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The Women's Cricket World Cup is the quadrennial international championship of Women's One Day International Cricket tournament. Matches are played as One Day Internationals over 50 overs per team. There is also another championship for Twenty20 International cricket, the Women's T20 World Cup .
The first women's ODIs were played in 1973, as part of the first Women's World Cup which was held in England. The first ODI would have been between New Zealand and Jamaica on 20 June 1973, but was abandoned without a ball being bowled, due to rain. [1] Therefore, the first women's ODIs to take place were three matches played three days later. [2]
The West Indies women's cricket team toured India in December 2024 to play the India women's cricket team. [1] [2] The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [3] [4] The ODI series formed part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship.
[10] [11] Sri Lanka won the first and second ODI by 6 wickets and 5 wickets respectively, [12] and seal the series 2–0. [13] It was Sri Lanka's first series win over the West Indies in the format since their series in 2008. [14] Sri Lanka won the third and last ODI by 160 runs and won the ODI series 3–0, securing a whitewash. [15]
The first tie in ODIs occurred on 10 January 1982 when New Zealand played England in the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup, [3] with both teams scoring 147 runs in the 60-over match. [4] In April 2021, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that all tied women's ODI matches would be decided by a Super Over. [5]
The 2025 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup will be the 13th edition of Women's Cricket World Cup. It is scheduled to be hosted in India. [1] This will be the fourth time that India are going to host the tournament after the 1978, 1997 and 2013 edition. This will be the last time that the tournament will have 8 teams. [2]
The tour consisted of five Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and one Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I). [2] The WODI matches were used as preparation for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, also taking place in New Zealand. [3] The initial tour schedule had matches in North New Zealand. [4]
Subsequent tournaments were hampered by lack of funds for women's teams meaning that their scheduling for many years was inconsistent. [4] The 1997 World Cup was the first to be played with 50 overs and a knock-out stage. [5] Since the inaugural tournament, there have been a total of 12 World Cups with the 13th planned for 2025 in India.