Women's Twenty20 cricket
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Women's Twenty20 cricket is the newly emerging use of the Twenty20 match format in women's cricket. While both women's cricket and Twenty20 have themselves enjoyed recent success, women's Twenty20 has only been an international cricket game format since 2004, with a mere 10 matches played between four teams.[1]
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[edit] Format
The format of women's Twenty20 is no different from that of the men's sport:
- Should a bowler deliver a no ball by overstepping the popping crease, it costs 2 runs and his next delivery is designated a free-hit, from which the batsman can only be dismissed through a run out, for hitting the ball twice, obstructing the field or handling the ball, as is the case for the original "no ball".
- Bowlers may bowl a maximum of only 4 overs per innings.
- Umpires may award 5-run penalty runs at their discretion if they believe either team is wasting time.
- If the fielding team do not start to bowl their 20th over within 75 minutes, the batting side is credited an extra 6 runs for every whole over bowled after the 75 minute mark; the umpire may add more time to this, if he considers the batting team is wasting time.
- The following fielding restrictions apply:
- No more than 5 fielders can be on the leg side at any time.
- During the first 6 overs, a maximum of 2 fielders can be outside the 30-yard circle.
- After the first 6 overs, a maximum of 5 fielders can be outside the fielding circle.
- If the match ends with the scores tied and there must be a winner, the tie is broken with a bowl-out (similar to a penalty shoot-out in football), with 5 bowlers from each side delivering 2 balls each at an unguarded wicket. If the number of wickets is equal after the first 10 balls per side, the bowling continues and is decided by sudden death.
[edit] Eligibility
In 2006, the ICC announced that only the top 10 ranked women's sides would have Test and ODI (and therefore Twenty20) status:
[edit] International matches
| No. | Date | Result | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 August 2004 |  New Zealand defeated  England by 9 runs |
County Ground, Hove |
| 2 | 2 September 2005 |  Australia defeated England by 7 wickets |
County Ground, Taunton |
| 3 | 5 August 2006 |  India defeated England by 8 wickets |
County Ground, Derby |
| 4 | 18 October 2006 | Australia tied with New Zealand, (Australia won bowl-out 2-1) |
Allan Border Field, Brisbane |
| 5 | 19 July 2007 | Australia defeated New Zealand by 1 run |
Gardens Oval, Darwin |
| 6 | 10 August 2007 | New Zealand defeated  South Africa by 97 runs |
Taunton Cricket Ground |
| 7 | 10 August 2007 | England defeated South Africa by 86 runs |
Taunton Cricket Ground |
| 8 | 12 August 2007 | England defeated New Zealand by 20 runs |
Bath Cricket Ground |
| 9 | 13 August 2007 | England defeated New Zealand by 5 wickets |
Bath Cricket Ground |
| 10 | 16 August 2007 | New Zealand defeated England by 38 runs |
Taunton Cricket Ground |
[edit] Women's Twenty20 records
Totals, wins and losses
- Highest innings total: 186/7 by New Zealand v South Africa at Taunton, August 10, 2007
- Lowest innings total: 89 by South Africa v New Zealand at Taunton, August 10, 2007
- Highest win margin: (by runs) 97 by New Zealand v South Africa at Taunton, August 10, 2007 (by wickets) 8 by India v England at Derby, August 5, 2006
- Lowest win margin: (by runs) 1 by New Zealand v Australia at Darwin, 19 July 2007 (by wickets) 5 by England team v New Zealand at Bath Cricket Ground, August 13, 2007[2]
Batting
- Most career runs: Charlotte Edwards, 200
- Highest innings score: Karen Rolton, 96
- Highest career average: Karen Rolton, 173
- Best debut score: Karen Rolton, 96[2]
Bowling
- Most career wickets: Nicola Browne, 8 and Jenny Gunn, 8
- Best figures in an innings: Amy Satterthwaite, 6/17
- Best figures on debut: Rosalie Birch, 4/27[2]
Captaining
- Youngest captain: Mithali Raj 23 years 245 days
- Most matches as captain: Haidee Tiffen, 6 matches[2]
[edit] By country
[edit] England
Batting
- Highest score: Charlotte Edwards, 64
- Highest batting average: Charlotte Edwards,, 40.00
- Most 50s: Charlotte Edwards, 2[2]
Bowling
- Most wickets: Jenny Gunn, 8
- Best bowling figures: Jenny Gunn, 4/9[2]
[edit] Australia
Batting
- Highest score: Karen Rolton, 96
- Highest batting average: Karen Rolton, 173.00
- Most 50s: Karen Rolton, 2[2]
Bowling
- Most wickets: Lisa Sthalekar, 4
- Best bowling figures: Lisa Sthalekar , 2/15[2]
[edit] New Zealand
Batting
- Highest score: Suzie Bates, 62
- Highest batting average: Suzie Bates, 34.00
- Most 50s: Suzie Bates and Aimee Mason, 1[2]
Bowling
- Most wickets: Nicola Browne , 8
- Best bowling figures: Helen Watson, 3/13[2]
[edit] India
Batting
- Highest score: Rumeli Dhar, 66*
- Highest batting average: Mithali Raj, 28.00
- Most 50s: Rumeli Dhar, 1[2]
Bowling
- Most wickets: Jhulan Goswami, 2
- Best bowling figures: Jhulan Goswami, 2/14[2]
[edit] South Africa
Batting
- Highest score: Johmari Logtenberg, 29
- Highest batting average: Cri-zelda Brits, 22.00
- Most 50s: - [2]
Bowling
- Most wickets: Susan Benade, Johmari Logtenberg and Sunette Loubser, 2
- Best bowling figures: Sunette Loubser, 2/30[2]
[edit] Notes
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