |
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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
editSee also
editReferences
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "Women T20I matches / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Team records | Women's Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "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.