Women's Twenty20 international (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 international is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members.[1] The first Twenty20 International match was held in August 2004 between England and New Zealand,[2] [3] six months before the first Twenty20 International match was played between two men's teams.[4] The ICC Women's World Twenty20, the highest-level event in the format, was first held in 2009.
| Women's Twenty20 International | |
| Union: | International Cricket Council |
| Nickname: | WT20I |
| First: | 5 August 2004 |
| Team: | Full members |
| Mgender: | No |
| Type: | Outdoor Game |
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| Venue: | Cricket Stadium |
| Country/Region: | Worldwide |
In April 2018, the ICC granted full women's Twenty20 international (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between two international sides after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[5] A month after the conclusion of the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, which took place in June 2018, the ICC retrospectively gave all the fixtures in the tournament full WT20I status.[6] On 22 November 2021, in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament, the match between Hong Kong and Nepal was the 1,000th WT20I to be played.[7]
The ICC has announced a new tournament starting in 2027 and called the ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy.[8]
The ICC granted Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members from 1 July 2018.[9] , 89 nations have played WT20Is.[10]
The full list of teams who have played full WT20I matches, with the date of their debut, is as follows:[11]
Before October 2018, ICC did not maintain a separate Twenty20 ranking for the women's game, instead aggregating performance over all three forms of the game into one overall women's teams ranking.[12] In January 2018, ICC granted international status to all matches between associate nations and announced plan to launch separate T20I rankings for women.[1] In October 2018 the T20I rankings were launched with separate ODI rankings for Full Members.[13]
See main article: List of women's Twenty20 International records.