2000 Women's Cricket World Cup

The 2000 CricInfo Women's Cricket World Cup was an international cricket tournament played in New Zealand from 29 November to 23 December 2000. It was the seventh edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, and the second to be hosted by New Zealand, after the 1982 tournament.

2000 Women's World Cup
Dates29 November – 23 December 2000
Administrator(s)International Women's Cricket Council
Cricket formatWomen's One Day International (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Host(s) New Zealand
Champions New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up Australia
Participants8
Matches31
Most runsAustralia Karen Rolton (393)
Most wicketsAustralia Charmaine Mason (17)
1997
2005

The World Cup was organised by the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC), with matches played over 50 overs. New Zealand defeated Australia by four runs in the final, winning their first and only title. India and South Africa were the losing semi-finalists, while the other four teams were England, Sri Lanka, Ireland, and the Netherlands. Two Australians, Karen Rolton and Charmaine Mason, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively, while another Australian, Lisa Keightley, was named player of the tournament. The tournament was sponsored by CricInfo, a cricket website, which offered live text commentary, and streamed audio and video, a first for women's cricket.[1]

Squads

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Round-robin

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Points table

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Team Pld W L T NR NRR Pts
  Australia 7 7 0 0 0 +1.984 14
  New Zealand 7 6 1 0 0 +2.008 12
  India 7 5 2 0 0 +0.711 10
  South Africa 7 4 3 0 0 –0.403 8
  England 7 3 4 0 0 +0.440 6
  Sri Lanka 7 2 5 0 0 –1.572 4
  Ireland 7 1 6 0 0 –0.983 2
  Netherlands 7 0 7 0 0 –2.098 0

Matches

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29 November 2000
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New Zealand  
166/9 (50 overs)
v
  Australia
167/4 (47.3 overs)
Australia won by 6 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

30 November 2000
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England  
256/3 (50 overs)
v
  Netherlands
116/9 (50 overs)
England won by 140 runs
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

30 November 2000
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South Africa  
128/8 (50 overs)
v
  India
129/2 (39.4 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Hagley Oval, Christchurch

1 December 2000
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Australia  
282/3 (50 overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
82 (39 overs)
Australia won by 200 runs
Hagley Oval, Christchurch

1 December 2000
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Ireland  
99 (47.4 overs)
v
  New Zealand
102/2 (24.5 overs)
New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

2 December 2000
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England  
143 (47.5 overs)
v
  South Africa
144/5 (46.5 overs)
South Africa won by 5 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

2 December 2000
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India  
275/4 (50 overs)
v
  Netherlands
121/6 (50 overs)
India won by 154 runs
Lincoln Green, Lincoln

3 December 2000
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Ireland  
90 (49.3 overs)
v
  Australia
91/0 (20.3 overs)
Australia won by 10 wickets
Hagley Park No. 2, Christchurch

3 December 2000
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New Zealand  
210/4 (50 overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
88 (49.3 overs)
New Zealand won by 122 runs
Lincoln Green, Lincoln

4 December 2000
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India  
155/7 (50 overs)
v
  England
147 (49.2 overs)
India won by 8 runs
Lincoln Green, Lincoln

4 December 2000
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Netherlands  
92 (37.1 overs)
v
  South Africa
93/6 (26.2 overs)
South Africa won by 4 wickets
Hagley Park No. 2, Christchurch

5 December 2000
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Sri Lanka  
129 (47.3 overs)
v
  Ireland
119 (49.5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 10 runs
Lincoln Green, Lincoln

6 December 2000
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Australia  
223/5 (50 overs)
v
  India
172/8 (50 overs)
Australia won by 51 runs
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

6 December 2000
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Netherlands  
80 (48 overs)
v
  New Zealand
81/2 (16.3 overs)
New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Hagley Park No. 2, Christchurch

7 December 2000
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Ireland  
103 (44.2 overs)
v
  England
105/2 (29.3 overs)
England won by 8 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

8 December 2000
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Sri Lanka  
134/9 (50 overs)
v
  South Africa
135/4 (45.3 overs)
South Africa won by 6 wickets
Lincoln Green, Lincoln

9 December 2000
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New Zealand  
224/5 (50 overs)
v
  India
150/7 (50 overs)
New Zealand won by 74 runs
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

10 December 2000
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Australia  
190/7 (50 overs)
v
  England
136 (47.3 overs)
Australia won by 54 runs
Lincoln Green, Lincoln

10 December 2000
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Sri Lanka  
139 (47.1 overs)
v
  Netherlands
113 (39.4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 26 runs
Hagley Park No. 2, Christchurch

11 December 2000
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India  
199/9 (50 overs)
v
  Ireland
169 (47.2 overs)
India won by 30 runs
Hagley Park No. 2, Christchurch

11 December 2000
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New Zealand  
265/5 (50 overs)
v
  South Africa
107 (35.4 overs)
New Zealand won by 158 runs
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

12 December 2000
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England  
242/4 (50 overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
137/9 (50 overs)
England won by 105 runs
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

13 December 2000
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South Africa  
169/8 (50 overs)
v
  Australia
171/1 (25 overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

14 December 2000
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Ireland  
232/6 (50 overs)
v
  Netherlands
191/8 (50 overs)
Ireland won by 41 runs
Hagley Park No. 2, Christchurch

14 December 2000
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New Zealand  
238/8 (50 overs)
v
  England
145 (47.3 overs)
New Zealand won by 93 runs
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

15 December 2000
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India  
230/4 (50 overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
89 (49.2 overs)
India won by 141 runs
Lincoln Green, Lincoln

16 December 2000
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Netherlands  
107/7 (50 overs)
v
  Australia
109/0 (24 overs)
Australia won by 10 wickets
Lincoln Green, Lincoln

16 December 2000
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Ireland  
176/9 (50 overs)
v
  South Africa
177/1 (36.2 overs)
South Africa won by 9 wickets
Hagley Park No. 2, Christchurch

Knockout stage

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Semi finals

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18 December 2000
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South Africa  
180/8 (50.0 overs)
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  Australia
181/1 (31.2 overs)
Linda Olivier 41 (101)
Charmaine Mason 3/39 (10 overs)
Lisa Keightley 91* (97)
Cindy Eksteen 1/39 (9 overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Steve Dunne
Player of the match: Lisa Keightley (Aus)

20 December 2000
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India  
117 (45.2 overs)
v
  New Zealand
121/1 (26.5 overs)
Purnima Rau 67 (133)
Kathryn Ramel 2/12 (5 overs)
Anna Smith 50* (90)
Neetu David 1/18 (5 overs)
New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Kathy Cross and Brian Jerling
Player of the match: Anna Smith (NZ)

Final

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23 December 2000
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New Zealand  
184 (48.4 overs)
v
  Australia
180 (49.1 overs)
Kathryn Ramel 41 (63)
Cathryn Fitzpatrick 3/52 (9.4 overs)
Belinda Clark 91 (102)
Katrina Keenan 2/19 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 4 runs
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Peter Parker and Dave Quested
Player of the match: Belinda Clark (Aus)

Statistics

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Most runs

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The top five run-scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored, then by batting average, then alphabetically by surname.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s
Karen Rolton   Australia 393 7 131.00 154* 2 2
Lisa Keightley   Australia 375 8 75.00 91* 0 4
Belinda Clark   Australia 351 9 58.50 91 0 2
Emily Drumm   New Zealand 339 7 67.80 108* 1 2
Anna Smith   New Zealand 308 8 51.33 91* 0 3

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

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The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

Player Team Overs Wkts Ave SR Econ BBI
Charmaine Mason   Australia 69.3 17 10.76 24.5 2.63 3/20
Clare Taylor   England 64.0 14 10.85 27.4 2.37 4/25
Avril Fahey   Australia 45.0 13 11.76 20.7 3.40 3/11
Katrina Keenan   New Zealand 69.0 12 10.66 10.66 1.85 3/16
Cathryn Fitzpatrick   Australia 84.4 11 26.09 46.1 3.38 3/22

Source: ESPNcricinfo

References

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  1. ^ Raf Nicholson (11 July 2013). "Cricinfo's own World Cup". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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