The 2024 edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to take place in the United Arab Emirates. Sharjah and Dubai will host the matches from October 3 to 20. A total of 10 teams that are divided into two groups of five each are set to fight against each other for the big prize.
Australia is the most successful team in women’s T20 World Cup history with six titles, and the Southern Stars will once again start as favourites for the title this year.
Apart from them, former champions England and the West Indies will also look to become multiple-time T20 World Cup winners.
Ahead of the start of the 2024 edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in the UAE, here’s a look at the top performers and record holders in the tournament’s history.
- Most titles: Australia (6).
- Most wins: Australia (35/44)
- Most defeats: Pakistan (23/32).
- Highest total: 213 for 5 in 20 overs by England against Pakistan in Cape Town on February 21, 2023.
- Lowest total: 46 all out in 14.4 overs by Bangladesh against West Indies in Guyana on November 9, 2018.
- Biggest win (by runs): England beat Pakistan by 114 runs in Cape Town on February 21, 2023.
- Biggest win (by wickets): West Indies beat South Africa by 10 wickets (62 balls remaining) in Galle on September 30, 2012.
- Smallest win (by runs): Pakistan beat India by 1 run (target: 99) in Galle on October 1, 2012.
- Smallest win (by wickets): England beat the West Indies by 1 wicket in Dharamsala on March 24, 2016.
- Most runs: Suzie Bates of New Zealand (1066 runs in 36 matches).
- Highest score: 126 from 65 balls by Meg Lanning of Australia against Ireland in Sylhet on March 27, 2014.
- Highest average (min 10 matches): 43.42 by Beth Mooney of Australia (608 runs in 23 matches).
- Highest strike rate (min 500 balls): 128.37 by Alyssa Healy of Australia (941 runs in 39 matches).
- Most 100s: 1 each by Meg Lanning (Australia), Deandra Dottin (West Indies), Heather Knight (England), Harmanpreet Kaur (India), Muneeba Ali (Pakistan), and Lizelle Lee (South Africa).
- Most 50s: 8 in 36 matches by Suzie Bates of New Zealand.
- Most ducks: 4 each by Katherine Sciver-Brunt and Danni Wyatt (both from England), Fargana Hoque (Bangladesh), Sana Mir (Pakistan), Deandra Dottin (West Indies), and Sophie Devine (New Zealand).
- Most sixes: 22 maximums in 30 matches by Deandra Dottin (West Indies).
- Most sixes (in an innings): 9 by Deandra Dottin (WI) during her 112-run knock against South Africa in Basseterre on May 5, 2010.
- Most runs in a series: 259 runs in six matches of the 2020 edition by Beth Mooney of Australia.
- Most wickets: Shabnim Ismail of South Africa (43 wickets in 32 matches).
- Best bowling figures: 5 for 5 in 3.1 overs by Deandra Dottin of the West Indies against Bangladesh in Guyana on November 9, 2018.
- Most five-wicket hauls: 1 each by Renuka Thakur and Priyanka Roy (both from India), Sune Luus (South Africa), Deandra Dottin (West Indies), Ashleigh Gardner, and Julie Hunter (both from Australia).
- Most wickets in a series: 13 wickets in six matches of the 2014 edition by Anya Shrubsole (England), 13 wickets in six matches of the 2020 edition by Megan Schutt of Australia.
- Most dismissals: 29 (14 catches, 15 stumpings) by Alyssa Healy of Australia.
- Most catches: 19 catches by Suzie Bates of New Zealand.
- Highest partnership: 169 runs for the third wicket between England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt and Heather Knight against Thailand in Canberra on February 26, 2020.
- Most matches: 42 by Ellyse Perry of Australia.
- Most wins as captain: 25 wins in 30 matches by Meg Lanning of Australia.
- Most titles as captain: 4 by Meg Lanning of Australia.
The tournament opener’s will be played between Bangladesh and Ireland in Sharjah on October 3, and the high-voltage match between India and Pakistan is scheduled to take place in Dubai on October 6.
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