2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
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| Dates | 3 – 20 October 2024 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Women's Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and Knockout stage |
| Host(s) |  United Arab Emirates |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 23 |
| Official website | icc-cricket.com |
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The 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup is the ninth edition of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Originally scheduled to be hosted in Bangladesh from 3 to 20 October 2024, it was later relocated to the United Arab Emirates for the same dates due to political unrest in Bangladesh, although the Bangladesh Cricket Board still holds the hosting rights. Australia are the defending champions.
Background
[edit]The ICC Women's T20 World Cup is a professional WT20I tournament held between women's national cricket teams, organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament, now being held every two years, was first played in 2009 in England.[1] The last tournament held in 2023 in South Africa was contested by 10 teams. The defending champions are Australia, who defeated South Africa in the final of the previous edition.[2][3]
Host selection
[edit]In December 2022, the ICC announced that the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup would be played in Bangladesh.[4] In August 2024, the ICC announced that the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup would be played in the United Arab Emirates, with the Bangladesh Cricket Board remaining the official hosts.[5][6]
Format
[edit]The 10 qualifying teams were divided into two groups of five teams; all the five teams in a group played with all the others – for a total of ten matches – and the top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage.[7][8][9]
Schedule
[edit]On 28 July 2024, ICC announced that the tournament will be played from 3 to 20 October 2024.[citation needed] It was scheduled to be hosted in Bangladesh. However, it was later relocated to the United Arab Emirates for the same dates in August 2024.[10] On 16 August 2024, ICC announced that warm-up fixtures will be held from 27 September to 1 October.[citation needed] However, on 27 August 2024, after the announcement of the revised schedule, the warm-up fixtures were scheduled to be held from 28 September to 1 October.[11]
Prize money
[edit]The ICC allocated a pool of US$7,958,080 in prize money for the tournament. The winners would earn at least $2.34 million. In addition, each team will receive an additional $31,154 for each match they win excluding the semi-finals and final.[12][13]
| Place | Teams | Amount | |
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| Per team | Total | ||
| Champions | 1 |
$2.34 million | $2.34 million |
| Runners-up | 1 |
$1.17 million | $1.17 million |
| Semi-finalists | 2 |
$675,000 | $1.35 million |
| 5th–10th place (Group stage) | 6 |
$67,500 | $405,000 |
| Match winners | 20 |
$31,154 | $623,080 |
| Total | 10 |
$7,958,080 | |
Qualification
[edit]In April 2022, the ICC confirmed the qualification process for the tournament. The hosts, Bangladesh along with the top six teams from the 2023 tournament qualified automatically for the tournament. The remaining automatic qualification spot was taken by the best-ranked team in the ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings which had not already qualified, as of 27 February 2023.[1] The two remaining places were filled via the global qualifier, in which teams advanced from the regional qualifiers competed for it.
Scotland qualified for the Women's T20 World Cup for the first time after defeating Ireland in the first semi-final of the qualifier.[14][15] Sri Lanka became the second qualifier and reached their ninth T20 World Cup after defeating United Arab Emirates in the second semi-final.[16] Overall, nine out of ten teams from 2023 reached the T20 World Cup, with the only difference being Scotland replacing Ireland.[17]
| Method of qualification | Number of teams | Teams |
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| Hosts | 1 |
 Bangladesh
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| 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup (Top 6 teams from the previous tournament) |
6 |
 Australia
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 England
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 India
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 South Africa
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 New Zealand
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 West Indies
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| ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings | 1 |
 Pakistan
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| 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier | 2 |
 Scotland
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 Sri Lanka
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| Total | 10 |
Venues
[edit]In July 2022, the Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed that two venues, Dhaka and Sylhet, would host the matches.[18] Dhaka was to host the final, although Sylhet was originally meant to host the finals.[19] Later, in August 2024, ICC announced that the United Arab Emirates will host the Women's T20 World Cup instead of Bangladesh due to internal conflicts in Bangladesh, although the BCB will retain the hosting rights to the event. The matches are being played at Dubai and Sharjah.[20]
| Venues in the United Arab Emirates | ||
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| Dubai | Sharjah | |
| Dubai International Cricket Stadium | Sharjah Cricket Stadium | |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 16,000 | |
| Matches: 12 (Semi-final and final) | Matches: 11 (Semi-final) | |
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| Original venues in Bangladesh | ||
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| Dhaka | Sylhet | |
| Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium | Sylhet International Cricket Stadium | |
| Capacity: 25,416 | Capacity: 18,500 | |
| Matches: 12 (Semi-final and final) | Matches: 11 (Semi-final) | |
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Squads
[edit]Each team was allowed to have a squad of 15 players with the provisional squad required to be submitted before the tournament.[21] Pakistan were the first to name their squad on 25 August 2024.[22] Australia followed a day after.[23] On 27th August, India and England announced their squads as well.[24][25] West Indies announced their squad on 29 August 2024.[26] Scotland announced their squad on 2 September 2024.[27] South Africa announced their squad on 3 September 2024.[28] New Zealand announced their squad on 10 September 2024.[29] Bangladesh announced their squad on 18 September 2024.[30] Sri Lanka became the final team to announce their squad on 20 September 2024.[31]
Match officials
[edit]On 24 September 2024, the ICC appointed an all-woman panel of match officials made up of three match referees and ten umpires for the tournament.[32][33][34]
- Match referees
- Umpires
Warm-up matches
[edit]Ten warm-up matches were played from 28 September to 1 October 2024. These matches did not have either WT20I status or WT20 status.[35] The warm-up matches were played at The Sevens Stadium, ICC Academy Ground No. 1 and No. 2 in Dubai.[36]
Warm-up matches
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Group stage
[edit]The ICC announced the groups and its fixtures on 5 May 2024.[37] After the relocation of the tournament to the United Arab Emirates, the new schedule was announced on 26 August 2024.[38]
The group stage matches are being played from 3 to 15 October 2024. The 10 teams were divided into two groups of five with each team facing the other teams in the group for a total of 20 matches.[39][40] The opening match was played between Bangladesh and Scotland at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on 3 October.
| Group stage | |
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| Group A | Group B |
| Source: ICC,[39][40] ESPNcricinfo[41] | |
Group stage summary
[edit]Week 1
[edit]The tournament commenced with Bangladesh taking on Scotland at Sharjah. Bangladesh, batting first made a score of 119/7 from their 20 overs and then restricting Scotland to 103/7 despite Bryce's 49* and winning by 16 runs.[42][43] The second match saw Pakistan being bowled out for 116 runs and then restricting Sri Lanka for 85/9 and winning the match by 31 runs.[44]
The second day saw South Africa puting West Indies to bat and restricting them to 118/6 thanks to Mlaba's 4/29 and then chasing the target down in 17.5 overs with 10 wickets in hand with the captain Wolvaardt and Brits both getting half-centuries.[45] The next match saw New Zealand, batting first put a score of 160/4 with a unbeaten half century from the captain Sophie Devine before bundling out India for just 102 with Mair's 4-fer and winning by a margin of 58 runs.[46]
On 5 October Australia took on Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka put a mere score of 93/7 which Australia chased down with 6 wickets and 34 balls to spare riding on Mooney's unbeaten 43.[47] The next match saw Bangladesh restricting England for 118/7 but falling short of the target by 21 runs.[48]
On 6 October arch-rivals India and Pakistan took on each other at Dubai. Pakistan put up a score of 105/8 with Nida Dar's 28 being the highest score and Arundhati Reddy picking up 3 wickets for 19 runs. India chased it down in 18.5 overs with the help of Shafali Verma's 32 and Harmanpreet Kaur's 29.[49]
Group A
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | New Zealand
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.900 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Australia
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.908 | |
| 3 | Pakistan
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.555 | |
| 4 | India
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.217 | |
| 5 | Sri Lanka
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −1.667 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | West Indies
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.154 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | England
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.050 | |
| 3 | South Africa
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.773 | |
| 4 | Bangladesh
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −0.125 | |
| 5 | Scotland
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −1.897 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams
Knockout stage
[edit]The knockout stage will consist of two semi-finals, played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 17 October and Sharjah Cricket Stadium on 18 October, and the final, also at Dubai on 20 October.
Bracket
[edit]| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | Winner of Group A | ||||||||
| B2 | Runner-up of Group B | ||||||||
| SF1W | Winner of Semi-final 1 | ||||||||
| SF2W | Winner of Semi-final 2 | ||||||||
| B1 | Winner of Group B | ||||||||
| A2 | Runner-up of Group A | ||||||||
Semi-finals
[edit]Final
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Most runs
[edit]- Source: ESPNcricinfo[51]
| Runs | Player | Inns. | HS | Ave | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
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| 80 | Sobhana Mostary |
2 | 44 | 40.00 | 93.02 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 59 | Laura Wolvaardt |
1 | 59* | — | 107.27 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 57 | Sophie Devine |
1 | 57* | — | 158.33 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Tazmin Brits |
1 | 57* | — | 109.61 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| 51 | 3 players | ||||||||
Most wickets
[edit]- Source: ESPNcricinfo[52]
| Wkts. | Player | Inns. | Ov. | Runs | BBI | Ave | SR | Eco. | 4WI | 5WI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 8 players | |||||||||
Broadcasting
[edit]The T20 World Cup streamed on ICC.tv for free to 116 territories in Afghanistan, Continental Europe, the Pacific Islands, and South-East Asia.[53]
| Region | Country/Sub-region | Television Broadcaster | Radio |
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| Asia | Bangladesh | Nagorik | |
| India | Star Sports Disney+ Hotstar |
All India Radio (AIR) | |
| Pakistan | PTV Home PTV National PTV Sports Ten Sports |
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| Singapore | StarHub | — | |
| Sri Lanka | TV 1 | — | |
| Europe | Ireland | Sky Sports | |
| United Kingdom | BBC Radio | ||
| Americas | Canada | Willow | — |
| United States | |||
| Caribbean | ESPN Caribbean | ||
| Oceania | Australia | Amazon Prime | ABC Sport |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport NZ | — | |
| Africa | Middle East and North Africa | CricLife Women | Talk 100.3 FM Big 106.2 |
| African Union | Super Sport | — |
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