The 2012 Women's World Twenty20 was the third Women's T20 World Cup competition, held in Sri Lanka from 26 September to 7 October 2012. The group stage matches were played at the Galle International Stadium in Galle and semi-finals and final were played at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The competition was held simultaneously with the equivalent men's tournament, the 2012 World Twenty20.
2012 Women's World Twenty20 is located in Sri Lanka
Format
Following warm-up matches, the eight teams were divided into two groups where matches were played in a round-robin format. The two best placed teams from each group progressed to the two-round knock-out stage, whilst the eliminated teams played each other for qualification for the 2014 tournament.
Group A
Group B
England
Sri Lanka
Australia
New Zealand
India
West Indies
Pakistan
South Africa
Venues
All matches were played at the following two grounds in Galle and Colombo:
Galle
Colombo
GalleColombo
Galle International Stadium
R. Premadasa Stadium
Capacity: 35,000
Capacity: 35,000
Warm-up matches
4 warm-up matches were played on 23 and 24 September featuring all 8 teams.
Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field.
England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
New Zealand Women won by 4 wickets Nondescripts Cricket Club, Colombo Umpires: Tyron Wijewardene and Ruchira Palliyaguru
Group stage
Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field. , Sumaiya Siddiqi (Pak) made her WT20I debut.
India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat. , Pakistan's innings was reduced to 9 overs due to rain, the revised target was 64.
India Women won the toss and elected to bat. , Anuja Patil (Ind) made her WT20I debut. , England Women and Australia Women qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.
Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat. , Rasanara Parwin (Ind) made her WT20I debut.
Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field. , Match start delayed due to a wet outfield. , Inoka Ranaweera (SL) made her WT20I debut.
West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field. , Sri Lanka Women's innings curtailed after 10.3 overs due to rain. , West Indies Women's innings reduced to 8 overs due to rain, the revised target was 48.
West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field. , West Indies Women qualified for the semi-finals and South Africa Women were eliminated as a result of this match.
Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat. , New Zealand Women qualified for the semi-finals and Sri Lanka Women were eliminated as a result of this match.
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
NR
Pts
NRR
1
England
3
3
0
0
6
1.341
2
Australia
3
2
1
0
4
0.628
3
Pakistan
3
1
2
0
2
−1.367
4
India
3
0
3
0
0
−0.607
27 September 09:30 Scorecard
England 133/6 (20 overs)
v
Pakistan90 (19.4 overs)
Laura Marsh 54 (41) Sana Mir 2/20 (4 overs)
Javeria Khan 23 (20) Holly Colvin 4/9 (3.4 overs)
England Women won by 43 runs Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Laura Marsh (Eng)
27 September 13:30 Scorecard
India 104/8 (20 overs)
v
Australia105/2 (17.2 overs)
Poonam Raut 21 (21) Erin Osborne 3/13 (3 overs)
Meg Lanning 39 (50) Jhulan Goswami 1/21 (4 overs)
Australia Women won by 8 wickets Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Erin Osborne (Aus)
29 September 09:30 Scorecard
Australia 146/5 (20 overs)
v
Pakistan38/3 (9 overs)
Jess Cameron 42 (28) Sadia Yousuf 2/39 (4 overs)
Qanita Jalil 13 (11) Ellyse Perry 2/19 (4 overs)
Australia Women won by 25 runs (D/L) Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Jess Cameron (Aus)
29 September 13:30 Scorecard
Knockout stage
Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat. , Javeria Rauf (Pak) made her WT20I debut. , South Africa Women qualified for the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20.
Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat. , India Women qualified for the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20.
England Women won the toss and elected to field.
Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
England Women won the toss and elected to field.
