Women's Twenty20 International
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]
Involved nations
In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members from 1 July 2018.[7]
The full list of teams who have played full Women's Twenty20 International matches is as follows (correct to 18 October 2020):
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bangladesh
Belize
Bhutan
Botswana
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Costa Rica
England
Fiji
France
Germany
Guernsey
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Jersey
Japan
Kenya
Kuwait
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Mexico
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Qatar
Rwanda
Samoa
Scotland
Singapore
Sierra Leone
South Africa
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Tanzania
Thailand
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United States
Vanuatu
West Indies
Zimbabwe
Note
- Zambia's matches in the Botswana 7s T20 Tournament were not counted as T20 internationals as they had a guest Botswanan player in their team.[8]
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.[9] 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.[10]
ICC Women's T20I Rankings | ||||
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Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
1 | ![]() | 29 | 8,438 | 291 |
2 | ![]() | 30 | 8,405 | 280 |
3 | ![]() | 32 | 8,640 | 270 |
4 | ![]() | 23 | 6,197 | 269 |
5 | ![]() | 24 | 5,978 | 249 |
6 | ![]() | 26 | 6,126 | 236 |
7 | ![]() | 24 | 5,516 | 230 |
8 | ![]() | 18 | 3,631 | 202 |
9 | ![]() | 26 | 5,001 | 192 |
10 | ![]() | 13 | 2,180 | 168 |
11 | ![]() | 26 | 4,145 | 159 |
12 | ![]() | 11 | 1,711 | 156 |
13 | ![]() | 10 | 1,491 | 149 |
14 | ![]() | 11 | 1,457 | 132 |
15 | ![]() | 11 | 1,423 | 129 |
16 | ![]() | 6 | 749 | 125 |
17 | ![]() | 11 | 1,330 | 121 |
18 | ![]() | 13 | 1,563 | 120 |
19 | ![]() | 11 | 1,191 | 108 |
20 | ![]() | 13 | 1,129 | 87 |
21 | ![]() | 10 | 832 | 83 |
22 | ![]() | 8 | 654 | 82 |
23 | ![]() | 16 | 1,099 | 69 |
24 | ![]() | 13 | 875 | 67 |
25 | ![]() | 11 | 727 | 66 |
26 | ![]() | 11 | 698 | 63 |
27 | ![]() | 11 | 599 | 54 |
28 | ![]() | 6 | 324 | 54 |
29 | ![]() | 5 | 260 | 52 |
30 | ![]() | 3 | 143 | 48 |
31 | ![]() | 4 | 186 | 47 |
32 | ![]() | 6 | 269 | 45 |
33 | ![]() | 9 | 398 | 44 |
34 | ![]() | 10 | 426 | 43 |
35 | ![]() | 5 | 212 | 42 |
36 | ![]() | 8 | 337 | 42 |
37 | ![]() | 6 | 245 | 41 |
38 | ![]() | 17 | 687 | 40 |
39 | ![]() | 4 | 160 | 40 |
40 | ![]() | 11 | 431 | 39 |
41 | ![]() | 9 | 284 | 32 |
42 | ![]() | 9 | 233 | 26 |
43 | ![]() | 4 | 91 | 23 |
44 | ![]() | 4 | 73 | 18 |
45 | ![]() | 10 | 158 | 16 |
46 | ![]() | 10 | 124 | 12 |
47 | ![]() | 6 | 61 | 10 |
48 | ![]() | 7 | 68 | 10 |
49 | ![]() | 12 | 81 | 7 |
50 | ![]() | 7 | 43 | 5 |
51 | ![]() | 8 | 9 | 1 |
52 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 |
53 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 |
54 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 |
55 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 |
56 | ![]() | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Reference: icc-cricket.com & ESPNcricinfo, 2 October 2020 |
Statistics and records
See also
References
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- Miller, Andrew (6 August 2004). "Revolution at the seaside". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
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- "ICC grants T20I status to all 104 members countries". Cricbuzz. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- "Botswana 7s tournament: A complete round-up". Women's CricZone. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- "ICC Women's Team Rankings launched". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- "ICC Launches Global Women's T20I Team Rankings". 12 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.