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The first ever Cricket World Cup was organised for women in 1973 by the English Women's Cricket Association, based on an idea by cricketer Rachel Heyhoe Flint and businessman Jack Hayward. [1] After the success of the Women's Cricket World Cup, the men's tournament took place two years later. [2]
The Women's Cricket World Cup is the quadrennial international championship of Women's One Day International Cricket tournament. Matches are played as One Day Internationals over 50 overs per team. There is also another championship for Twenty20 International cricket, the Women's T20 World Cup .
The Women's T20 World Cup is the biennial international championship for women's Twenty20 International cricket. [3] The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council, with the first edition having been held in England in 2009. [4]
New Zealand beat South Africa in the Women’s T20 World Cup final to become champions for the first time
In 2005, after the eighth Women's World Cup, the International Women's Cricket Council was officially integrated under the umbrella of the International Cricket Council, and an ICC Women's Cricket Committee was formed to consider all matters relating to women's cricket. [7] The 2009 World Cup, the first held under the auspices of the ICC was ...
The first ever Cricket World Cup was the Women's Cricket World Cup organised in 1973 by the WCA; it was based on an idea of cricketer Rachael Heyhoe Flint and businessman Jack Hayward. [95] After the success of the Women's Cricket World Cup, the men's tournament took place two years later. [96]
Lord's has hosted the final five times. The inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup final was held on 21 June 1975 at Lord's, contested by Australia and the West Indies.A man of the match performance, [11] including a century, from West Indian captain Clive Lloyd, coming in to bat at number five with his team at 50/3, [12] formed the basis of a 149-run fourth-wicket partnership with Rohan Kanhai. [13]
Champions: 2010 West Indies: Semi-finalists: 2012 Sri Lanka: Round 1 2014 Bangladesh: Round 1 2016 India: Round 1 2018 West Indies: Semi-finalists: 2020 Australia: Champions: 2023 South Africa: Runners-up: 2024 United Arab Emirates: Did not qualify: 2026 England: 2028 Pakistan