ICC Women's World Cup 2025

2025 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Facts

Dates

30 September – 2 November 2025

Administrator(s)

International Cricket Council

Cricket format Women's One Day International

Tournament format(s)

Round-robin and Knockout stage

Host(s)

India

Sri Lanka[a]

Participants 8

Matches 31

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup

Administrator International Cricket Council

Format Women's One Day International

First edition 1973 England

Latest edition 2022 New Zealand

Next edition 2025

India

Srilanka

Number of teams 8 (10 from 2029)

Current champion Australia (7th title)

Most successful Australia (7 titles)

Most runs New Zealand Debbie Hockley (1,501)

Most wickets India Jhulan Goswami (43)

Results

Finals

Year Host(s) Final venue Final Teams Winning Captain

Winners Result Runners-up

1973 England No final England

20 points England won on points

table Australia

17 points 7 Racheal Heyhoe Flint

1978 India No final Australia

6 points Australia won on points

table England

4 points 4 Margaret Jennings

1982 New Zealand Lancaster Park, Christchurch Australia

152/7 (59 overs) Australia won by 3 wickets

scorecard England

151/5 (60 overs) 5 Sharon Tredrea

1988 Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Australia

129/2 (44.5 overs) Australia won by 8 wickets

scorecard England

127/7 (60 overs) 5 Sharon Tredrea

1993 England Lord's, London England

195/5 (60 overs) England won by 67 runs

scorecard New Zealand

128 (55.1 overs) 8 Karen Smithies

1997 India Eden Gardens, Kolkata Australia

165/5 (47.4 overs) Australia won by 5 wickets

scorecard New Zealand

164 (49.3 overs) 11 Belinda Clark

2000 New Zealand Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln New Zealand

184 (48.4 overs) New Zealand won by 4 runs

scorecard Australia

180 (49.1 overs) 8 Emily Drumm

2005 South Africa SuperSport Park, Centurion Australia

215/4 (50 overs) Australia won by 98 runs

scorecard India

117 (46 overs) 8 Belinda Clark

2009 Australia North Sydney Oval, Sydney England

167/6 (46.1 overs) England won by 4 wickets

scorecard New Zealand

166 (47.2 overs) 8 Charlotte Edwards

2013 India Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Australia

259/7 (50 overs) Australia won by 114 runs

scorecard West Indies

145 (43.1 overs) 8 Jodie Fields

2017 England Lord's, London England

228/7 (50 overs) England won by 9 runs

scorecard India

219 (48.4 overs) 8 Heather Knight

2022 New Zealand Hagley Oval, Christchurch Australia

356/5 (50 overs) Australia won by 71 runs

scorecard England

285 (43.4 overs) 8 Meg Lanning

2025 India

 Sri Lanka[a] To be confirmed 8

Debutant teams

Year Teams

1973 Australia,  England,  New Zealand, International XI‡,  Jamaica†,  Trinidad and Tobago†, England Young England‡

1978 India

1982 none

1988 Ireland,  Netherlands

1993 Denmark,  West Indies

1997 Pakistan,  South Africa,  Sri Lanka

2000 none

2005 none

2009 none

2013 none

2017 none

2022 Bangladesh

2025 none

†No longer have ODI status. ‡No longer exists.

Overview

Appearances Statistics

Team Total First Latest Best performance Mat. Won Lost Tie NR Win%*

 Australia 12 1973 2022 Champions (1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005, 2013, 2022) 93 79 11 1 2 84.94

 England 12 1973 2022 Champions (1973, 1993, 2009, 2017) 92 62 27 2 1 67.39

 New Zealand 12 1973 2022 Champions (2000) 87 54 30 2 1 62.06

 India 10 1978 2022 Runners-up (2005, 2017) 70 37 31 1 1 52.85

 West Indies 7 1993 2022 Runners-up (2013) 46 16 28 0 1 34.78

 South Africa 7 1997 2022 Semi-finals (2000, 2017, 2022) 46 20 24 0 2 43.47

 Pakistan 5 1997 2022 Super 6s (2009) 30 3 27 0 0 10.00

 Sri Lanka 6 1997 2017 Quarter-finals (1997) & Super 8s (2013) 35 8 26 0 1 23.52

 Ireland 5 1988 2005 Quarter-finals (1997) 34 7 26 0 1 20.58

 Netherlands 4 1988 2000 Quarter-finals (1997) 26 2 24 0 0 7.69

International XI‡ 2 1973 1982 First Round (1973, 1982) 18 3 14 0 1 16.66

 Denmark 2 1993 1997 First Round (1993, 1997) 13 2 11 0 0 15.38

 Trinidad and Tobago† 1 1973 1973 First Round (1973) 6 2 4 0 0 33.33

 Bangladesh 1 2022 2022 First Round (2022) 7 1 6 0 0 14.28

 Young England‡ 1 1973 1973 First Round (1973) 6 1 5 0 0 16.66

 Jamaica† 1 1973 1973 First Round (1973) 5 1 4 0 0 20.00

†No longer have ODI status. ‡No longer exists.

Awards

Player of the Tournament

Year Player Performance details

1988 England Carole Hodges 336 Runs / 12 Wickets

1993

1997

2000 Australia Lisa Keightley 375 Runs

2005 Australia Karen Rolton 246 Runs

2009 England Claire Taylor 324 Runs

2013 New Zealand Suzie Bates 407 Runs

2017 England Tammy Beaumont 410 Runs

2022 Australia Alyssa Healy 509 Runs

Player of the Final

Year Player Performance details

1982

1988

1993 England Jo Chamberlain 38 (33) / 1/28 (9)

1997 New Zealand Debbie Hockley 79 (121)

2000 Australia Belinda Clark 91 (102)

2005 Australia Karen Rolton 107* (128)

2009 England Nicky Shaw 4/34 (8.2)

2013 Australia Jess Cameron 75 (76)

2017 England Anya Shrubsole 6/46 (9.4)

2022 Australia Alyssa Healy 170 (138)

Other results

Results of host teams

Year Host Team Finish

1973 England Champions

1978 India 4th place

1982 New Zealand 3rd place

1988 Australia Champions

1993 England Champions

1997 India Semi-finalists

2000 New Zealand Champions

2005 South Africa 7th place

2009 Australia 4th place

2013 India 7th place

2017 England Champions

2022 New Zealand 6th place

2025 India

 Sri Lanka

Results of defending champions

Year Defending champions Finish

1978 England Runner-ups

1982 Australia Champions

1988 Australia Champions

1993 Australia 3rd place

1997 England Semi-finalists

2000 Australia Runner-ups

2005 New Zealand Semi-finalists

2009 Australia 4th place

2013 England 3rd place

2017 Australia Semi-finalists

2022 England Runner-ups

2025 Australia

Tournament records

World Cup records

Batting

Most runs Debbie Hockley New Zealand 1,501 1982–2000 [13]

Highest average (min. 10 innings) Karen Rolton Australia 74.92 1997–2009 [14]

Highest score Belinda Clark 229* 1997 [15]

Highest partnership Tammy Beaumont & Sarah Taylor England 275 2017 [16]

Most runs in a tournament Alyssa Healy Australia 509 2022 [17]

Bowling

Most wickets Jhulan Goswami India 43 2005–2022 [18]

Lowest average (min. 500 balls bowled) Katrina Keenan New Zealand 9.72 1997–2000 [19]

Best bowling figures Jackie Lord 6/10 1982 [20]

Most wickets in a tournament Lyn Fullston Australia 23 1982 [21]

Fielding

Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) Jane Smit England 40 1993–2005 [22]

Most catches (fielder) Janette Brittin 19 1982–1997 [23]

Team

Highest score Australia (v Denmark) 412/3 1997 [24]

Lowest score Pakistan (v Australia) 27 1997 [25]

Highest win % Australia 87.36 [26]

Most Wins 79 [27]