2000 Women's Cricket World Cup

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

Dates	29 November – 23 December 2000
Administrator(s)	International Women's Cricket Council
Cricket format	Women'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
Participants	8
Matches	31
Most runs	Karen Rolton (393)
Most wickets	Charmaine Mason (17)
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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 allowed the tournament to receive ball-by-ball text commentary coverage, as well as streamed audio and video, a first for women's cricket.

Points table

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

29 November 2000 Scorecard

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 Scorecard

England   256/3 (50 overs)

v

Netherlands 116/9 (50 overs)

England won by 140 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

30 November 2000 Scorecard

South Africa   128/8 (50 overs)

v

India 129/2 (39.4 overs)

India won by 8 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch

1 December 2000 Scorecard

Australia   282/3 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 82 (39 overs)

Australia won by 200 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch

1 December 2000 Scorecard

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 Scorecard

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 Scorecard

India   275/4 (50 overs)

v

Netherlands 121/6 (50 overs)

India won by 154 runs Lincoln Green, Lincoln

3 December 2000 Scorecard

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 Scorecard

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 Scorecard

India   155/7 (50 overs)

v

England 147 (49.2 overs)

India won by 8 runs Lincoln Green, Lincoln

4 December 2000 Scorecard

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 Scorecard

Sri Lanka   129 (47.3 overs)

v

Ireland 119 (49.5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 10 runs Lincoln Green, Lincoln

6 December 2000 Scorecard

Australia   223/5 (50 overs)

v

India 172/8 (50 overs)

Australia won by 51 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

6 December 2000 Scorecard

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 Scorecard

Ireland   103 (44.2 overs)

v

England 105/2 (29.3 overs)

England won by 8 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

8 December 2000 Scorecard

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 Scorecard

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 Scorecard

Australia   190/7 (50 overs)

v

England 136 (47.3 overs)

Australia won by 54 runs Lincoln Green, Lincoln

10 December 2000 Scorecard

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 Scorecard

India   199/9 (50 overs)

v

Ireland 169 (47.2 overs)

India won by 30 runs Hagley Park No. 2, Christchurch

11 December 2000 Scorecard

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 Scorecard

England   242/4 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 137/9 (50 overs)

England won by 105 runs Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

13 December 2000 Scorecard

South Africa   169/8 (50 overs)

v

Australia 171/1 (25 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln

14 December 2000 Scorecard

Ireland   232/6 (50 overs)

v

Netherlands 191/8 (50 overs)

Ireland won by 41 runs Hagley Park No. 2, Christchurch

14 December 2000 Scorecard

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 Scorecard

India   230/4 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 89 (49.2 overs)

India won by 141 runs Lincoln Green, Lincoln

16 December 2000 Scorecard

Netherlands   107/7 (50 overs)

v

Australia 109/0 (24 overs)

Australia won by 10 wickets Lincoln Green, Lincoln

16 December 2000 Scorecard

Ireland   176/9 (50 overs)

v

South Africa 177/1 (36.2 overs)

South Africa won by 9 wickets Hagley Park No. 2, Christchurch

Semi finals

18 December 2000 scorecard

South Africa   180/8 (50.0 overs)	v	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 scorecard

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

23 December 2000 scorecard

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)

Most runs

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

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