ICC Women's Cricket World Cup

The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is organised by ICC and the first tournament was held in England in 1973(2 years before the Men's World Cup in 1975)

• 15 different teams have played, but only Australia,England and New Zealand  have appeared in every tournament

• India have appeared in all but two of the competitions, and these four teams are the only ones to have appeared in the final of the competition.

• Jamaica,Trinidad & Tobago and Young England have all appeared in just one tournament: in each case, the first competition, in 1973. 

• The most recent tournament, the '' 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup'' was held in Australia in March 2009. Eight teams competed in the tournament. England won the cup by defeating New Zealand by four wickets in the final at the North Sydney Oval 

Previous Year's Winners Details

Year	Winner	Result	Runner-Up	Venue
1973	England 279/3 in 60 Overs	England won by 92 Runs	Australia 187/9 in 60 Overs	Edgbaston,Birmingham  England
1978	Australia 100/2 in 31.3 Overs	Australia won by 8 wickets	England 96/8 in 50 Overs	Hyderabad,India
1982	Australia 152/7 in 59 Overs	Australia won by 3 wickets	England 151/5 in 60 Overs	Christchurch New Zealand
1988	Australia 129/2 in 44.5 Overs	Australia won by 8 wickets	England 127/7 in 60 Overs	Melbourne Australia
1993	England 195/5 in 60 Overs	England won by 67 Runs	New Zealand 128 in 55.1 Overs	Lords,London England
1997	Australia 165/5 in 47.4 Overs	Australia won by 5 wickets	New Zealand 164 in 49.3 Overs	Kolkata India
2000	New Zealand 184 in 48.4 Overs	NZ won by 4 Runs	Australia 180 in 49.1 Overs	Bert Sutcliffe Oval Lincoln New Zealand
2005	Australia 215/4 in 50 Overs	Australia won by 98 Runs	India 117 in 47 Overs	Centurion South Africa
2009	England 167/6 in 46.1 Overs	England won by 4 wickets	NZ 166 in 47.2 Overs	Sydney Australia

 

Records in the Women's World Cricket Cup
1)Most Runs Scored by Debbie Hockley(New Zealand) - 1501 Runs during 1982-2000

2)Highest Score made by Belinda Clarke(Australia)-229 Not Out in 1997

3)Highest Team Score made  by Australia against Denmark in 1997 -412/3
4)Lowest Team Score made by Pakistan against Australia in 1997 -27/10
5)Most Runs Scored in a World Cup -Debbie Hockley scored 456 Runs in 1997
6)Most Wickets in World Cup -Lyn Fullston(Australia) has taken 39 Wickets during 1982-88
7)Best Bowling Figures -Jackie Lord(New Zealand)has taken 6 wickets for just 10 runs in 1982