The 2023 Women's T20 World Cup was the eighth edition of Women's T20 World Cup tournament. It was held in South Africa between 10 February and 26 February 2023. The final took place at Cape Town. Australia won their sixth and third consecutive title after beating the hosts South Africa in the final by 19 runs.
2023 Women's T20 World Cup is located in South Africa
Teams and qualification
In December 2020 the ICC confirmed the qualification process for the tournament. South Africa automatically qualified for the tournament as the hosts. They were joined by the seven highest ranked teams in the ICC Women's T20I Rankings, as of 30 November 2021, who competed at the 2020 Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. The remaining two teams were Ireland and Bangladesh, the finalists of the qualifying tournament.
Team
Qualification
South Africa
Host Nation
Australia
Automatic qualification
England
India
New Zealand
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
West Indies
Bangladesh
Via qualifying tournament
Ireland
Squads
Each team selected a squad of 15 players before the tournament, and was able to replace any injured players. Pakistan were the first to name their squad on 14 December 2022.
Venues
In August 2022, the ICC announced that three venues in three cities would host matches. The venues were Newlands Cricket Ground, St George's Park and Boland Park.
Cape TownGqeberhaPaarl Venues of 2023 ICC World T20 in South Africa
Cape Town
Gqeberha
Paarl
Newlands Cricket Ground
St George's Park
Boland Park
Capacity: 25,000
Capacity: 19,000
Capacity: 10,000
Matches: 12
Matches: 5
Matches: 6
Match officials
On 27 January 2023, the ICC appointed the all-woman panel of match officials for the tournament. Along with the ten umpires, G. S. Lakshmi, Shandre Fritz and Michell Pereira were also named as the match referees.
Shandre Fritz , G. S. Lakshmi , Michell Pereira
Lauren Agenbag , Kim Cotton , Anna Harris , Narayanan Janani , Nimali Perera , Claire Polosak , Vrinda Rathi , Sue Redfern , Eloise Sheridan , Jacqueline Williams
Prize money
The total prize money purse of US$2,450,000 was available for the tournament and was allocated according to the performance of the team as follows:
Stage
Teams
Prize money (USD)
Total (USD)
Winner
1
$1,000,000
$1,000,000
Runner-up
1
$500,000
$500,000
Losing semi-finalists
2
$210,000
$420,000
Winner of each pool match
20
$17,500
$350,000
Teams that do not pass the group stage
6
$30,000
$180,000
Total
$2,450,000
Warm-up matches
Before the T20 World Cup, the participating nations competed in ten warm-up matches, which were played from 6 February to 8 February 2023. These matches did not have either Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status or WT20 status.
West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
England won the toss and elected to field.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
India won the toss and elected to bat.
6 February 2023 10:00 Scorecard
New Zealand 123/5 (20 overs)
v
West Indies91/7 (20 overs)
Maddy Green 47* (37) Hayley Matthews 1/6 (2 overs)
England won by 5 wickets Western Province Cricket Club, Cape Town Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Nimali Perera (SL)
8 February 2023 14:30 Scorecard
Group stage
The ICC released the fixture details on 3 October 2022.
Group 1
Advance to the knockout stage
South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. , Shorna Akter (Ban) made her WT20I debut.
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
Australia won the toss and elected to field.
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
Australia won the toss and elected to field.
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. , Suné Luus (SA) played in her 100th WT20I.
Group 2
Advanced to the knockout stage
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Ireland won the toss and elected to bat. , Alice Capsey (Eng) equalled the record for the fastest 50 in a Women's T20 World Cup match (21 balls).
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat. , Deepti Sharma became the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in WT20Is.
Ireland won the toss and elected to field. , Muneeba Ali became the first player for Pakistan to score a century in WT20Is.
Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
India won the toss and elected to field.
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
India won the toss and elected to bat. , No further play was possible due to rain. , Harmanpreet Kaur (Ind) became the first player among male or female, to play 150th T20Is.
England won the toss and elected to bat. , England's score of 213/5 was the highest total in a women's T20 World Cup match. , England's margin of victory was the highest (by runs) in a women's T20 World Cup match.
Semi-finals
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. , Tazmin Brits (SA) equalled the record for taking most number of catches in a WT20I match (4 catches). , South Africa qualified for the Women's T20 World Cup final for the first time.
Final
Australia won the toss and elected to bat. , Jess Jonassen (Aus) played in her 100th T20I.
Team of the tournament
On 27 February 2023, ICC announced its team of the tournament picked by a selection panel featuring Ian Bishop, Anjum Chopra, Lisa Sthalekar, Mel Jones, Nasser Hussain, Ebony Rainford-Brent and Mpumelelo Mbangwa.
Tazmin Brits , Alyssa Healy (wk) , Laura Wolvaardt , Nat Sciver-Brunt (c) , Ashleigh Gardner , Richa Ghosh , Sophie Ecclestone , Karishma Ramharack , Shabnim Ismail , Darcie Brown , Megan Schutt , Orla Prendergast (12th player)
