The 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the fourth

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, taking place in

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from 23 March to 6 April 2014. The tournament was played in the cities of

Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...

and

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

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Cox's Bazar Cox's Bazar (; bn, কক্সবাজার, Kôksbajar; ) is a city, fishing port, tourism centre, and district headquarters in Southeastern Bangladesh. It is located south of the city of Chittagong. Cox's Bazar is also known by the na ...

was originally intended to also host matches, but the venue was not available due to ongoing development. The tournament featured 10 teams, rather than the eight at previous tournaments, with all matches in the tournament accorded

women's Twenty20 International Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. The first Twent ...

(T20I) status.

and

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made their first appearances at the event, which was run concurrently with the men's tournament. Australia won the tournament, beating England in the final by six wickets.

Logo

On 6 April 2013 ICC unveiled the logo of the tournament at a gala event in

. The logo uses the colours of the Bangladesh flag with splashes of blue representing the country's iconic waterways (also as being the ICC's own colour). The logo is also inspired by the unique painted rickshaws which pack the streets of the Bangladesh cities. The T is made up of cricket stumps and the "0" in the T20 represents the cricket ball complete with Bangladeshi green seam while the white in the design lends an energetic, friendly and youthful feel to the logo.

Teams

For the first time the tournament had 10 teams. The top six teams from the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and hosts

automatically qualified for the tournament. Three additional teams qualified for the tournament through the 2013 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier. ;Top 6 from 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 * * * * * * ;Top 3 from 2013 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier * * * ;Hosts *

Squads

Venues

The 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 hosted a total of 25 matches. The BKSP Grounds in

Savar Savar ( bn, সাভার) is a city in central Bangladesh, located in Dhaka District in the Dhaka Division, division of Dhaka. It is the closest city from Dhaka. It is also a part of Greater Dhaka conurbation which forms the Greater Dhaka, D ...

hosted practice matches. The group stage matches were held at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium,

, while the semi-finals and the final were held at the

Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS; bn, শের-ই-বাংলা জাতীয় ক্রিকেট স্টেডিয়াম), also called Mirpur Stadium, is an International cricket ground in Mirpur, a few kilo ...

, Mirpur,

Fixtures

Warm-up matches

A total of 10 warm-up matches were played between 18 and 21 March, featuring all 10 teams at the

Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan Ground There are four cricket grounds at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan national sports institute in Savar, Dhaka. As well as serving the needs of the BKSP's students, the grounds have also staged first-class and List A cricket matches in Ba ...

s in

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and

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also played a number of Twenty20 International matches against Bangladesh prior to the official warm-up matches. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Group Stage

Each team played every other team in its group with all group stage matches being played at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium in

. The top four teams from each group qualified for the knockout phase and the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20. The third and fourth placed teams from each group participated in a play-off for automatic qualification for the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20.

Group A

Advanced to

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Advanced to Qualification Play-offs for 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20.
Advanced to 9th place play-off. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Group B

Advanced to

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Advanced to Qualification Play-offs for 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20.
Advanced to 9th place play-off. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Qualification Play-offs

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Classification Play-offs

7th place play-off

9th place play-off

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

The final was the 15th time that Australia and England had played each other across the three formats (Twenty20, One Day Internationals and Tests) in 8 months. England had won both of the recent Ashes series, and Australia defeated England in the 2012 Twenty20 World Twenty20 final (by four runs) and again at the 2013 World Cup (by two runs). During this tournament both teams had finished top of their respective pools due to their higher

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after they both recorded three wins and one loss. Australia won the final after England, batting first, scored 105 runs for the loss of eight wickets in their twenty overs. Australia reached England's score during their

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in just 15.1 overs. Australia's

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, top scored in the match with 44 runs from 30 balls while the best bowler was

Sarah Coyte Sarah Jane Cady ( née Coyte; born 30 March 1991) is an Australian cricketer from Camden, New South Wales. A right-arm medium fast bowler, Coyte has taken a total of 100 wickets for the national women's team across Tests, ODIs and T20Is. S ...

who took 3

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for 16 runs from her four overs, and earning the Player of the Match award in the process. England's

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was named Player of the Tournament for her bowling across the tournament. It was Australia's third World Twenty20 victory in a row.

Statistics

Most runs

:Source: ESPNCricinfo

Most wickets