On the 21 June, 2009, the England Women’s cricket team defeated the New Zealand Women to win the inaugural event in the ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup at Lord’s, by 6 wickets. 

The Women’s Twenty20 International is a biennial international cricket championship, organised by the the International Crciket Council , the sport’s governing body. For the first three tournaments, there were 8 participating teams, but from 2014 this number was increased to 10. Qualification is determined by the ICC Women’s Twenty20 international rankings and the Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier.

A unique feature of the  ICC Women World Twenty20, is that it is run simultaneously with the men’s ICC T20 World Cup, with the men’s and womens’ semi-finals and final run on the same day.

All the group matches of the women’s event played at the Taunton County Cricket club ground.

The teams were divided into two groups. Group A: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies – Group B: England, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

The England Team was: Charlotte Edwatds [C], Caroline Atkins, Katherine Brunt, Holly Colvin, Lydia Greenway, Isa Guha, Jenny Gunn, Danielle Hazell, Laura Marsh, Beth Morgan, Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent, Nicki Shaw, Claire Taylor, Sarah Taylor [W].

Holly Colvin played in 5 matches, and was the best bowler in the tournament, taking a total of  9 wickets at an average of 11.77. Her best performance being 3 for 18 in 4 overs against Pakistan. Aimee Watkins [New Zealand] performed best overall with the bat scoring 200 runs in 5 appearances, her best score being 89 not out. Claire Taylor was England’s best batswoman, scoring a total of 199 runs in 5 innings. Her best score being 76 not out.

Since the inaugural event, Australia have won the tournament 4 times, and the West Indies once.

21 June, 2019