2014–2016 ICC Women's Championship
{{short description|Cricket tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2014–2016 ICC Women's Championship
| image =
| imagesize =
| administrator = International Cricket Council
| cricket format = One Day International
| tournament format = Round robin
| host = Various
| champions = {{crw|AUS}}
| count = 1
| runner up = {{crw|ENG}}
| most runs = {{flagicon|Australia}} Meg Lanning (1,232)
| most wickets = {{flagicon|Australia}} Jess Jonassen (31)
| previous_year =
| previous_tournament =
| next_year = 2017–20
| next_tournament = 2017–2020 ICC Women's Championship
}}
The 2014–2016 ICC Women's Championship was the first edition of the ICC Women's Championship, a women's One Day International cricket (WODI) competition contested by eight teams. The top four teams at the conclusion of the tournament (Australia, England, New Zealand and West Indies) gained automatically qualification for the 2017 World Cup. The bottom four teams (India, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) faced six qualifying teams in the 2017 World Cup Qualifier for the remaining four places at the World Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/womens-championship |title=About the ICC Women's Championship |access-date=30 June 2015 |work=ICC}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/28158473 |title=World Cup 2017: Women's Championship will form qualifying |access-date=30 June 2015 |work=BBC Sport}} When four or more WODIs were played in a series, only three pre-selected matches were included in the championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/88394/india-and-new-zealand-aiming-for-upward-icc-womens-championship-movement |title=India and New Zealand aiming for upward ICC Women's Championship movement |access-date=3 July 2015 |work=ICC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630000536/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/88394/india-and-new-zealand-aiming-for-upward-icc-womens-championship-movement |archive-date=30 June 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} The second edition of the competition started in October 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/378363 |title=Revised financial model passed and new constitution agreed upon |access-date=27 April 2017 |work=International Cricket Council}}
Teams
The following teams played in the tournament:
- {{crw|AUS}}
- {{crw|ENG}}
- {{crw|IND}}
- {{crw|NZL}}
- {{crw|PAK}}
- {{crw|RSA}}
- {{crw|SRI}}
- {{crw|WIN}}
Results
The breakdown of results was as follows. During each round, each team played against their opponent three times.{{cite web |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/80883/inaugural-icc-womens-championship-to-commence-in-august |title=Inaugural ICC Women's Championship to commence in August |access-date=5 July 2015 |work=ICC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708051710/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/80883/inaugural-icc-womens-championship-to-commence-in-august |archive-date=8 July 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
class="wikitable sortable"
!Round !class="unsortable"|Window !Home team !Away team !Date !Result |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|rowspan=4|1 |rowspan=4| June – October 2014 |{{crw|AUS}} |{{crw|PAK}} |3–0 |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|{{crw|ENG}} |{{crw|IND}} |2–0 |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|{{crw|WIN}} |{{crw|NZ}} |3–0 |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|{{crw|SL}} |{{crw|SA}} |1–1 |
rowspan=4|2
|rowspan=4|November 2014 – February 2015 |{{crw|AUS}} |{{crw|WIN}} |3–0 |
{{crw|IND}}
|{{crw|SA}} |1–2 |
{{crw|PAK}}
|{{crw|SL}} |3–0 |
{{crw|NZ}}
|{{crw|ENG}} |2–1 |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|rowspan=4|3 |rowspan=4|March – August 2015 |{{crw|PAK}} |{{crw|SA}} |1–2 |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|{{crw|SL}} |{{crw|WIN}} |1–2 |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|{{crw|IND}} |{{crw|NZ}} |1–2 |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|{{crw|ENG}} |{{crw|AUS}} |1–2 |
rowspan=4|4
|rowspan=4|October 2015 – February 2016 |{{crw|WIN}} |{{crw|PAK}} |3–0 |
{{crw|NZ}}
|{{crw|SL}} |3–0 |
{{crw|AUS}}
|{{crw|IND}} |2–1 |
{{crw|SA}}
|{{crw|ENG}} |1–2 |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|rowspan=4|5 |rowspan=4|February – July 2016 |{{crw|IND}} |{{crw|SL}} |3–0 |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|{{crw|NZ}} |{{crw|AUS}} |1–2 |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|{{crw|SA}} |{{crw|WIN}} |1–2 |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|{{crw|ENG}} |{{crw|PAK}} |3–0 |
rowspan=4|6
|rowspan=4|August – October 2016 |{{crw|SL}} |{{crw|AUS}} |0–3 |
{{crw|RSA}}
|{{crw|NZ}} |1–2 |
{{crw|WIN}}
|{{crw|ENG}} |1–2 |
{{crw|PAK}}
|{{crw|IND}} | October 2016 | 3–0{{refn|group=note|name=pakind|The round six fixtures between Pakistan and India should have taken place by the end of October 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/women/content/story/1061989.html |title=Pakistan-India women series in doubt |access-date=9 November 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} As of 9 November 2016, no decision was reached regarding the fixtures going ahead or not.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-womens-championship-2014-16/content/story/1065381.html |title=Young India seek game time with eye on World Cup |access-date=9 November 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} On 23 November 2016 the ICC Technical Committee ruled that India's Women's team had forfeited all of the matches, with the points being awarded to Pakistan.{{cite web |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/media-releases/96949/icc-technical-committee-decision-icc-womens-championship-2014-16-round-6-pakistan-v-india |title=CC Technical Committee decision – ICC Women's Championship 2014–16 Round 6 – Pakistan v India |access-date=23 November 2016 |work=ICC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123210155/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2016/media-releases/96949/icc-technical-committee-decision-icc-womens-championship-2014-16-round-6-pakistan-v-india |archive-date=23 November 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} Pakistan were awarded two points for each game, with India considered to have scored 0 runs in the 50 overs of each game, with their net run rate adjusted to reflect this.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-womens-championship-2014-16/content/story/1067976.html |title=ICC awards Pakistan women full points for unplayed India series |access-date=23 November 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}}} |
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|rowspan=4|7 |rowspan=4|October – November 2016 |{{crw|IND}} |{{crw|WIN}} |3–0 |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|{{crw|SL}} |{{crw|ENG}} |0–3 |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|{{crw|NZ}} |{{crw|PAK}} |3–0 |
style="background:#ddeeff"
|{{crw|AUS}} |{{crw|SA}} |3–0 |
Points table
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|update=complete
|team1=AUS |team2=ENG |team3=NZ |team4=WI |team5=IND |team6=SA |team7=PAK |team8=SL
|result1=WC |result2=WC |result3=WC |result4=WC |result5=Q |result6=Q |result7=Q |result8=Q
|win_AUS=18 |loss_AUS=3 |rs_AUS=4556 |or_AUS=908.3 |rc_AUS=3957 |ob_AUS=981.0
|win_ENG=14 |loss_ENG=6 |nr_ENG=1 |rs_ENG=4315 |or_ENG=898.2 |rc_ENG=3616 |ob_ENG=962.4
|win_IND=9 |loss_IND=11 |nr_IND=1 |rs_IND=2965 |or_IND=921.4 |rc_IND=2986 |ob_IND=806.0
|win_NZ=13 |loss_NZ=8 |rs_NZ=4011 |or_NZ=941.4 |rc_NZ=3804 |ob_NZ=996.2
|win_PAK=7 |loss_PAK=14 |rs_PAK=3171 |or_PAK=871.0 |rc_PAK=3648 |ob_PAK=765.2
|win_SA=8 |loss_SA=12 |nr_SA=1 |rs_SA=3566 |or_SA=907.5 |rc_SA=3682 |ob_SA=884.3
|win_SL=2 |loss_SL=18 |nr_SL=1 |rs_SL=2983 |or_SL=955.4 |rc_SL=3995 |ob_SL=857.3
|win_WI=11 |loss_WI=10 |rs_WI=3810 |or_WI=987.0 |rc_WI=3689 |ob_WI=988.2
|name_AUS={{crw|AUS}}
|name_ENG={{crw|ENG}}
|name_IND={{crw|IND}}
|name_NZ={{crw|NZ}}
|name_PAK={{crw|PAK}}
|name_SA={{crw|SA}}
|name_SL={{crw|SL}}
|name_WI={{crw|WIN}}
|res_col_header=Q
|col_WC=green1
|text_WC=Advance to the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup
|col_Q=yellow1
|text_Q=Advance to the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier
|note_IND=The Pakistan–India fixtures were awarded to Pakistan.{{refn|group=note|name=pakind}}{{cite web |title=ICC Women's Championship — Standings |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/womens-championship/standings-static-data |work=ICC |access-date=26 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126194905/http://www.icc-cricket.com/womens-championship/standings-static-data |archive-date=26 November 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |title=ICC Women's Championship 2014 to 2016/17 Table |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/23/ICC_Womens_Championship_2014_to_2016-17.html |work=CricketArchive |access-date=26 November 2016}}
|note_PAK=IND
}}
Statistics
=Most runs=
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | |||
class="unsortable"|Player
!Team !{{Tooltip|Mat|Matches}} !{{Tooltip|Inns|Innings}} !Runs !{{Tooltip|Ave|Average}} | |||
---|---|---|---|
style="background:gold"
|style="text-align:left"| Meg Lanning |style="text-align:left"| {{crw|AUS}} | 21 | 21 | 1232 | 72.47 |
style="text-align:left"| Ellyse Perry
|style="text-align:left"| {{crw|AUS}} | 17 | 16 | 985 | 89.54 |
style="text-align:left"| Suzie Bates
|style="text-align:left"| {{crw|NZ}} | 20 | 20 | 978 | 54.33 |
style="text-align:left"| Stafanie Taylor
|style="text-align:left"| {{crw|WIN}} | 19 | 19 | 857 | 57.13 |
style="text-align:left"| Nicole Bolton
|style="text-align:left"| {{crw|AUS}} | 20 | 20 | 817 | 45.38 |
class=sortbottom
| colspan="11" style="text-align:left;" |Source: [https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/batting-most-runs-career/icc-women-s-championship-2014-2016-17-9477 ESPNcricinfo] |
= Most wickets =
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | |||
class="unsortable"|Player
!Team !{{Tooltip|Mat|Matches}} !{{Tooltip|Inns|Innings}} !{{Tooltip|Wkts|Wickets}} !{{Tooltip|Ave|Average}} | |||
---|---|---|---|
style="background:gold"
|style="text-align:left"| Jess Jonassen |style="text-align:left"| {{crw|AUS}} | 21 | 21 | 31 | 19.09 |
style="text-align:left"| Heather Knight
|style="text-align:left"| {{crw|ENG}} | 19 | 18 | 29 | 19.34 |
style="text-align:left"| Anisa Mohammed
|style="text-align:left"| {{crw|WIN}} | 21 | 21 | 27 | 22.51 |
style="text-align:left"| Rajeshwari Gayakwad
|style="text-align:left"| {{crw|IND}} | 16 | 16 | 25 | 19.32 |
style="text-align:left"| Kristen Beams
|style="text-align:left"| {{crw|AUS}} | 18 | 18 | 24 | 21.62 |
class=sortbottom
| colspan="11" style="text-align:left;" |Source: [https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/bowling-most-wickets-career/icc-women-s-championship-2014-2016-17-9477 ESPNcricinfo] |
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-womens-championship-2014-16/content/series/772563.html Series Home at ESPN Cricinfo]
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