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Home / News / Sports News / Women's WT20: West Indies win maiden title
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    Women's WT20: West Indies win maiden title

    Written by
    Vijaya
    Edited by
    Sripriya Yegneswaran
    Last updated on Apr 03, 2016, 05:46 pm
    Women's WT20: West Indies win maiden title
  • In the women's WT20 finals held at Eden Garden, West Indies beat Australia, which was eyeing its fourth successive title, by 8 wickets.

    Australia won the toss and elected to bat first; Captain Meg Lanning (52) and Elyse Villasi (52) helped them score 148-5.

    In response, WI scored 149-2 in 19.3 overs with Hayley Matthews (66) and captain Stafanie Taylor (59) leading the charge.

  • In this article
    ICC Women's World T20 Tournament Prize Money Which are the participating teams? Format: Group stage and knock-out matches How are the Groups divided? Group Stage results: Group A Indian women knocked out of WT20 by Windies Indian Women's team results Results from Group B Australian women get to yet another WT20 final Womens WT20: WI enter final, beating NZ Women's WT20: West Indies win maiden title
  • Summary

    ICC Women's World T20

    ICC Women's World T20
  • 2016 ICC Women's World T20 is the fifth such WT20 tournament. It was scheduled in India from 15 March to 3 April 2016, featuring 10 teams with matches contested in 8 cities.

    The inaugural edition was held in 2009, when hosts England won the tournament.

    Defending champions of the tournament are Australia, who won it the last three times - 2010, 2012, and 2014.

  • Information

    Tournament Prize Money

  • The total prize money for the women's event is $400,000, which is a 122 per cent increase from the last WT20 event in Bangladesh. This is significantly less when compared to a hefty $5.6 million prize money for the men's event.

  • Teams

    Which are the participating teams?

    Which are the participating teams?
  • Women's WT20 tournament, as expanded in 2014, featured 10 participating teams.

    Top eight teams from WT20 2014 - Australia, England, West Indies, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, earned direct qualification.

    The remaining two spots were decided at the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier, held from 28 November to 5 December 2015.

    Bangladesh and Ireland, thus qualified for the 2016 WT20 edition.

  • Format

    Format: Group stage and knock-out matches

    Format: Group stage and knock-out matches
  • The first round of competition is Group stage, where each team plays every other team in its group.

    Following the Group stage, top 2 teams in each group progress to semi-finals.

    Semis are knock-out matches where, the team placed first in each group plays the team placed second in the other group.

    The winners of semi-finals play the Final on 3 April in Kolkata.

  • Information

    How are the Groups divided?

  • Defending champs Australia is in Group A along with South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Ireland. India is in Group B along with former winners England, West Indies, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

  • 15-27 Mar 2016

    Group Stage results: Group A

    Group Stage results: Group A
  • New Zealand women's team emerged the leader of Group A winning all their matches in group stage.

    They were followed by Australia who won 3 out of their 4 matches and only lost to New Zealand.

    South Africa and Sri Lanka won a match each (both against Ireland) and are yet to play a match with each other.

    Ireland team lost all their matches.

  • 28 Mar 2016

    Indian women knocked out of WT20 by Windies

    Indian women knocked out of WT20 by Windies
  • Indian women's cricket team bowed out of the World T20 campaign after suffering a narrow three-run defeat against the West Indies, in Mohali.

    Chasing a 115-run target, India only managed 111 for nine and suffered their third defeat in a row.

    Deandra Dottin emerged star for the Windies side, as she smashed 45 runs off 40 balls and went on to take three wickets.

  • Information

    Indian Women's team results

  • Indian women, captained by Mithali Raj, lost three out of their four matches to Pakistan, England and West Indies. They only won the initial match over Bangladesh.

  • 15-27 Mar 2016

    Results from Group B

    Results from Group B
  • England women topped Group B, winning all their matches. They qualified for the semis along with West Indies who won 3 of their 4 matches.

    Other three teams in the group, all Asian - Pakistan, India and Bangladesh displayed a dismal performance.

    Pakistan won two (over India and Bangladesh) and lost two (Eng and West Indies) of their matches, while Bangladesh lost all.

  • 30 Mar 2016

    Australian women get to yet another WT20 final

    Australian women get to yet another WT20 final
  • England women were knocked out of WT20 by the three-time defending champions Australia, in the semi-final, touted as the match of the tournament.

    Chasing 133, England were cruising at 87-1 before they self-destructed against their fighting opponents.

    Australia made a dramatic comeback with the ball restricting their old foes to 127/7 in 20 overs, at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi.

  • 1 Apr 2016

    Womens WT20: WI enter final, beating NZ

    Womens WT20: WI enter final, beating NZ
  • West Indies women entered their maiden WT20 final, beating New Zealand by 6 runs in an exciting second semi-final, at the Wankhede.

    Batting first, Windies made 143-6, with Beth Cooper's 61 off 48 ball-knock being the major contributor.

    West Indies women held their nerves in the death overs and managed to stop the New Zealand white ferns at 137 for 8.

  • 3 Apr 2016

    Women's WT20: West Indies win maiden title

    Women's WT20: West Indies win maiden title
  • In the women's WT20 finals held at Eden Garden, West Indies beat Australia, which was eyeing its fourth successive title, by 8 wickets.

    Australia won the toss and elected to bat first; Captain Meg Lanning (52) and Elyse Villasi (52) helped them score 148-5.

    In response, WI scored 149-2 in 19.3 overs with Hayley Matthews (66) and captain Stafanie Taylor (59) leading the charge.

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