The 2012 Women's World Twenty20 was the third
Women's T20 World Cup competition, held in Sri Lanka from 26 September to 7 October 2012. The group stage matches were played at the
Galle International Stadium
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in
Galle
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Galle was known as ''Gi ...
and semi-finals and final were played at
R. Premadasa Stadium in
Colombo
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. The competition was held simultaneously with the equivalent men's tournament, the
2012 World Twenty20.
The eventual victors were the
2010
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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 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
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Sri Lanka does not currently observe daylight saving time.
History
On 15 Apri ...
(
UTC+05:30)''
Warm-up matches
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 edition of the Men's T20 World Cup, formerly known as the ICC World Twenty20, an international Twenty20 International, Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place in Sri Lanka from 18 September to 7 O ...
References
External links
ICC Women's World Twenty20 2012from
Cricinfo
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ICC Women's World Twenty20 statistics pagefrom
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