2012 Women's World Twenty20
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
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| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and Knockout |
| Host(s) |  Sri Lanka |
| Champions |  Australia (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  England |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 15 |
| Player of the series | Charlotte Edwards |
| Most runs | Charlotte Edwards (172) |
| Most wickets | Julie Hunter (11) |
| Official website | iccworldtwenty20.com |
The 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was an international Twenty20 cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka from 23 September to 7 October 2012.[1] The group stage matches were played at the Galle International Stadium in Galle and Semi-Finals and Finals were played at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The competition was held simultaneously with the equivalent men's tournament, the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.
The eventual victors were the 2010 champions Australia, who beat pre-tournament favourites[2] England by four runs in the final, a match which came down to the final ball.[3] England captain Charlotte Edwards blamed this defeat on a "lack of discipline" in her side,[4] whilst Test Match Special analyst Ebony Rainford-Brent cited underachieving bowlers and England's inability to rotate the strike.[4]
With a total of 172 runs (an average of 43 per game), Edwards was named player of the tournament.[5]
Format
The format of the competition is effectively identical to that of the super-eight and knock-out stages of the men's tournament.
Following warm-up matches, the teams were divided into two groups where matches were played in a round-robin format.
| Group A | Group B |
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| England
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Sri Lanka
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| Australia
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 New Zealand
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 India
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 West Indies
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 Pakistan
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 South Africa
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The two best placed teams from each group progressed to the two-round knock-out stage, whilst the eliminated teams played each other for qualification for the 2014 tournament.
Venues
All matches were played at the following two grounds:
| Galle | Colombo | |
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| Galle International Stadium | R. Premadasa Stadium | |
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| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 35,000 |
Fixtures and results
- All times given are Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Warm-up matches
4 warm-up matches were played on 23 and 24 September featuring all 8 teams.[6]
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field
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- England won the toss and elected to bat
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
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- India won the toss and elected to bat
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | England
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.341 |
| 2 | Australia
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.628 |
| 3 | Pakistan
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.367 |
| 4 | India
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −0.607 |
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- Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field
- Twenty20 International debut : Sumaiya Siddiqui (Pak)
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- India Women won the toss and elected to bat
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat
- Pakistan's innings was reduced to 9 overs and the revised target was 64
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- India Women won the toss and elected to bat
- T20I debut : Anuja Patil (Ind)
- England and Australia have qualified for the semi-finals as a result of these two matches
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | West Indies
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.602 |
| 2 | New Zealand
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.638 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.692 |
| 4 | South Africa
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.194 |
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field
- Match start delayed due to wet ground condition
- Twenty20 International debut : Inoka Ranaweera (Sri)
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- West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field
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- West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field
- First innings abandoned after 10.3 overs due to rain
- Second innings reduced to 8 overs with a D/L adjusted target of 48
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- West Indies Women won the toss and elected to field
- West Indies Women qualified for the semi-finals and South Africa Women are eliminated as a result of this match.
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- Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat
- New Zealand Women qualified for the semi-finals and Sri Lanka Women are eliminated as a result of this match.
Knockout stage
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | England
| 94/3 (17.2 overs) | |||||||
| B2 | New Zealand
| 93/8 (20 overs) | |||||||
| A1 | England
| 138/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
| A2 | Australia
| 142/4 (20 overs) | |||||||
| B1 | West Indies
| 87 (19.2 overs) | |||||||
| A2 | Australia
| 115/7 (20 overs) | |||||||
Play-offs
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- Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat
- Twenty20 International debut: Javeria Rauf (Pak)
- South Africa Women have qualified for the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20
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- Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat
- India Women have qualified for the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20
Semi-finals
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- England Women won the toss and elected to field
- England Women have qualified for the final and New Zealand Women are eliminated as a result of this match.
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat
- Australia Women have qualified for the final and West Indies Women are eliminated as a result of this match.
Final
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- England Women won the toss and elected to field
- Australia Women won the 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 and England Women are runner-up as a result of this match.
Statistics
The tables below show the top five holders for each class of record. If the fifth place is shared then all holders are shown. These statistics can be sourced and verified from the Cricinfo Women's World T20 statictics page
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See also
References
- ^ "ICC Women's World Twenty20 2012 / Fixtures". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ Marks, Vic (7 October 2012). "Australia edge out England to retain women's World Twenty20 title". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ Shemilt, Stephan (7 October 2012). "Women's World T20 cricket: Australia beat England in final". BBC. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Women's World T20 cricket: England 'deserved to lose'". BBC. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ "Charlotte Edwards named Women's player of the tournament". ICC. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ "ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier Warm-up Matches, 2012/13". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 19 September 2012.