2015 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier

2015 Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
Dates 28 November – 5 December 2015
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format 20-over
Tournament format(s) Group stages, playoffs
Host(s)  Thailand
Champions  Ireland (1st title)
Participants 8
Matches played 20
Player of the series Bangladesh Rumana Ahmed
Most runs Ireland Cecelia Joyce (184)
Most wickets Bangladesh Rumana Ahmed (16)

The 2015 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament held in Thailand from 28 November to 5 December 2015. It was the second edition of the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier.

Eight teams contested the tournament, with the hosts, Thailand, being joined by the bottom two teams from the 2014 World Twenty20 and five regional qualifiers. Ireland defeated Bangladesh in the final by two wickets, with both teams qualifying for the 2016 World Twenty20 tournament in India.[1] Bangladesh's Rumana Ahmed was the player of the tournament and was the leading wicket-taker, while Ireland's Cecelia Joyce led the tournament in runs. All matches were played in Bangkok, with two grounds being used (the Thailand Cricket Ground and the Asian Institute of Technology Ground).[2]

Qualification and format

The tournament involved eight teams, the same number as at the inaugural 2013 edition.[3] For the preliminary stages of the tournament, the teams were divided into two groups of four, with the top two in each group moving into the semi-finals. The two winners of the semi-finals qualified for the 2016 World Twenty20.[4] As in the 2013 tournament, the four teams that failed to make the semi-finals played off in a repechage competition (referred to as the Shield).[2]

Of the eight teams, two (Bangladesh and Ireland) qualified automatically by finishing in the last two places at the 2014 World Twenty20. Thailand qualified for the tournament as the host, while the other five teams qualified through regional tournaments. Teams from the ICC Americas region were unable to qualify for the tournament, as funding had been withdrawn for the ICC Americas Women's Championship in 2014, leading to its cancellation.[5] Instead, Europe was given an additional qualification spot. Bangladesh, China, Papua New Guinea, and Scotland participated in the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier for the first time.[6]

Team Qualification
 Thailand Tournament host
 Bangladesh 2014 World Twenty20
 China ACC representative
 Ireland 2014 World Twenty20
 Netherlands ICC Europe representative (1)
 Papua New Guinea ICC East Asia-Pacific representative
 Scotland ICC Europe representative (2)
 Zimbabwe ICC Africa representative

Squads

 Bangladesh[7]
Coach: Janak Gamage		  China  Ireland[8]
Coach: Aaron Hamilton		  Netherlands[9]
Coach: Peter Cantrell
  • Huang Zhuo (c)
  • Caiyun Zhao
  • Chai Yudian (wk)
  • Han Lili
  • Li Yingying
  • Liu Jie
  • Reziye
  • Song Yang Yang
  • Sun Meng Yao
  • Tian Qi
  • Wang Meng
  • Wu Juan
  • Xiang Ruan
  • Zhao Ning
 Papua New Guinea[10]
Coach: Rodney Maha		  Scotland[11]
Player-coach: Kari Anderson		  Thailand  Zimbabwe[12]
Coach: Trevor Phiri

Group stages

Group A

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
 Bangladesh 3 3 0 0 0 6 +2.518
 Scotland 3 2 1 0 0 4 –0.048
 Papua New Guinea 3 1 2 0 0 2 –0.831
 Thailand 3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.603
Key
Advanced to finals stage
Advanced to shield stage
28 November
10:00 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
105/6 (20 overs)
v
 Thailand
32 (14.4 overs)
Bangladesh won by 73 runs
Thailand Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Ayasha Rahman (Ban)
  • Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
28 November
13:45 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
PNG 
53 (19.2 overs)
v
 Scotland
55/2 (15.4 overs)
Scotland won by 8 wickets
Thailand Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Kari Anderson (Sco)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
29 November
10:00 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Scotland 
53 (19.1 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
54/2 (12.4 overs)
Bangladesh won by 8 wickets
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Rumana Ahmed (Ban)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
29 November
13:45 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Thailand 
70/6 (20 overs)
v
 PNG
71/3 (17 overs)
PNG won by 7 wickets
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Norma Ovasuru (PNG)
  • PNG won the toss and elected to field.
1 December
10:00 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Thailand 
74/7 (20 overs)
v
 Scotland
75/4 (18.2 overs)
Scotland won by 6 wickets
Thailand Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Rachel Scholes (Sco)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
1 December
10:00 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
100/7 (20 overs)
v
 PNG
59 (19.5 overs)
Bangladesh won by 41 runs
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Khadija Tul Kubra (Ban)
  • PNG won the toss and elected to field.

Group B

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
 Ireland 3 3 0 0 0 6 +1.743
 Zimbabwe 3 2 1 0 0 4 –0.221
 China 3 1 2 0 0 2 –0.489
 Netherlands 3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.036
Key
Advanced to finals stage
Advanced to shield stage
28 November
10:00 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Netherlands 
90/6 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
91/2 (11.5 overs)
Ireland won by 8 wickets
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Miranda Veringmeier (Ned)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
28 November
13:45 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
China 
88/5 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
89/0 (18.2 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 10 wickets
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Chipo Mugeri (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
29 November
10:00 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Ireland 
104/6 (20 overs)
v
 China
76/7 (20 overs)
Ireland won by 28 runs
Thailand Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Isobel Joyce (Ire)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
29 November
13:45 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
110/5 (20 overs)
v
 Netherlands
108/4 (20 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 2 runs
Thailand Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Precious Marange (Zim)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
1 December
13:45 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
78 (19 overs)
v
 Ireland
79/3 (15.2 overs)
Ireland won by 7 wickets
Thailand Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Isobel Joyce (Ire)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
1 December
13:45 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Netherlands 
101/6 (20 overs)
v
 China
103/5 (18.4 overs)
China won by 5 wickets
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Huang Zhuo (Chi)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

Shield competition

Shield semi-finals

3 December
10:00 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Netherlands 
105/4 (20 overs)
v
 PNG
106/9 (20 overs)
PNG won by 1 wicket
AIT Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Pauke Siaka (PNG)
  • PNG won the toss and elected to bowl.
3 December
13:45 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
China 
82 (20 overs)
v
 Thailand
77/8 (20 overs)
China won by 5 runs
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Li Yingying (Chn)
  • Thailand won the toss and elected to bowl.

Shield final

5 December
10:00 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
China 
93/4 (20 overs)
v
 PNG
94/3 (18.4 overs)
PNG won by 7 wickets
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Tanya Ruma (PNG)
  • China won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The shield final functioned as the tournament's fifth-place playoff.

Finals

Semi-finals

3 December
10:00 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
89/5 (20 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
58 (19.1 overs)
Bangladesh won by 31 runs
Thailand Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Rumana Ahmed (Ban)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bowl.
  • Bangladesh qualified for the 2016 World Twenty20.
3 December
13:45 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Scotland 
77/9 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
79/1 (11.3 overs)
Ireland won by 9 wickets
Thailand Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Lucy O'Reilly
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl.
  • Ireland qualified for the 2016 World Twenty20.

Final

5 December
10:00 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
105/3 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
106/8 (20 overs)
Ireland won by 2 wickets
Thailand Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Rumana Ahmed (Ban)

Placement matches

Third-place playoff

5 December
13:45 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
 Scotland
94/4 (20 overs)
v
Zimbabwe 
95/7 (19.5 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Chipo Mugeri (Zim)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bowl.

Seventh-place playoff

5 December
13:45 ICT
(UTC+07:00)
Scorecard
Netherlands 
70 (19 overs)
v
 Thailand
71/1 (14.1 overs)
Thailand won by 9 wickets
Thailand Cricket Ground, Bangkok
Player of the match: Naruemol Chaiwai (Tha)
  • Thailand won the toss and elected to bowl.

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R Highest 100s 50s
Cecelia Joyce  Ireland 152 5 38.00 107.04 39 0 0
Huang Zhou  China 122 5 122.00 88.41 40* 0 0
Sterre Kalis  Netherlands 122 5 30.50 67.77 49 0 0
Chipo Mugeri  Zimbabwe 120 5 40.00 75.00 51* 0 1
Miranda Veringmeier  Netherlands 119 5 23.80 100.85 53 0 1

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

Player Team Overs Wkts Ave SR Econ BBI
Rumana Ahmed  Bangladesh 19.0 14 3.64 8.14 2.68 4/8
Isobel Joyce  Ireland 18.0 10 8.10 10.80 4.50 4/20
Kirstie Gordon  Scotland 18.0 8 11.62 13.50 5.17 3/21
Khadija Tul Kubra  Bangladesh 20.0 7 6.14 17.14 2.87 5/11
Ciara Metcalfe  Ireland 15.0 7 10.71 12.86 3.75 3/14

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Final standings

Position Team
1st  Ireland
2nd  Bangladesh
3rd  Zimbabwe
4th  Scotland
5th  Papua New Guinea
6th  China
7th  Thailand
8th  Netherlands

     Qualified for the 2016 World Twenty20.

References

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  2. 1 2 (28 May 2015). "ICC announces schedule of ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015" – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  3. ↑ (16 July 2013). "ICC news July 16, 2013 Three qualifiers to head to Women's WT20" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
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  5. ↑ Peter Della Penna (17 June 2014). "ICC defends move to cancel Americas Women's Championship" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  6. ↑ ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2013 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
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