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.

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This article is about the format for women's international cricket. For the men's format, see Twenty20 International.

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 Cup.[8]

Involved nations

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members from 1 July 2018.[9]

The full list of teams who have played full Women's Twenty20 International matches is as follows (correct to 21 December 2022):

Rankings

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.[10] 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.[11]

ICC Women's T20I Rankings
RankTeamMatchesPointsRating
1  Australia298,750302
2  England359,886282
3  New Zealand287,511268
4  India4612,186265
5  South Africa276,831253
6  West Indies276,157228
7  Pakistan306,592220
8  Sri Lanka275,531213
9  Bangladesh264,907189
10  Ireland264,629178
11  Zimbabwe203,239162
12  Papua New Guinea152,396160
13  Thailand223,447157
14  Scotland152,142143
15  United Arab Emirates314,093132
16  Tanzania192,124112
17    Nepal192,093110
18  Netherlands131,418109
19  Namibia212,189104
20  Indonesia8826103
21  Uganda292,910100
22  Hong Kong181,57387
23  Kenya252,17187
24  Jersey645876
25  United States1497169
26  Rwanda241,44860
27  Italy1272160
28  Malaysia241,40459
29  Nigeria231,27455
30  Sweden1049550
31  Germany2095248
32  Brazil1990047
33  Canada627746
34  Belize313545
35  Vanuatu1044444
36  Spain825632
37  Sierra Leone1235229
38  Mozambique1232827
39  France921424
40  Botswana1534523
41  Bhutan920723
42  Oman1328922
43  Samoa1020521
44  Singapore1836720
45  Malawi47118
46  Kuwait1627817
47  Bahrain813817
48  Romania710515
49  Qatar2124512
50  Costa Rica33411
51  Argentina12958
52  Austria16996
53  Cambodia11656
54  Philippines8425
55  Fiji10283
56  Cameroon741
57  Ghana900
58  Norway900
59  Peru500
60  Eswatini900
References: ICC Women's T20I Rankings, ESPNcricinfo, Updated on 4 April 2023

Statistics and records
Main article: List of women's Twenty20 International records

See also

References
  1. "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. "ICC Women's Team Rankings launched". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  11. "ICC Launches Global Women's T20I Team Rankings". 12 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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