The 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier was an international
women's cricket tournament held from 7 to 14 July 2018 in the Netherlands.
It was the third edition of the
Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and was the qualification tournament for the
2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the sixth edition of the ICC Women's World Twenty20, hosted in the West Indies from 9 to 24 November 2018. It the second World Twenty20 hosted by the West Indies (after the 2010 edition), and the West Ind ...
tournament.
The top two teams from the qualifier tournament progressed to the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in the West Indies.
In April 2018, the
International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full international status to
Twenty20 women's matches played between
member sides from 1 July 2018 onwards. Therefore, all the matches in the qualifier tournament are played as
Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is).
Ahead of the final round of group-stage matches, all eight teams still had a chance to qualify for the final of the tournament, and therefore secure a place in the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20.
After the conclusion of the last group-stage matches,
Bangladesh and
Papua New Guinea from Group A, along with
Ireland and
Scotland from Group B, had all progressed to the semi finals.
The other four teams,
Netherlands,
Thailand,
Uganda and
United Arab Emirates all progressed to the semi-final playoff matches, to determine their final ranking placements.
In the first semi final, Ireland beat Papua New Guinea by 27 runs, therefore advancing to the final of the tournament and qualifying for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in the process.
In the second semi final, Bangladesh beat Scotland by 49 runs, to also qualify for the tournament final and the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20.
Bangladesh won the tournament, beating Ireland by 25 runs in the final.
Ireland's
Clare Shillington was named the player of the tournament.
Qualification
The following teams qualified for the tournament:
Squads
All the squads and match officials were confirmed by the ICC in June 2018.
Bangladesh also named
Jannatul Ferdus
Most Jannatul Ferdus Sumona ( bn, জান্নাতুল ফেরদৌস; born 12 December 1999) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She made her One Day International (ODI) debu ...
,
Lata Mondal,
Murshida Khatun
Murshida Khatun ( bn, মুর্শিদা খাতুন; born 7 July 1999) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays as a left-handed batter. She was named in Bangladeshi squad for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. She made her Wom ...
and
Suraiya Azmin
Suraiya Azmin ( bn, সুরাইয়া আজমিন; born 29 May 1999) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler. She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut against South Africa in the 2017 ...
as players on standby for the series.
Fixtures
On 23 May 2018, the ICC confirmed all the fixtures for the qualifier tournament.
Group A
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Group B
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Semi-finals
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Play-off matches
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Final standings
Qualified for the
2018 World Twenty20.
References
External links
Tournament home at the ICCSeries home at ESPN Cricinfo
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International cricket competitions in 2018
Qualifier
International women's cricket competitions in the Netherlands
2018 in women's cricket
2018 in Dutch cricket
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...