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This article is about the format for women's international cricket. For the men's format, see Twenty20 international.

Women's Twenty20 international (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 international is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members.[1] The very first Twenty20 International match was played on 5 August 2004 between England and New Zealand at Hove,[2][3] six months before the first Twenty20 International match was played between two men's teams.[4] The Women's T20 World Cup, the highest-level event in the format, was first held in 2009.

Women's Twenty20 International
Highest governing bodyInternational Cricket Council
NicknamesWT20I
First played5 August 2004
Characteristics
Team membersICC members
Mixed-sexNo
TypeOutdoor Game
Equipment
  • Ball,
  • Bat,
  • Stumps,
  • Cricket Helmet,
  • Thigh Guard,
  • Batting Pads,
  • Abdominal Guard,
  • Gloves,
  • etc
VenueCricket Stadium
Presence
Country or regionWorldwide

In April 2018, the ICC granted full women's Twenty20 international (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between two international sides after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[5] A month after the conclusion of the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, which took place in June 2018, the ICC retrospectively gave all the fixtures in the tournament full WT20I status.[6] On 22 November 2021, in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament, the match between Hong Kong and Nepal was the 1,000th WT20I to be played.[7]

Involved nations

The ICC granted Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members from 1 July 2018.[8] As of April 2025, 91 nations have played WT20Is.[9]

The full list of teams who have played full WT20I matches, with the date of their first match, is as follows:[10]

  1.  England (5 August 2004)
  2.  New Zealand (5 August 2004)
  3.  Australia (2 September 2005)
  4.  India (5 August 2006)
  5.  South Africa (10 August 2007)
  6.  Ireland (27 June 2008)
  7.  West Indies (27 June 2008)
  8.  Netherlands (1 July 2008)
  9.  Pakistan (25 May 2009)
  10.  Sri Lanka (12 June 2009)
  11.  Bangladesh (28 August 2012)
  12.  Malaysia (3 June 2018)
  13.  Thailand (3 June 2018)
  14.  Scotland (7 July 2018)
  15.  Uganda (7 July 2018)
  16.  United Arab Emirates (7 July 2018)
  17.  Papua New Guinea (7 July 2018)
  18.  Singapore (9 August 2018)
  19.  Botswana (20 August 2018)
  20.  Lesotho (20 August 2018)
  21.  Malawi (20 August 2018)
  22.  Namibia (20 August 2018)
  23.  Mozambique (20 August 2018)
  24.  Sierra Leone (20 August 2018)
  25.  Brazil (23 August 2018)
  26.  Mexico (23 August 2018)
  27.  Chile (23 August 2018)
  28.  China (3 November 2018)
  29.  South Korea (3 November 2018)
  30.  Zimbabwe (5 January 2019)
  31.    Nepal (12 January 2019)
  32.  Hong Kong (12 January 2019)
  33.  Indonesia (12 January 2019)
  34.  Myanmar (12 January 2019)
  35.  Bhutan (13 January 2019)
  36.  Nigeria (26 January 2019)
  37.  Rwanda (26 January 2019)
  38.  Kuwait (18 February 2019)
  39.  Kenya (6 April 2019)
  40.  Costa Rica (26 April 2019)
  41.  Vanuatu (6 May 2019)
  42.  Japan (6 May 2019)
  43.  Fiji (6 May 2019)
  44.  Samoa (6 May 2019)
  45.  Tanzania (6 May 2019)
  46.  Canada (17 May 2019)
  47.  United States (17 May 2019)
  48.  Guernsey (31 May 2019)
  49.  Jersey (31 May 2019)
  50.  Mali (18 June 2019)
  51.  Germany (26 June 2019)
  52.  France (31 July 2019)
  53.  Austria (31 July 2019)
  54.  Norway (31 July 2019)
  55.  Argentina (3 October 2019)
  56.  Peru (3 October 2019)
  57.  Maldives (2 December 2019)
  58.  Belize (13 December 2019)
  59.  Philippines (21 December 2019)
  60.  Oman (17 January 2020)
  61.  Qatar (17 January 2020)
  62.  Italy (9 August 2021)
  63.  Sweden (29 August 2021)
  64.  Eswatini (9 September 2021)
  65.  Cameroon (12 September 2021)
  66.  Belgium (25 September 2021)
  67.  Bahrain (20 March 2022)
  68.  Saudi Arabia (20 March 2022)
  69.  Ghana (28 March 2022)
  70.  Gambia (29 March 2022)
  71.  Spain (5 May 2022)
  72.  Denmark (28 May 2022)
  73.  Barbados (29 July 2022)
  74.  Malta (27 August 2022)
  75.  Romania (27 August 2022)
  76.  Greece (9 September 2022)
  77.  Serbia (10 September 2022)
  78.  Isle of Man (12 November 2022)
  79.  Cambodia (21 December 2022)
  80.  Turkey (29 May 2023)
  81.  Estonia (26 August 2023)
  82.  Cook Islands (1 September 2023)
  83.  Luxembourg (5 September 2023)
  84.  Mongolia (19 September 2023)
  85.  Gibraltar (20 April 2024)
  86.  Czech Republic (8 June 2024)
  87.  Croatia (14 June 2024)
  88.  Cyprus (17 June 2024)
  89.  Cayman Islands (26 September 2024)
  90.  Bulgaria (12 October 2024)
  91.  Portugal (7 April 2025)
  92.   Switzerland (28 May 2025)

Rankings

Before October 2018, ICC did not maintain a separate Twenty20 ranking for the women's game, instead aggregating performance over all three forms of the game into one overall women's teams ranking.[11] In January 2018, ICC granted international status to all matches between associate nations and announced plan to launch separate T20I rankings for women.[1] In October 2018 the T20I rankings were launched with separate ODI rankings for Full Members.[12]

ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings
Team Matches Points Rating
 Australia 31 9,260 299
 England 43 11,911 277
 India 41 10,800 263
 New Zealand 34 8,600 253
 South Africa 33 7,954 241
 West Indies 35 8,433 241
 Sri Lanka 38 8,672 228
 Pakistan 33 7,247 220
 Ireland 27 5,245 194
 Bangladesh 34 6,535 192
 Thailand 43 6,708 156
 Papua New Guinea 19 2,949 155
 Scotland 20 3,071 154
 Zimbabwe 25 3,302 132
 Netherlands 31 3,949 127
 United Arab Emirates 42 5,161 123
 Uganda 53 6,041 114
 Namibia 40 4,504 113
 Tanzania 25 2,580 103
 Indonesia 23 2,304 100
   Nepal 36 3,360 93
 Hong Kong 50 4,484 90
 Italy 27 2,371 88
 Rwanda 49 3,989 81
 United States 22 1,725 78
 Nigeria 31 2,362 76
 Malaysia 30 2,217 74
 Kenya 36 2,527 70
 Jersey 26 1,794 69
 Canada 9 563 63
 Spain 17 1,049 62
 Vanuatu 21 1,244 59
 Germany 23 1,284 56
 Brazil 28 1,281 46
 Myanmar 23 1,040 45
 Isle of Man 27 1,199 44
 Sweden 20 884 44
 Denmark 19 799 42
 Japan 26 1,043 40
 Sierra Leone 22 879 40
 Cyprus 18 712 40
 Gibraltar 12 447 37
 Guernsey 12 423 35
 China 23 699 30
 Kuwait 22 668 30
 Botswana 30 886 30
 Samoa 18 526 29
 Greece 22 614 28
 France 14 352 25
 Oman 6 150 25
 Croatia 10 237 24
 Austria 25 545 22
 Bhutan 20 398 20
 Mozambique 15 277 18
 Qatar 16 277 17
 Argentina 19 322 17
 Romania 8 126 16
 Serbia 13 200 15
 Cook Islands 9 119 13
 Malta 17 200 12
 Fiji 15 174 12
 Estonia 13 150 12
 Luxembourg 11 104 9
 Malawi 16 150 9
 Norway 16 125 8
 Philippines 16 65 4
 Cambodia 7 15 2
 Singapore 36 51 1
 Cameroon 19 25 1
 Mongolia 16 0 0
 Eswatini 12 0 0
 Lesotho 5 0 0
 Czech Republic 16 0 0
 Bulgaria 11 0 0
 Belgium 8 0 0
 Bahrain 15 0 0
Source: ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings, 3 July 2025

Statistics and records

Main article: List of women's Twenty20 International records

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Women's Twenty20 Playing Conditions" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  2. ^ Miller, Andrew (6 August 2004). "Revolution at the seaside". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Wonder Women – Ten T20I records women own". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. ^ English, Peter (17 February 2005). "Ponting leads as Kasprowicz follows". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  5. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  6. ^ "ICC Board brings in tougher Code of Sanctions". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Favourites Nepal eye for Global Qualifier spot". Cricket Addictors Association. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  8. ^ "ICC grants T20I status to all 104 members countries". Cricbuzz. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Women T20I matches / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Team records | Women's Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  11. ^ "ICC Women's Team Rankings launched". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  12. ^ "ICC Launches Global Women's T20I Team Rankings". 12 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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