Cricket tournament
The 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the third ICC Women's World Twenty20 competition, held in Sri Lanka from 26 September to 7 October 2012.[1] The group stage matches were played at the Galle International Stadium in Galle and semi-finals and final 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 at an average of 43.00, Edwards was named Player of the Tournament.[5]
Following warm-up matches, the eight 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 .
All matches were played at the following two grounds:
Fixtures and results [ edit ]
All times given are Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30 )
4 warm-up matches were played on 23 and 24 September featuring all 8 teams.[6]
Warm-up matches
Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field.
England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field.
Sumaiya Siddiqi (Pak) made her WT20I debut.
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 due to rain, the revised target was 64.
India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Anuja Patil (Ind) made her WT20I debut.
England Women and Australia Women qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.
Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Rasanara Parwin (Ind) made her WT20I debut.
Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
Match start delayed due to a wet outfield.
Inoka Ranaweera (SL) made her WT20I debut.
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.
Sri Lanka Women's innings curtailed after 10.3 overs due to rain.
West Indies Women's innings reduced to 8 overs due to rain, the revised target was 48.
West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field.
West Indies Women qualified for the semi-finals and South Africa Women were 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 were eliminated as a result of this match.
England Women won the toss and elected to field.
Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
England Women won the toss and elected to field.
Source: ESPNCricinfo[8]
Highest Individual Scores
Most Runs
Best Bowling in an Innings
Most Wickets
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