The 2000 CricInfo Women's Cricket World Cup was an international

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tournament played in New Zealand from 29 November to 23 December 2000. It was the seventh edition of the

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, and the second to be hosted by New Zealand, after the 1982 tournament. The World Cup was organised by the

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(IWCC), with matches played over 50 overs.

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defeated Australia by four runs in

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, winning their first and only title.

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and

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were the losing semi-finalists, while the other four teams were

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, Sri Lanka,

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, and the

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. Two Australians,

Karen Rolton Karen Louise Rolton (born 21 November 1974) is an Australian former cricketer and captain of the national women's team. A left-handed batter, she has scored the most runs for her country in women's Test cricket. International cricket After m ...

and

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, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively, while another Australian,

Lisa Keightley Lisa Maree Keightley (born 26 August 1971) is an Australian former cricketer and current cricket coach. She played primarily as a right-handed batter. She appeared in nine Test matches, 82 One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International ...

, was named player of the tournament. The tournament was sponsored by CricInfo, a cricket website, which allowed the tournament to receive ball-by-ball text commentary coverage, as well as streamed audio and video, a first for women's cricket.

Squads

Round-robin

Points table

Matches

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Knockout stage

Semi finals

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Final

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run-scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored, then by

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, then alphabetically by surname. Source
ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average. Source
ESPNcricinfo

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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