The 2024 Women's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the

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. Originally scheduled to be hosted in

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from 3 to 20 October 2024, it was later relocated to the

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for the same dates due to political unrest in Bangladesh, although the

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still held the hosting rights. New Zealand won their first title defeating South Africa by 32 runs in the final at Dubai. The tournament featured 10 teams, including the hosts, the top six teams from the 2023 edition, next highest-ranked team in the

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not already qualified, and two other teams determined through the global qualifier.

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qualified for the Women's T20 World Cup for the first time.

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were the defending champions and were defeated in the

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won its maiden title by defeating

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in the

and

in the

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Background

The

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is a professional WT20I tournament held between women's national cricket teams, organized by the

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(ICC). The tournament, now being held every two years, was first played in 2009 in

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. The last tournament held in 2023 in

was contested by 10 teams. The defending champions were

, who defeated

in the final of the previous edition.

Host selection

In July 2022, the ICC announced that the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup would be played in Bangladesh. In August 2024, the ICC announced that the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup would be played in the

, with the

remaining the official hosts.

Format

The 10 qualifying teams were divided into two groups of five teams; all the five teams in a group played with all the others – for a total of ten matches – and the top two teams in each group advanced to the

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Schedule

On 28 July 2024, ICC announced that the tournament will be played from 3 to 20 October 2024. It was scheduled to be hosted in

. However, it was later relocated to the

for the same dates in August 2024. On 16 August 2024, ICC announced that warm-up fixtures will be held from 27 September to 1 October. However, on 27 August 2024, after the announcement of the revised schedule, the warm-up fixtures were scheduled to be held from 28 September to 1 October.

Prize money

The ICC allocated a pool of US$7,958,080 in prize money for the tournament. The winners would earn at least $2.34 million. In addition, each team will receive an additional $31,154 for each match they win excluding the semi-finals and final.

Qualification

In April 2022, the ICC confirmed the qualification process for the tournament. The hosts,

along with the top six teams from the 2023 tournament qualified automatically for the tournament. The remaining automatic qualification spot was taken by the best-ranked team in the

which had not already qualified, as of 27 February 2023. The two remaining places were filled via the global qualifier, in which teams advanced from the regional qualifiers competed for it.

qualified for the Women's T20 World Cup for the first time after defeating

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in the first semi-final of the qualifier.

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

became the second qualifier and reached their ninth T20 World Cup after defeating United Arab Emirates in the second semi-final. Overall, nine out of ten teams from

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reached the T20 World Cup, with the only difference being Scotland replacing

2024 Womens T20 World Cup Participating nations

Venues

In July 2022, the

confirmed that two venues,

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and

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, would host the matches. Dhaka was to host the final, although Sylhet was originally meant to host the finals. Later, in August 2024, ICC announced that the

will host the Women's T20 World Cup instead of

due to internal conflicts in Bangladesh, although the BCB will retain the hosting rights to the event. The matches are being played at

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and

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Squads

Each team was allowed to have a squad of 15 players with the provisional squad required to be submitted before the tournament.

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were the first to name their squad on 25 August 2024.

followed a day after. On 27th August,

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and

announced their squads as well.

announced their squad on 29 August 2024.

announced their squad on 2 September 2024.

announced their squad on 3 September 2024.

announced their squad on 10 September 2024.

announced their squad on 18 September 2024.

became the final team to announce their squad on 20 September 2024.

Match officials

On 24 September 2024, the ICC appointed an all-woman panel of match officials made up of three

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s and ten

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s for the tournament. ; Match referees ; Umpires

Warm-up matches

Ten warm-up matches were played from 28 September to 1 October 2024. These matches did not have either WT20I status or WT20 status. The warm-up matches were played at

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, ICC Academy Ground No. 1 and No. 2 in

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Group stage

The ICC announced the groups and its fixtures on 5 May 2024. After the relocation of the tournament to the United Arab Emirates, the new schedule was announced on 26 August 2024. The group stage matches were played from 3 to 15 October 2024. The 10 teams were divided into two groups of five with each team facing the other teams in the group for a total of 20 matches. The opening match was played between Bangladesh and Scotland at

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Group stage summary

Week 1

The tournament commenced on 3 October with

taking on

. Bangladesh, batting first made a score of 119/7 from their 20 overs and then restricting Scotland to 103/7 despite

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's 49 * and winning by 16 runs giving Bangladesh their first win in women's T20 World Cup. The second match saw

being bowled out for 116 runs and then restricting

for 85/9 and winning the match by 31 runs. This is the first time that Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in women's T20 World Cup. The second day saw

putting

to bat and restricting them to 118/6 thanks to Nonkululeko Mlaba's 4/29 and then chasing the target down in 17.5 overs with 10 wickets in hand with the captain

Laura Wolvaardt Laura Wolvaardt (born 26 April 1999) is a South African cricketer who currently plays for Western Province, Adelaide Strikers, Gujarat Giants, Manchester Originals and South Africa. She plays as a right-handed opening batter. She has previo ...

and

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both getting half-centuries. The next match saw

, batting first put a score of 160/4 with an unbeaten half century from the captain

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before bundling out

for just 102, with Rosemary Mair's 4-fer and winning by a margin of 58 runs. On 5 October,

took on Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka put a mere score of 93/7 which Australia chased down with 6 wickets and 34 balls to spare riding on

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's unbeaten 43. The next match saw Bangladesh restricting

for 118/7 but falling short of the target by 21 runs. On 6 October, arch-rivals India and Pakistan took on each other at

. Pakistan put up a score of 105/8 with Nida Dar's 28 being the highest score and

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picking up 3 wickets for 19 runs. India chased down the total in 18.5 overs with the help of

Shafali Verma Shafali Verma (born 28 January 2004) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the women's national cricket team. In 2019, at the age of 15, she became the youngest cricketer to play in a Women's Twenty20 International (T20I) match for India. In Jun ...

's 32 and

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's 29. The second match of the day saw West Indies taking on Scotland. Batting first, Scotland made 99/8 from their quota of 20 overs before West Indies made light work of the total, chasing it down in 11.4 overs. On 7 October, England took on South Africa at Sharjah. South Africa put up a score of 124/6 with

top-scoring with 42 and

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taking 2/15. England chased it down in 19.2 overs with the help of

Nat Sciver-Brunt Natalie Ruth Sciver-Brunt (; ; born 20 August 1992) is an English cricketer who represents England women's cricket team, England in all formats. She was the first cricketer for England to take a hat-trick (cricket), hat-trick in a Women's Twen ...

's 48* and

Danni Wyatt Danielle Nicole Wyatt-Hodge (; born 22 April 1991) is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey, Southern Brave, England and Royal Challengers Bangalore. She plays as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She ma ...

's 43. On 8 October, Trans-Tasmanian rivals Australia took on New Zealand at Sharjah. Australia put up a score of 148/8 with

top-scoring with 40 and

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taking 4/26. In reply, New Zealand was bowled out for 88 with

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taking 3/3. The next day was a double header. In the first match, batting first, South Africa made 166/5 before bowling Scotland out for 86 and winning by a huge margin of 80 runs. The next match saw India put up a score of 172/3 with the help of

's 52 * and

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's 50, before bowling Sri Lanka out for 90 and winning by 82 runs.

Week 2

On 10 October, Bangladesh took on West Indies. Put into bat, Bangladesh was restricted to 103/8 from 20 overs thanks to

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's 4/17 before the West Indies chased it down in 12.5 overs with 8 wickets to spare. On 11 October, Australia took on Pakistan. Put into bat, Pakistan was bowled out for 82 thanks to

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's 4/21 before Australia chased down the total in 11 overs with 9 wickets to spare. The next day was a double header. In the first match, batting first, Sri Lanka were restricted to 115/5, which was chased down by New Zealand in 17.3 overs thanks to Georgia Plimmer's 53. In the second game, batting first, Bangladesh were restricted to 106/3, which was chased down by South Africa in 17.2 overs thanks to

' 42. On 13 October, Scotland, batting first, put up 109/6 in 20 overs. In reply, England chased it down comfortably in 10 overs without losing any wickets with both Maia Bouchier and Danni Wyatt-Hodge scoring unbeaten half-centuries. In the second match of the day, Australia, batting first, scored 151/8 in 20 overs. India came close but fell short by 9 runs despite

's unbeaten 54. As a result of this match Australia qualified for the semi-finals. 14 October saw Pakistan take on New Zealand. Batting first, New Zealand made 110/6 in the 20 overs before bowling out Pakistan for 56 runs in 11.4 overs, with

picking up 3 wickets and qualifying for the semi-finals and knocking out Pakistan and India. Pakistan lost the last 5 wickets for just 4 runs. On the last day and last match of the group stage, England took on West Indies. Put into bat, England made 141/7 with the help of

's 57 *. In reply, West Indies chased it down in 18 overs with 6 wickets to spare, with the help of fifties from

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and

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. As a result, West Indies and South Africa qualified for the semi-finals while England were eliminated with net run-rate the deciding factor.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals, played at

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on 17 October and

on 18 October, and the final, also at Dubai on 20 October.

Bracket

Semi-finals

In the first semi-final, Australia took on South Africa at

on 17 October. Put into bat, Australia put up 134/5 with the help of

's 44. In reply, South Africa chased it down in 17.2 overs, led by

Anneke Bosch Anneke Elizabeth Bosch (born 17 August 1993) is a South African cricketer. Career Bosch made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut against Australia on 18 November 2016. In September 2019, she was named in the Terblanche XI ...

's 74 * and

's 42 to win by 8 wickets to reach their second consecutive final. The second semi-final at

on 18 October saw West Indies battle it out against New Zealand. Batting first, New Zealand put on 128/9 with

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picking up 4/22 and then restricting West Indies to 120/8 with the help of Eden Carson's 3/29 to win by 8 runs and reach the final for the first time since

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Final

The final saw South Africa take on New Zealand at

with both teams looking to win their maiden ICC Men's or Women's T20 Trophy. Put into bat, New Zealand's Georgia Plimmer hit two fours in the first over before being dismissed in the next over by

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scored 32 but was dismissed by Nonkululeko Mlaba.

was dismissed next for just 6 runs by

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. Then a 57-run partnership between

and

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took the score to 127 before Halliday was dismissed. Kerr was dismissed for 43.

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's six in the last over, took New Zealand score to 158/5 after 20 overs. Mlaba was the pick of the bowlers taking 2/31 in 4 overs while Khaka, de Klerk and Tryon picked up one wicket each. South Africa started the innings strongly with a partnership of 51 runs from 41 balls between

and

. Brits was dismissed in the 7th over by Fran Jonas. In the 10th over,

struck twice first getting Wolvaardt for 33 in the first ball of the over and in the last ball dismissed

for 9.

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was the next to be dismissed by Eden Carson for 8 and in the very next ball Rosemary Mair dismissed

for 6 reducing South Africa to 77/5. Then, South Africa lost wickets at regular intervals, with

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dismissed for 8,

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for 10, and Tryon for 14 ending their innings at 126/9 from 20 overs and New Zealand winning the match by 32 runs. Amelia Kerr and Rosemary Mair getting 3 wickets each for New Zealand.

got third time lucky and winning their first

. They lost the previous two finals in

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and

. This was also New Zealand first T20 World Cup title in men's and women's cricket.

Statistics

* Source: CricInfo * Source: CricInfo

Team of the tournament

On 21 October 2024, the ICC announced its team of the tournament with

being named as player of the tournament and

as the captain of the team.

Broadcasting

The T20 World Cup streamed on ICC.tv for free to 116 territories in Afghanistan, Continental Europe, the Pacific Islands, and South-East Asia.

References

External links

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