2016 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 - wikipedia 2016 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 For the men 's tournament taking place at the same time, see 2016 ICC World Twenty20. 2016 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 Dates 15 March -- 3 April 2016 Administrator ( s ) ICC Cricket format Twenty20 International Tournament format ( s ) Group stage and knockout Host ( s ) India Champions West Indies ( 1st title ) Participants 10 Matches played 23 Player of the series Stafanie Taylor Most runs Stafanie Taylor ( 246 ) Most wickets Leigh Kasperek Sophie Devine Deandra Dottin ( 9 ) Official website Official website UDRS No ← 2014 2018 → The 2016 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 was the fifth edition of the ICC Women 's World Twenty20, the world championship of women 's Twenty20 International cricket. India hosted the event for the first time, with matches played from 15 March to 3 April 2016. For the first time, the tournament was run simultaneously with the men 's World Twenty20, with the final of each tournament played on the same day at the same venue ( at Eden Gardens, Kolkata ). In the tournament final, the West Indies defeated defending champions Australia by eight wickets, claiming their first title. West Indian captain Stafanie Taylor was named player of the tournament, having scored more runs than any other player. Contents 1 Teams 2 Squads 3 Venues 4 Warm - up matches 5 Group stage 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 6 Knockout stage 6.1 Semi-finals 6.2 Final 7 Statistics 7.1 Most runs 7.2 Most wickets 8 External links 9 References Teams The top eight teams from the 2014 tournament earned direct qualification to the 2016 tournament. The remaining two spots were decided at the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier, with Bangladesh and Ireland qualifying : Team Qualification tournament Standing Australia 2014 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 Winner England 2014 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 Runner - up West Indies 2014 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 Semi-finalist South Africa 2014 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 Semi-finalist India ( host ) 2014 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 Fifth New Zealand 2014 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 Sixth Pakistan 2014 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 Seventh Sri Lanka 2014 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 Eighth Ireland 2015 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 Qualifier Winner Bangladesh 2015 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 Qualifier Runner - up Squads Main article : 2016 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 squads Venues On 21 July 2015, the Indian cricket board announced the name of the eight hosting cities ( Bengaluru, Chennai, Dharamshala, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi ) along with Kolkata, which would host the final of the event. Dharamshala Mohali New Delhi Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Capacity : 23,000 Capacity : 26,950 Capacity : 40,715 2 Group matches 3 Group matches 5 Group matches, 1 Semi-final Mumbai Kolkata Chennai Bangalore Mumbai Dharamshala New Delhi Mohali Nagpur 2016 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 ( India ) Kolkata Wankhede Stadium Eden Gardens Capacity : 32,000 Capacity : 66,349 1 Semi-final Final Bangalore Nagpur Chennai M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Capacity : 40,000 Capacity : 45,000 Capacity : 38,000 4 Group matches 2 Group matches 4 Group matches Warm - up matches A total of 9 warm - up matches were played between 10 and 14 of March in Bangalore ( at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium ) and Chennai ( at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium ) featuring 9 of the tournament 's 10 participating teams. Warm - up matches 10 March 15 : 00 Scorecard India 147 / 4 ( 20 overs ) Ireland 118 / 9 ( 20 overs ) Smriti Mandhana 73 * ( 52 ) Kim Garth 3 / 16 ( 4 overs ) Catherine Dalton 37 ( 30 ) Niranjana Nagarajan 2 / 17 ( 4 overs ) India won by 29 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires : Ranmore Martinesz ( SL ) and Joel Wilson ( WI ) India won the toss and elected to bat. 10 March 19 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard Bangladesh 95 ( 19.5 overs ) Sri Lanka 97 / 5 ( 18.1 overs ) Nigar Sultana 33 ( 39 ) Oshadi Ranasinghe 3 / 14 ( 2.5 overs ) Yasoda Mendis 20 ( 19 ) Rumana Ahmed 3 / 9 ( 4 overs ) Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires : Johan Cloete ( SA ) and Simon Fry ( Aus ) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. 11 March 19 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard New Zealand 130 / 6 ( 20 overs ) England 131 / 6 ( 20 overs ) Sophie Devine 40 ( 42 ) Katherine Brunt 2 / 15 ( 4 overs ) Sarah Taylor 51 ( 52 ) Lea Tahuhu 2 / 10 ( 4 overs ) England won by 4 wickets M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires : Anil Chaudhary ( Ind ) and C.K. Nandan ( Ind ) England won the toss and elected to field. 12 March 15 : 00 Scorecard England 126 ( 19.2 overs ) New Zealand 106 ( 19.1 overs ) Tamsin Beaumont 56 ( 52 ) Leigh Kasperek 4 / 12 ( 3.2 overs ) Sophie Devine 35 ( 33 ) Jenny Gunn 4 / 12 ( 2.1 overs ) England won by 20 runs M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires : Anil Chaudhary ( Ind ) and C.K. Nandan ( Ind ) England won the toss and elected to bat. 12 March 15 : 00 Scorecard Ireland 74 / 9 ( 20 overs ) Bangladesh 79 / 2 ( 12.3 overs ) Laura Delany 17 ( 21 ) Rumana Ahmed 4 / 12 ( 4 overs ) Sharmin Akhter 36 * ( 37 ) Ciara Metcalfe 1 / 12 ( 3 overs ) Bangladesh won by 8 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires : Simon Fry ( Aus ) and Joel Wilson ( WI ) Ireland won the toss and elected to bat. 12 March 19 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard South Africa 104 / 5 ( 20 overs ) Tamil Nadu Cricket Association City Juniors 108 / 1 ( 15.1 overs ) Marizanne Kapp 53 * ( 55 ) Nidhish Rajagopal 2 / 7 ( 2 overs ) S Abhishek 50 * ( 45 ) Suné Luus 1 / 13 ( 2 overs ) Tamil Nadu Cricket Association City Juniors won by 9 wickets M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires : Kathy Cross ( NZ ) and Claire Polosak ( Aus ) South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. 12 March 19 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard Sri Lanka 125 / 4 ( 20 overs ) India 128 / 2 ( 17.5 overs ) Dilani Manodara 43 * ( 35 ) Deepti Sharma 2 / 4 ( 2 overs ) Smriti Mandhana 42 * ( 28 ) Udeshika Prabodani 1 / 10 ( 4 overs ) India won by 8 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires : Johan Cloete ( SA ) and Ranmore Martinesz ( SL ) India won the toss and elected to field. 14 March 15 : 00 Scorecard Australia 139 / 3 ( 20 overs ) West Indies 96 ( 19 overs ) Elyse Villani 51 ( 42 ) Stafanie Taylor 1 / 8 ( 2 overs ) Stacy - Ann King 19 * ( 22 ) Kristen Beams 3 / 9 ( 3 overs ) Australia won by 43 runs M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires : Anil Chaudhary ( Ind ) and Kathy Cross ( NZ ) West Indies won the toss and elected to field. 14 March 19 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard South Africa 101 / 7 ( 20 overs ) England 102 / 3 ( 16.3 overs ) Trisha Chetty 31 ( 35 ) Anya Shrubsole 4 / 17 ( 4 overs ) Sarah Taylor 37 ( 36 ) Chloe Tryon 1 / 9 ( 1.3 overs ) England won by 7 wickets M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires : C.K. Nandan ( Ind ) and Claire Polosak ( Aus ) South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. Group stage On 11 December 2015, International Cricket Council announced the schedule for the tournament with the 10 teams split into 2 groups. Each team plays every other team in its group once. The top two teams from each group qualify to the knockout phase. Group a Team Pld NR Pts NRR New Zealand ( Q ) 0 0 8 + 2.430 Australia ( Q ) 0 6 + 0.613 Sri Lanka 0 -- 0.240 South Africa 0 + 0.173 Ireland 0 0 0 -- 2.817 ( Q ) Qualified to Knockout stage 15 March 19 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard Sri Lanka 110 / 8 ( 20 overs ) New Zealand 111 / 3 ( 15.5 overs ) Dilani Manodara 37 ( 31 ) Leigh Kasperek 2 / 19 ( 4 overs ) Suzie Bates 37 ( 37 ) Shashikala Siriwardene 1 / 21 ( 2 overs ) New Zealand won by 7 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi Umpires : Michael Gough ( Eng ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin ( Ind ) Player of the match : Suzie Bates ( NZ ) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. 18 March 15 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard New Zealand 177 / 3 ( 20 overs ) Ireland 84 / 5 ( 20 overs ) Suzie Bates 82 ( 60 ) Amy Kenealy 1 / 20 ( 3 overs ) Isobel Joyce 28 ( 33 ) Erin Bermingham 2 / 17 ( 4 overs ) New Zealand won by 93 runs Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires : Vineet Kulkarni ( Ind ) and Claire Polosak ( Aus ) Player of the match : Suzie Bates ( NZ ) New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. Suzie Bates ( NZ ) scored her 2,000 th T20I run. 18 March 19 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard South Africa 102 / 6 ( 20 overs ) Australia 105 / 4 ( 18.3 overs ) Dane van Niekerk 45 ( 47 ) Lauren Cheatle 2 / 13 ( 4 overs ) Ellyse Perry 2 / 13 ( 4 overs ) Alex Blackwell 42 * ( 46 ) Shabnim Ismail 2 / 15 ( 3 overs ) Australia won by 6 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Umpires : Kathy Cross ( NZ ) and C.K. Nandan ( Ind ) Player of the match : Meg Lanning ( Aus ) South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. Dane van Niekerk ( SA ) scored her 1,000 th T20I run. 20 March 19 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard Sri Lanka 129 / 7 ( 20 overs ) Ireland 115 / 8 ( 20 overs ) Eshani Lokusuriyage 35 * ( 28 ) Ciara Metcalfe 4 / 15 ( 4 overs ) Laura Delany 29 ( 24 ) Sugandika Kumari 3 / 24 ( 4 overs ) Sri Lanka won by 14 runs Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires : Vineet Kulkarni ( Ind ) and Claire Polosak ( Aus ) Player of the match : Ciara Metcalfe ( Ire ) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. Harshitha Madavi ( SL ) made her T20I debut. 21 March 15 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard Australia 103 / 8 ( 20 overs ) New Zealand 104 / 4 ( 16.2 overs ) Ellyse Perry 42 ( 48 ) Leigh Kasperek 3 / 13 ( 4 overs ) Rachel Priest 34 ( 27 ) Lauren Cheatle 1 / 11 ( 2 overs ) New Zealand won by 6 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Umpires : Ruchira Palliyaguruge ( SL ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin ( Ind ) Player of the match : Leigh Kasperek ( NZ ) Australia won the toss and elected to bat. 23 March 19 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard South Africa 156 / 5 ( 20 overs ) Ireland 89 / 9 ( 20 overs ) Trisha Chetty 35 ( 35 ) Kim Garth 2 / 26 ( 4 overs ) Clare Shillington 34 ( 28 ) Suné Luus 5 / 8 ( 4 overs ) South Africa won by 67 runs M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires : Kathy Cross ( NZ ) and C.K. Nandan ( Ind ) Player of the match : Suné Luus ( SA ) South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. Trisha Chetty ( SA ) scored her 1,000 th T20I run. 24 March 15 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard Sri Lanka 123 / 8 ( 20 overs ) Australia 125 / 1 ( 17.4 overs ) Chamari Atapattu 38 ( 32 ) Kristen Beams 2 / 25 ( 4 overs ) Megan Schutt 2 / 25 ( 4 overs ) Meg Lanning 56 * ( 53 ) Inoka Ranaweera 1 / 27 ( 4 overs ) Australia won by 9 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi Umpires : Chris Gaffaney ( NZ ) and Michael Gough ( Eng ) Player of the match : Elyse Villani ( Aus ) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. 26 March 15 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard Ireland 91 / 7 ( 20 overs ) Australia 92 / 3 ( 13.2 overs ) Kim Garth 27 ( 46 ) Megan Schutt 3 / 29 ( 4 overs ) Elyse Villani 43 ( 35 ) Kim Garth 2 / 24 ( 3 overs ) Australia won by 7 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi Umpires : Chris Gaffaney ( NZ ) and S. Ravi ( Ind ) Player of the match : Megan Schutt ( Aus ) Australia won the toss and elected to field. 26 March 19 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard South Africa 99 ( 19.3 overs ) New Zealand 100 / 3 ( 14.3 overs ) Marizanne Kapp 22 ( 24 ) Sophie Devine 3 / 16 ( 3 overs ) Suzie Bates 29 ( 25 ) Masabata Klaas 1 / 11 ( 1 over ) New Zealand won by 7 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires : Simon Fry ( Aus ) and Ranmore Martinesz ( SL ) Player of the match : Sophie Devine ( NZ ) New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. 28 March 15 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard Sri Lanka 114 / 7 ( 20 overs ) South Africa 104 / 7 ( 20 overs ) Chamari Atapattu 52 ( 49 ) Marizanne Kapp 2 / 17 ( 4 overs ) Trisha Chetty 26 ( 25 ) Udeshika Prabodani 2 / 13 ( 4 overs ) Sri Lanka won by 10 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires : Simon Fry ( Aus ) and Joel Wilson ( WI ) Player of the match : Chamari Atapattu ( SL ) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. Group b Team Pld NR Pts NRR England ( Q ) 0 0 8 + 1.417 West Indies ( Q ) 0 6 + 0.688 Pakistan 0 -- 0.673 India 0 + 0.790 Bangladesh 0 0 0 -- 2.306 ( Q ) Qualified to Knockout stage 15 March 15 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard India 163 / 5 ( 20 overs ) Bangladesh 91 / 5 ( 20 overs ) Mithali Raj 42 ( 35 ) Fahima Khatun 2 / 31 ( 4 overs ) Nigar Sultana 27 * ( 25 ) Anuja Patil 2 / 16 ( 4 overs ) India won by 72 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires : Aleem Dar ( Pak ) and Ranmore Martinesz ( SL ) Player of the match : Harmanpreet Kaur ( Ind ) Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field. 16 March 19 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard West Indies 103 / 8 ( 20 overs ) Pakistan 99 / 5 ( 20 overs ) Stafanie Taylor 40 ( 48 ) Anam Amin 4 / 16 ( 4 overs ) Bismah Maroof 22 ( 30 ) Anisa Mohammed 3 / 25 ( 4 overs ) West Indies won by 4 runs M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires : Anil Chaudhary ( Ind ) and Kathy Cross ( NZ ) Player of the match : Anam Amin ( Pak ) Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. Muneeba Ali ( Pak ) made her T20I debut. Stafanie Taylor ( WI ) scored her 2,000 th T20I run. Anisa Mohammed ( WI ) took her 100th T20I wicket, becoming the first player ( male or female ) to achieve this feat. 17 March 15 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard England 153 / 7 ( 20 overs ) Bangladesh 117 / 6 ( 20 overs ) Charlotte Edwards 60 ( 51 ) Jahanara Alam 3 / 32 ( 4 overs ) Nigar Sultana 35 ( 28 ) Anya Shrubsole 2 / 27 ( 4 overs ) England won by 36 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires : Simon Fry ( Aus ) and Ranmore Martinesz ( SL ) Player of the match : Charlotte Edwards ( Eng ) England won the toss and elected to bat. 19 March 15 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard India 96 / 7 ( 20 overs ) Pakistan 77 / 6 ( 16 overs ) Veda Krishnamurthy 24 ( 19 ) Anam Amin 1 / 9 ( 4 overs ) Sidra Ameen 26 ( 26 ) Harmanpreet Kaur 1 / 9 ( 2 overs ) Pakistan won by 2 runs ( D / L method ) Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi Umpires : Michael Gough ( Eng ) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge ( SL ) Player of the match : Anam Amin ( Pak ) Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. Rain stopped play at the 16th over of the Pakistan innings, who were 2 runs ahead of D / L par score. No further play was possible. 20 March 15 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard West Indies 148 / 4 ( 20 overs ) Bangladesh 99 ( 18.3 overs ) Hayley Matthews 41 ( 42 ) Nahida Akter 3 / 27 ( 4 overs ) Nigar Sultana 27 ( 27 ) Stafanie Taylor 3 / 13 ( 3 overs ) West Indies won by 49 runs M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires : Anil Chaudhary ( Ind ) and C.K. Nandan ( Ind ) Player of the match : Stafanie Taylor ( WI ) West Indies won the toss and elected to bat. 22 March 15 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard India 90 / 8 ( 20 overs ) England 92 / 8 ( 19 overs ) Harmanpreet Kaur 26 ( 25 ) Heather Knight 3 / 15 ( 4 overs ) Tamsin Beaumont 20 ( 18 ) Ekta Bisht 4 / 21 ( 4 overs ) England won by 2 wickets Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires : Ranmore Martinesz ( SL ) and Joel Wilson ( WI ) Player of the match : Heather Knight ( Eng ) England won the toss and elected to field. 24 March 19 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard West Indies 108 / 4 ( 20 overs ) England 109 / 9 ( 20 overs ) Stafanie Taylor 35 ( 47 ) Anya Shrubsole 1 / 11 ( 4 overs ) Tamsin Beaumont 31 ( 23 ) Afy Fletcher 3 / 12 ( 4 overs ) England won by 1 wicket Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Umpires : Vineet Kulkarni ( Ind ) and Claire Polosak ( Aus ) Player of the match : Tamsin Beaumont ( Eng ) West Indies won the toss and elected to bat. 24 March 19 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard Bangladesh 113 / 9 ( 20 overs ) Pakistan 114 / 1 ( 16.3 overs ) Farzana Hoque 36 ( 37 ) Anam Amin 2 / 12 ( 4 overs ) Sidra Ameen 53 * ( 48 ) Salma Khatun 1 / 15 ( 2 overs ) Pakistan won by 9 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi Umpires : Ruchira Palliyaguruge ( SL ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin ( Ind ) Player of the match : Sidra Ameen ( Pak ) Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. 27 March 15 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard West Indies 114 / 8 ( 20 overs ) India 111 / 9 ( 20 overs ) Stafanie Taylor 47 ( 45 ) Harmanpreet Kaur 4 / 23 ( 3 overs ) Anuja Patil 26 ( 27 ) Deandra Dottin 3 / 16 ( 4 overs ) West Indies won by 3 runs Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires : Richard Illingworth ( Eng ) and Nigel Llong ( Eng ) Player of the match : Deandra Dottin ( WI ) India won the toss and elected to field. 27 March 19 : 30 ( D / N ) Scorecard England 148 / 5 ( 20 overs ) Pakistan 80 ( 17.5 overs ) Charlotte Edwards 77 * ( 61 ) Nida Dar 3 / 21 ( 4 overs ) Nida Dar 16 ( 22 ) Laura Marsh 3 / 12 ( 4 overs ) England won by 68 runs M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires : Anil Chaudhary ( Ind ) and Kathy Cross ( NZ ) Player of the match : Charlotte Edwards ( Eng ) England won the toss and elected to bat. Charlotte Edwards scored her 2,500 th T20I run, becoming the first player ( male or female ) to achieve this feat. Knockout stage Semifinals Final A2 Australia 132 / 6 ( 20 ov ) B1 England 127 / 7 ( 20 ov ) A2 Australia 148 / 5 ( 20 ov ) B2 West Indies 149 / 2 ( 19.3 ov ) A1 New Zealand 137 / 8 ( 20 ov ) B2 West Indies 143 / 6 ( 20 ov ) Semi-finals 30 March 14 : 30 Scorecard Australia 132 / 6 ( 20 overs ) England 127 / 7 ( 20 overs ) Meg Lanning 55 ( 50 ) Natalie Sciver 2 / 22 ( 3 overs ) Tamsin Beaumont 32 ( 40 ) Megan Schutt 2 / 15 ( 4 overs ) Australia won by 5 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi Umpires : Chris Gaffaney ( NZ ) and Sundaram Ravi ( Ind ) Player of the match : Meg Lanning ( Aus ) England won the toss and elected to field. 31 March 14 : 30 Scorecard West Indies 143 / 6 ( 20 overs ) New Zealand 137 / 8 ( 20 overs ) B Cooper 61 ( 48 ) SFM Devine 4 / 22 ( 4 overs ) SJ McGlashan 38 ( 30 ) SR Taylor 3 / 26 ( 4 overs ) West Indies won by 6 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires : Richard Illingworth ( Eng ) and Nigel Llong ( Eng ) Player of the match : Britney Cooper ( WI ) New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. AFTAB GULONA Final Main article : 2016 ICC Women 's World Twenty20 Final Australia were appearing in the World Twenty20 final for a fourth consecutive time ( and hoping to claim a fourth consecutive title ), whereas the West Indies had only made it as far as the semi-finals in previous tournaments. Both teams had finished second in their groups ( to New Zealand and England, respectively ), but Australia went into the final as favourites. Australian captain Meg Lanning won the toss and elected to bat, with Australia posting what was regarded as a highly competitive total of 148 / 5 from their 20 overs. Lanning and Elyse Villani both scored half - centuries, while Ellyse Perry hit two sixes in a quickfire innings of 28 towards the end of the innings. In response, the West Indian openers Hayley Matthews ( 66 from 45 balls ) and Stafanie Taylor ( 59 from 57 balls ) put on a partnership of 120 runs for the first wicket, setting a new team record for Twenty20 Internationals. Matthews and Taylor were both dismissed within the final five overs, but Deandra Dottin and Britney Cooper combined to carry the West Indies to victory with three balls remaining. Matthews, who turned 18 during the tournament, was named player of the final. By winning the tournament, the West Indies became only the fourth team to win a global women 's cricket tournament, after Australia, England, and New Zealand. In all World Twenty20 matches, only one higher successful chase has been carried out. 3 April 14 : 30 Scorecard Australia 148 / 5 ( 20 overs ) West Indies 149 / 2 ( 19.3 overs ) Elyse Villani 52 ( 37 ) Deandra Dottin 2 / 33 ( 4 overs ) Hayley Matthews 66 ( 45 ) Kristen Beams 1 / 27 ( 4 overs ) West Indies won by 8 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires : Aleem Dar ( Pak ) and Richard Illingworth ( Eng ) Player of the match : Hayley Matthews ( WI ) Australia won the toss and elected to bat. No Rain AFTAB GULONA Statistics Most runs Player Team Mat Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50 4s 6s Stafanie Taylor West Indies 6 6 246 41.00 93.18 59 0 21 Charlotte Edwards England 5 5 202 50.50 114.77 77 * 0 26 0 Meg Lanning Australia 6 6 201 50.25 111.66 56 * 0 28 0 Suzie Bates New Zealand 5 5 183 36.60 111.58 82 0 18 Elyse Villani Australia 6 6 171 34.20 117.12 53 * 0 28 0 Source : Cricinfo Most wickets Player Team Mat Inns Wkts Ave Econ BBI SR 4WI 5WI Leigh Kasperek New Zealand 5 5 9 10.11 4.91 3 / 13 12.3 0 0 Sophie Devine New Zealand 5 5 9 10.55 5.58 4 / 22 11.3 0 Deandra Dottin West Indies 6 6 9 13.55 6.42 3 / 16 12.6 0 0 Stafanie Taylor West Indies 6 6 8 15.25 6.42 3 / 13 14.2 0 0 Suné Luus South Africa 7 6.71 4.70 5 / 8 8.5 0 Source : Cricinfo External links Cricket portal Cricinfo tournament page References Jump up ^ `` Eden Gardens to host 2016 World T20 final ''. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` ICC Women 's World Twenty20 Warm - up Matches ''. ICC. 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Question: who won women's t20 world cup 2016
Answer: the West Indies