Women's Twenty20 International

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Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). A women's Twenty20 international is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between any two ICC members.[1] The very first Women's Twenty20 International match was played on 5 August 2004 between England and New Zealand at Hove,[2][3] six months before the first Twenty20 International match was played between two men's teams.[4] The Women's T20 World Cup, the highest-level event in the format, was first held in 2009.

Highest governingbodyInternational Cricket Council
NicknamesWT20I
First played5 August 2004
Team membersICC members
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Women's Twenty20 International
Highest governing bodyInternational Cricket Council
NicknamesWT20I
First played5 August 2004
Characteristics
Team membersICC members
Mixed-sexNo
TypeOutdoor Game
Equipment
  • Ball,
  • Bat,
  • Stumps,
  • Cricket Helmet,
  • Thigh Guard,
  • Batting Pads,
  • Abdominal Guard,
  • Gloves,
  • etc
VenueCricket Stadium
Presence
Country or regionWorldwide
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In April 2018, the ICC granted full women's Twenty20 international (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between two international sides after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[5] A month after the conclusion of the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, which took place in June 2018, the ICC retrospectively gave all the fixtures in the tournament full WT20I status.[6] On 22 November 2021, in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament, the match between Hong Kong and Nepal was the 1,000th WT20I to be played.[7]

Involved nations

The ICC granted Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members from 1 July 2018.[8] As of April 2025, 93 nations have played WT20Is.[9]

The full list of teams who have played full WT20I matches, with the date of their first match, is as follows:[10]

  1.  England (5 August 2004)
  2.  New Zealand (5 August 2004)
  3.  Australia (2 September 2005)
  4.  India (5 August 2006)
  5.  South Africa (10 August 2007)
  6.  Ireland (27 June 2008)
  7.  West Indies (27 June 2008)
  8.  Netherlands (1 July 2008)
  9.  Pakistan (25 May 2009)
  10.  Sri Lanka (12 June 2009)
  11.  Bangladesh (28 August 2012)
  12.  Malaysia (3 June 2018)
  13.  Thailand (3 June 2018)
  14.  Scotland (7 July 2018)
  15.  Uganda (7 July 2018)
  16.  United Arab Emirates (7 July 2018)
  17.  Papua New Guinea (7 July 2018)
  18.  Singapore (9 August 2018)
  19.  Botswana (20 August 2018)
  20.  Lesotho (20 August 2018)
  21.  Malawi (20 August 2018)
  22.  Namibia (20 August 2018)
  23.  Mozambique (20 August 2018)
  24.  Sierra Leone (20 August 2018)
  25.  Brazil (23 August 2018)
  26.  Mexico (23 August 2018)
  27.  Chile (23 August 2018)
  28.  China (3 November 2018)
  29.  South Korea (3 November 2018)
  30.  Zimbabwe (5 January 2019)
  31.    Nepal (12 January 2019)
  32.  Hong Kong (12 January 2019)
  33.  Indonesia (12 January 2019)
  34.  Myanmar (12 January 2019)
  35.  Bhutan (13 January 2019)
  36.  Nigeria (26 January 2019)
  37.  Rwanda (26 January 2019)
  38.  Kuwait (18 February 2019)
  39.  Kenya (6 April 2019)
  40.  Costa Rica (26 April 2019)
  41.  Vanuatu (6 May 2019)
  42.  Japan (6 May 2019)
  43.  Fiji (6 May 2019)
  44.  Samoa (6 May 2019)
  45.  Tanzania (6 May 2019)
  46.  Canada (17 May 2019)
  47.  United States (17 May 2019)
  48.  Guernsey (31 May 2019)
  49.  Jersey (31 May 2019)
  50.  Mali (18 June 2019)
  51.  Germany (26 June 2019)
  52.  France (31 July 2019)
  53.  Austria (31 July 2019)
  54.  Norway (31 July 2019)
  55.  Argentina (3 October 2019)
  56.  Peru (3 October 2019)
  57.  Maldives (2 December 2019)
  58.  Belize (13 December 2019)
  59.  Philippines (21 December 2019)
  60.  Oman (17 January 2020)
  61.  Qatar (17 January 2020)
  62.  Italy (9 August 2021)
  63.  Sweden (29 August 2021)
  64.  Eswatini (9 September 2021)
  65.  Cameroon (12 September 2021)
  66.  Belgium (25 September 2021)
  67.  Bahrain (20 March 2022)
  68.  Saudi Arabia (20 March 2022)
  69.  Ghana (28 March 2022)
  70.  Gambia (29 March 2022)
  71.  Spain (5 May 2022)
  72.  Denmark (28 May 2022)
  73.  Barbados (29 July 2022)
  74.  Malta (27 August 2022)
  75.  Romania (27 August 2022)
  76.  Greece (9 September 2022)
  77.  Serbia (10 September 2022)
  78.  Isle of Man (12 November 2022)
  79.  Cambodia (21 December 2022)
  80.  Turkey (29 May 2023)
  81.  Estonia (26 August 2023)
  82.  Cook Islands (1 September 2023)
  83.  Luxembourg (5 September 2023)
  84.  Mongolia (19 September 2023)
  85.  Gibraltar (20 April 2024)
  86.  Czech Republic (8 June 2024)
  87.  Croatia (14 June 2024)
  88.  Cyprus (17 June 2024)
  89.  Cayman Islands (26 September 2024)
  90.  Bulgaria (12 October 2024)
  91.  Portugal (7 April 2025)
  92.   Switzerland (28 May 2025)
  93.  Finland (18 July 2025)

Rankings

Before October 2018, ICC did not maintain a separate Twenty20 ranking for the women's game, instead aggregating performance over all three forms of the game into one overall women's teams ranking.[11] In January 2018, ICC granted international status to all matches between associate nations and announced plan to launch separate T20I rankings for women.[1] In October 2018 the T20I rankings were launched with separate ODI rankings for Full Members.[12]

This section is transcluded from ICC Women's ODI and T20I Team Rankings. (edit | history)

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ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings
TeamMatchesPointsRating
 Australia3410,007294
 England4613,751277
 India5213,910268
 New Zealand399,871253
 South Africa409,662242
 West Indies378,788238
 Sri Lanka4510,321229
 Pakistan398,467217
 Ireland489,494198
 Bangladesh418,014195
 Scotland375,909160
 Thailand659,954153
 Papua New Guinea385,484144
 Netherlands516,947136
 United Arab Emirates577,440131
 Zimbabwe425,270125
 Uganda707,877113
 Namibia596,378108
 Tanzania404,138103
 Indonesia333,15596
   Nepal454,21494
 Hong Kong595,32790
 Italy332,89188
 United States292,52087
 Rwanda594,90183
 Nigeria362,69475
  Switzerland1286372
 Malaysia453,11969
 Kenya412,83269
 Vanuatu261,68865
 Canada171,06763
 Jersey301,87062
 Spain171,04962
 Germany331,85056
 Brazil321,69953
 Oman241,21451
 Myanmar341,57746
 Sweden241,09346
 Isle of Man301,31244
 Japan331,37742
 Sierra Leone321,32241
 Cyprus1871240
 Gibraltar1553536
 Guernsey1344234
 China2791434
 Denmark2789533
 Kuwait2784831
 Samoa2370931
 Botswana351,07731
 Bhutan2679230
 Turkey1132229
 Greece2666225
 France1435225
 Romania1229024
 Croatia1023724
 Austria3263920
 Argentina1932217
 Qatar2948017
 Estonia2337616
 Fiji2235816
 Mozambique2030115
 Serbia1724614
 Norway2434214
 Malta1720012
 Malawi2122611
 Luxembourg1514910
 Cameroon241607
 Lesotho10505
 Singapore451664
 Philippines23392
 Cook Islands1460
 Eswatini1700
 Finland900
 Czech Republic1900
 Bulgaria1900
 Belgium800
 Bahrain2200
 Cambodia1000
 Mongolia2000
Source: ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings, 17 March 2026
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Statistics and records

Main article: List of women's Twenty20 International records

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