2014–2016 ICC Women's Championship

The 2014–2016 ICC Women's Championship was the first edition of the ICC Women's Championship, a women's One Day International cricket (WODI) competition contested by eight teams. The top four teams at the conclusion of the tournament (Australia, England, New Zealand and West Indies) gained automatically qualification for the 2017 World Cup. The bottom four teams (India, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) faced six qualifying teams in the 2017 World Cup Qualifier for the remaining four places at the World Cup.[1][2] When four or more WODIs were played in a series, only three pre-selected matches were included in the championship.[3] The second edition of the competition started in October 2017.[4]

2014–2016 ICC Women's Championship
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round robin
Host(s)Various
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runners-up England
Most runsAustralia Meg Lanning (1232)
Most wicketsAustralia Jess Jonassen (31)

Teams

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The following teams played in the tournament:

Results

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The breakdown of results was as follows. During each round, each team played against their opponent three times.[5]

Round Window Home team Away team Date Result
1

June – October 2014

  Australia   Pakistan 21 August 2014 3–0
  England   India 21 August 2014 2–0
  West Indies   New Zealand 12 September 2014 3–0
  Sri Lanka   South Africa 15 October 2014 1–1
2 November 2014 – February 2015   Australia   West Indies 11 November 2014 3–0
  India   South Africa 24 November 2014 1–2
  Pakistan   Sri Lanka 9 January 2015 3–0
  New Zealand   England 11 February 2015 2–1
3 March – August 2015   Pakistan   South Africa 13 March 2015 1–2
  Sri Lanka   West Indies 15 May 2015 1–2
  India   New Zealand 28 June 2015 1–2
  England   Australia 21 July 2015 1–2
4 October 2015 – February 2016   West Indies   Pakistan 18 October 2015 3–0
  New Zealand   Sri Lanka 3 November 2015 3–0
  Australia   India 2 February 2016 2–1
  South Africa   England 7 February 2016 1–2
5 February – July 2016   India   Sri Lanka 15 February 2016 3–0
  New Zealand   Australia 20 February 2016 1–2
  South Africa   West Indies 24 February 2016 1–2
  England   Pakistan 20 June 2016 3–0
6 August – October 2016   Sri Lanka   Australia 18 September 2016 0–3
  South Africa   New Zealand 8 October 2016 1–2
  West Indies   England 14 October 2016 1–2
  Pakistan   India (see Note) (3–0)
7 October – November 2016   India   West Indies 10 November 2016 3–0
  Sri Lanka   England 12 November 2016 0–3
  New Zealand   Pakistan 13 November 2016 3–0
  Australia   South Africa 18 November 2016 3–0

Note: The round six fixtures between Pakistan and India should have taken place by the end of October 2016.[6] As of 9 November 2016, no decision was reached regarding the fixtures going ahead or not.[7] On 23 November 2016 the ICC Technical Committee ruled that India's Women's team had forfeited all of the matches, with the points being awarded to Pakistan.[8] Pakistan were awarded two points for each game, with India considered to have scored 0 runs in the 50 overs of each game, with their net run rate adjusted to reflect this.[9]

Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   Australia 21 18 3 0 0 36 0.981 Advance to the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup.
2   England 21 14 6 0 1 29 1.047
3   New Zealand 21 13 8 0 0 26 0.441
4   West Indies 21 11 10 0 0 22 0.128
5   India* 21 9 11 0 1 19 −0.488 Advance to the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
6   South Africa 21 8 12 0 1 17 −0.235
7   Pakistan* 21 7 14 0 0 14 −1.126
8   Sri Lanka 21 2 18 0 1 5 −1.538
Source: [10]

* Round 6 matches were awarded to Pakistan[11][12] (see Note on Results).

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Team Mat Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50 4s 6s
Meg Lanning   Australia 21 21 1232 72.47 95.28 135* 5 5 146 9
Ellyse Perry   Australia 17 16 985 89.54 77.86 95* 0 12 88 7
Suzie Bates   New Zealand 20 20 978 54.33 82.25 110 2 8 119 3
Stafanie Taylor   West Indies 19 19 857 57.13 69.84 98* 0 8 88 6
Nicole Bolton   Australia 20 20 817 45.38 71.35 113 1 6 75 2
Last updated: 23 November 2016[13]

Most wickets

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Player Team Mat Inns Wkts Ave Econ BBI SR 4WI 5WI
Jess Jonassen   Australia 21 21 31 19.09 3.86 5/50 29.6 1 1
Heather Knight   England 19 18 29 19.34 4.19 5/26 27.6 1 1
Anisa Mohammed   West Indies 21 21 27 22.51 3.67 4/32 36.7 1 0
Rajeshwari Gayakwad   India 16 16 25 19.32 3.43 4/21 33.7 3 0
Kristen Beams   Australia 18 18 24 21.62 3.55 4/15 36.5 2 0
Anya Shrubsole   England 14 14 24 21.79 4.12 4/19 31.6 3 0
Inoka Ranaweera   Sri Lanka 18 17 24 24.58 4.57 4/53 32.2 1 0
Last updated: 23 November 2016[14]

References

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  1. ^ "About the ICC Women's Championship". ICC. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  2. ^ "World Cup 2017: Women's Championship will form qualifying". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. ^ "India and New Zealand aiming for upward ICC Women's Championship movement". ICC. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Revised financial model passed and new constitution agreed upon". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Inaugural ICC Women's Championship to commence in August". ICC. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Pakistan-India women series in doubt". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Young India seek game time with eye on World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  8. ^ "CC Technical Committee decision – ICC Women's Championship 2014–16 Round 6 – Pakistan v India". ICC. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  9. ^ "ICC awards Pakistan women full points for unplayed India series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  10. ^ "ICC Women's Championship point table". ESPN Cricinfo (Sports Media). Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  11. ^ "ICC Women's Championship — Standings". ICC. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  12. ^ "ICC Women's Championship 2014 to 2016/17 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  13. ^ "ICC Women's Championship, 2014-2016/17 / Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  14. ^ "ICC Women's Championship, 2014-2016/17 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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