2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup
The 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup was the eighth edition of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup tournament. It was held in South Africa between 10 February and 26 February 2023. The final took place at Cape Town. Australia won their sixth and third consecutive title after beating the hosts South Africa in the final by 19 runs.
In December 2020 the ICC confirmed the qualification process for the tournament. South Africa automatically qualified for the tournament as the hosts. They were joined by the seven highest ranked teams in the ICC Women’s T20I Rankings, as of 30 November 2021, who competed at the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia. The remaining two teams were Ireland and Bangladesh, the finalists of the qualifying tournament.
On 27 January 2023, the ICC appointed the all-woman panel of match officials for the tournament. Along with the ten umpires, G. S. Lakshmi, Shandre Fritz and Michell Pereira were also named as the match referees
The total prize money purse of US$2,450,000 was available for the tournament and was allocated according to the performance of the team as follows:
In the final Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Jess Jonassen (Aus) played in her 100th T20. Australia won by 156/6. Australia’s Beth Mooney was the player of the match, scoring 74 runs off 53 balls
The win by Australia is a major boost for women’s cricket. It shows that the women’s game is growing in popularity and that it is now possible for women to achieve great things in cricket.
The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup is the biggest women’s cricket tournament in the world, and Australia’s win will help to raise the profile of the game even further.
This is a great time to be a fan of women’s cricket, and I am excited to see what the future holds for the game.