ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 - All you need to know

ICC Women's T20 World Cup is about to commence on the 10th of February with the hosts South Africa Women and Sri Lanka Women taking part in the Inaugural match.

The final of the tournament will be played on the 26th of February, 2023 at Capetown.

The previous edition of ICC Women's T20 World Cup was played in 2020 and it was a huge success. The Final match in 2020 between India Women and Australia Women attracted a record number of spectators. The excitement for the 2023 version is the same and is bound to be a successful event.

The previous version of ICC Women's T20 World Cup was won by Australia Women. They will certainly be starting as Tournament's favorites.

The showpiece event will see arch rivals India Women and Pakistan Women lock horns against one another on the 12th of February.

There are 10 teams participating in the competition namely Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, England, India, Ireland, Pakistan and West Indies.

A total of 23 matches will be played during the competition and it will be a very promising event.

The teams are divided into groups of two.

They are as follows:

Group 1

Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka

Group 2

England, India, Ireland, Pakistan, West Indies

Let's have a look at the fixtures:

Match 1

10 February – South Africa vs Sri Lanka (Cape Town)

Match 2

11 February – West Indies vs England (Paarl)

Match 3

11 February – Australia vs New Zealand (Paarl)

Match 4

12 February – India vs Pakistan (Cape Town)

Match 5

12 February – Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka (Cape Town)

Match 6

13 February – Ireland vs England (Paarl)

Match 7

13 February – South Africa vs New Zealand (Paarl)

Match 8

14 February – Australia vs Bangladesh (Gqeberha)

Match 9

15 February – West Indies vs India (Cape Town)

Match 10

15 February – Pakistan vs Ireland (Cape Town)

Match 11

16 February – Sri Lanka vs Australia (Gqeberha)

Match 12

17 February – New Zealand vs Bangladesh (Cape Town)

Match 13

17 February – West Indies vs Ireland (Cape Town)

Match 14

18 February – England vs India (Gqeberha)

Match 15

18 February – South Africa vs Australia (Gqeberha)

Match 16

19 February – Pakistan vs West Indies (Paarl)

Match 17

19 February – New Zealand vs Sri Lanka (Paarl)

Match 18

20 February – Ireland vs India (Gqeberha)

Match 19

21 February – England vs Pakistan (Cape Town)

Match 20

21 February – South Africa vs Bangladesh (Cape Town)

Match 21

23 February – Semi-Final 1 (Cape Town)

Match 22

24 February – Semi-Final 2 (Cape Town)

Match 23

26 February – Final (Cape Town)

Let's have a look at the squads:

Group 1

Australia: Meg Lanning (c), Alyssa Healy (vc), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham

Bangladesh: Nigar Sultana Joty (c), Marufa Akter, Dilara Akter, Fahima Khatun, Salma Khatun, Jahanara Alam, Rumana Ahmed, Lata Mondol, Shorna Akter, Nahida Akter, Murshida Khatun, Ritu Moni, Sobhana Mostary, Fargana Hoque Pinky, Fariha Islam Trisna

Reserves: Rabeya, Sanjida Akther Maghla, Sharmin Akter Supta

New Zealand: Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Bernadine Bezuidenhout, Eden Carson, Lauren Down, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Amelia Kerr, Jess Kerr, Molly Penfold, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu.

South Africa: Sune Luus (c), Annerie Dercksen, Marizanne Kapp, Lara Goodall, Ayabonga Khaka, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Shabnim Ismail, Tazmin Brits, Masabata Klaas, Laura Wolvaardt, Sinalo Jafta, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Anneke Bosch, Delmi Tucker.

Non-traveling reserves: Micaéla Andrews, Tebogo Macheke, Tumi Sekhukhune

Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani, Kaushini Nuthyangana, Malsha Shehani, Inoka Ranaweera, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya, Vishmi Gunaratne, Tharika Sewwandi, Ama Kanchana, Sathya Sandeepani

Group 2

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Anjali Sarvani, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey.

Reserves: Sabbhineni Meghana, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh.

Pakistan: Bismah Maroof (c), Aiman Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Sadaf Shamas, Fatima Sana, Javeria Wadood, Muneeba Ali, Nashra Sundhu, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz, Tuba Hassan.

Travelling Reserves: Ghulam Fatima, Kainat Imtiaz.

England: Heather Knight (c), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Katherine Sciver-Brunt, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Danni Wyatt.

Travelling Reserves: Issy Wong, Dani Gibson.

Ireland: Laura Delany (c), Rachel Delaney, Georgina Dempsey, Amy Hunter, Shauna Kavanagh, Arlene Kelly, Gaby Lewis, Louise Little, Sophie MacMahon, Jane Maguire, Cara Murray, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Eimear Richardson, Mary Waldron.

West Indies: Hayley Matthews (c), Shemaine Campbelle (vc), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shamilia Connell, Afy Fletcher, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Trishan Holder, Zaida James, Djenaba Joseph, Chedean Nation, Karishma Ramharack, Shakera Selman, Stafanie Taylor, Rashada Williams.

Where to watch ICC Women's T20 World Cup, 2023:

Live Cricket Streaming ICC Women's T20 World Cup, 2023

The live cricket streaming page which enables you to watch live cricket and Cricket World TV - Geo-restrictions apply

*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

© Cricdirect 2023