2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup: Tournament Stats: Preview

Jun 24, 2017 at 12:54 PM

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2017 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup: Tournament Stats: Preview

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

  1. 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

 

  1. 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

 

  1. 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

 

  1. 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

 

  1. 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

 

  1. 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)

  1. 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

 

  1. 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

 

  1. 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)

  1. 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

 

  1. 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

 

  1. 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

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