ICC Women's T20 World Cup, Statistical Overview: Most Titles, Leading Run Scorers Top Wicket Takers

Australia have been the most successful team in the ICC Women's T2O World Cup with 4 titles in their kitty. England and West Indies have one title each to their name.

Captains of the 10 participating teams in the ICC T20 Women's World Cup pose for a pic (Image: ICC)

New Delhi: The seventh edition of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup will commence from February 21 in Australia with defending champions Australia taking on India in a high voltage clash  at the Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney. The grand finale of the marquee event will take place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on International Women's Day 10 of the top teams in women's T20 cricket will battle it hard against each other to come out on top and annex one of most cherished piece of silverware on offer at the international T20 level. While defending champions and hosts Australia are favourites to win a record extending 5th title on home soil; England, New Zealand and India are being dubbed as the other strong title contenders. The 10 teams are divided into two groups of five each with the top two from each qualifying for the knockouts. Here is a statistical preview of the ICC Women's World Cup TEAM RECORDS  Most Titles - Australia have been the most successful team in the tournament history with 4 titles to their name. England and West Indies have one title each to their name. Most Matches Won - Australia have won the most number of matches at the tournament with 24 wins in 32 matches . Most Matches Lost - With 18 losses in 24 games, Pakistan have the most defeats to their name in the tournament. BATTING RECORDS Most Runs - New Zealand cricketer Suzie Bates is the leading run-scorer in the ICC Women's T20 Cup history with a staggering 881 runs Most Runs In Single Edition: Meg Lanning holds the record for scoring most runs in a single edition of the Women's T2O World Cup. The Australian racked up 257 runs in the 2014 edition of the tournament held at Bangladesh. Most Wickets - Australia’s Ellyse Perry tops the all-time wicket takers charts in the tournament with 36 wickets. Most Fifties - Windies cricketer Stafanie Roxann Taylor and Suzie Bates with 6 50s each share the record for scoring the most fifties in the tournament Highest Individual Score - Meg Lanning's knock of 126 against Ireland in the 2014 edition of the World Cup is the highest individual score in the tournament history BOWLING RECORDS Most Wickets - Australia’s Ellyse Perry tops the all-time wicket takers charts in the tournament with 36 wickets. Best Bowling Figures - Deandra Dottin registered the best bowling figures in the with a terrific spell of 5 for 5 against Bangladesh in the 2018 edition of the tournament.