Women’s T20 World Cup Squads of All Teams and Predicted Playing XI
Published on: Feb 5, 2023 12:56 pm IST|Updated on: Feb 6, 2023 4:22 pm IST
Women’s T20 World Cup Squads: The ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup 2023 is set to commence on February10 in South Africa. The hosts will play Sri Lanka women in the tournament opener at the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town. The final will be played on February 26 in Cape Town again.
Besides, the tournament will feature 10 teams and 23 games overall. Group A has Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka. While group B consists England, India, Ireland, Pakistan and West Indies.
It’s the eighth edition of the tournament with Australia being defending champions. As the tournament nears the start, here’re the squads and predicted playing XIs of all the teams.
Women’s T20 World Cup Squads of All Teams and Predicted Playing XI
1. Australia squad
Meg Lanning (C), Alyssa Healy (VC), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham.
Coach: Shelley Nitschke
Predicted Playing XI:
1. Beth Mooney
2. Alyssa Healy (VC)
3. Meg Lanning (C)
4. Tahlia McGrath
5. Ellyse Perry
6. Ashleigh Gardner
7. Annabel Sutherland
8. Jess Jonassen
9. Alana King
10. Megan Schutt
11. Darcie Brown
2. Bangladesh squad
Nigar Sultana (C), Rumana Ahmed, Dilara Akter, Marufa Akter, Nahida Akter, Shorna Akter, Jahanara Alam, Disha Biswas, Fahima Khatun, Murshida Khatun, Salma Khatun, Lata Mondal, Ritu Moni, Sobhana Mostary, Shamima Sultana.
Travelling Reserves: Rabeya Khan, Sanjida Akter Meghla, Sharmin Akter Supta.
Coach: Hashan Tillakaratne
Predicted Playing XI:
1. Murshida Khatun
2. Dilara Akter
3. Fahima Khatun
4. Lata Mondal
5. Nigar Sultana (C)
6. Rumana Ahmed
7. Disha Biswas
8. Ritu Moni
9. Salma Khatun
10. Nahida Akter
11. Jahanara Alam
3. England squad
Heather Knight (C), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Katherine Sciver-Brunt, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Danni Wyatt.
Travelling Reserves: Dani Gibson, Issy Wong
Coach: Jon Lewis
Predicted Playing XI:
1. Danni Wyatt
2. Sophia Dunkley
3. Lauren Winfield-Hill
4. Nat Sciver-Brunt
5. Heather Knight (C)
6. Amy Jones (WK)
7. Charlie Dean
8. Sophie Ecclestone
9. Katherine Sciver-Brunt
10. Lauren Bell
11. Kate Cross
4. India squad
Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Yastika Bhatia, Harleen Deol, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Richa Ghosh, Shikha Pandey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Renuka Singh, Devika Vaidya, Pooja Vastrakar, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav.
Travelling Reserves: Sabbhineni Meghana, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh.
Coach: Hrishikesh Kanitkar (acting)
Predicted Playing XI:
1. Smriti Mandhana (VC)
2. Shafali Verma
3. Jemimah Rodrigues
4. Harmanpreet Kaur (C)
5. Harleen Deol
6. Richa Ghosh (WK)
7. Deepti Sharma
8. Devika Vaidya
9. Pooja Vastrakar
10. Renuka Singh
11. Rajeshwari Gayakwad
5. Ireland squad
Laura Delany (C), Georgina Dempsey, Amy Hunter, Shauna Kavanagh, Arlene Kelly, Gaby Lewis, Louise Little, Sophie MacMahon, Jane Maguire, Cara Murray, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Eimear Richardson, Rachel Delaney, Mary Waldron.
Coach: Ed Joyce
Predicted Playing XI:
1. Amy Hunter
2. Gaby Lewis
3. Orla Prendergast
4. Eimear Richardson
5. Laura Delany (C)
6. Mary Waldron (WK)
7. Louise Little
8. Arlene Kelly
9. Cara Murray
10. Jane Maguire
11. Shauna Kavanagh
6. New Zealand squad
Sophie Devine (C), Suzie Bates, Bernadine Bezuidenhout, Eden Carson, Lauren Down, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Amelia Kerr, Jess Kerr, Molly Penfold, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu.
Coach: Ben Sawyer
Predicted Playing XI:
1. Sophie Devine (C)
2. Suzie Bates
3. Amelia Kerr
4. Maddy Green
5. Lauren Down
6. Brooke Halliday
7. Hayley Jensen
8. Georgia Plimmer
9. Jess Kerr
10. Lea Tahuhu
11. Fran Jonas
7. Pakistan squad
Bismah Maroof (C), Aimen Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Sadaf Shamas, Fatima Sana, Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali, Nashra Sandhu, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz, Tuba Hassan.
Travelling Reserves: Ghulam Fatima, Kainat Imtiaz.
Coach: Mark Coles
Predicted Playing XI:
1. Muneeba Ali (WK)
2. Javeria Khan
3. Bismah Maroof (C)
4. Nida Dar
5. Ayesha Naseem
6. Aliya Riaz
7. Omaima Sohail
8. Fatima Sana
9. Aimen Anwar
10. Sadia Iqbal
11. Tuba Hassan
8. South Africa squad
Sune Luus (C), Annerie Dercksen, Marizanne Kapp, Lara Goodall, Ayabonga Khaka, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Shabnim Ismail, Tazmin Brits, Masabata Klaas, Laura Wolvaardt, Sinalo Jafta, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Anneke Bosch, Delmi Tucker.
Non-traveling Reserves: Micaéla Andrews, Tebogo Macheke, Tumi Sekhukhune.
Coach: Hilton Moreeng
Predicted Playing XI:
1. Laura Wolvaardt
2. Tazmin Brits
3. Lara Goodall
4. Sune Luus (C)
5. Chloe Tryon
6. Marizanne Kapp
7. Sinalo Jafta (WK)
8. Annerie Dercksen
9. Nadine de Klerk
10. Shabnim Ismail
11. Ayabonga Khaka
9. Sri Lanka squad
Chamari Athapaththu (C), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani, Kaushini Nuthyangana, Malsha Shehani, Inoka Ranaweera, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya, Vishmi Gunaratne, Tharika Sewwandi, Ama Kanchana, Sathya Sandeepani.
Predicted Playing XI:
1. Chamari Athapaththu (C)
2. Anushka Sanjeewani (WK)
3. Harshitha Samarawickrama
4. Nilakshi de Silva
5. Ama Kanchana
6. Kavisha Dilhari
7. Oshadi Ranasinghe
8. Malsha Shehani
9. Sugandika Kumari
10. Inoka Ranaweera
11. Achini Kulasuriya
10. West Indies squad
Hailey Matthews (C), Shemaine Campbelle (VC), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shamilia Connell, Afy Fletcher, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Trishan Holder, Zaida James, Djenaba Joseph, Chedean Nation, Karishma Ramharack, Shakera Selman, Stafanie Taylor, Rashada Williams.
Coach: Courtney Walsh
Predicted Playing XI:
1. Hayley Matthews (C)
2. Rashada Williams
3. Shemaine Campbelle (VC)
4. Stafanie Taylor
5. Djenaba Joseph
6. Shabika Gajnabi
7. Zaida James
8. Aaliyah Alleyne
9. Afy Fletcher
10. Shamilia Connell
11. Shakera Selman