2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup: Tournament Stats: Preview
Jun 24, 2017 at 12:54 PM
The 2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup is going to start in few hours. It is the 11th edition of the most prestigious international women’s cricket tournament.
England and Wales are the hosts of this tournament. Total 8 teams are participating in this tournament.
There were lots of memories from the previous ten editions of this tournament. In this article, we will show some important past stats of this tournament, which everyone should keep in mind during this 11th edition.
But before moving on to the stats, we are showing the qualification process for this tournament and the previous winners of this tournament.
Qualification for 2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup
Team | Qualification Process | Previous appearances | Best previous results |
Australia | 1st in 2014–16 ICC Women’s Championship | All editions | Champion (1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005 and 2013) |
England | 2nd in 2014–16 ICC Women’s Championship | All editions | Champion (1973, 1993 and 2009) |
New Zealand | 3rd in 2014–16 ICC Women’s Championship | All editions | Champion (2000) |
West Indies | 4th in 2014–16 ICC Women’s Championship | 1993, 1997, 2005, 2009 and 2013 | Runner-up (2013) |
India | Champion in 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier | 1978, 1982, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2013 | Runner-up (2005) |
South Africa | Runner-up in 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier | 1997, 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2013 | Semi-finalist (2000) |
Sri Lanka | 3rd in 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier | 1997, 2000, 2005, 2009 and 2013 | Quarter-finalist (1997) and 6th (2000) |
Pakistan | 4th in 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier | 1997, 2009 and 2013 | 6th (2009) |
Previous champions in ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup
Year | Host | Champion | Runner-up |
1973 | England | England | Australia |
1978 | India | Australia | England |
1982 | New Zealand | Australia | England |
1988 | Australia | Australia | England |
1993 | England | England | New Zealand |
1997 | India | Australia | New Zealand |
2000 | New Zealand | New Zealand | Australia |
2005 | South Africa | Australia | India |
2009 | Australia | England | New Zealand |
2013 | India | Australia | West Indies |
(Note: There were no final or knock-out stages in the first two editions. There were only group stages during those editions)
Team’s stats preview
- Highest Totals (Top 5)
Team | Score | Opponent | Ground | Date |
Australia | 412/3 (50 overs) | Denmark | Mumbai | 16/12/1997 |
England | 376/2 (50 overs) | Pakistan | Vijayawada | 12/12/1997 |
New Zealand | 373/7 (50 overs) | Pakistan | Sydney | 19/03/2009 |
West Indies | 368/8 (50 overs) | Sri Lanka | Mumbai | 03/02/2013 |
England | 324/3 (50 overs) | Ireland | Pune | 16/12/1997 |
- Lowest Completed Totals (Top 5)
Team | Score | Opponent | Ground | Date |
Pakistan | 27 (13.4 overs) | Australia | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 14/12/1997 |
Netherlands | 29 (25.1 overs) | Australia | Perth | 29/11/1988 |
India | 37 (35 overs) | New Zealand | Auckland | 14/01/1982 |
Netherlands | 40 (54.2 overs) | New Zealand | Lindfield | 25/07/1993 |
Denmark | 47(33.5 overs) | England | Banstead | 20/07/1993 |
- Highest Match Aggregates (Top 5)
Team 1 | Team 2 | Total runs | Total wickets | Total no.of overs bowled | Ground | Date |
Sri Lanka | West Indies | 527 | 18 | 90.0 | Mumbai | 03/02/2013 |
New Zealand | Pakistan | 523 | 17 | 98.1 | Sydney | 19/03/2009 |
England | Pakistan | 522 | 5 | 97.0 | Vijayawada | 12/12/1997 |
England | New Zealand | 517 | 15 | 100.0 | Mumbai (BS) | 13/02/2013 |
India | England | 512 | 17 | 100.0 | Mumbai (BS) | 03/02/2013 |
- Lowest Match Aggregates (Top 5)
Team 1 | Team 2 | Total runs | Total wickets | Total no.of overs bowled | Ground | Date |
Australia | Pakistan | 55 | 11 | 19.5 | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 14/12/1997 |
Netherlands | New Zealand | 81 | 10 | 67.4 | Lindfield | 25/07/1993 |
Netherlands | New Zealand | 97 | 10 | 28.1 | Ghaziabad | 11/12/1997 |
New Zealand | India | 99 | 12 | 61.0 | Christchurch | 02/02/1982 |
Australia | Netherlands | 109 | 10 | 66.2 | Warrington | 20/07/1993 |
- Largest Victories (Top 5)
Only by runs: | ||||
Winning team | Margin | Opposition | Ground | Date |
Australia | 363 runs | Denmark | Mumbai | 16/12/1997 |
Australia | 255 runs | Netherlands | Perth | 29/11/1988 |
England | 239 runs | Denmark | Banstead | 20/07/1993 |
England | 230 runs | Pakistan | Vijayawada | 12/12/1997 |
New Zealand | 223 runs | Pakistan | Sydney | 19/03/2009 |
- Match Result Summaries –
Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result |
Australia | 76 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
England | 74 | 49 | 22 | 2 | 1 |
New Zealand | 74 | 48 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
India | 54 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 1 |
South Africa | 31 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
West Indies | 31 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
Ireland | 34 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
Sri Lanka | 28 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
International XI | 18 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
Denmark | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Pakistan | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Netherlands | 26 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Jamaica | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Young England | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Individual stats preview
(Batting)
- Highest Individual scores (Top 5)
Player | Team | Runs scored | Opposition | Ground | Date |
Belinda Clark | Australia | 229* | Denmark | Mumbai | 16/12/1997 |
Charlotte Edwards | England | 173* | Ireland | Pune | 16/12/1997 |
Stafanie Taylor | West Indies | 171 | Sri Lanka | Mumbai | 03/02/2013 |
Suzie Bates | New Zealand | 168 | Pakistan | Sydney | 19/03/2009 |
Karen Rolton | Australia | 154* | Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 01/12/2000 |
- Most runs scored in the tournament career (Top 5)
Players | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s/50s |
Debbie Hockley | New Zealand | 45 | 43 | 1501 | 100* | 42.88 | 2/10 |
Janette Brittin | England | 36 | 35 | 1299 | 138* | 43.30 | 4/3 |
Charlotte Edwards | England | 30 | 28 | 1231 | 173* | 53.52 | 4/7 |
Belinda Clark | Australia | 29 | 26 | 1151 | 229* | 60.57 | 1/6 |
Karen Rolton | Australia | 28 | 22 | 974 | 154* | 74.92 | 3/6 |
- Most runs scored in a particular edition (Top 5)
Players | Team | Year | Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest score | Average | 100s/50s |
Debbie Hockley | New Zealand | 1997 | 7 | 7 | 456 | 100* | 76.00 | 2/2 |
Lindsay Reeler | Australia | 1988 | 8 | 8 | 448 | 143* | 149.33 | 2/2 |
Debbie Hockley | New Zealand | 1988 | 9 | 9 | 446 | 90* | 63.71 | 0/5 |
Belinda Clark | Australia | 1997 | 7 | 5 | 445 | 229* | 148.33 | 1/2 |
Janette Brittin | England | 1993 | 8 | 8 | 410 | 104 | 51.25 | 2/1 |
(Bowling)
- Best bowling figures in an innings (Top 5)
Player | Team | Bowling figure | Opposition | Ground | Date |
Jackie Lord | New Zealand | 8-2-10-6 | India | Auckland | 14/01/1982 |
Glenys Page | New Zealand | 6.2-0-20-6 | Trinidad and Tobago | St Albans | 23/06/1973 |
Jennifer Turner | New Zealand | 11.2-7-5-5 | Netherlands | Lindfield | 25/07/1993 |
Tina Macpherson | Australia | 12-7-14-5 | Young England | Bournemouth | 23/06/1973 |
Laura Marsh | England | 10-3-15-5 | Pakistan | Sydney | 12/03/2009 |
- Most wickets were taken in the tournament career (Top 5)
Players | Team | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Best bowling figure | Average | 4wk/5wk |
Lyn Fullston | Australia | 20 | 20 | 39 | 5/27 | 11.94 | 2/2 |
Carole Hodges | England | 24 | 24 | 37 | 4/3 | 14.86 | 3/0 |
Clare Taylor | England | 26 | 25 | 36 | 4/13 | 13.94 | 2/0 |
Cathryn Fitzpatrick | Australia | 25 | 25 | 33 | 3/18 | 18.90 | 0/0 |
Sharon Tredrea | Australia | 28 | 28 | 32 | 4/25 | 14.93 | 1/0 |
- Most wickets were taken in a particular edition (Top 5)
Players | Team | Year | Matches | Wickets | Best bowling figure | Average | 4wk/5wk |
Lyn Fullston | Australia | 1982 | 12 | 23 | 5/27 | 12.00 | 1/1 |
Jackie Lord | New Zealand | 1982 | 12 | 22 | 6/10 | 12.40 | 1/1 |
Neetu David | India | 2005 | 8 | 20 | 5/32 | 8.35 | 0/1 |
Shubhangi Kulkarni | India | 1982 | 12 | 20 | 3/19 | 11.70 | 0/0 |
Charmaine Mason | Australia | 2000 | 8 | 17 | 3/20 | 10.76 | 0/0 |
*Stats updated up to 24th June 2016