| 2018 Women's World Twenty20 | |
| Fromdate: | 9 |
| Todate: | 24 November 2018 |
| Administrator: | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket Format: | Women's Twenty20 International |
| Tournament Format: | Group stage and knockout |
| Count: | 4 |
| Participants: | 10 |
| Matches: | 23 |
| Player Of The Series: | Alyssa Healy |
| Most Runs: | Alyssa Healy (225)[1] |
| Most Wickets: | Deandra Dottin Ashleigh Gardner Megan Schutt (10)[2] |
| Website: | iccworldtwenty20.com |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2016 Women's World Twenty20 |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Next Tournament: | 2020 Women's T20 World Cup |
The 2018 Women's World Twenty20 was the sixth edition of the ICC Women's World Twenty20, hosted in the West Indies from 9 to 24 November 2018.[3] [4] It the second World Twenty20 hosted by the West Indies (after the 2010 edition), and the West Indies were the defending champions.[5]
The tournament was awarded to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) at the 2013 annual conference of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[6] The tournament's dates were confirmed at an ICC board meeting in January 2015.[7] In February 2017, the ICC confirmed that this would be the first T20 tournament that uses the Decision Review System, with one review per side.[8]
The qualifier tournament for the competition was held in July 2018 in the Netherlands.[9] Both Bangladesh and Ireland won their respective semi-final matches in the qualifier, to advance to the Women's World Twenty20 tournament.[10] [11]
The first match scheduled to be played in Saint Lucia, between England and Sri Lanka, was abandoned due to rain.[12] With further rain forecast in Saint Lucia, the ICC looked at a contingency plan of moving other group games to Antigua.[13] The following day, the ICC confirmed that the Group A matches would remain in Saint Lucia.[14] The ICC cited logistical issues and cost as the main factors for not moving the fixtures.[15]
Australia in Group B qualified for the semi-finals, with their win against New Zealand, to give them three wins from three matches.[16] India, also in Group B, qualified for the semi-finals, after they beat Ireland by 52 runs, with three wins from three matches.[17] In Group A, tournament hosts the West Indies, along with England, progressed to the semi-finals, after wins in their penultimate group-stage fixtures.[18] In the first semi-final, the West Indies faced Australia,[19] with England and India playing each other in the second semi-final.[20] Australia beat the West Indies by 71 runs[21] and England beat India by 8 wickets to progress to the final.[22]
Australia won their fourth title after beating England in the final by 8 wickets.[23] Meg Lanning, captain of the Australian team said that the victory was "the most satisfying win I've been involved in" adding that "there will be some big celebrations".[24] England's captain, Heather Knight, said that the team did not post a competitive total, but was "proud of the girls for reaching another world final".[25] Australia's Alyssa Healy was named the player of the tournament.[26]
Eight teams qualified automatically and they were joined by two teams from the qualifier tournament.[27] [28]
| Team | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic qualification | ||
| Host | ||
| 1st in Qualifier tournament | ||
| 2nd in Qualifier tournament |
On 10 October 2018 the ICC confirmed all the squads for the tournament.[29]
In January 2018, the ICC announced that three venues would be hosting matches:[30]
| Guyana | Saint Lucia | Antigua | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | Gros Islet | ||
| Guyana National Stadium Capacity: 15,000 | Daren Sammy Cricket Ground Capacity: 15,000 | Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Capacity: 10,000 | |
| Matches: 11 | Matches: 9 | Matches: 3 |
On 25 October 2018, the ICC appointed the officials for the tournament. Along with the twelve umpires, Richie Richardson and Graeme Labrooy were also named as the match referees.[31]
The International Cricket Council declared a total prize money pool of US$750,000 for the tournament, an increase from the $400,000 for the 2016 event.[32] The prize money was allocated according to the performance of the team as follows:[33]
| scope=col | Stage | scope=col | Teams | scope=col | Prize money (USD) | scope=col | Total (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | align=center | 1 | scope=row style=text-align:right; | $250,000 | align=right | $250,000 | |
| Runner-up | align=center | 1 | scope=row style=text-align:right; | $125,000 | align=right | $125,000 | |
| Losing semi-finalists | align=center | 2 | scope=row style=text-align:right; | $62,500 | align=right | $125,000 | |
| Winner of each pool match | align=center | 20 | scope=row style=text-align:right; | $9,500 | align=right | $190,000 | |
| Teams that do not pass the group stage | align=center | 6 | scope=row style=text-align:right; | $10,000 | align=right | $60,000 | |
| Total | $750,000 |
The fixtures for the tournament were confirmed in June 2018.[34] [35] All times are given in Eastern Caribbean Time
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| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alyssa Healy | 6 | 5 | 225 | 56.25 | 144.23 | 56* | 0 | 2 | 33 | 3 | |
 Harmanpreet Kaur | 5 | 5 | 183 | 45.75 | 160.52 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | |
| Smriti Mandhana | 5 | 5 | 178 | 35.60 | 125.35 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | |
 Suzie Bates | 4 | 4 | 161 | 40.25 | 119.25 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | |
 Javeria Khan | 4 | 4 | 136 | 45.33 | 130.76 | 74* | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | S/R | 4WI | 5WI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deandra Dottin | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13.4 | 5.63 | 7.70 | 5/5 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ashleigh Gardner | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18.0 | 5.94 | 10.70 | 3/22 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Megan Schutt | 6 | 6 | 10 | 13.0 | 5.12 | 11.10 | 3/12 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ellyse Perry | 6 | 6 | 9 | 16.0 | 5.56 | 9.88 | 3/16 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stafanie Taylor | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15.4 | 5.23 | 10.25 | 4/12 | 11.7 | 1 | 0 |
On 25 November 2018, ICC announced its team of the tournament. The selection panel consisted of Ian Bishop, Anjum Chopra, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Melinda Farrell and Geoff Allardice.