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 Lanka306,371210
9  Bangladesh295,491189
10  Ireland264,629178
11  Thailand294,663161
12  Papua New Guinea152,396160
13  Zimbabwe233,658159
14  Scotland152,142143
15  United Arab Emirates414,993122
16    Nepal192,093110
17  Namibia283,080110
18  Tanzania232,516109
19  Netherlands131,420109
20  Uganda394,182107
21  Indonesia111,144104
22  Hong Kong242,14389
23  Kenya282,32383
24  Jersey645876
25  United States1497169
26  Rwanda281,83966
27  Italy1272160
28  Malaysia281,66860
29  Nigeria231,27455
30  Sweden1049550
31  Germany2095248
32  Brazil1990047
33  Canada627746
34  Belize313545
35  Vanuatu1044444
36  France1448034
37  Spain825632
38  Sierra Leone1235229
39  Mozambique1232827
40  Botswana1534523
41  Bhutan920723
42  Oman1328922
43  Singapore2144221
44  Samoa1020521
45  Malawi47118
46  Kuwait1627817
47  Bahrain813817
48  Romania710515
49  Qatar2124512
50  Costa Rica33411
51  Argentina12958
52  Fiji10283
53  Cambodia13282
54  Cameroon741
55  Philippines1100
56  Ghana900
57  Norway900
58  Peru500
59  Eswatini900
60  Austria2100
References: ICC Women's T20I Rankings, ESPNcricinfo, Updated on 16 May 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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