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| Dates | 26 September – 7 October 2012 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Women's Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and Knockout |
| Host(s) |  Sri Lanka |
| Champions | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 the third ICC Women's World Twenty20 competition, held in Sri Lanka from 26 September to 7 October 2012.[1] The group stage matches were played at the Galle International Stadium in Galle and semi-finals and final 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 at an average of 43.00, Edwards was named Player of the Tournament.[5]
Format
Following warm-up matches, the eight teams were divided into two groups where matches were played in a round-robin format. 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.
| Group A | Group B |
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| England |
Sri Lanka |
| Australia |
 New Zealand |
 India |
 West Indies |
 Pakistan |
 South Africa |
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 Women won the toss and elected to field.
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
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- India Women 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 |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.341 |
| 2 | Australia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.628 |
| 3 | Pakistan |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.367 |
| 4 | India |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −0.607 |
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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 due to rain, the revised target was 64.
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- India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Anuja Patil (Ind) made her WT20I debut.
- England Women and Australia Women qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.
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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 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.602 |
| 2 | New Zealand |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.638 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.692 |
| 4 | South Africa |
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 a wet outfield.
- Inoka Ranaweera (SL) made her WT20I debut.
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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.
- Sri Lanka Women's innings curtailed after 10.3 overs due to rain.
- West Indies Women's innings reduced to 8 overs due to rain, the revised target was 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 were 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 were 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.
- Javeria Rauf (Pak) made her WT20I debut.
- South Africa Women 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 qualified for the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20.
Semi-finals
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- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
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- Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
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- England Women won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
- Source: ESPNCricinfo[8]
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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.
- 1 2 "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.
- 1 2 "ICC Women's World Twenty20 2012/13/Table". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ↑ "ICC Women's World Twenty20 2012/Statistics". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2021.