Women's Cricket World Cup

The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is the sport's oldest world championship, with the first tournament held in England in 1973. Matches are played as One Day Internationals (ODIs) over 50 overs per team, while there is also another championship for Twenty20 International cricket, the ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

This article is about the 50-over tournament. For the 20-over tournament, see ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup
AdministratorInternational Cricket Council
FormatWODI
First edition1973  England
Latest edition2022  New Zealand
Next edition2025  India
Number of teams8 (10 from 2029)
Current champion Australia (7th title)
Most successful Australia (7 titles)
Most runsNew Zealand Debbie Hockley (1,501)
Most wicketsIndia Jhulan Goswami (43)
Tournaments

The World Cup is currently organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Until 2005, when the two organisations merged, it was administered by a separate body, the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC). The first World Cup was held in England in 1973, two years before the inaugural men's tournament. The event's early years were marked by funding difficulties, which meant several teams had to decline invitations to compete and caused gaps of up to six years between tournaments. However, since 2005 World Cups have been hosted at regular four-year intervals.

Qualification for the World Cup is through the ICC Women's Championship and the World Cup Qualifier. The composition of the tournament is extremely conservative – no new teams have debuted in the tournament since 1997, and since 2000 the number of teams in the World Cup has been fixed at eight. However, in March 2021, the ICC revealed that the tournament would expand to 10 teams from the 2029 edition.[1][2] The 1997 edition was contested by a record eleven teams, the most in a single tournament to date.[3]

The eleven World Cups played to date have been held in five countries, with India and England having hosted the event three times. Australia is the most successful team, having won seven titles and failed to make the final on only three occasions. England (four titles) and New Zealand (one title) are the only other teams to have won the event, while India (twice) and the West Indies (once) have each reached the final without going on to win.

History

First World Cup

Women's international cricket was first played in 1934, when a party from England toured Australia and New Zealand. The first Test match was played on 28–31 December 1934, and was won by England.[4] The first Test against New Zealand followed early the following year. These three nations remained the only Test playing teams in women's cricket until 1960, when South Africa played a number of matches against England.[4] Limited overs cricket was first played by first-class teams in England in 1962.[5] Nine years later, the first international one day match was played in men's cricket, when England took on Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[6]

Talks began in 1971 about holding a World Cup for women's cricket, led by Jack Hayward.[7] South Africa, under pressure from the world for their apartheid laws, were not invited to take part in the competition.[8] Both of the other two Test playing nations, Australia and New Zealand were invited. Hayward had previously organised tours of the West Indies by England women, and it was from this region that the other two competing nations were drawn; Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago. To make up the numbers, England also fielded a "Young England" team, and an "International XI" was also included.[7] Five South Africans were invited to play for the International XI as a means of compensation for the team not being invited, but these invitations were later withdrawn.[8]

The inaugural tournament was held at a variety of venues across England in June and July 1973,[9] two years before the first men's Cricket World Cup was played.[10] The competition was played as a round-robin tournament, and the last scheduled match was England against Australia. Australia went into the game leading the table by a solitary point: they had won four matches and had one abandoned. England had also won four matches, but they had lost to New Zealand.[9][11] As a result, the match also served as a de facto final for the competition. England won the match, held at Edgbaston, Birmingham by 92 runs to win the tournament.[12]

Finals
Year Host(s) Final venue Final Teams
Winners Result Runners-up
1973  England No final  England
20 points		 England won on points
table		  Australia
17 points		 7
1978  India No final  Australia
6 points		 Australia won on points
table		  England
4 points		 4
1982  New Zealand Lancaster Park, Christchurch  Australia
152/7 (59 overs)		 Australia won by 3 wickets
scorecard		  England
151/5 (60 overs)		 5
1988  Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  Australia
129/2 (44.5 overs)		 Australia won by 8 wickets
scorecard		  England
127/7 (60 overs)		 5
1993  England Lord's, London  England
195/5 (60 overs)		 England won by 67 runs
scorecard		  New Zealand
128 (55.1 overs)		 8
1997  India Eden Gardens, Kolkata  Australia
165/5 (47.4 overs)		 Australia won by 5 wickets
scorecard		  New Zealand
164 (49.3 overs)		 11
2000  New Zealand Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln  New Zealand
184 (48.4 overs)		 New Zealand won by 4 runs
scorecard		  Australia
180 (49.1 overs)		 8
2005  South Africa SuperSport Park, Centurion  Australia
215/4 (50 overs)		 Australia won by 98 runs
scorecard		  India
117 (46 overs)		 8
2009  Australia North Sydney Oval, Sydney  England
167/6 (46.1 overs)		 England won by 4 wickets
scorecard		  New Zealand
166 (47.2 overs)		 8
2013  India Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai  Australia
259/7 (50 overs)		 Australia won by 114 runs
scorecard		  West Indies
145 (43.1 overs)		 8
2017  England Lord's, London  England
228/7 (50 overs)		 England won by 9 runs
scorecard		  India
219 (48.4 overs)		 8
2022  New Zealand Hagley Oval, Christchurch  Australia
356/5 (50 overs)		 Australia won by 71 runs
scorecard		  England
285 (43.4 overs)		 8
2025  India To be confirmed 8

Results

Fifteen teams have qualified for the Women's Cricket World Cup at least once (excluding qualification tournaments). Three teams have competed at every tournament, the same three sides who have won a title: England, Australia and New Zealand.

Teams' performances
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • SF – Losing semi-finalist (no third-place playoff)
  • QF – Losing quarter-finalist (no further playoffs)
  •     — Hosts
Team England
1973
(7)		 India
1978
(4)		 New Zealand
1982
(5)		 Australia
1988
(5)		 England
1993
(8)		 India
1997
(11)		 New Zealand
2000
(8)		 South Africa
2005
(8)		 Australia
2009
(8)		 India
2013
(8)		 England
2017
(8)		 New Zealand
2022
(8)		 India
2025
(8)		 Total
 Australia 2nd1st1st1st3rd1st2nd1st4th1stSF1st12
 Bangladesh 7th1
 Denmark 7th9th2
 England 1st2nd2nd2nd1stSF5thSF1st3rd1st2nd12
 India 4th4th4thSFSF2nd3rd7th2nd5thQ10
 Ireland 4th5thQF7th8th5
 Netherlands 5th8thQF8th4
 New Zealand 3rd3rd3rd3rd2nd2nd1stSF2nd4th5th6th12
 Pakistan 11th5th8th8th8th5
 South Africa QFSF7th7th6thSFSF7
 Sri Lanka QF6th6th8th5th7th6
 West Indies 6th10th5th6th2nd6thSF7
Defunct teams
International XI 4th5th2
 Jamaica 6th1
 Trinidad and Tobago 5th1
England Young England 7th1

Debutant teams
Year Teams
1973  Australia,  England,  New Zealand, International XI‡,  Jamaica†,  Trinidad and Tobago†, England Young England‡
1978  India
1982 none
1988  Ireland,  Netherlands
1993  Denmark,  West Indies
1997  Pakistan,  South Africa,  Sri Lanka
2000 none
2005 none
2009 none
2013 none
2017 none
2022  Bangladesh
2025 TBD

†No longer have ODI status. ‡No longer exists.

Overview

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups, as of the end of the 2022 tournament. Teams are sorted by best performance, then by appearances, total number of wins, total number of games, and alphabetical order respectively.

Appearances Statistics
Team Total First Latest Best performance Mat. Won Lost Tie NR Win%*
 Australia 1119732022Champions (1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005, 2013, 2022)8470111285.47
 England 1119732022Champions (1973, 1993, 2009, 2017)8357232175.04
 New Zealand 1119732022Champions (2000)8051262165.82
 India 919782022Runners-up (2005, 2017)6334271155.64
 West Indies 619932022Runners-up (2013)3813240135.13
 South Africa 619972022Semi-finals (2000, 2017, 2022)3815220340.54
 Pakistan 419972022Super 6s (2009)233210014.28
 Sri Lanka 619972017Quarter-finals (1997)358260123.52
 Ireland 519882005Quarter-finals (1997)347260121.21
 Netherlands 419882000Quarter-finals (1997)262240007.69
International XI‡ 219731982First Round (1973, 1982)183140116.66
 Denmark 219931997First Round (1993, 1997)132110015.38
 Trinidad and Tobago† 119731973First Round (1973)6240033.33
 Bangladesh120222022First Round (2022)7160014.28
Young England‡ 119731973First Round (1973)6150016.66
 Jamaica† 119731973First Round (1973)5140020.00

†No longer have ODI status. ‡No longer exists.

  • The Win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.
  • Teams are sorted by their best performance, then winning percentage, then (if equal) by alphabetical order.

Awards

Tournament records
Main article: List of Women's Cricket World Cup records
World Cup records
Batting
Most runs Debbie Hockley New Zealand 1,5011982–2000[13]
Highest average (min. 10 innings) Karen Rolton Australia 74.921997–2009[14]
Highest score Belinda Clark Australia 229*1997[15]
Highest partnership Tammy Beaumont & Sarah Taylor England 2752017[16]
Most runs in a tournament Alyssa Healy Australia 5092022[17]
Bowling
Most wickets Jhulan Goswami India 432005–2022[18]
Lowest average (min. 500 balls bowled) Katrina Keenan New Zealand 9.721997–2000[19]
Best bowling figures Jackie Lord New Zealand 6/101982[20]
Most wickets in a tournament Lyn Fullston Australia 231982[21]
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) Jane Smit England 401993–2005[22]
Most catches (fielder) Janette Brittin England 191982–1997[23]
Team
Highest score  Australia (v Denmark) 412/31997[24]
Lowest score  Pakistan (v Australia) 271997[25]
Highest win %  Australia 87.36[26]
Most Wins  Australia 79[27]
Most Lost  India 31[28]

See also

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