The 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the inaugural ICC Women's World Twenty20 competition, taking place in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

from 11 to 21 June 2009. All group stage matches were played at the County Ground in

Taunton Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by t ...

, with the semi-finals held at

Trent Bridge Trent Bridge Cricket Ground is a cricket ground mostly used for Test, One-Day International and county cricket located in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England, just across the River Trent from the city of Nottingham. Trent Bridge is als ...

and

The Oval The Oval, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London. The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since ...

, and the final at Lord's. The tournament featured eight teams split into two groups.

and

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...

contested the final, with the host nation bowling out New Zealand for 85, helped by Player of the Match Katherine Brunt's opening spell of 3 for 6. Player of the Tournament

Claire Taylor Samantha Claire Taylor (born 25 September 1975) is a former cricketer who represented England more than 150 times between 1998 and 2011. A top order batter,In women's cricket, "batsman" is commonly used, alongside "batter". Taylor was the f ...

's 39 * saw England home to a comfortable six wicket victory.

Squads

Warm-up Games

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Pool stage

Group A

Points Table

Fixtures

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Group B

Points Table

Fixtures

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

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Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

ICC Team of the Tournament

After the tournament's conclusion an ICC panel of experts picked the best composite XI from the players in the Women's World Twenty20. 1

Shelley Nitschke Shelley Nitschke (born 3 December 1976) is a female cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. A left-handed batter and left arm orthodox spinner, she was one of the leading all-rounders in the world until her retirement in 2011. ...

(Australia) 2 Charlotte Edwards (England) 3

(England) 4

Aimee Watkins Aimee Louise Watkins (; born 11 October 1982) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. Career Watkins appeared in 2 Test matches, 103 One Day Internationals and 36 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2002 a ...

(New Zealand) 5 Sarah Taylor (England) 6 Suzie Bates (New Zealand) 7 Lucy Doolan (New Zealand) 8 Rumeli Dhar (India) 9 Holly Colvin (England) 10 Sian Ruck (New Zealand) 11 Laura Marsh (England) 12th man:

Eshani Kaushalya Eshani Kaushalya (also known as Eshani Lokusuriyage, born 1 June 1984) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who played for the Sri Lanka national women's cricket team. An all-rounder, she played as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. ...

(Sri Lanka)

References

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