| 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup | |
| Fromdate: | 10 |
| Todate: | 26 February 2023 |
| Administrator: | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 International |
| Host: |  South Africa |
| Count: | 6 |
| Participants: | 10 |
| Matches: | 23 |
| Most Runs: | Laura Wolvaardt (230)[1] |
| Most Wickets: | Sophie Ecclestone (11)[2] |
| Player Of The Series: | Ashleigh Gardner |
| Previous Year: | 2020 Australia |
| Previous Tournament: | 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup |
| Next Tournament: | 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup |
The 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup was the eighth edition of ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament. It was held in South Africa between 10 February and 26 February 2023.[3] The final took place at Cape Town. Australia won their sixth[4] and third consecutive title after beating the hosts South Africa in the final by 19 runs.
In December 2020 the ICC confirmed the qualification process for the tournament.[5] 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 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[6] The remaining two teams were Ireland and Bangladesh, the finalists of the qualifying tournament.[7]
| Team | Qualification |
|---|---|
| Host Nation | |
| Automatic qualification | |
| Via qualifying tournament | |
See main article: 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup squads. Each team selected a squad of 15 players before the tournament, and was able to replace any injured players.[8] Pakistan were the first to name their squad on 14 December 2022.[9]
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.[10] [11] [12]
| 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 |
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.[13] [14]
Lauren Agenbag
Kim Cotton
Narayanan Janani
Nimali Perera
Claire Polosak Vrinda Rathi Eloise SheridanThe 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:[15]
| 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; | $1,000,000 | align=right | $1,000,000 | |
| Runner-up | align=center | 1 | scope=row style=text-align:right; | $500,000 | align=right | $500,000 | |
| Losing semi-finalists | align=center | 2 | scope=row style=text-align:right; | $210,000 | align=right | $420,000 | |
| Winner of each pool match | align=center | 20 | scope=row style=text-align:right; | $17,500 | align=right | $350,000 | |
| Teams that do not pass the group stage | align=center | 6 | scope=row style=text-align:right; | $30,000 | align=right | $180,000 | |
| Total | $2,450,000 |
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.[16] ------------------------------------
The ICC released the fixture details on 3 October 2022.[17]
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See main article: 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup statistics. South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 230 runs.[1] England's Sophie Ecclestone, was the leading wicket-taker, finishing with eleven dismissals.[2]
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.[18]