The 2010 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge was an international

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tournament held in South Africa during the 2010–11 international season.

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and

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took part in the tournament, held in

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from 6 to 16 October 2010. The six teams competed in a series of

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(ODIs) and Twenty20s (T20Is). South Africa remained unbeaten in the ODI tournament to win the competition, and rise two positions to fifth in the Women's ODI rankings. The West Indies'

Stafanie Taylor Stafanie Roxann Taylor (born 11 June 1991) is a Jamaican cricketer who is a former captain of the West Indies women's cricket team. She has represented West Indies women's cricket team, them over 250 times since her debut in 2008. A right-hand ...

finished as the tournament's top scorer, accumulating 390 runs, including the only

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of the competition.

Sunette Loubser Sunette Loubser (born 26 September 1982) is a South African former cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm off spin, off break Bowling (cricket), bowler. She appeared in two Women's Test cricket, Test matches, 60 Women's One Day Internation ...

of South Africa claimed the most

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, taking 13.

One Day International tournament

Group stage

Twenty20 International tournament

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knock-out stage

Fifth-place play-off

Third-place play-off

Final

References

External links

Official website

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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