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2023 Women's T20 World Cup

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Dates	10 – 26 February 2023
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)
Most wickets	Sophie Ecclestone (11)
Official website	www.t20worldcup.com
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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. The final took place at Cape Town. Australia won their sixth and third consecutive title after beating the hosts South Africa in the final by 19 runs.

Teams and qualification

In December 2020 the ICC confirmed the qualification process for the tournament. 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. The remaining two teams were Ireland and Bangladesh, the finalists of the qualifying tournament.

Team	Qualification
South Africa	Host Nation
Australia	Automatic qualification
England
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. Pakistan were the first to name their squad on 14 December 2022.

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.

Cape TownGqeberhaPaarlclass=notpageimage| 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

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.

Match Referees

• Shandre Fritz
• G. S. Lakshmi
• Michell Pereira

Umpires

• Lauren Agenbag
• Kim Cotton
• Anna Harris
• Narayanan Janani
• Nimali Perera
• Claire Polosak
• Vrinda Rathi
• Sue Redfern
• Eloise Sheridan
• Jacqueline Williams

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:

Warm-up matches

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.

New Zealand  123/5 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 91/7 (20 overs)
Maddy Green 47* (37) Hayley Matthews 1/6 (2 overs)		Shemaine Campbelle 26 (29) Amelia Kerr 3/20 (4 overs)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

Sri Lanka  149/5 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 147 (19.5 overs)
Harshitha Samarawickrama 56 (46) Laura Delany 3/20 (3 overs)		Gaby Lewis 38 (24) Oshadi Ranasinghe 3/22 (4 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to field.

England  246/7 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 229/9 (20 overs)
Alice Capsey 61 (33) Nadine de Klerk 3/46 (4 overs)		Chloe Tryon 65 (23) Sarah Glenn 3/30 (4 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

Australia  129/8 (20 overs)	v	India 85 (15.1 overs)
Georgia Wareham 32* (17) Shikha Pandey 2/9 (3 overs)		Deepti Sharma 15 (18) Darcie Brown 4/17 (3.1 overs)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Bangladesh  103/7 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 105/4 (16 overs)
Shamima Sultana 36 (41) Nida Dar 2/12 (3 overs)		Nida Dar 24* (19) Rumana Ahmed 2/6 (2 overs)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia  168/5 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 169/7 (19.4 overs)
Alyssa Healy 62 (40) Orla Prendergast 2/19 (4 overs)		Laura Delany 32 (28) Megan Schutt 2/16 (4 overs)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

New Zealand  114/9 (20 overs)	v	England 118/5 (13.5 overs)
Suzie Bates 36 (35) Sophie Ecclestone 3/19 (4 overs)		Sophia Dunkley 60* (38) Hayley Jensen 2/20 (3 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

Pakistan  142/5 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 143/4 (18.2 overs)
Aliya Riaz 48 (30) Ayabonga Khaka 2/23 (3 overs)		Laura Wolvaardt 65 (42) Aliya Riaz 2/24 (3 overs)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Sri Lanka  107 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 111/6 (19.4 overs)
Nilakshi de Silva 29 (26) Hayley Matthews 3/17 (4 overs)		Hayley Matthews 50 (48) Malsha Shehani 1/11 (2 overs)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

India  183/5 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 131/8 (20 overs)
Richa Ghosh 91 (56) Nahida Akter 2/24 (3 overs)		Nigar Sultana 40 (36) Devika Vaidya 2/21 (3 overs)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.

Group stage

The ICC released the fixture details on 3 October 2022.

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	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

Sri Lanka  129/4 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 126/9 (20 overs)
Chamari Athapaththu 68 (50) Marizanne Kapp 1/15 (4 overs)		Suné Luus 28 (27) Inoka Ranaweera 3/18 (4 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

Australia  173/9 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 76 (14 overs)
Alyssa Healy 55 (38) Amelia Kerr 3/23 (4 overs)		Amelia Kerr 21 (30) Ashleigh Gardner 5/12 (3 overs)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

Bangladesh  126/8 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 129/3 (18.2 overs)
Sobhana Mostary 29 (32) Oshadi Ranasinghe 3/23 (4 overs)		Harshitha Samarawickrama 69* (50) Marufa Akter 3/23 (4 overs)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shorna Akter (Ban) made her WT20I debut.

South Africa  132/6 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 67 (18.1 overs)
Chloe Tryon 40 (34) Eden Carson 2/23 (4 overs)		Sophie Devine 16 (26) Nonkululeko Mlaba 3/10 (4 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

Bangladesh  107/7 (20 overs)	v	Australia 111/2 (18.2 overs)
Nigar Sultana 57 (50) Georgia Wareham 3/20 (4 overs)		Meg Lanning 48* (49) Shorna Akter 1/12 (2 overs)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

Sri Lanka  112/8 (20 overs)	v	Australia 113/0 (15.5 overs)
Harshitha Samarawickrama 34 (40) Megan Schutt 4/24 (4 overs)		Beth Mooney 56* (53)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

New Zealand  189/3 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 118/8 (20 overs)
Suzie Bates 81* (61) Fahima Khatun 2/36 (4 overs)		Shorna Akter 31 (22) Eden Carson 3/18 (4 overs)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

South Africa  124/6 (20 overs)	v	Australia 125/4 (16.3 overs)
Tazmin Brits 45 (36) Georgia Wareham 2/18 (3 overs)		Tahlia McGrath 57 (33) Marizanne Kapp 2/21 (4 overs)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

New Zealand  162/3 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 60 (15.5 overs)
Amelia Kerr 66 (48) Inoka Ranaweera 1/27 (4 overs)		Chamari Athapaththu 19 (21) Amelia Kerr 2/7 (2.5 overs)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

Bangladesh  113/6 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 117/0 (17.5 overs)
Nigar Sultana 30 (34) Marizanne Kapp 2/17 (4 overs)		Laura Wolvaardt 66* (56)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Suné Luus (SA) played in her 100th WT20I.

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	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  135/7 (20 overs)	v	England 138/3 (14.3 overs)
Hayley Matthews 42 (32) Sophie Ecclestone 3/23 (4 overs)		Nat Sciver-Brunt 40* (30) Chinelle Henry 2/30 (3.3 overs)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

Pakistan  149/4 (20 overs)	v	India 151/3 (19 overs)
Bismah Maroof 68* (55) Radha Yadav 2/21 (4 overs)		Jemimah Rodrigues 53* (38) Nashra Sandhu 2/15 (4 overs)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Ireland  105 (18.2 overs)	v	England 107/6 (14.2 overs)
Gaby Lewis 36 (37) Sophie Ecclestone 3/13 (4 overs)		Alice Capsey 51 (22) Cara Murray 3/15 (3 overs)

• 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).

West Indies  118/6 (20 overs)	v	India 119/4 (18.1 overs)
Stafanie Taylor 42 (40) Deepti Sharma 3/15 (4 overs)		Richa Ghosh 44* (32) Karishma Ramharack 2/14 (4 overs)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
• Deepti Sharma became the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in WT20Is.

Pakistan  165/5 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 95 (16.3 overs)
Muneeba Ali 102 (68) Arlene Kelly 2/27 (3 overs)		Orla Prendergast 31 (21) Nashra Sandhu 4/18 (4 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
• Muneeba Ali became the first player for Pakistan to score a century in WT20Is.

Ireland  137/9 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 140/4 (19.5 overs)
Orla Prendergast 61 (47) Shamilia Connell 3/24 (4 overs)		Hayley Matthews 66* (53) Leah Paul 1/26 (4 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

England  151/7 (20 overs)	v	India 140/5 (20 overs)
Nat Sciver-Brunt 50 (42) Renuka Singh 5/15 (4 overs)		Smriti Mandhana 52 (41) Sarah Glenn 2/27 (4 overs)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

West Indies  116/6 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 113/5 (20 overs)
Rashada Williams 30 (34) Nida Dar 2/13 (4 overs)		Aliya Riaz 29 (23) Hayley Matthews 2/14 (4 overs)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

India  155/6 (20 overs)	v	Ireland 54/2 (8.2 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 87 (56) Laura Delany 3/33 (4 overs)		Gaby Lewis 32* (25) Renuka Singh 1/10 (2 overs)

• 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.

England  213/5 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 99/9 (20 overs)
Nat Sciver-Brunt 81* (40) Fatima Sana 2/44 (4 overs)		Tuba Hassan 28 (20) Katherine Sciver-Brunt 2/14 (4 overs)

• 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.
• England's margin of victory was the highest (by runs) in a women's T20 World Cup match.

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

Australia  172/4 (20 overs)	v	India 167/8 (20 overs)
Beth Mooney 54 (37) Shikha Pandey 2/32 (4 overs)		Harmanpreet Kaur 52 (34) Darcie Brown 2/18 (4 overs)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

South Africa  164/4 (20 overs)	v	England 158/8 (20 overs)
Tazmin Brits 68 (55) Sophie Ecclestone 3/22 (4 overs)		Nat Sciver-Brunt 40 (34) Ayabonga Khaka 4/29 (4 overs)

• 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).

Final

Australia  156/6 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 137/6 (20 overs)
Beth Mooney 74* (53) Shabnim Ismail 2/26 (4 overs)		Laura Wolvaardt 61 (48) Ashleigh Gardner 1/20 (4 overs)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jess Jonassen (Aus) played in her 100th T20I.

Statistics

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

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.

• Tazmin Brits
• Alyssa Healy (wk)
• Laura Wolvaardt
• Nat Sciver-Brunt (c)
• Ashleigh Gardner
• Richa Ghosh
• Sophie Ecclestone
• Karishma Ramharack
• Shabnim Ismail
• Darcie Brown
• Megan Schutt
• Orla Prendergast (12th player)

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External links

• Tournament home at ESPNcricinfo

• 2023 Women's T20 World Cup
• International cricket competitions in 2022–23
• 2023 in South African cricket
• 2023 in South African women's sport
• 2023 in women's cricket
• February 2023 sports events in South Africa
• International women's cricket competitions in South Africa