Women's Twenty20 International Explained

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.

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 Trophy.[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]

, 86 nations have played the WT20Is.[10]

The full list of teams who have played full WT20I matches, with the date of their debut, is as follows:[11]

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.[12] 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.[13]

Statistics and records

See main article: List of women's Twenty20 International records.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Twenty20 Playing Conditions . . 9 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724140151/http://static.icc-cricket.yahoo.net/ugc/documents/DOC_1F113528040177329F4B40FE47C77AE2_1254317933255_933.pdf . 24 July 2011 . dead .
  2. Web site: Revolution at the seaside . . Miller . Andrew . 6 August 2004 . 24 March 2010.
  3. Web site: Wonder Women – Ten T20I records women own . Women's CricZone . 21 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Ponting leads as Kasprowicz follows . . English . Peter . 17 February 2005 . 24 March 2010.
  5. Web site: All T20I matches to get international status . International Cricket Council . 26 April 2018.
  6. Web site: ICC Board brings in tougher Code of Sanctions . International Cricket Council . 4 July 2018.
  7. Web site: Favourites Nepal eye for Global Qualifier spot . Cricket Addictors Association . 19 November 2021 . 22 November 2021.
  8. Web site: Jolly . Laura . New event, more teams added to World Cup schedule . . 26 February 2023 . 8 March 2021.
  9. Web site: ICC grants T20I status to all 104 members countries. 26 April 2018. 26 April 2018. Cricbuzz.
  10. Web site: Women T20I matches / Team records / Results summary . 2023-09-01 . ESPNcricinfo.
  11. Web site: Team records Women's Twenty20 Internationals Cricinfo Statsguru ESPNcricinfo.com . 2023-08-25 . Cricinfo.
  12. Web site: ICC Women's Team Rankings launched. International Cricket Council. 12 January 2017.
  13. News: ICC Launches Global Women's T20I Team Rankings. 12 October 2018. 13 October 2018.