ICC Women's World Twenty20
The ICC Women's T20 World Cup (known as the ICC Women's World Twenty20 until 2019) is the biennial international championship for women's Twenty20 International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cri ...
competition, held in Sri Lanka from 26 September to 7 October 2012. The group stage matches were played at the
Galle International Stadium
Galle International Stadium ( si, ගාල්ල ජාත්යන්තර ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩාංගණය, ta, காலி பன்னாட்டு அரங்கம்) is a cricket stadium in Galle, Sr ...
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
. The competition was held simultaneously with the equivalent men's tournament, the
2012 ICC World Twenty20
The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 was the fourth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place in Sri Lanka from 18 September to 7 October 2012 which was won by the West Indies. The schedule has been pos ...
.
The eventual victors were the
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champions
Australia
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, who beat pre-tournament favourites
England
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by four runs in the final, a match which came down to the final ball. England captain
Charlotte Edwards
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blamed this defeat on a "lack of discipline" in her side, whilst
Test Match Special
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analyst
Ebony Rainford-Brent
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cited underachieving bowlers and England's inability to rotate the strike.
With a total of 172 runs at an average of 43.00, Edwards was named Player of the Tournament.
Format
Following warm-up matches, the eight teams were divided into two groups where matches were played in a round-robin format. The two best placed teams from each group progressed to the two-round knock-out stage, whilst the eliminated teams played each other for qualification for the 2014 tournament.
Venues
All matches were played at the following two grounds:
Fixtures and results
:''All times given are
Sri Lanka Standard Time
Sri Lanka Standard Time (SLST) ( si, ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සම්මත වේලාව , Shri Lankavay Sammatha Velava, ta, இலங்கை நியம நேரம்) is the time zone for Sri Lanka. It is 5 hours and 30 ...
4 warm-up matches were played on 23 and 24 September featuring all 8 teams.
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Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Play-offs
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Semi-finals
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Final
Statistics
:Source: ESPNCricinfo
;Highest Individual Scores
;Most Runs
;Most Sixes
;Most Fifties
;Best Bowling in an Innings
;Most Wickets
See also
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2012 ICC World Twenty20
The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 was the fourth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place in Sri Lanka from 18 September to 7 October 2012 which was won by the West Indies. The schedule has been pos ...
Cricinfo
ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a ...
Cricinfo
ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a ...