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Women's Cricket World Cup
One Day International competition
One Day International competition
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Women's Cricket World Cup |
| image | Women's Cricket World Cup Logo (cropped).png |
| caption | logo |
| administrator | International Cricket Council |
| cricket format | ODI |
| first | |
| last | |
| participants | 8 (10 from 2029) |
| champions | (1st title) |
| most successful | (7 titles) |
| most runs | Debbie Hockley (1,501) |
| most wickets | Marizanne Kapp (44) |
The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is the quadrennial international championship of the One Day International format with 50 overs per team. It is organised by the International Cricket Council.
Until 2005, when the two organisations merged, it was administered by a separate body, the International Women's Cricket Council. The first World Cup was held in England in 1973, two years before the inaugural men's tournament. The event's early years were marked by funding difficulties, which meant several teams had to decline invitations to compete and caused gaps of up to six years between tournaments. However, since 2005, World Cups have been hosted at regular four-year intervals.
Qualification for the World Cup is through the ICC Women's Championship and the World Cup Qualifier. The 1997 edition was contested by eleven teams and since then no new teams have debuted in the tournament. Since 2000 the number of teams in the World Cup has been fixed at eight. However, in March 2021, the ICC decided that the tournament would expand to 10 teams from the 2029 edition.
The thirteen World Cups played have been held in five countries, with India and England having hosted the event three times. Australia is the most successful team, having won seven titles and failing to make the final on only four occasions. England (four titles), New Zealand and India (one title each) are the only other teams to have won the event, while the West Indies and South Africa (once each) have each reached the final without going on to win.
History
First World Cup
Women's international cricket was first played in 1934, when a party from England toured Australia and New Zealand. The first Test match was played on 28–31 December 1934, and was won by England. The first Test against New Zealand followed early the following year. These three nations remained the only Test-playing teams in women's cricket until 1960, when South Africa played a number of matches against England. Limited overs cricket was first played by first-class teams in England in 1962. Nine years later, the first international one day match was played in men's cricket, when England took on Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Talks began in 1971 about holding a World Cup for women's cricket, led by Jack Hayward. South Africa, under pressure from the world for their apartheid laws, were not invited to take part in the competition. Both of the other two Test-playing nations, Australia and New Zealand were invited. Hayward had previously organised tours of the West Indies by England women and it was from this region that the other two competing nations were drawn; Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago. To make up the numbers England also fielded a "Young England" team, and an "International XI" was also included. Five South Africans were invited to play for the International XI as a means of compensation for the team not being invited but these invitations were later withdrawn.
The inaugural tournament was held at a variety of venues across England in June and July 1973, two years before the first men's Cricket World Cup was played. The competition was played as a round-robin tournament and the last scheduled match was England against Australia. Australia went into the game leading the table by a solitary point; they had won four matches and had one abandoned. England had also won four matches but they had lost to New Zealand. As a result, the match also served as a de facto final for the competition. England won the match, held at Edgbaston Birmingham, by 92 runs to win the tournament.
Editions and results
Fifteen teams have appeared at the Women's Cricket World Cup at least once, excluding qualification tournaments. Three teams have competed at every tournament: England, Australia and New Zealand. They were the only sides to have won a title until 2025, when India won their first title.
| S.No. | Year | Host(s) | Final venue | Final | Teams | Winning Captain | Winners | Result | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1973 | England | No final | **** | |||||
| 20 points | England won on points | ||||||||
| table | |||||||||
| 17 points | 7 | Rachael Heyhoe Flint | |||||||
| 2 | 1978 | India | No final | **** | |||||
| 6 points | Australia won on points | ||||||||
| table | |||||||||
| 4 points | 4 | Margaret Jennings | |||||||
| 3 | 1982 | New Zealand | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | **** | |||||
| 152/7 (59 overs) | Australia won by 3 wickets | ||||||||
| scorecard | |||||||||
| 151/5 (60 overs) | 5 | Sharon Tredrea | |||||||
| 4 | 1988 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | **** | |||||
| 129/2 (44.5 overs) | Australia won by 8 wickets | ||||||||
| scorecard | |||||||||
| 127/7 (60 overs) | 5 | Sharon Tredrea | |||||||
| 5 | 1993 | England | Lord's, London | **** | |||||
| 195/5 (60 overs) | England won by 67 runs | ||||||||
| scorecard | |||||||||
| 128 (55.1 overs) | 8 | Karen Smithies | |||||||
| 6 | 1997 | India | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | **** | |||||
| 165/5 (47.4 overs) | Australia won by 5 wickets | ||||||||
| scorecard | |||||||||
| 164 (49.3 overs) | 11 | Belinda Clark | |||||||
| 7 | 2000 | New Zealand | Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln | **** | |||||
| 184 (48.4 overs) | New Zealand won by 4 runs | ||||||||
| scorecard | |||||||||
| 180 (49.1 overs) | 8 | Emily Drumm | |||||||
| 8 | 2005 | South Africa | SuperSport Park, Centurion | **** | |||||
| 215/4 (50 overs) | Australia won by 98 runs | ||||||||
| scorecard | |||||||||
| 117 (46 overs) | 8 | Belinda Clark | |||||||
| 9 | 2009 | Australia | North Sydney Oval, Sydney | **** | |||||
| 167/6 (46.1 overs) | England won by 4 wickets | ||||||||
| scorecard | |||||||||
| 166 (47.2 overs) | 8 | Charlotte Edwards | |||||||
| 10 | 2013 | India | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | **** | |||||
| 259/7 (50 overs) | Australia won by 114 runs | ||||||||
| scorecard | |||||||||
| 145 (43.1 overs) | 8 | Jodie Fields | |||||||
| 11 | 2017 | England | Lord's, London | **** | |||||
| 228/7 (50 overs) | England won by 9 runs | ||||||||
| scorecard | |||||||||
| 219 (48.4 overs) | 8 | Heather Knight | |||||||
| 12 | 2022 | New Zealand | Hagley Oval, Christchurch | **** | |||||
| 356/5 (50 overs) | Australia won by 71 runs | ||||||||
| scorecard | |||||||||
| 285 (43.4 overs) | 8 | Meg Lanning | |||||||
| 13 | 2025 | India | |||||||
| Sri Lanka{{Efn | name=Host | The official sole host for the tournament was India. Following an agreement between the BCCI and the PCB, the ICC confirmed Sri Lanka as hosts for all Pakistani matches as well as some Sri Lankan games. | DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai | **** | |||||
| 298/7 (50 overs) | India won by 52 runs | ||||||||
| scorecard | |||||||||
| 246 (45.3 overs) | 8 | Harmanpreet Kaur | |||||||
| 14 | 2029 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | 10 | TBA |
Performance by nations
Overview
The table below provides an overview of the performances of nations over past World Cups, as of the end of the 2025 tournament. Teams are sorted by best performance, then by appearances, total number of wins, total number of games, and alphabetical order respectively.
| Appearances | Statistics | Team | Total | First | Latest | Best performance | Mat. | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | Win% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1973 | 2025 | (1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005, 2013, 2022) | 100 | 85 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 86.73 | ||||
| 13 | 1973 | 2025 | (1973, 1993, 2009, 2017) | 100 | 67 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 68.36 | ||||
| 13 | 1973 | 2025 | (2000) | 94 | 55 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 60.43 | ||||
| 11 | 1978 | 2025 | (2025) | 79 | 42 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 54.54 | ||||
| 8 | 1997 | 2025 | (2025) | 55 | 26 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 49.05 | ||||
| 8 | 1993 | 2022 | (2013) | 46 | 16 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 34.78 | ||||
| International XI‡ | 2 | 1973 | 1982 | (1973) | 18 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 16.66 | |||
| 5 | 1988 | 2005 | (1997) | 34 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 20.58 | ||||
| 7 | 1997 | 2025 | (1997), 5th place (2013 & 2025) | 41 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 23.68 | ||||
| 4 | 1988 | 2000 | (1997) | 26 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 | ||||
| † | 1 | 1973 | 1973 | (1973) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| 6 | 1997 | 2025 | (2009) | 37 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 8.82 | ||||
| † | 1 | 1973 | 1973 | (1973) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| 2 | 2022 | 2025 | (2022, 2025) | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 15.38 | ||||
| 2 | 1993 | 1997 | (1993) | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 | ||||
| ENG Young England‡ | 1 | 1973 | 1973 | (1973) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 |
†No longer have ODI status. ‡No longer exists.
;Legend
- – Champions
- – Runners-up
- – Third place
- – Losing semi-finalist (no third-place playoff)
- – Losing quarter-finalist (no further playoffs)
- — Hosts
| Team | ENG | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (7) | IND | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (4) | NZL | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (5) | AUS | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (5) | ENG | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (8) | IND | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (11) | NZL | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (8) | RSA | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (8) | AUS | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (8) | IND | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (8) | ENG | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (8) | NZL | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (8) | INDSL | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (8) | Total | Defunct teams | International XI | ** | ** | ENG Young England | |||||||||||||
| 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 1st | SF | 1st | SF | 13 | ||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 7th | 2 | ||||||
| – | – | – | – | 7th | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | SF | 5th | SF | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | SF | 13 | ||||||
| – | 4th | 4th | – | 4th | SF | SF | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 11 | ||||||
| – | – | – | 4th | 5th | QF | 7th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | ||||||
| – | – | – | 5th | 8th | QF | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | ||||||
| 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | SF | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 13 | ||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | 5th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 6 | ||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | QF | SF | 7th | 7th | 6th | SF | SF | 2nd | 8 | ||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | QF | 6th | 6th | 8th | 5th | 7th | – | 5th | 7 | ||||||
| – | – | – | – | 6th | 10th | – | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 6th | SF | – | 7 | ||||||
| 4th | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||||||
| 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||
| 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||||||
| 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Debutant teams
| Year | Teams |
|---|---|
| 1973 | , , , International XI‡, †, †, ENG Young England‡ |
| 1978 | |
| 1982 | none |
| 1988 | , |
| 1993 | , |
| 1997 | , , |
| 2000 | none |
| 2005 | none |
| 2009 | none |
| 2013 | none |
| 2017 | none |
| 2022 | |
| 2025 | none |
†No longer have ODI status. ‡No longer exists.
Awards
Player of the Tournament
| Year | Player | Performance details | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | England Carole Hodges | 336 runs & 12 wickets | |||
| 2000 | Australia Lisa Keightley | 375 runs | |||
| 2005 | Australia Karen Rolton | 246 runs | |||
| 2009 | England Claire Taylor | 324 runs | |||
| 2013 | New Zealand Suzie Bates | 407 runs | |||
| 2017 | England Tammy Beaumont | 410 runs | |||
| 2022 | Australia Alyssa Healy | 509 runs | |||
| 2025 | India Deepti Sharma | 215 runs & 22 wickets |
Player of the Final
| Year | Player | Performance details | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | England Jo Chamberlain | 38 (33) & 1/28 (9) | |||
| 1997 | New Zealand Debbie Hockley | 79 (121) | |||
| 2000 | Australia Belinda Clark | 91 (102) | |||
| 2005 | Australia Karen Rolton | 107* (128) | |||
| 2009 | England Nicky Shaw | 4/34 (8.2) | |||
| 2013 | Australia Jess Cameron | 75 (76) | |||
| 2017 | England Anya Shrubsole | 6/46 (9.4) | |||
| 2022 | Australia Alyssa Healy | 170 (138) | |||
| 2025 | India Shafali Verma | 87 (78) & 2/36 (7) |
Team statistics
Results of host teams
| Year | Host Team | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Champions | |
| 1978 | 4th place | |
| 1982 | 3rd place | |
| 1988 | Champions | |
| 1993 | Champions | |
| 1997 | Semi-finalists | |
| 2000 | Champions | |
| 2005 | 7th place | |
| 2009 | 4th place | |
| 2013 | 7th place | |
| 2017 | Champions | |
| 2022 | 6th place | |
| 2025 | Champions | |
| 5th place |
Results of defending champions
Tournament records
Main article: List of Women's Cricket World Cup records
| Batting | Bowling | Fielding | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most runs | Debbie Hockley | 1,501 | 1982–2000 |
| Highest average (min. 10 innings) | Karen Rolton | 74.92 | 1997–2009 |
| Highest score | Belinda Clark (v ) | 229* | 1997 |
| Highest partnership | Tammy Beaumont & Sarah Taylor (v ) | 275 | 2017 |
| Most runs in a tournament | Laura Wolvaardt | 571 | 2025 |
| Most wickets | Marizanne Kapp | 44 | 2009–2025 |
| Lowest average (min. 500 balls bowled) | Katrina Keenan | 9.72 | 1997–2000 |
| Best bowling figures | Alana King (v ) | 7/18 | 2025 |
| Most wickets in a tournament | Lyn Fullston | 23 | 1982 |
| Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) | Jane Smit | 40 | 1993–2005 |
| Most catches | Janette Brittin | 19 | 1982–1997 |
| Suzie Bates | 2009–2025 | ||
| Highest score | (v ) | 412/3 | 1997 |
| Lowest score | (v ) | 27 | 1997 |
| Highest win % | 86.73 | ||
| Most Wins | 85 |
Notes
References
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