The 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the

Women's Cricket World Cup The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is the sport's oldest world championship, with the first tournament held in England in 1973. Matches are played as One Day Internationals (ODIs) over 50 overs per team, while there is also another champion ...

, held in

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from 7 to 22 March 2009.

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won the tournament, beating

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in the final to claim their third World Cup title. England batter

Claire Taylor Samantha Claire Taylor (born 25 September 1975) is a former cricketer who represented England more than 150 times between 1998 and 2011. A top order batter,In women's cricket, "batsman" is commonly used, alongside "batter". Taylor was the f ...

was the leading run-scorer and Player of the Tournament, whilst teammate

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was the leading wicket-taker.

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and

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were eliminated at the Super Six stage, whilst

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and

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were eliminated in the first round.

Teams

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Host selection and venues

The ICC, along with

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, announced in July 2008 that six venues in

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would host the tournament. The venues chosen were

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Bankstown Oval Bankstown Oval (officially known as Bankstown Memorial Oval) Bankstown Council Sporting Faciliti ...

and

Drummoyne Oval Drummoyne Oval is a multi-use sports ground in the Sydney inner-west suburb of Drummoyne, New South Wales. The ground has been used for international women's cricket matches, domestic men's cricket matches and first grade rugby league as well as ...

(all in

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, No. 1 Sports Ground in

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and

Bradman Oval Bradman Oval is a heritage-listed cricket ground in Glebe Street, Bowral in the southern highlands area of New South Wales, Australia. It was named after cricketer Don Bradman, who lived locally and played at the ground in the 1920s. His ash ...

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. In addition, four grounds in Sydney (

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, Old King's Oval, Raby Oval No. 1 and

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) hosted the nine warm-up matches for the tournament.

Qualification

Six of the eight teams involved in the tournament qualified through finishing in the top six in the previous tournament;

and

therefore qualified automatically for the tournament. The final two places were awarded to

and

; the two finalists of the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.

Rules and regulations

Matches

All matches started at 10am local time (

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) and were played to standard One Day International playing conditions. All matches were to be 50 overs a side unless stated otherwise by the

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or match referee, with each bowler entitled to bowl a maximum of 10 overs per match. In the event of bad weather, the side batting second must have batted a minimum of 20 overs for a result to be declared (if the match was not otherwise won, for example if the team batting second was dismissed before the completion of 20 overs). In the event of interrupted matches (due to rain or some other factor), the Duckworth–Lewis method was applied to determine the result or revised target.

Tournament points and format

Throughout the group and Super Six stages, two points were awarded to teams for a win, one point for a tie or matches that ended with

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, and no points were awarded for a defeat. At the conclusion of the group stage, the three teams in each group with the most points advanced to the Super Six stage of the tournament (the first time such a stage had been held), while the two teams eliminated played in a 7th/8th place playoff. Points from matches between teams both qualifying for the Super Six stage were carried forward, therefore all six teams to advance began the Super Sixes with two games played. Following the conclusion of the Super Sixes, the top two teams contested the final, third and fourth contested a third-place play-off, while fifth and sixth played each other for fifth place.

Results

Group stage

The eight qualifying teams were split into two groups for the group stage, with traditional rivals

and

drawn together in Group A alongside

and the

, while

and

were drawn together in Group B along with

and

. The group stage took place between 7 and 12 March 2009.

Group A

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Group B

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Super Sixes

The top three teams in each group moved on to the Super Six stage which is scored as a complete round-robin. But each of the six teams played only three new matches, rather than five—each group's three representatives carried forward their result against each other rather than play again. Thus the table, showing five matches for each team, covers all matches between the Super Six qualifiers, including those from the group stage. The top two teams in the final table qualified for the final. The Super Six stage of the tournament took place between 14 and 19 March 2009. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Play-Offs

3rd place playoff

5th place playoff

7th place playoff

Final

Awards

Team of the tournament

The day after the final, the ICC announced its World Cup XI, as selected by a panel led by

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. The eleven included five members of England's tournament-winning squad, with three coming from India, two coming from runners-up New Zealand and one from Australia. # Suzie Bates #

Shelley Nitschke Shelley Nitschke (born 3 December 1976) is a female cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. A left-handed batter and left arm orthodox spinner, she was one of the leading all-rounders in the world until her retirement in 2011. In ...

Mithali Raj Mithali Dorai Raj (born 3 December 1982) is an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the India women's national cricket team from 2004 to 2022. Mithali is the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket and is considered one of the ...

Charlotte Edwards Charlotte Marie Edwards (born 17 December 1979) is an English former cricketer and current cricket coach and commentator. She played primarily as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 23 Test matches, 191 One Day Internationals and 95 Twenty ...

(

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) #

Kate Pulford Katherine Louise Pulford (born 27 August 1980) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, bowling right-arm medium and batting right-handed. She appeared in 1 Test match, 46 One Day Internationals and 12 Twenty20 Internation ...

# Sarah Taylor (

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) #

Amita Sharma Amita Sharma (born 12 September 1982) is an Indian former cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. She appeared in five Test matches, 116 One Day Internationals and 41 Twenty20 Internationals for India between 2002 an ...

Katherine Brunt Katherine Helen Brunt (born 2 July 1985) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Yorkshire Women cricket team, Yorkshire, Northern Diamonds, Trent Rockets and England women's cricket team, England. She plays as a right-arm Fast bowling, ...

Priyanka Roy Priyanka Roy (born 2 March 1988) is an Indian cricketer. A right-handed batter and leg break bowler, she played 27 One Day Internationals and 15 Twenty20 Internationals for the India Women's team. Her performances at the 2009 Women's Cricke ...

New Zealand's

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was named as the side's twelfth man.

Player of the tournament

The award for player of the tournament was selected by the same panel that chose the team of the tournament, and was awarded to the leading run-scorer

References

External links

Official WebsiteWorld Cup at Cricinfo.com
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