2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
# 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

The 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup was the seventh ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament. It was held in Australia between 21 February and 8 March 2020. The final took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on International Women's Day. Hosts Australia won the tournament, beating India by 85 runs, to win their fifth title.

It was a standalone tournament, the men's tournament was initially held eight months ahead of the schedule, but would be postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia were the defending champions, and lost their opening match of the tournament against India. For the first time at the Women's T20 World Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the use of technology to monitor front-foot no-balls for all matches during the tournament. The third umpire assisted the umpire at the bowler's end in calling the front-foot no-balls, communicating this to the on-field umpires.

India were the first team to qualify for the semi-finals, after recording three wins from their first three matches. India won their final group game, against Sri Lanka, and finished top of Group A. South Africa were the second team to qualify for the semi-finals, after they also won their first three group games. England were the third team to advance to the semi-finals, after beating the West Indies in their final group game. In the final match of Group A, hosts Australia beat New Zealand by four runs to take the fourth and final spot in the semi-finals. The final match in Group B, between South Africa and the West Indies, was abandoned due to rain, meaning South Africa finished top of the group. Therefore, England were drawn against India in the first semi-final, and Australia faced South Africa in the second semi-final.

The first semi-final was abandoned with no play due to rain, meaning India advanced to the final, after finishing top of Group A. It was the first time that India had progressed to the final of the Women's T20 World Cup. In the second semi-final, hosts Australia beat South Africa by five runs in a rain-affected match.

## Teams and qualification

The tournament featured 10 teams. The eight top-ranked teams based on finishing positions from the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 qualified automatically. The remaining two qualification spots were determined through the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, with Bangladesh and Thailand progressing. It was the first time that Thailand had qualified for a Women's T20 World Cup tournament. Following the conclusion of the qualification tournament, Bangladesh were placed in Group A and Thailand were placed in Group B.

| Team | Qualification |
| - | - |
| Australia | Host Nation |
| England | Automatic qualification |
| India | Automatic qualification |
| New Zealand | Automatic qualification |
| Pakistan | Automatic qualification |
| South Africa | Automatic qualification |
| Sri Lanka | Automatic qualification |
| West Indies | Automatic qualification |
| Bangladesh | Via qualifying tournament |
| Thailand | Via qualifying tournament |

## Squads

Each team selected a squad of 15 players before the tournament, and were also able to replace any injured players.

## Venues

In January 2018, the ICC announced that six venues in four cities would host matches. The semi-finals were hosted at the Sydney Cricket Ground, with the final being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

| Canberra | Melbourne | Melbourne |
| - | - | - |
| Manuka Oval | Junction Oval | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Capacity: 13,550 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 100,024 |
| Matches: Group stage | Matches: Group stage | Matches: Final |
| Perth | Sydney | Sydney |
| WACA Ground | Sydney Showground Stadium | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Capacity: 24,500 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 48,000 |
| Matches: Group stage | Matches: Group stage | Matches: Semi finals |

## Match officials

On 12 February 2020, the ICC appointed the officials for the tournament. Along with the twelve umpires, Steve Bernard, Chris Broad and G. S. Lakshmi were also named as the match referees.

## Group stage

The ICC released the fixture details on 29 January 2019 in Sydney.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | India | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.979 |
| 2 | Australia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.971 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.364 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.404 |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.908 |

Advance to Knockout stage

* 21 February 2020 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| India 132/4 (20 overs) | v | Australia 115 (19.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Deepti Sharma 49* (46) Jess Jonassen 2/24 (4 overs) | | Alyssa Healy 51 (35) Poonam Yadav 4/19 (4 overs) |

* India Women won by 17 runs Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match: Poonam Yadav (Ind)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 22 February 2020 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| Sri Lanka 127/7 (20 overs) | v | New Zealand 131/3 (17.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Chamari Athapaththu 41 (30) Hayley Jensen 3/16 (4 overs) | | Sophie Devine 75* (55) Kavisha Dilhari 1/19 (2 overs) |

* New Zealand Women won by 7 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Sue Redfern (Eng) Player of the match: Hayley Jensen (NZ)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Sophie Devine (NZ) became the first cricketer, male or female, to make six consecutive scores of fifty or more in T20I cricket.
* 24 February 2020 15:00 Scorecard

| Sri Lanka 122/6 (20 overs) | v | Australia 123/5 (19.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Chamari Athapaththu 50 (38) Nicola Carey 2/18 (3 overs) | | Rachael Haynes 60 (47) Udeshika Prabodhani 2/17 (4 overs) |

* Australia Women won by 5 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Kim Cotton (NZ) Player of the match: Rachael Haynes (Aus)
* Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Meg Lanning (Aus) played in her 100th WT20I.
* 24 February 2020 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| India 142/6 (20 overs) | v | Bangladesh 124/8 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Shafali Verma 39 (17) Salma Khatun 2/25 (4 overs) Panna Ghosh 2/25 (4 overs) | | Nigar Sultana 35 (26) Poonam Yadav 3/18 (4 overs) |

* India Women won by 18 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Shafali Verma (Ind)
* Bangladesh Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 27 February 2020 15:00 Scorecard

| India 133/8 (20 overs) | v | New Zealand 130/6 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Shafali Verma 46 (34) Amelia Kerr 2/21 (4 overs) | | Amelia Kerr 34* (19) Shikha Pandey 1/21 (4 overs) |

* India Women won by 3 runs Junction Oval, Melbourne Umpires: Langton Rusere (Zim) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Shafali Verma (Ind)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 27 February 2020 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| Australia 189/1 (20 overs) | v | Bangladesh 103/9 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Alyssa Healy 83 (53) Salma Khatun 1/39 (4 overs) | | Fargana Hoque 36 (35) Megan Schutt 3/21 (4 overs) |

* Australia Women won by 86 runs Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Alyssa Healy (Aus)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney made the highest partnership for Australia Women for any wicket in WT20Is (151 runs).
* 29 February 2020 11:00 Scorecard

| New Zealand 91 (18.2 overs) | v | Bangladesh 74 (19.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Rachel Priest 25 (32) Ritu Moni 4/18 (4 overs) | | Nigar Sultana 21 (26) Hayley Jensen 3/11 (4 overs) |

* New Zealand Women won by 17 runs Junction Oval, Melbourne Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Hayley Jensen (NZ)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* New Zealand successfully defended the lowest total in a Women's T20 World Cup match.
* 29 February 2020 15:00 Scorecard

| Sri Lanka 113/9 (20 overs) | v | India 116/3 (14.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Chamari Athapaththu 33 (24) Radha Yadav 4/23 (4 overs) | | Shafali Verma 47 (34) Udeshika Prabodhani 1/13 (4 overs) |

* India Women won by 7 wickets Junction Oval, Melbourne Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Sue Redfern (Eng) Player of the match: Radha Yadav (Ind)
* Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sathya Sandeepani (SL) made her WT20I debut.
* 2 March 2020 11:00 Scorecard

| Bangladesh 91/8 (20 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 92/1 (15.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Nigar Sultana 39 (45) Shashikala Siriwardene 4/16 (4 overs) | | Hasini Perera 39* (53) Nahida Akter 1/18 (3.3 overs) |

* Sri Lanka Women won by 9 wickets Junction Oval, Melbourne Umpires: Sue Redfern (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Shashikala Siriwardene (SL)
* Bangladesh Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* 2 March 2020 15:00 Scorecard

| Australia 155/5 (20 overs) | v | New Zealand 151/7 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Beth Mooney 60 (50) Anna Peterson 2/31 (4 overs) | | Katey Martin 37* (18) Georgia Wareham 3/17 (4 overs) |

* Australia Women won by 4 runs Junction Oval, Melbourne Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Georgia Wareham (Aus)
* New Zealand Women won the toss and elected to field.

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | South Africa | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2.226 |
| 2 | England | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.291 |
| 3 | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −0.654 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −0.761 |
| 5 | Thailand | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3.992 |

Advance to Knockout stage

* 22 February 2020 15:00 Scorecard

| Thailand 78/9 (20 overs) | v | West Indies 80/3 (16.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Nannapat Koncharoenkai 33 (48) Stafanie Taylor 3/13 (3 overs) | | Stafanie Taylor 26* (37) Soraya Lateh 1/21 (3 overs) |

* West Indies Women won by 7 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Claire Polosak (Aus) Player of the match: Stafanie Taylor (WI)
* Thailand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Shemaine Campbelle (WI) played in her 100th WT20I.
* 23 February 2020 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| England 123/8 (20 overs) | v | South Africa 127/4 (19.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Nat Sciver 50 (41) Ayabonga Khaka 3/25 (4 overs) | | Dane van Niekerk 46 (51) Sophie Ecclestone 2/19 (4 overs) |

* South Africa Women won by 6 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Dane van Niekerk (SA)
* South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Mignon du Preez (SA) played in her 100th WT20I.
* 26 February 2020 15:00 Scorecard

| England 176/2 (20 overs) | v | Thailand 78/7 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Heather Knight 108* (66) Nattaya Boochatham 1/18 (3 overs) | | Natthakan Chantam 32 (53) Anya Shrubsole 3/21 (4 overs) |

* England Women won by 98 runs Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Jacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match: Heather Knight (Eng)
* Thailand Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Heather Knight (Eng) scored her 1,000th run in WT20Is.
* Heather Knight (Eng) scored her first century in WT20Is, and became the first cricketer to score a century in all three formats of women's international cricket.
* Heather Knight and Nat Sciver's 169-run partnership was the highest for England for any wicket in WT20Is.
* 26 February 2020 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| West Indies 124/7 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 127/2 (18.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Shemaine Campbelle 43 (46) Diana Baig 2/19 (4 overs) | | Bismah Maroof 38* (37) Stafanie Taylor 1/20 (3.2 overs) |

* Pakistan Women won by 8 wickets Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Claire Polosak (Aus) Player of the match: Javeria Khan (Pak)
* West Indies Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* 28 February 2020 15:00 Scorecard

| South Africa 195/3 (20 overs) | v | Thailand 82 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Lizelle Lee 101 (60) Ratanaporn Padunglerd 1/19 (3 overs) | | Onnicha Kamchomphu 26 (21) Shabnim Ismail 3/8 (3.1 overs) |

* South Africa Women won by 113 runs Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Jacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (SA)
* South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Lizelle Lee (SA) scored her first century in WT20Is.
* 28 February 2020 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| England 158/7 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 116 (19.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Heather Knight 62 (47) Aiman Anwer 3/30 (4 overs) | | Aliya Riaz 41 (33) Sarah Glenn 3/15 (4 overs) |

* England Women won by 42 runs Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Heather Knight (Eng)
* Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Nida Dar (Pak) played in her 100th WT20I.
* Anya Shrubsole (Eng) took her 100th wicket in WT20Is.
* 1 March 2020 15:00 Scorecard

| South Africa 136/6 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 119/5 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Laura Wolvaardt 53* (36) Diana Baig 2/19 (4 overs) | | Aliya Riaz 39* (32) Shabnim Ismail 1/17 (4 overs) Dane van Niekerk 1/17 (4 overs) |

* South Africa Women won by 17 runs Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Kim Cotton (NZ) Player of the match: Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
* South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* 1 March 2020 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| England 143/5 (20 overs) | v | West Indies 97 (17.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Nat Sciver 57 (56) Shakera Selman 1/23 (4 overs) Anisa Mohammed 1/23 (4 overs) | | Lee-Ann Kirby 20 (15) Sophie Ecclestone 3/7 (3.1 overs) |

* England Women won by 46 runs Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Claire Polosak (Aus) Player of the match: Nat Sciver (Eng)
* England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sophie Ecclestone (Eng) took her 50th wicket in WT20Is, and her 100th wicket in international cricket.
* 3 March 2020 15:00 Scorecard

| Thailand 150/3 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Natthakan Chantam 56 (55) Nida Dar 1/17 (4 overs) | | |

* No result Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Claire Polosak (Aus)
* Thailand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain during the innings break prevented any further play.
* Ayesha Naseem (Pak) made her WT20I debut.
* Thailand Women scored their highest total in WT20Is.
* 3 March 2020 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| West Indies | v | South Africa |
| - | - | - |

* Match abandoned Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.

## Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| India | India | | | | |
| England | England | | | | |
| England | England | | India | India | 99 (19.1 overs) |
| | | | Australia | Australia | 184/4 (20 overs) |
| Australia | Australia | 134/5 (20 overs) | Australia | Australia | 184/4 (20 overs) |
| South Africa | South Africa | 92/5 (13 overs) | | | |

### Semi-finals

* 5 March 2020 15:00 Scorecard

| India | v | England |
| - | - | - |

* Match abandoned Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Claire Polosak (Aus) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* India Women advanced to final after finishing top of Group A.
* 5 March 2020 19:00 (N) Scorecard

| Australia 134/5 (20 overs) | v | South Africa 92/5 (13 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Meg Lanning 49* (49) Nadine de Klerk 3/19 (4 overs) | | Laura Wolvaardt 41* (27) Megan Schutt 2/17 (3 overs) |

* Australia Women won by 5 runs (DLS method) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Meg Lanning (Aus)
* South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
* South Africa Women were set a revised target of 98 runs from 13 overs due to rain.

### Final

* 8 March 2020 18:00 (N) Scorecard

| Australia 184/4 (20 overs) | v | India 99 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Beth Mooney 78* (54) Deepti Sharma 2/38 (4 overs) | | Deepti Sharma 33 (35) Megan Schutt 4/18 (3.1 overs) |

* Australia Women won by 85 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Alyssa Healy (Aus)
* Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* Alyssa Healy (Aus) scored her 2,000th run in WT20Is.
* Richa Ghosh (Ind) replaced Taniya Bhatia as a concussion substitute after 11.3 overs of India's innings.

## Statistics

Australia's Beth Mooney was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 259 runs. Her teammate, Megan Schutt, was the leading wicket-taker, finishing with thirteen dismissals.

### Team of the tournament

On 9 March 2020, ICC announced its team of the tournament picked by a selection panel featuring Ian Bishop, Anjum Chopra, Lisa Sthalekar, Raf Nicholson and Holly Colvin.

* Alyssa Healy (wk)
* Beth Mooney
* Nat Sciver
* Heather Knight
* Meg Lanning (c)
* Laura Wolvaardt
* Jess Jonassen
* Sophie Ecclestone
* Anya Shrubsole
* Megan Schutt
* Poonam Yadav
* Shafali Verma (12th woman)

## Marketing

UNICEF Australia, the United Nations Children's Fund was chosen as the official charity partner for the tournament. Proceeds were raised throughout the competition to support UNICEF Australia's Sports for Development program to empower girls and boys in Sri Lanka.

Tickets for the event went on sale on 21 February 2019. All matches, including the final, had ticket prices for adults starting from $20. The ICC stated that more than half of all tickets available for sale for the tournament were priced at $20, with child tickets priced at $5. Star Sports were awarded the global broadcast rights for the tournament.

