The 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament held in September 2022.[1][2] It was the fifth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier and served as the qualification tournament for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament.[3] The top two teams from the qualifier tournament progressed to the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa.[4]
| Dates | 18 – 25 September 2022 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stages, playoffs |
| Host(s) |  United Arab Emirates |
| Champions |  Bangladesh (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Ireland |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 20 |
| Player of the series | Nigar Sultana |
| Most runs |  Tanya Ruma (198) |
| Most wickets |  Kelis Ndhlovu (11) |
At the conclusion of the group stage, Bangladesh, Ireland, Thailand and Zimbabwe progressed to the semi-finals which would determine the two places at the T20 World Cup.[5] In the first semi-final, Ireland narrowly defeated Zimbabwe by 4 runs to secure a place in the T20 World Cup.[6] Bangladesh claimed the remaining place in the World Cup by defeating Thailand by 11 runs in the second semi-final.[7] Bangladesh went on to defeat Ireland by seven runs in the final.[8]
Qualification
editIn December 2020 the ICC confirmed the qualification process for the tournament,[9] with 37 teams scheduled to take part across five regional groups.[10] The two teams at the bottom of the ICC Women's T20I Rankings on 30 November 2021, of those who competed at the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia, entered the Qualifier.[1] They were joined by the five winners of each of the Regional Qualifier tournaments.[1] The final place went to the highest ranked team from the Regional Qualifiers as of 30 November 2021, who did not win their regional group.[1]
On 30 August 2021, Scotland became the first team to advance to the Qualifier, winning the Europe tournament.[11] Later the same day, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the EAP qualifier had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] As a result, the highest-ranked EAP team as of 30 November 2021 also went through.[13]
| Means of Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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| Automatic Qualifications | ||||
| 2020 World T20 | November 2021 | Tournament results | 2 | Bangladesh Thailand
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| Regional Qualifications | ||||
| Europe | 26–30 August 2021 |  Spain
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1 |  Scotland[14]
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| East Asia-Pacific | Cancelled |  Samoa
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1 | Papua New Guinea
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| Africa | 9–19 September 2021 |  Botswana
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1 | Zimbabwe[15]
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| Americas | 18–25 October 2021 |  Mexico
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1 |  United States[16]
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| Asia | 22–28 November 2021 | United Arab Emirates
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1 | United Arab Emirates[17]
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| Highest ranked Regional Qualifier | ||||
| ICC T20I Rankings | 1 | Ireland
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| Total | 8 | |||
Squads
edit| Bangladesh[18]
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Ireland[19]
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Papua New Guinea[20]
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Scotland[21]
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| Thailand[22]
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United Arab Emirates[23]
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United States[24]
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Zimbabwe[25]
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Gargi Bhogle was unable to recover from a finger injury and was replaced in the United States squad by Mahika Kandanala.[26] Moksha Chaudhary was ruled out of the qualifier for medical reasons and was replaced in the United States squad by Sai Tanmayi Eyyunni.[27] Jahanara Alam was ruled out of the tournament due to a hand injury and was replaced in the Bangladesh squad by Fariha Trisna.[28] Fargana Hoque also missed the tournament after contracting COVID-19 and was replaced by Shohely Akhter.[29]
Warm-up matches
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Group stage
editGroup A
editPoints table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Bangladesh
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.001 |
| 2 | Ireland
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.925 |
| 3 | Scotland
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.338 |
| 4 | United States
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −3.064 |
Advanced to play-offs
Advanced to consolation play-offs
Fixtures
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Group B
editPoints table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Zimbabwe
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.894 |
| 2 | Thailand
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.293 |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.270 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.928 |
Advanced to play-offs
Advanced to consolation play-offs
Fixtures
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Consolation play-offs
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7th place play-off
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5th place play-off
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Play-offs
editSemi-finals
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
3rd place play-off
editFinal
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Final standings
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| 1st | Bangladesh
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| 2nd | Ireland
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| 3rd | Zimbabwe
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| 4th | Thailand
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| 5th | Papua New Guinea
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| 6th | Scotland
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| 7th | United Arab Emirates
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| 8th | United States
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Qualified for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
References
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- ^ "ICC Confirm Cancellation of EAP Tournaments in 2021". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Men's and women's T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific qualifiers cancelled". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Scotland finish unbeaten". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "All-round Zimbabwe beat Namibia to win T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
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- ^ @ThailandCricket (9 September 2022). "Thailand Cricket have announced a 15-member squad for ICC Womens T20 World Cup Qualifier" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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- ^ "Mahika Kandanala Replaces Gargi Bhogle in USA Women's Squad for Tour of UAE". USA Cricket. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Sai Tanmayi Eyyunni replaces Moksha Chaudhary in USA Women's squad in UAE". USA Cricket. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
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