Women's Twenty20 International

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 recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). A women's Twenty20 international is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between any two ICC members.[1] The very first Women's 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, 93 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)
  93.  Finland (18 July 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 34 10,007 294
 England 46 13,751 277
 India 52 13,910 268
 New Zealand 39 9,871 253
 South Africa 40 9,662 242
 West Indies 37 8,788 238
 Sri Lanka 45 10,321 229
 Pakistan 39 8,467 217
 Ireland 48 9,494 198
 Bangladesh 41 8,014 195
 Scotland 37 5,909 160
 Thailand 65 9,954 153
 Papua New Guinea 38 5,484 144
 Netherlands 51 6,947 136
 United Arab Emirates 57 7,440 131
 Zimbabwe 42 5,270 125
 Uganda 70 7,877 113
 Namibia 59 6,378 108
 Tanzania 40 4,138 103
 Indonesia 33 3,155 96
   Nepal 45 4,214 94
 Hong Kong 59 5,327 90
 Italy 33 2,891 88
 United States 29 2,520 87
 Rwanda 59 4,901 83
 Nigeria 36 2,694 75
  Switzerland 12 863 72
 Malaysia 45 3,119 69
 Kenya 41 2,832 69
 Vanuatu 26 1,688 65
 Canada 17 1,067 63
 Jersey 30 1,870 62
 Spain 17 1,049 62
 Germany 33 1,850 56
 Brazil 32 1,699 53
 Oman 24 1,214 51
 Myanmar 34 1,577 46
 Sweden 24 1,093 46
 Isle of Man 30 1,312 44
 Japan 33 1,377 42
 Sierra Leone 32 1,322 41
 Cyprus 18 712 40
 Gibraltar 15 535 36
 Guernsey 13 442 34
 China 27 914 34
 Denmark 27 895 33
 Kuwait 27 848 31
 Samoa 23 709 31
 Botswana 35 1,077 31
 Bhutan 26 792 30
 Turkey 11 322 29
 Greece 26 662 25
 France 14 352 25
 Romania 12 290 24
 Croatia 10 237 24
 Austria 32 639 20
 Argentina 19 322 17
 Qatar 29 480 17
 Estonia 23 376 16
 Fiji 22 358 16
 Mozambique 20 301 15
 Serbia 17 246 14
 Norway 24 342 14
 Malta 17 200 12
 Malawi 21 226 11
 Luxembourg 15 149 10
 Cameroon 24 160 7
 Lesotho 10 50 5
 Singapore 45 166 4
 Philippines 23 39 2
 Cook Islands 14 6 0
 Eswatini 17 0 0
 Finland 9 0 0
 Czech Republic 19 0 0
 Bulgaria 19 0 0
 Belgium 8 0 0
 Bahrain 22 0 0
 Cambodia 10 0 0
 Mongolia 20 0 0
Source: ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings, 17 March 2026

Statistics and records

Main article: List of women's Twenty20 International records

See also

References

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  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. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. 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. Archived from the original on 22 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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