Women's Cricket World Cup

The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is the sport's oldest world championship, with the first tournament held in England in 1973. Matches are played as One Day Internationals (ODIs) over 50 overs, while there is also another championship for Twenty20 International cricket, the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup
AdministratorInternational Cricket Council
FormatODI
First edition1973  England
Latest edition2017  England &  Wales
Next edition2022  New Zealand
Number of teams(see list below)
Current champion England (4th title)
Most successful Australia (6 titles)
Most runs Debbie Hockley (1,501)
Most wickets Lyn Fullston (39)

The World Cup is currently organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Until 2005, when the two organisations merged, it was administered by a separate body, the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC). The first World Cup was held in England in 1973, two years before the inaugural men's tournament. The event's early years were marked by funding difficulties, which meant several teams had to decline invitations to compete and caused gaps of up to six years between tournaments. However, since 2005 World Cups have been hosted at regular four-year intervals.

Qualification for the World Cup is through the ICC Women's Championship and the World Cup Qualifier. The composition of the tournament is extremely conservative – no new teams have debuted in the tournament since 1997, and since 2000 the number of teams in the World Cup has been fixed at eight. The preceding tournament in 1997 was contested by a record eleven teams, the most in a single tournament to date.

The eleven World Cups played to date have been held in five countries, with India and England having hosted the event three times. Australia are the most successful team, having won six titles and failed to make the final on only three occasions. England (four titles) and New Zealand (one title) are the only other teams to have won the event, while India (twice) and the West Indies (once) have each reached the final without going on to win.

History

First World Cup

Women's international cricket was first played in 1934, when a party from England toured Australia and New Zealand. The first Test match was played on 28–31 December 1934, and was won by England.[1] The first Test against New Zealand followed early the following year. These three nations remained the only Test playing teams in women's cricket until 1960, when South Africa played a number of matches against England.[1] Limited overs cricket was first played by first-class teams in England in 1962.[2] Nine years later, the first international one day match was played in men's cricket, when England took on Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[3]

Talks began in 1971 about holding a World Cup for women's cricket, led by Jack Hayward.[4] South Africa, under pressure from the world for their apartheid laws, were not invited to take part in the competition.[5] Both of the other two Test playing nations, Australia and New Zealand were invited. Hayward had previously organised tours of the West Indies by England women, and it was from this region that the other two competing nations were drawn; Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago. To make up the numbers, England also fielded a "Young England" team, and an "International XI" was also included.[4] Five South Africans were invited to play for the International XI as a means of compensation for the team not being invited, but these invitations were later withdrawn.[5]

The inaugural tournament was held at a variety of venues across England in June and July 1973,[6] two years before the first men's Cricket World Cup was played.[7] The competition was played as a round-robin tournament, and the last scheduled match was England against Australia. Australia went into the game leading the table by a solitary point: they had won four matches and had one abandoned. England had also won four matches, but they had lost to New Zealand.[6][8] As a result, the match also served as a de facto final for the competition. England won the match, held at Edgbaston, Birmingham by 92 runs to win the tournament.[9]

Finals
Year Host(s) Final venue Final
Winners Result Runners-up
1973  England No final  England
20 points		 England won on points
table		  Australia
17 points
1978  India No final  Australia
6 points		 Australia won on points
table		  England
4 points
1982  New Zealand Christchurch  Australia
152/7 (59 overs)		 Australia won by 3 wickets
scorecard		  England
151/5 (60 overs)
1988  Australia Melbourne  Australia
129/2 (44.5 overs)		 Australia won by 8 wickets
scorecard		  England
127/7 (60 overs)
1993  England London  England
195/5 (60 overs)		 England won by 67 runs
scorecard		  New Zealand
128 (55.1 overs)
1997  India Kolkata  Australia
165/5 (47.4 overs)		 Australia won by 5 wickets
scorecard		  New Zealand
164 (49.3 overs)
2000  New Zealand Lincoln  New Zealand
184 (48.4 overs)		 New Zealand won by 4 runs
scorecard		  Australia
180 (49.1 overs)
2005  South Africa Centurion  Australia
215/4 (50 overs)		 Australia won by 98 runs
scorecard		  India
117 (46 overs)
2009  Australia Sydney  England
167/6 (46.1 overs)		 England won by 4 wickets
scorecard		  New Zealand
166 (47.2 overs)
2013  India Mumbai  Australia
259/7 (50 overs)		 Australia won by 114 runs
scorecard		  West Indies
145 (43.1 overs)
2017  England London  England
228/7 (50 overs)		 England won by 9 runs
scorecard		  India
219 (48.4 overs)
2022  New Zealand

Results

Thirteen nations have qualified for the Women's Cricket World Cup at least once (excluding qualification tournaments). Five teams have competed in every finals tournament, three of which have won the title.

  • Two teams from England in the first Women's Cricket World Cup.

Teams' performances
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • SF – Losing semi-finalist (no third-place playoff)
  • QF – Losing quarter-finalist (no further playoffs)
  •     — Hosts
Team
1973
(7)
1978
(4)
1982
(5)
1988
(5)
1993
(8)
1997
(11)
2000
(8)
2005
(8)
2009
(8)
2013
(8)
2017
(8)		 Total
 Australia 2nd1st1st1st3rd1st2nd1st4th1stSF11
 Denmark 7th9th2
 England 1st2nd2nd2nd1stSF5thSF1st3rd1st11
 India 4th4th4thSFSF2nd3rd7th2nd9
 Ireland 4th5thQF7th8th5
 Netherlands 5th8thQF8th4
 New Zealand 3rd3rd3rd3rd2nd2nd1stSF2nd4th5th11
 Pakistan 11th5th8th8th4
 South Africa QFSF7th7th6thSF6
 Sri Lanka QF6th6th8th5th7th6
 West Indies 6th10th5th6th2nd6th6
Defunct teams
International XI 4th5th2
 Jamaica 6th1
 Trinidad and Tobago 5th1
Young England 7th1

Debutant teams
Year Teams
1973  Australia,  England,  New Zealand,  Jamaica†,  Trinidad and Tobago†
1978  India
1982 none
1988  Ireland,  Netherlands
1993  Denmark,  West Indies
1997  Pakistan,  South Africa,  Sri Lanka

†No longer exists.

Overview

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups, as of the end of group stage of the 2017 tournament. Teams are sorted by best performance, then by appearances, total number of wins, total number of games, and alphabetical order respectively.

Appearances Statistics
Team Total First Latest Best performance Mat. Won Lost Tie NR Win%*
 Australia 1119732017Champions (1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005, 2013)8470111285.47
 England 1119732017Champions (1973, 1993, 2009, 2017)8357232175.04
 New Zealand 1119732017Champions (2000)8051262165.82
 India 919782017Runners-up (2005, 2017)6334271155.64
 West Indies 619932017Runners-up (2013)3813240135.13
 South Africa 619972017Semi-finals (2000, 2017)3815220340.54
 Pakistan 419972017Super 6s (2009)232210008.69
 Sri Lanka 619972017Quarter-finals (1997)358260123.52
 Ireland 519882005Quarter-finals (1997)347260121.21
 Netherlands 419882000Quarter-finals (1997)262240007.69

International XI†

 219731982First Round (1973, 1982)183140116.66
 Denmark 219931997First Round (1993, 1997)132110015.38
 Trinidad and Tobago† 119731973First Round (1973)6240033.33
 Jamaica† 119731973First Round (1973)5140020.00
Young England† 119731973First Round (1973)6150016.66

†No longer exists.

  • The Win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.
  • Teams are sorted by their best performance, then winning percentage, then (if equal) by alphabetical order.

Awards

Player of the Tournament
Year Player Performance details
1988 Carole Hodges336 Runs/12 Wickets
1993
1997
2000 Lisa Keightley375 Runs
2005 Karen Rolton246 Runs
2009 Claire Taylor324 Runs
2013 Suzie Bates407 Runs
2017 Tammy Beaumont410 Runs

Player of the Final
Year Player Performance details
1982
1988
1993 Jo Chamberlain38 (33) / 1/28 (9)
1997 Debbie Hockley79 (121)
2000 Belinda Clark91 (102)
2005 Karen Rolton107* (128)
2009 Nicky Shaw4/34 (8.2)
2013 Jess Cameron75 (76)
2017 Anya Shrubsole6/46 (9.4)

Tournament records
World Cup records
Batting
Most runs Debbie Hockley New Zealand 1,5011982–2000[10]
Highest average (min. 10 innings) Karen Rolton Australia 74.921997–2009[11]
Highest score Belinda Clark Australia 229 *1997[12]
Highest partnership Tammy Beaumont & Sarah Taylor England 2752017[13]
Most runs in a tournament Debbie Hockley New Zealand 4561997[14]
Bowling
Most wickets Lyn Fullston Australia 391982–1988[15]
Lowest average (min. 500 balls bowled) Katrina Keenan New Zealand 9.721997–2000[16]
Best bowling figures Jackie Lord New Zealand 6/101982[17]
Most wickets in a tournament Lyn Fullston Australia 231982[18]
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) Jane Smit England 401993–2005[19]
Most catches (fielder) Janette Brittin England 191982–1997[20]
Team
Highest score  Australia (v Denmark) 412/31997[21]
Lowest score  Pakistan (v Australia) 271997[22]
Highest win %  Australia 85.97[23]

See also

References
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