2024 Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier
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The 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier was an international cricket tournament held in April and May 2024 in Abu Dhabi.[1] It was the sixth edition of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier and served as the qualification tournament for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament.[2][3]
Dates25 April – 7 May 2024
AdministratorInternational Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Group round-robin and playoffs
| Dates | 25 April – 7 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and playoffs |
| Host |  United Arab Emirates |
| Champions |  Sri Lanka (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Scotland |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 23 |
| Player of the series | Kathryn Bryce |
| Most runs | Chamari Athapaththu (226) |
| Most wickets | Rachel Slater (11) |
| Official website | International Cricket Council |
The ten participating teams were divided in two groups of five.[4] The two finalists (Scotland and Sri Lanka) qualified for the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup.[5] Scotland qualified for their first women's T20 World Cup after defeating Ireland by eight wickets in their semi-final match.[6] Sri Lanka, who had defeated hosts United Arab Emirates in the other semi-final, won the final of the qualifier by 68 runs.[7]
Qualification
| Means of Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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| Automatic Qualifications | ||||
| 2023 T20 World Cup | 10–26 February 2023 |  South Africa |
2 |  Ireland |
| Sri Lanka | ||||
| Regional Qualifications | ||||
| Asia | 31 August–9 September 2023 |  Malaysia |
2 |  Thailand |
| United Arab Emirates | ||||
| East Asia-Pacific | 1–8 September 2023 |  Vanuatu |
1 | Vanuatu |
| Americas | 4–11 September 2023 |  United States |
1 | United States |
| Europe | 6–12 September 2023 |  Spain |
2 |  Netherlands |
| Scotland | ||||
| Africa | 9–17 December 2023 |  Uganda |
2 | Uganda |
 Zimbabwe | ||||
| Total | 10 | |||
Squads
Warm-up matches
Ahead of the tournament, each of the ten participating sides played two official warm-up games against other teams in the tournament.[18]
Warm-up matches
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- Thailand won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
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Rachel Andrew 41 (50) Immaculate Nandera 1/6 (2 overs) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to bat.
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Anika Kolan 37 (39) Lindokuhle Mabhero 2/22 (4 overs) |
Josephine Nkomo 38 (38) Ritu Singh 1/12 (3 overs) |
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
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Nannapat Koncharoenkai 36 (41) Merel Dekeling 2/16 (3 overs) |
- Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
- Super Over: Thailand 9/0, Netherlands 10/0.
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- Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
Group stage
Group A
Points table
Source: ESPNcricinfo[19]
Fixtures
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
- Rachel Slater (Sco) took her first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[20]
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Sindhu Sriharsha 26 (28) Sarah Akiteng 1/18 (4 overs) |
- United States won the toss and elected to bat.
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- United States won the toss and elected to field.
- Saanvi Immadi (USA) made her T20I debut.
- Abtaha Maqsood became the first cricketer for Scotland to take 50 wickets in women's T20Is.[21]
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- Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
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Prosscovia Alako 36 (32) Inoka Ranaweera 2/10 (3 overs) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shashini Gimhani (SL) made her T20I debut.
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- Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
- Pooja Ganesh (USA) made her T20I debut.
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- Thailand won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pooja Shah (USA) made her T20I debut.
Group B
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ireland |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.462 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates (H) |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.976 | |
| 3 | Netherlands |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.111 | |
| 4 | Zimbabwe |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.844 | |
| 5 | Vanuatu |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2.537 |
Fixtures
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sterre Kalis (Ned) scored her 1,000th run in T20Is.[22]
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
- Iris Zwilling became the first cricketer for Netherlands to take 50 wickets in women's T20Is.[23]
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Gaby Lewis became the first cricketer for Ireland to score 2,000 runs in women's T20Is.[24]
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- Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | Sri Lanka
| 149/6 (20 overs) | |||||||
| B2 | United Arab Emirates
| 134/7 (20 overs) | |||||||
| SFW1 | Sri Lanka
| 169/5 (20 overs) | |||||||
| SFW2 | Scotland
| 101/7 (20 overs) | |||||||
| B1 | Ireland
| 110/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
| A2 | Scotland
| 112/2 (16.2 overs) | |||||||
Semi-finals
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
Final
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
Final standings
| Position | Team |
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| 1st | Sri Lanka |
| 2nd | Scotland |
| 3rd | Ireland |
| 4th | United Arab Emirates |
| 5th | Thailand |
| 6th | Netherlands |
| 7th | Zimbabwe |
| 8th | Vanuatu |
| 9th | Uganda |
| 10th | United States |
Qualified for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
Notes
- Sarah Bryce captained Scotland in the Final.