The 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the inaugural

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 11 to 21 June 2009. All group stage matches were played at the County Ground in

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, with the semi-finals held at

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and

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, and the final at

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. The tournament featured eight teams split into two groups.

and

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contested the final, with the host nation bowling out New Zealand for 85, helped by Player of the Match

Katherine Brunt Katherine Helen Brunt (born 2 July 1985) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Yorkshire Women cricket team, Yorkshire, Northern Diamonds, Trent Rockets and England women's cricket team, England. She plays as a right-arm Fast bowling, ...

's opening spell of 3 for 6. Player of the Tournament

Claire Taylor Samantha Claire Taylor (born 25 September 1975) is a former cricketer who represented England more than 150 times between 1998 and 2011. A top order batter,In women's cricket, "batsman" is commonly used, alongside "batter". Taylor was the f ...

's 39 * saw England home to a comfortable six wicket victory.

Squads

Warm-up Games

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Pool stage

Group A

Points Table

Fixtures

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Group B

Points Table

Fixtures

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

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Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

ICC Team of the Tournament

After the tournament's conclusion an ICC panel of experts picked the best composite XI from the players in the Women's World Twenty20. 1

Shelley Nitschke Shelley Nitschke (born 3 December 1976) is a female cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. A left-handed batter and left arm orthodox spinner, she was one of the leading all-rounders in the world until her retirement in 2011. In ...

(Australia) 2

Charlotte Edwards Charlotte Marie Edwards (born 17 December 1979) is an English former cricketer and current cricket coach and commentator. She played primarily as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 23 Test matches, 191 One Day Internationals and 95 Twenty ...

(England) 3

(England) 4

Aimee Watkins Aimee Louise Watkins (; born 11 October 1982) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. Career Watkins appeared in 2 Test matches, 103 One Day Internationals and 36 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2002 and ...

(New Zealand) 5 Sarah Taylor (England) 6 Suzie Bates (New Zealand) 7

Lucy Doolan Lucy Rose Doolan (born 11 December 1987) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She appeared in 40 One Day Internationals and 33 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zeala ...

(New Zealand) 8

Rumeli Dhar Rumeli Anup Dhar (born 9 December 1983) is an Indian former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in four Test matches, 78 One Day Internationals and 18 Twenty20 Internationals f ...

(India) 9

Holly Colvin Holly Louise Colvin (born 7 September 1989) is an English former cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in five Test matches, 72 One Day Internationals and 50 Twenty20 Internationals for ...

(England) 10

Sian Ruck Sian Elizabeth Ansley Ruck is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a left-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 27 One Day Internationals and 37 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2009 and 2013. She played domestic cricket for ...

(New Zealand) 11

Laura Marsh Laura Alexandra Marsh (born 5 December 1986) is an English former cricketer. Born in Pembury, Kent, she began playing cricket at 11 and started her career as a medium pace bowler but found greater success when she switched to off spin. She playe ...

(England) 12th man: Eshani Kaushalya (Sri Lanka)

References

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