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.

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This article is about the format for women's international cricket. For the men's format, see Twenty20 International.

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]

Involved nations

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members from 1 July 2018.[8]

The full list of teams who have played full Women's Twenty20 International matches is as follows (correct to 20 March 2022):

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
RankTeamMatchesPointsRating
1  Australia216,160293
2  England267,398285
3  New Zealand184,801267
4  India246,295262
5  South Africa205,030252
6  West Indies194,691247
7  Pakistan184,027224
8  Sri Lanka122,476206
9  Bangladesh152,850190
10  Thailand172,851168
11  Zimbabwe172,730161
12  Ireland203,209160
13  Scotland203,036152
14  Papua New Guinea91,174130
15  United Arab Emirates111,406128
16    Nepal151,883126
17  Samoa6749125
18  Tanzania121,340112
19  Uganda131,350104
20  Netherlands151,39693
21  Namibia221,91187
22  Indonesia976185
23  Hong Kong131,01678
24  Kenya161,22677
25  Germany161,11270
26  China853867
27  United States1062362
28  Brazil952458
29  Vanuatu632454
30  Japan526052
31  Malaysia1682351
32  Rwanda211,02549
33  Belize313545
34  Myanmar521242
35  Jersey416040
36  Canada827735
37  Nigeria1751430
38  France1231526
39  Oman512926
40  Botswana1431723
41  Austria1431623
42  Sierra Leone612621
43  Kuwait1120118
44  South Korea47318
45  Malawi47118
46  Bhutan710415
47  Mexico34214
48  Costa Rica4349
49  Mozambique11313
50  Qatar5143
51  Norway400
52  Fiji600
53  Mali300
54  Argentina900
References: ICC Women's T20I Rankings, ESPNcricinfo, Updated on 4 May 2022

Statistics and records
Main article: List of women's Twenty20 International records

See also

References
  1. "Women's Twenty20 Playing Conditions" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  2. Miller, Andrew (6 August 2004). "Revolution at the seaside". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  3. "Wonder Women – Ten T20I records women own". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. English, Peter (17 February 2005). "Ponting leads as Kasprowicz follows". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  5. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  6. "ICC Board brings in tougher Code of Sanctions". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  7. "Favourites Nepal eye for Global Qualifier spot". Cricket Addictors Association. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  8. "ICC grants T20I status to all 104 members countries". Cricbuzz. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  9. "ICC Women's Team Rankings launched". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  10. "ICC Launches Global Women's T20I Team Rankings". 12 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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