2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup Explained

2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup
Administrator:International Cricket Council
Cricket Format:Limited-overs (20 overs)
Tournament Format:Group stage & Knockout
Host: South Africa
Fromdate:14 January
Todate:29 January 2023
Count:1
Participants:16
Matches:41
Most Runs: Shweta Sehrawat (297)
Most Wickets: Maggie Clark (12)
Player Of The Series: Grace Scrivens
Website:ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup
Next Year:2025
Next Tournament:2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup

The 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup was the first edition of the Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, hosted by South Africa in 2023.[1] [2] The tournament was moved from its original slot at the end of 2021 to January 2023 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] [4] Sixteen teams competed in the tournament, initially divided into four groups.

India, England, Australia and New Zealand progressed to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, India beat New Zealand by 8 wickets and England beat Australia by 3 runs. The final took place on 29 January 2023 at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom, and saw India beat England by 7 wickets to become the inaugural champions of the ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[5]

Background

Originally, the tournament was scheduled to take place in January 2021, before being moved back to December 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] [7] In November 2020, the ICC looked at the possibility of deferring the tournament from its scheduled slot of January 2021 to later in the year.[8] In January 2021, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed that they would host the tournament in December 2021,[9] however the tournament was postponed for a second time, and was moved to January 2023.[10] In January 2022, Geoff Allardice, the CEO of the ICC said that the tournament was "very much on the cards", and that the ICC were starting the process for hosts.[11]

Qualification

See main article: 2022 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup qualification. In June 2022, the ICC confirmed the qualification process for the tournament.[12] Hosts South Africa, along with Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe all qualified automatically for the tournament.[13] The United States also qualified automatically, as they were the only eligible team to compete from the Americas regional group.[14] The four remaining places will come from regional qualification groups.[12] The United Arab Emirates were the first team to qualify from the regional groups, after they won the Asia Qualifier.[15] Indonesia won their three-match series against Papua New Guinea to win the East Asia-Pacific group to qualify.[16] It was the first time that Indonesia had qualified for an ICC World Cup tournament at any level.[17] Rwanda won the African Qualifiers to qualify for the World Cup, the first time that Rwanda had qualified for an ICC World Cup tournament at any level.[18] This was also the first ICC Women's World Cup for Scotland, United Arab Emirates, United States, and Zimbabwe at any level.

Team Qualification
Host Nation
Automatic qualification
Bangladesh
England
India
Ireland
New Zealand
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
United States
West Indies
Zimbabwe
Via regional qualification
Rwanda
Scotland
United Arab Emirates

Competition format

The 16 teams were divided into four groups of four, and play once against each other side in their group. The top three teams in each group progressed to the Super Six League stage, where qualifying teams from Group A played against two of the qualifying teams from Group D, and qualifying teams from Group B played against two of the qualifying teams from Group C. Points from matches against teams that also qualified from the first group stage were carried forward into the Super Six League stage. The top two sides from each of the Super Six Leagues progressed to the semi-finals, with the final taking place on 29 January 2023.[19] [20] [21]

Squads

See main article: 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup squads. Each team could select a squad of fifteen players for the tournament, with additional non-travelling reserves also able to be named. England were the first side to name their squad, doing so on 18 October 2022.[22]

Match officials

On 5 January 2023, ICC announced the names of fifteen match officials for the tournament, of whom nine were women – making it the highest number of female match officials to be appointed for any ICC event.[23]

Match Referees
Umpires

Venues

!Potchefstroom!Potchefstroom!Benoni
Absa Puk OvalSenwes ParkWillowmoore Park
Capacity: n/aCapacity: 18,000Capacity: 20,000

Warm-up matches

The following warm-up matches were played before the tournament's official start:[24] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Group stage

Group A

Advanced to Super 6

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Group B

Advanced to Super 6

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Group C

Advanced to Super 6

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Group D

(H) Host
Advanced to Super 6

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Fourth-Place play-offs

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Super 6

Super 6 Group 1

(H) Host
Advanced to Knockout Stage

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Super 6 Group 2

Advanced to Knockout Stage

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Most runs

width=150Playerwidth=150Teamwidth=60 Matcheswidth=60 Inningswidth=60 Runswidth=60 Averagewidth=60 width=60 100swidth=60 50s
Shweta SehrawatIndia7729799.009203
Grace ScrivensEngland7729341.859303
Shafali VermaIndia7717224.577801
Eyman FatimaPakistan5515752.336502
Georgia PlimmerNew Zealand6515551.665301
Source: ESPNcricinfo[28]

Most wickets

width=125Playerwidth=125Teamwidth=60 Overswidth=60 Wicketswidth=60 Averagewidth=60 BBIwidth=60 5w
Maggie ClarkAustralia17.5126.253/150
Parshavi ChopraIndia21.0117.004/50
Hannah BakerEngland21.5107.303/90
Anosha NasirPakistan20.01011.003/320
Grace ScrivensEngland20.497.114/20
Source: ESPNcricinfo[29]

Team of the tournament

On 30 January 2023, the ICC announced the Team of the Tournament.[30] Grace Scrivens was also named Player of the Tournament.[31]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: South Africa to host inaugural ICC U19 T20 World Cup . Women's CricZone . 10 April 2022.
  2. Web site: ICC Board Meeting outcomes . International Cricket Council . 10 April 2022.
  3. Web site: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board and Committee meetings have concluded following a series of virtual conference calls. 1 April 2021. International Cricket Council.
  4. Web site: Changes to DRS review for LBW calls made by ICC Cricket Committee Cricbuzz.com. 1 April 2021. CricBuzz. April 2021 .
  5. Web site: Dominant India win inaugural U-19 Women's T20 World Cup . ESPNcricinfo . 29 January 2023 . 31 January 2023.
  6. Web site: ICC to hold Under-19 World Cup for Women in 2021. Cricbuzz. 14 October 2019 . 15 October 2019.
  7. Web site: Women's ICC events receive prize money boost. ESPNCricinfo. 15 October 2019.
  8. Web site: ICC considering deferring 2021 U-19 Women's World Cup to later in the year . ESPN Cricinfo . 25 November 2020.
  9. Web site: Bangladesh to host inaugural Women's U19 World Cup in December . CricBuzz . 7 January 2021 . 7 January 2021.
  10. Web site: U19s World Cup delay to deny Aussie young guns . Cricket Australia . 30 October 2021.
  11. Web site: Under-19 Women's World Cup 'very much on the cards' for January 2023, says Geoff Allardice . ESPN Cricinfo . 13 January 2022.
  12. Web site: ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup Qualification Pathway announced . International Cricket Council . 1 June 2022.
  13. Web site: Excitement builds ahead of inaugural ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup as Qualifier begins . International Cricket Council . 1 June 2022.
  14. Web site: ICC announces Women's Under-19 T20 qualification pathway; 11 full members, USA automatically qualify . Women's CricZone . 1 June 2022 . 19 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221019061344/https://www.womenscriczone.com/icc-under-19-womens-t20-world-cup-qualification-pathway-announced . dead .
  15. Web site: UAE qualify for first U19 T20 World Cup after title win in Malaysia . The National News . 9 June 2022 . 9 June 2022.
  16. Web site: Indonesia surprise Papua New Guinea to reach Under-19 World Cup . Cricket Europe . 5 July 2022 . 18 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221018205414/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2022/articles/000008/000875.shtml . dead .
  17. Web site: Indonesia qualify for their first ever ICC World Cup . International Cricket Council . 6 July 2022.
  18. Web site: African delight: Rwanda qualify for inaugural ICC event .
  19. Web site: ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup fixtures announced . International Cricket Council . 16 September 2022 . 18 October 2022.
  20. Web site: ICC Women's U19 T20 World Cup 2023 Playing Conditions . International Cricket Council . 18 January 2023.
  21. Web site: Explainer: How the Super Six stage works at the Women's U19 T20 World Cup . International Cricket Council . 20 January 2023 . 20 January 2023.
  22. Web site: England Women U19 announce squad for ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2023 . England and Wales Cricket Board . 18 October 2022 . 18 October 2022.
  23. Web site: ICC announces highest number of female match officials for ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2023 . International Cricket Council . 5 January 2023.
  24. News: Schedule and Squads announced for ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup. 7 January 2023. Czarsportz Global.
  25. Web site: Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23/Highest Totals . ESPNcricinfo . 31 January 2023.
  26. Web site: Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23/Highest Scores . ESPNcricinfo. 31 January 2023.
  27. Web site: Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23/Best Bowling Figures in an Innings . ESPNcricinfo. 31 January 2023.
  28. Web site: Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23/Most Runs . ESPNcricinfo. 31 January 2023.
  29. Web site: Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23/Most Wickets . ESPNcricinfo. 31 January 2023.
  30. Web site: 30 January 2023 . U19 Women's T20 World Cup Team of the Tournament revealed . International Cricket Council.
  31. Web site: England star wins Player of the Tournament at U19 Women's T20 World Cup . International Cricket Council . 29 January 2023 . 31 January 2023.