Women’s T20 World Cup – 2023
The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup – 2023 is the on going eighth edition of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup tournament. It is currently being held in South Africa, from 10 to 26 February 2023. Australia are the defending champions. In the finals Australia Beat South Africa to own the trophy 6th times.
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The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup – 2023 is the on going eighth edition of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup tournament. It is currently being held in South Africa, from 10 to 26 February 2023. Australia are the defending champions.
In December 2020 the ICC confirmed the qualification process for the tournament. 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 Know more about ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia. The remaining two teams were Ireland and Bangladesh, the finalists of the qualifying tournament.
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
There are in total 10 participating teams for the 26 matches at 3 venues. The squad of 15 players were selected by each teams before the tournament.
1 – SOUTH AFRICA – Host
2 – AUSTRALIA – DEFENDING CHAMPIONS
3 – ENGLAND
4 – INDIA
5 – NEW ZEALAND
6 – PAKISTAN
7 – SRI LANKA
8 – WEST INDIES
9 – BANGLADESH
10 – IRELAND
VENUES
ICC decided 3 venues in three cities.
These are as follows.
CAPE TOWN – Newlands Cricket Ground with 25000 capacity where 12 matches are being played.
GQEBERHA – St George’s Park with 19000 capacity where 5 matches are being played.
PAARI – Boland Park with 10000 capacity where 6 matches are being played.
ALL WOMEN MATCH OFFICIALS
For this world cup, in January 2023 ICC ( International Cricket Council ) appointed an all Women panel for the tournament with 3 match referees and 10 empires.
| Match Referees | |
| Shandre Fritz | South Africa |
| G. S. Lakshmi | India |
| Michell Pereira | Sri Lanka |
| Umpires | |
|
Lauren Agenbag |
South Africa |
| Kim Cotton | New Zealand |
| Anna Harris | England |
| Narayanan Janani | India |
| Nimali Perera | Sri Lanka |
| Claire Polosak | Australia |
| Vrinda Rathi | India |
| Sue Redfern | England |
| Eloise Sheridan | Australia |
| Jacqueline Williams | West Indies |
PRIZE MONEY
| 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup | |||
| Stage | Teams | Prize money (USD) | Total (USD) |
| Winner | 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| Runner-up | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 |
| Losing semi-finalists | 2 | $210,000 | $420,000 |
| Winner of each pool match | 20 | $17,500 | $350,000 |
| Teams that do not pass the group stage | 6 | $30,000 | $180,000 |
| Total | $2,450,000 | ||
HISTORY
The women’s T20 World Cup was first played in 2009 in England, two years after the first men’s edition. The host emerged victorious in the inaugural edition, beating New Zealand in the final.
However, Australia has emerged as the dominant team in the tournament, reaching the final in the subsequent six editions. Australia has won five titles and is the defending champion, beating India in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2020.
West Indies is the only other team to have won the tournament when it trounced the Aussies in India in 2016.
NEXT T20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
The 10th and next addition will be held in 2024 in BANGLADESH.
FINALS
The final will be played at Newlands Cricket Ground, CAPE TOWN on 26.02.2023, 6.30PM IST between AUSTRALIA and SOUTH AFRICA. Australia defeated India and South Africa defeated England in the semi finals. This is the first time in history that South Africa reached the finals.
| Semifinals | Final | |
| AUSTRALIA | 172/4 (20 overs) | AUSTRALIA |
| INDIA | 167/8 (20 overs) | VS. |
| ENGLAND | 158/8 (20 overs) | SOUTH AFRICA |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 164/4 (20 overs) | |
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