2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was an international Twenty20 cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka from 23 September to 7 October 2012.[1] The group stage matches were played at the Galle International Stadium in Galle and Semi-Finals and Finals were played at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The competition was held simultaneously with the equivalent men's tournament, the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.
The eventual victors were the 2010 champions Australia, who beat pre-tournament favourites[2] England by four runs in the final, a match which came down to the final ball.[3] England captain Charlotte Edwards blamed this defeat on a "lack of discipline" in her side,[4] whilst Test Match Special analyst Ebony Rainford-Brent cited underachieving bowlers and England's inability to rotate the strike.[4]
With a total of 172 runs (an average of 43 per game), Edwards was named player of the tournament.[5]
The format of the competition is effectively identical to that of the super-eight and knock-out stages of the men's tournament.
Following warm-up matches, the teams were divided into two groups where matches were played in a round-robin format.
The two best placed teams from each group progressed to the two-round knock-out stage, whilst the eliminated teams played each other for qualification for the 2014 tournament.
Venues
All matches were played at the following two grounds:
Fixtures and Results
- All times given are Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Warm-up matches
4 warm-up matches were played on 23 and 24 September featuring all 8 teams.[6]
Warm-up matches
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field
- England won the toss and elected to bat
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- India won the toss and elected to bat
Group stage
Group A
- Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field
- Twenty20 International debut : Sumaiya Siddiqui (Pak)
- India Women won the toss and elected to bat
- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat
- Pakistan's innings was reduced to 9 overs and the revised target was 64
- India Women won the toss and elected to bat
- T20I debut : Anuja Patil (Ind)
- England and Australia have qualified for the semi-finals as a result of these two matches
- Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat
- T20I debut : Rasanara Parwin (Ind)
- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat
Group B
- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field
- Match start delayed due to wet ground condition
- Twenty20 International debut : Inoka Ranaweera (Sri)
- West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field
- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field
- West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field
- First innings abandoned after 10.3 overs due to rain
- Second innings reduced to 8 overs with a D/L adjusted target of 48
- West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field
- West Indies Women qualified for the semi-finals and South Africa Women are eliminated as a result of this match.
- Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat
- New Zealand Women qualified for the semi-finals and Sri Lanka Women are eliminated as a result of this match.
Knockout stage
Play-offs
Semi-finals
- England Women won the toss and elected to field
- England Women have qualified for the final and New Zealand Women are eliminated as a result of this match.
- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat
- Australia Women have qualified for the final and West Indies Women are eliminated as a result of this match.
Final
- England Women won the toss and elected to field
- Australia Women won the 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 and England Women are runner-up as a result of this match.
Statistics
The tables below show the top five holders for each class of record. If the fifth place is shared then all holders are shown. These statistics can be sourced and verified from the Cricinfo Women's World T20 statictics page
- Highest Individual Scores
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- Total Runs Scored (and number of innings played)
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- Most Sixes
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- Fifties (with number of innings played)
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- Best Bowling
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- Most Wickets (and number of matches played)
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See also
References
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