The 2018 Women's World Twenty20 was the sixth edition of the Women's World Twenty20, hosted in the

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from 9 to 24 November 2018. It the second World Twenty20 hosted by the West Indies (after the 2010 edition), and the

were the defending champions. The tournament was awarded to the

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(WICB) at the 2013 annual conference of the

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(ICC).(29 June 2013)
"Outcomes from ICC Annual Conference week in London"
– International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 July 2015. The tournament's dates were confirmed at an ICC board meeting in January 2015. In February 2017, the ICC confirmed that this would be the first T20 tournament that uses the

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, with one review per side. The qualifier tournament for the competition was held in July 2018 in the Netherlands. Both

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and

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won their respective semi-final matches in the qualifier, to advance to the Women's World Twenty20 tournament. The first match scheduled to be played in

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, between

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and

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, was abandoned due to rain. With further rain forecast in Saint Lucia, the ICC looked at a contingency plan of moving other group games to

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. The following day, the ICC confirmed that the Group A matches would remain in Saint Lucia. The ICC cited logistical issues and cost as the main factors for not moving the fixtures.

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in Group B qualified for the semi-finals, with their win against

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, to give them three wins from three matches.

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, also in Group B, qualified for the semi-finals, after they beat

by 52 runs, with three wins from three matches. In Group A, tournament hosts the

, along with

, progressed to the semi-finals, after wins in their penultimate group-stage fixtures. In the first semi-final, the West Indies faced Australia, with England and India playing each other in the second semi-final. Australia beat the West Indies by 71 runs and England beat India by 8 wickets to progress to the final. Australia won their fourth title after beating England in the final by 8 wickets. Meg Lanning, captain of the Australian team said that the victory was "the most satisfying win I've been involved in" adding that "there will be some big celebrations". England's captain, Heather Knight, said that the team did not post a competitive total, but was "proud of the girls for reaching another world final". Australia's Alyssa Healy was named the player of the tournament.

Teams and qualification

Eight teams qualified automatically and they were joined by two teams from the qualifier tournament.

Squads

On 10 October 2018 the ICC confirmed all the squads for the tournament.

Venues

In January 2018, the ICC announced that three venues would be hosting matches:

Match officials

On 25 October 2018, the ICC appointed the officials for the tournament. Along with the twelve umpires,

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and Graeme Labrooy were also named as the match referees. * Gregory Brathwaite * Kim Cotton * Shaun George * Wayne Knights * Nitin Menon * Sam Nogajski * Claire Polosak * Ahsan Raza * Sue Redfern * Langton Rusere * Sharfuddoula * Jacqueline Williams

Prize money

The International Cricket Council declared a total prize money pool of US$750,000 for the tournament, an increase from the $400,000 for the 2016 event. The prize money was allocated according to the performance of the team as follows:

Group stage

The fixtures for the tournament were confirmed in June 2018. All times are given in Eastern Caribbean Time ( UTC-04:00)

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

Team of the tournament

On 25 November 2018, ICC announced its team of the tournament. The selection panel consisted of Ian Bishop, Anjum Chopra, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Melinda Farrell and Geoff Allardice. * Alyssa Healy * Smriti Mandhana * Amy Jones ( wk) * Harmanpreet Kaur ( c) * Deandra Dottin * Javeria Khan *

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* Anya Shrubsole * Kirstie Gordon * Poonam Yadav * Jahanara Alam (12th woman)

References

Notes

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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