# 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.
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.

## Round-robin
### 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

## Knockout stage
### 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)

## Statistics
### 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