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The 2024 Women's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup.Originally scheduled to be hosted in Bangladesh from 3 to 20 October 2024, it was later relocated to the United Arab Emirates for the same dates due to political unrest in Bangladesh, although the Bangladesh Cricket Board still held the hosting rights. [1]
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 ]
Ellyse Perry became the fourth cricketer to score 2,000 runs and take 100 wickets in women’s T20Is. [7] – 8 October 2024; Megan Schutt became the leading wicket-taker in the women's T20 World Cup. [8] – 8 October 2024; Tahlia McGrath scored her 1,000th run in T20Is and became the fastest to reach there for Australia in terms of innings (35).
Limited overs cricket was first played by first-class teams in England in 1962. [5] Nine years later, the first international one day match was played in men's cricket, when England took on Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. [6] Talks began in 1971 about holding a World Cup for women's cricket, led by Jack Hayward. [7]
The India women's national cricket team, also known as Women in Blue, represents India in women's international cricket. [8] It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Women's Test, Women's One Day International, and Women's Twenty20 International status.
The 2024 Women's Premier League Final was played on 17 March 2024 at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in New Delhi.The runner-up of previous season and table topper of this season, Delhi Capitals [2] played in the final against the winner of this season's Eliminator, Royal Challengers Bangalore [3] to decide the winner of the 2024 season.
It was designed by statistician and ICC Cricket Committee member David Kendix and utilizes the same methodology as men's cricket rankings. [1] Each team scores points based on the results of their matches over the last 3–4 years − all matches played in the 12–24 months since the first of October before last, plus all the matches played in ...
In The Laws of Cricket, the only explicit difference between men's and women's cricket is the ball size. According to The Laws of Cricket: Clause 4.6.1 Women’s cricket Weight: from 4.94 ounces/140 g to 5.31 ounces/151 g Circumference: from 8.25 in/21.0 cm to 8.88 in/22.5 cm.