ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 - Schedule
The ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 is underway in the UAE with 10 top teams of world cricket jostling to get the ultimate prize. The schedule of the tournament had to be revised after it was revealed that the original host of the tournament, Bangladesh, would not be able to hold the event. The tournament was then moved to the UAE with Dubai and Sharjah chosen as the venues.
A packed schedule awaits the fans as there will be non-stop women's cricketing action for the next three weeks. A total of 23 matches will be played in the women's T20 World Cup.
As for the format, 10 teams are participating in the event. These teams have been divided into two groups. Group A includes defending champions Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, while Group B consists of South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh and Scotland, who are competing in the women's T20 World Cup for the first time.
Every team in the group will play the other four teams once each and then the two top sides will advance to the semifinals from both groups. The winners of the two semifinals will compete for the trophy.
India's schedule for the women's T20 World Cup is something like this:
October 4: India vs New Zealand, Dubai
October 6: India vs Pakistan, Dubai
October 9: India vs Sri Lanka, Dubai
October 13: India vs Australia, Sharjah
The two Women's T20 World Cup semi-finals will take place on October 17 and 18 with the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 final scheduled for October 20.
You can find the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 full fixtures list, match dates, match timings on OutlookIndia.
Group A | M | W | L | Pts | NRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1  Australia Women | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2.223 | |
2  New Zealand Women | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.879 | |
3  India Women | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.322 | |
4  Pakistan Women | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.04 | |
5  Sri Lanka Women | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.173 | |
Group B | M | W | L | Pts | NRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1  West Indies Women | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.536 | |
2  South Africa Women | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.382 | |
3  England Women | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.091 | |
4  Bangladesh Women | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.844 | |
5  Scotland Women | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3.129 | |
Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Stats: The 2024 edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup is here with ten of the best teams competing to get hold of the trophy.
The 10 teams participating in the event are: India, Australia, England, Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Scotland. The ten teams have been divided into two groups of five where every team will play the other four teams once. The top two from both groups will qualify for the semifinal. The winner of the two semifinals will then face off in the title contest.
The tournament began on October 3 and will go on till October 20 when the final is scheduled to be held in Dubai. The two semi-finals are on October 17 and 18.
The T20 spectacle has been going on since 2009 when the first edition of the women’s tournament took place in England. The hosts beat New Zealand in the final to win the maiden Women’s T20 World Cup. Since then, no women’s T20 World Cup final has been held without Australia being a part of it.
Australia are the most successful side in the history of the women’s T20 World Cup with six titles out of the eight tournaments that have been held so far. England and West Indies are the only two sides to lift the trophy. England lifted the trophy in the inaugural edition while West Indies won the title in 2016. As for India, their best finish was in 2020 when they lost the final to Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Here are the Player Of The Tournaments for every Women’s T20 World Cup.
2009-England-Claire Taylor-199 runs
2010-New Zealand-Nicola Browne-9 wickets
2012-England-Charlotte Edwards-172 runs
2014-England-Anya Shrubsole-13 wickets
2016-West Indies-Stafanie Taylor-246 runs and 8 wickets
2018-Australia-Alyssa Healy-225 runs
2020-Australia-Beth Mooney-259 runs
2023-Australia-Ashleigh Gardner-110 runs and 10 wickets
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Top Run Scorers
| Player | T | R | Avg. | Mat | Inn | NO | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Laura Wolvaardt | SA-W | 223 | 44.60 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 59 |
2. Tazmin Brits | SA-W | 187 | 37.40 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 57 |
3. Harmanpreet Kaur | IND-W | 150 | 75.00 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 54 |
4. Suzie Bates | NZ-W | 150 | 25.00 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 32 |
5. Georgia Plimmer | NZ-W | 150 | 25.00 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 53 |
6. Beth Mooney | AUS-W | 144 | 36.00 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 44 |
7. Anneke Bosch | SA-W | 137 | 27.40 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 74 |
8. Amelia Kerr | NZ-W | 135 | 27.00 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 43 |
9. Sobhana Mostary | BAN-W | 134 | 33.50 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 44 |
10. Ellyse Perry | AUS-W | 132 | 33.00 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 32 |
Top Wicket Taker
| Player | T | W | Avg. | Mat | Ovs. | runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Amelia Kerr | NZ-W | 15 | 0.00 | 6 | 22.4 | 110 |
2. Nonkululeko Mlaba | SA-W | 12 | 0.00 | 6 | 24 | 136 |
3. Afy Fletcher | WI-W | 10 | 0.00 | 5 | 18 | 115 |
4. Rosemary Mair | NZ-W | 10 | 0.00 | 6 | 23 | 117 |
5. Annabel Sutherland | AUS-W | 9 | 0.00 | 5 | 17.5 | 92 |
6. Eden Carson | NZ-W | 9 | 0.00 | 6 | 23 | 147 |
7. Megan Schutt | AUS-W | 8 | 0.00 | 5 | 17.4 | 72 |
8. Arundhati Reddy | IND-W | 7 | 0.00 | 4 | 15 | 90 |
9. Sophie Molineux | AUS-W | 7 | 0.00 | 5 | 19 | 104 |
10. Sadia Iqbal | PAK-W | 6 | 0.00 | 4 | 15 | 80 |
