149 players from 10 Teams will take part in 7th Women’s T20 World Cup played in Australia this year (Feb 20 – Mar 8 -2020)
Interestingly out of 149 players 62(41.61%) are spin bowlers, which is a bit surprising considering its played in Australia, where pitches are much bouncier than any cricket playing nation!. Only South Africa (26.66%) and New Zealand (28.57%) have least spinners in their squad, rest have > 40 % spinners!.
Here is a list of previous T20 World Cup Champions
2009 in England – England winners
2010- in West Indies – Australia winners
2012- in Sri Lanka – Australia winners
2013-14 in Bangladesh – Australia winners
2015-16 in India – West Indies winners
2018-19 in West Indies – Australia winners
Below table is list of teams that is participating in this 7th World Cup along with their win/loss factor since last World Cup.
All data are from Nov 25, 2018 till Feb 20, 2020.
| Teams
(Nov 2018- Feb 2020) |
Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | RPO | % win | % loss |
| Thailand | 25 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 5.41 | 84.00 | 16.00 |
| India | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6.68 | 50.00 | 50.00 |
| England | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7.43 | 70.59 | 23.53 |
| South Africa | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6.7 | 50.00 | 50.00 |
| West Indies | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 5.94 | 26.67 | 66.67 |
| Australia | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8.12 | 78.57 | 14.29 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6.68 | 42.86 | 50.00 |
| Bangladesh | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 6.29 | 76.92 | 23.08 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 100.00 | |
| New Zealand | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7.78 | 85.71 | 14.29 |
Below is a link to a tri-series that was played last month between Aus, Eng and India.
(600)…Women’s Cricket (T20/tri-series) A Dress Rehearsal for World Cup ?
