ICC Women’s T20 World Cup
Administrator: International Cricket Council
Format: WT20I
First Edition: 2009 England
Latest Edition: 2018 West Indies
Next Edition: 2020 Australia
Tournament Format: Round robin and knockout
Number of Teams: 10
Current Champion: Australia (4th title)
Most Successful: Australia (4 titles)
Most Runs: New Zealand Suzie Bates (881)
Most Wickets: Australia Ellyse Perry (36)
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The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup is the biennial international championship for women’s Twenty20 International cricket. The event is organized by the sport’s governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with the first edition, was held in England in 2009. For the first three tournaments, there were eight participants, but this number has been raised to ten from the 2014 edition onwards. At each tournament, a set number of teams qualify automatically, with the remaining teams determined by the World Twenty20 Qualifier. Australia is the most successful team, having won the tournament four times.