The 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the sixth edition of the ICC Women's World Twenty20, hosted in the

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from 9 to 24 November 2018. It the second World Twenty20 hosted by the West Indies (after the 2010 edition), and the

were the defending champions. The tournament was awarded to the

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(WICB) at the 2013 annual conference of the

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(ICC).(29 June 2013)
"Outcomes from ICC Annual Conference week in London"
– International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 July 2015. The tournament's dates were confirmed at an ICC board meeting in January 2015. In February 2017, the ICC confirmed that this would be the first T20 tournament that uses the Decision Review System, with one review per side. The qualifier tournament for the competition was held in July 2018 in the Netherlands. Both

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and

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won their respective semi-final matches in the qualifier, to advance to the Women's World Twenty20 tournament. The first match scheduled to be played in

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, between

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and

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, was abandoned due to rain. With further rain forecast in Saint Lucia, the ICC looked at a contingency plan of moving other group games to

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. The following day, the ICC confirmed that the Group A matches would remain in Saint Lucia. The ICC cited logistical issues and cost as the main factors for not moving the fixtures. Australia in Group B qualified for the semi-finals, with their win against

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, to give them three wins from three matches.

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, also in Group B, qualified for the semi-finals, after they beat

by 52 runs, with three wins from three matches. In Group A, tournament hosts the

, along with

, progressed to the semi-finals, after wins in their penultimate group-stage fixtures. In the first semi-final, the West Indies faced Australia, with England and India playing each other in the second semi-final. Australia beat the West Indies by 71 runs and England beat India by 8 wickets to progress to the final. Australia won their fourth title after beating England in the final by 8 wickets. Meg Lanning, captain of the Australian team said that the victory was "the most satisfying win I've been involved in" adding that "there will be some big celebrations". England's captain, Heather Knight, said that the team did not post a competitive total, but was "proud of the girls for reaching another world final". Australia's

Alyssa Healy Alyssa Jean Healy (born 24 March 1990) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australian women's national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket, as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL. She made her international debut in Februa ...

was named the player of the tournament.

Teams

Eight teams qualified automatically and they were joined by two teams from the qualifier tournament.

Squads

On 10 October 2018 the ICC confirmed all the squads for the tournament.

Venues

In January 2018, the ICC announced that three venues would be hosting matches:

Umpires

On 25 October 2018, the ICC appointed the officials for the tournament. Along with the twelve umpires, Richie Richardson and Graeme Labrooy were also named as the match referees. *

Gregory Brathwaite Gregory O'Brian Brathwaite (born 9 December 1969) is a cricket umpire from Barbados. His One Day International (ODI) umpiring debut was on 7 August 2011, in a match between Canada and Afghanistan in the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Champi ...

Kim Cotton Kim Cotton (born 24 February 1978) is a New Zealand cricket umpire. In August 2018, she stood in matches in the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament, and the following month was added to the Development Panel of I ...

* Shaun George * Wayne Knights *

Nitin Menon Nitin Narendra Menon (born 2 November 1983) is an Indian cricketer and umpire. He was a right-handed batsman, representing Madhya Pradesh in List A cricket. He is now an umpire and has stood in matches in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy and the Shef ...

Sam Nogajski Samuel J Nogajski (born 1 January 1979) is an Australian cricket umpire. He stood as an umpire in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy in India. Umpiring career He stood in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) on 19 February 2017, in the match betwee ...

* Claire Polosak * Ahsan Raza *

Sue Redfern Suzanne Redfern (born 26 October 1977) is an English cricket umpire and former player. She played for the England women's team between 1995 and 1999, including at the 1997 World Cup. Cricket career Born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Redfern b ...

Langton Rusere Langton Rusere (born 7 July 1985) is a Zimbabwean cricket umpire (cricket), umpire. He stood in his first Twenty20 International match between Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015, Zimbabwe and India on 19 July 2015. He stood in his first One ...

* Sharfuddoula * Jacqueline Williams

Prize money

The International Cricket Council declared a total prize money pool of US$750,000 for the tournament, an increase from the $400,000 for the 2016 event. The prize money was allocated according to the performance of the team as follows:

Fixtures

The fixtures for the tournament were confirmed in June 2018. All times are given in Eastern Caribbean Time ( UTC-04:00)

Group A

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Group B

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Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

References

Notes

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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