2014–2016 ICC Women's Championship
# 2014–2016 ICC Women's Championship

The 2014–2016 ICC Women's Championship was the first edition of the ICC Women's Championship, a women's One Day International cricket (WODI) competition contested by eight teams. The top four teams at the conclusion of the tournament (Australia, England, New Zealand and West Indies) gained automatically qualification for the 2017 World Cup. The bottom four teams (India, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) faced six qualifying teams in the 2017 World Cup Qualifier for the remaining four places at the World Cup. When four or more WODIs were played in a series, only three pre-selected matches were included in the championship. The second edition of the competition started in October 2017.

## Teams

The following teams played in the tournament:

* Australia
* England
* India
* New Zealand
* Pakistan
* South Africa
* Sri Lanka
* West Indies

## Results

The breakdown of results was as follows. During each round, each team played against their opponent three times.

| Round | Window | Home team | Away team | Date | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | June – October 2014 | Australia | Pakistan | 21 August 2014 | 3–0 |
| 1 | June – October 2014 | England | India | 21 August 2014 | 2–0 |
| 1 | June – October 2014 | West Indies | New Zealand | 12 September 2014 | 3–0 |
| 1 | June – October 2014 | Sri Lanka | South Africa | 15 October 2014 | 1–1 |
| 2 | November – February 2014 | Australia | West Indies | 11 November 2014 | 3–0 |
| 2 | November – February 2014 | India | South Africa | 24 November 2014 | 1–2 |
| 2 | November – February 2014 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 9 January 2015 | 3–0 |
| 2 | November – February 2014 | New Zealand | England | 11 February 2015 | 2–1 |
| 3 | March – August 2015 | Pakistan | South Africa | 13 March 2015 | 1–2 |
| 3 | March – August 2015 | Sri Lanka | West Indies | 15 May 2015 | 1–2 |
| 3 | March – August 2015 | India | New Zealand | 28 June 2015 | 1–2 |
| 3 | March – August 2015 | England | Australia | 21 July 2015 | 1–2 |
| 4 | October 2015 – February 2016 | West Indies | Pakistan | 18 October 2015 | 3–0 |
| 4 | October 2015 – February 2016 | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | 3 November 2015 | 3–0 |
| 4 | October 2015 – February 2016 | Australia | India | 2 February 2016 | 2–1 |
| 4 | October 2015 – February 2016 | South Africa | England | 7 February 2016 | 1–2 |
| 5 | February – July 2016 | India | Sri Lanka | 15 February 2016 | 3–0 |
| 5 | February – July 2016 | New Zealand | Australia | 20 February 2016 | 1–2 |
| 5 | February – July 2016 | South Africa | West Indies | 24 February 2016 | 1–2 |
| 5 | February – July 2016 | England | Pakistan | 20 June 2016 | 3–0 |
| 6 | August – October 2016 | Sri Lanka | Australia | 18 September 2016 | 0–3 |
| 6 | August – October 2016 | South Africa | New Zealand | 8 October 2016 | 1–2 |
| 6 | August – October 2016 | West Indies | England | 14 October 2016 | 1–2 |
| 6 | August – October 2016 | Pakistan | India | (see Note) | (3–0) |
| 7 | October – November 2016 | India | West Indies | 10 November 2016 | 3–0 |
| 7 | October – November 2016 | Sri Lanka | England | 12 November 2016 | 0–3 |
| 7 | October – November 2016 | New Zealand | Pakistan | 13 November 2016 | 3–0 |
| 7 | October – November 2016 | Australia | South Africa | 18 November 2016 | 3–0 |

Note: The round six fixtures between Pakistan and India should have taken place by the end of October 2016. As of 9 November 2016, no decision was reached regarding the fixtures going ahead or not. On 23 November 2016 the ICC Technical Committee ruled that India's Women's team had forfeited all of the matches, with the points being awarded to Pakistan. Pakistan were awarded two points for each game, with India considered to have scored 0 runs in the 50 overs of each game, with their net run rate adjusted to reflect this.

## Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Australia | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.981 | Advance to the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. |
| 2 | England | 21 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 1.047 | Advance to the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. |
| 3 | New Zealand | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.441 | Advance to the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. |
| 4 | West Indies | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.128 | Advance to the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. |
| 5 | India* | 21 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 19 | −0.488 | Advance to the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. |
| 6 | South Africa | 21 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 17 | −0.235 | Advance to the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. |
| 7 | Pakistan* | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | −1.126 | Advance to the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 21 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −1.538 | Advance to the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. |

* Round 6 matches were awarded to Pakistan (see Note on Results).

## Statistics

### Most runs

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meg Lanning | Australia | 21 | 21 | 1232 | 72.47 | 95.28 | 135* | 5 | 5 | 146 | 9 |
| Ellyse Perry | Australia | 17 | 16 | 985 | 89.54 | 77.86 | 95* | 0 | 12 | 88 | 7 |
| Suzie Bates | New Zealand | 20 | 20 | 978 | 54.33 | 82.25 | 110 | 2 | 8 | 119 | 3 |
| Stafanie Taylor | West Indies | 19 | 19 | 857 | 57.13 | 69.84 | 98* | 0 | 8 | 88 | 6 |
| Nicole Bolton | Australia | 20 | 20 | 817 | 45.38 | 71.35 | 113 | 1 | 6 | 75 | 2 |
| Last updated: 23 November 2016 ||||||||||||

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jess Jonassen | Australia | 21 | 21 | 31 | 19.09 | 3.86 | 5/50 | 29.6 | 1 | 1 |
| Heather Knight | England | 19 | 18 | 29 | 19.34 | 4.19 | 5/26 | 27.6 | 1 | 1 |
| Anisa Mohammed | West Indies | 21 | 21 | 27 | 22.51 | 3.67 | 4/32 | 36.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Rajeshwari Gayakwad | India | 16 | 16 | 25 | 19.32 | 3.43 | 4/21 | 33.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Kristen Beams | Australia | 18 | 18 | 24 | 21.62 | 3.55 | 4/15 | 36.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Anya Shrubsole | England | 14 | 14 | 24 | 21.79 | 4.12 | 4/19 | 31.6 | 3 | 0 |
| Inoka Ranaweera | Sri Lanka | 18 | 17 | 24 | 24.58 | 4.57 | 4/53 | 32.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Last updated: 23 November 2016 |||||||||||
