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] 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]

The ICC has announced a new tournament starting in 2027 and called the ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy.[8]

Involved nations

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members from 1 July 2018.[9] As of September 2023, 82 nations have played the format.[10]

The full list of teams who have played full Women's Twenty20 International matches, with the date of their debut, is as follows (correct as of 1 September 2023):[11]

  1.  England (5 August 2004)
  2.  New Zealand (5 August 2004)
  3.  Australia (2 September 2005)
  4.  India (5 August 2006)
  5.  South Africa (10 August 2007)
  6.  Ireland (27 June 2008)
  7.  West Indies (27 June 2008)
  8.  Netherlands (1 July 2008)
  9.  Pakistan (25 May 2009)
  10.  Sri Lanka (12 June 2009)
  11.  Bangladesh (28 August 2012)
  12.  Malaysia (3 June 2018)
  13.  Thailand (3 June 2018)
  14.  Scotland (7 July 2018)
  15.  Uganda (7 July 2018)
  16.  United Arab Emirates (7 July 2018)
  17.  Papua New Guinea (7 July 2018)
  18.  Singapore (9 August 2018)
  19.  Botswana (20 August 2018)
  20.  Lesotho (20 August 2018)
  21.  Malawi (20 August 2018)
  22.  Namibia (20 August 2018)
  23.  Mozambique (20 August 2018)
  24.  Sierra Leone (20 August 2018)
  25.  Brazil (23 August 2018)
  26.  Mexico (23 August 2018)
  27.  Chile (23 August 2018)
  28.  China (3 November 2018)
  29.  South Korea (3 November 2018)
  30.  Zimbabwe (5 January 2019)
  31.    Nepal (12 January 2019)
  32.  Hong Kong (12 January 2019)
  33.  Indonesia (12 January 2019)
  34.  Myanmar (12 January 2019)
  35.  Bhutan (13 January 2019)
  36.  Nigeria (26 January 2019)
  37.  Rwanda (26 January 2019)
  38.  Kuwait (18 February 2019)
  39.  Kenya (6 April 2019)
  40.  Costa Rica (26 April 2019)
  41.  Vanuatu (6 May 2019)
  42.  Japan (6 May 2019)
  43.  Fiji (6 May 2019)
  44.  Samoa (6 May 2019)
  45.  Tanzania (6 May 2019)
  46.  Canada (17 May 2019)
  47.  United States (17 May 2019)
  48.  Guernsey (31 May 2019)
  49.  Jersey (31 May 2019)
  50.  Mali (18 June 2019)
  51.  Germany (26 June 2019)
  52.  France (31 July 2019)
  53.  Austria (31 July 2019)
  54.  Norway (31 July 2019)
  55.  Argentina (3 October 2019)
  56.  Peru (3 October 2019)
  57.  Maldives (2 December 2019)
  58.  Belize (13 December 2019)
  59.  Philippines (21 December 2019)
  60.  Oman (17 January 2020)
  61.  Qatar (17 January 2020)
  62.  Italy (9 August 2021)
  63.  Sweden (29 August 2021)
  64.  Eswatini (9 September 2021)
  65.  Cameroon (12 September 2021)
  66.  Belgium (25 September 2021)
  67.  Bahrain (20 March 2022)
  68.  Saudi Arabia (20 March 2022)
  69.  Ghana (28 March 2022)
  70.  Gambia (29 March 2022)
  71.  Spain (5 May 2022)
  72.  Denmark (28 May 2022)
  73.  Barbados (29 July 2022)
  74.  Malta (27 August 2022)
  75.  Romania (27 August 2022)
  76.  Greece (9 September 2022)
  77.  Serbia (10 September 2022)
  78.  Isle of Man (12 November 2022)
  79.  Cambodia (21 December 2022)
  80.  Turkey (29 May 2023)
  81.  Estonia (26 August 2023)
  82.  Cook Islands (1 September 2023)
  83.  Luxembourg (5 September 2023)
  84.  Mongolia (19 September 2023)

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.[12] 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.[13]

ICC Women's T20I Rankings
RankTeamMatchesPointsRating
1  Australia257,426297
2  England308,447282
3  India4010,417260
4  New Zealand276,904256
5  South Africa266,309243
6  West Indies276,340235
7  Sri Lanka316,988225
8  Pakistan337,279221
9  Bangladesh306,040201
10  Ireland274,748176
11  Zimbabwe213,352160
12  Papua New Guinea192,997158
13  Thailand345,326157
14  Scotland223,206146
15  Netherlands253,073123
16  United Arab Emirates414,845118
17  Namibia313,574115
18  Uganda444,894111
19  Indonesia161,648103
20  Tanzania272,717101
21    Nepal272,61197
22  Hong Kong373,36491
23  United States131,05481
24  Kenya362,65774
25  Rwanda332,34271
26  Malaysia342,36970
27  Italy201,31966
28  Jersey1383965
29  Nigeria291,79462
30  Vanuatu181,10161
31  Canada951357
32  Greece1161356
33  Germany1576651
34  Isle of Man1154950
35  Spain625643
36  France2397342
37  Brazil2084642
38  Sweden1658637
39  Sierra Leone1551835
40  China925628
41  Myanmar1027528
42  Botswana2564126
43  Bhutan921924
44  Singapore2453222
45  Bahrain816421
46  Oman48120
47  Kuwait1428220
48  Mozambique915417
49  Malta610017
50  Romania1320716
51  Guernsey89512
52  Samoa1616410
53  Japan2020410
54  Cameroon121119
55  Cook Islands6539
56  Argentina201508
57  Denmark5296
58  Qatar17614
59  Austria21462
60  Cambodia13282
61  Norway1130
62  Eswatini900
63  Serbia700
64  Philippines1200
65  Ghana700
66  Fiji1600
References: ICC Women's T20I Rankings, Updated on 29 December 2023

Statistics and records

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Women's Twenty20 Playing Conditions" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. 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. ↑ Jolly, Laura (8 March 2021). "New event, more teams added to World Cup schedule". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "ICC grants T20I status to all 104 members countries". Cricbuzz. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Women T20I matches / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Team records | Women's Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "ICC Women's Team Rankings launched". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "ICC Launches Global Women's T20I Team Rankings". 12 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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