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The 2023 Women's T20 World Cup was the eighth edition of Women's T20 World Cup tournament. It was held in South Africa between 10 February and 26 February 2023. The final took place at Cape Town.
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
won their sixth and third consecutive title after beating the hosts
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
in the final by 19 runs.


Teams and qualification

In December 2020 the ICC confirmed the qualification process for the tournament. South Africa automatically qualified for the tournament as the hosts. They were joined by the seven highest ranked teams in the ICC Women's T20I Rankings, as of 30 November 2021, who competed at the 2020 Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. The remaining two teams were Ireland and Bangladesh, the finalists of the qualifying tournament.


Squads

Each team selected a squad of 15 players before the tournament, and was able to replace any injured players. Pakistan were the first to name their squad on 14 December 2022.


Venues

In August 2022, the ICC announced that three venues in three cities would host matches. The venues were Newlands Cricket Ground, St George's Park and Boland Park.


Match officials

On 27 January 2023, the ICC appointed the all-woman panel of match officials for the tournament. Along with the ten umpires, G. S. Lakshmi, Shandre Fritz and Michell Pereira were also named as the match referees. ;Match Referees * Shandre Fritz * G. S. Lakshmi * Michell Pereira ;Umpires * Lauren Agenbag * Kim Cotton * Anna Harris * Narayanan Janani * Nimali Perera * Claire Polosak * Vrinda Rathi * Sue Redfern * Eloise Sheridan * Jacqueline Williams


Prize money

The total prize money purse of US$2,450,000 was available for the tournament and was allocated according to the performance of the team as follows:


Warm-up matches

Before the T20 World Cup, the participating nations competed in ten warm-up matches, which were played from 6 February to 8 February 2023. These matches did not have either
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 very firs ...
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Group stage

The ICC released the fixture details on 3 October 2022.


Group 1

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Group 2

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Knockout stage


Bracket


Semi-finals

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Final


Statistics

South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 230 runs. England's Sophie Ecclestone, was the leading wicket-taker, finishing with eleven dismissals.


Team of the tournament

On 27 February 2023, ICC announced its team of the tournament picked by a selection panel featuring Ian Bishop, Anjum Chopra, Lisa Sthalekar, Mel Jones,
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, Ebony Rainford-Brent and Mpumelelo Mbangwa. * Tazmin Brits * Alyssa Healy ( wk) * Laura Wolvaardt * Nat Sciver-Brunt ( c) * Ashleigh Gardner * Richa Ghosh * Sophie Ecclestone * Karishma Ramharack * Shabnim Ismail * Darcie Brown * Megan Schutt * Orla Prendergast (12th player)


References


External links


Tournament home at ESPNcricinfo
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