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2017 Women's World Cup Qualifier

Dates	7 – 21 February 2017
Administrator(s)	ICC
Cricket format	50 overs (One Day International)
Host(s)	Sri Lanka
Champions	India (1st title)
Runners-up	South Africa
Participants	10
Matches	30
Player of the series	Suné Luus
Most runs	Javeria Khan (299)
Most wickets	Nashra Sandhu (17)
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The 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament that was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 7 to 21 February 2017. It was the final stage of the qualification process for the 2017 World Cup in England. The tournament was the fourth edition of the World Cup Qualifier, and the first to be held in Sri Lanka.

The final was contested between India and South Africa, with India winning by 1 wicket. Along with the two finalists, both Sri Lanka and Pakistan also qualified for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. As well as the four qualifiers for the Cricket World Cup, Bangladesh and Ireland kept their ODI status until 2021 by virtue of them reaching the Super Six stage of the tournament.

Participating teams

Ten teams participated – Bangladesh and Ireland qualified automatically by virtue of having One Day International (ODI) status, while the other eight teams included the bottom four teams of the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship and the four winners of the regional qualifiers. The top four teams at the World Cup Qualifier qualified for the World Cup.

1.  India (Bottom 4 of ICC Women's Championship)
2.  South Africa (Bottom 4 of ICC Women's Championship)
3.  Pakistan (Bottom 4 of ICC Women's Championship)
4.  Sri Lanka (Bottom 4 of ICC Women's Championship)
5.  Bangladesh (automatic qualification – ODI status)
6.  Ireland (automatic qualification – ODI status)
7.  Zimbabwe (Africa regional qualifier)
8.  Thailand (Asia regional qualifier)
9.  Papua New Guinea (East Asia-Pacific regional qualifier)
10.  Scotland (Europe regional qualifier)

Squads

The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed all the squads for the tournament on 24 January 2017.

Bangladesh	India	Ireland	Pakistan	Papua New Guinea
Rumana Ahmed (c) Fahima Khatun Fargana Hoque Jahanara Alam Khadija Tul Kubra Lata Mondal Murshida Khatun Nigar Sultana (wk) Panna Ghosh Ritu Moni Salma Khatun Sanjida Islam Shaila Sharmin Sharmin Akhter Sharmin Sultana Suraiya Azmin	Mithali Raj (c) Ekta Bisht Rajeshwari Gayakwad Jhulan Goswami Mansi Joshi Thirush Kamini Harmanpreet Kaur Veda Krishnamurthy Smriti Mandhana Mona Meshram Shikha Pandey Sukanya Parida Poonam Yadav Deepti Sharma Devika Vaidya Sushma Verma (wk) Soni Yadav	Laura Delany (c) Kim Garth Cecelia Joyce Isobel Joyce Shauna Kavanagh Meg Kendal Amy Kenealy Gaby Lewis Robyn Lewis Ciara Metcalfe Louise McCarthy Lucy O'Reilly Clare Shillington Mary Waldron	Sana Mir (c) Bismah Maroof (vc) Nain Abidi Muneeba Ali Sidra Ameen Anam Amin Aiman Anwer Ghulam Fatima Javeria Khan Nahida Khan Sidra Nawaz (wk) Aliya Riaz Nashra Sandhu Rabiya Shah Maham Tariq Sadia Yousuf Ayesha Zafar	Pauke Siaka (c) Kaia Arua Helen Buruka (wk) Veru Frank Sibona Jimmy Kopi John Ravina Oa Konio Oala Norma Ovasuru Hinamutawa Philip Tanya Ruma Brenda Tau Mairi Tom
Scotland	South Africa	Sri Lanka	Thailand	Zimbabwe
Abbi Aitken (c) Kari Anderson (vc) Kathryn Bryce Sarah Bryce Priyanaz Chatterji Kirstie Gordon Samantha Haggo Rachel Hawkins Lorna Jack Abtaha Maqsood Katie McGill Elizabeth Priddle Olivia Rae Fiona Urquhart	Dane van Niekerk (c) Trisha Chetty (wk) Moseline Daniels Mignon du Preez Yolani Fourie Lara Goodall Shabnim Ismail Marizanne Kapp Ayabonga Khaka Lizelle Lee Marcia Letsoalo Suné Luus Chloe Tryon Laura Wolvaardt	Inoka Ranaweera (c) Inoshi Priyadharshani Nipuni Hansika Chamari Athapaththu Eshani Lokusuriyage Sugandika Kumari Chamari Polgampola Hasini Perera Udeshika Prabodhani Harshitha Samarawickrama Malsha Shehani Dilani Manodara Prasadani Weerakkody Sripali Weerakkody (wk)	Sornnarin Tippoch (c) Nattaya Boochatham Naruemol Chaiwai (wk) Natthakan Chantam Rosenan Kanoh Nannapat Koncharoenkai (wk) Suleeporn Laomi Soraya Lateh Ratanaporn Padunglerd Sirintra Saengsakaorat Sainammin Saenya Rattana Sangsoma Shagufta Arwe Chanida Sutthiruang	Sharne Mayers (c) Tasmeen Granger Precious Marange Esther Mbofana Pellagia Mujaji Modester Mupachikwa (wk) Anesu Mushangwe Mary-Anne Musonda Nomatter Mutasa Ashley Ndiraya Josephine Nkomo Nonhlanhla Nyathi Loreen Tshuma

Mona Meshram replaced Smriti Mandhana in India's squad after Mandhana was injured during a match in the 2016–17 Women's Big Bash League. Later, both Jhulan Goswami and Sukanya Parida were also ruled out of India's squad due to injury. They were replaced by Soni Yadav and Mansi Joshi respectively. Ahead of the tournament, Sidra Nawaz was ruled out of Pakistan's squad due to injury and was replaced by Rabiya Shah. Anam Amin and Sidra Ameen were also withdrawn from Pakistan's squad, being replaced by Sadia Yousuf and Muneeba Ali respectively. Bangladesh replaced Fahima Khatun and Lata Mondol with Shaila Sharmin and Murshida Khatun.

Format

The ten teams at the tournament were initially divided into two groups of five. The top three teams from each group progressed to the Super Six stage, and also earned ODI status until the next World Cup. The top four teams from the Super Six stage qualified for the World Cup, although there was still be a final to determine the overall winner of the World Cup Qualifier. In December 2016 the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the fixtures and format for the tournament.

First round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	India	4	4	0	0	0	8	3.245
2	Sri Lanka	4	3	1	0	0	6	0.733
3	Ireland	4	2	2	0	0	4	−0.530
4	Zimbabwe	4	1	3	0	0	2	−1.565
5	Thailand	4	0	4	0	0	0	−1.491

  Qualified to Super Six stage

India  259/4 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 145/8 (50 overs)
Devika Vaidya 89 (103) Udeshika Prabodhani 2/56 (10 overs)		Hasini Perera 34 (75) Rajeshwari Gayakwad 2/19 (10 overs)

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Soni Yadav (Ind) and Malsha Shehani (SL) both made their WODI debuts.

Ireland  237/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 118 (37.5 overs)
Kim Garth 63 (114) Josephine Nkomo 2/46 (10 overs)		Ashley Ndiraya 35 (50) Kim Garth 3/24 (8 overs)

• Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to field.

Sri Lanka  239/8 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 93 (36.1 overs)
Prasadani Weerakkody 61 (81) Isobel Joyce 4/39 (10 overs)		Clare Shillington 36* (37) Inoshi Priyadharshani 3/21 (10 overs)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Robyn Lewis (Ire) made her WODI debut.

Thailand  55 (29.1 overs)	v	India 59/1 (12.4 overs)
Chanida Sutthiruang 12 (23) Mansi Joshi 3/4 (5 overs)		Thirush Kamini 24* (44) Sornnarin Tippoch 1/16 (4 overs)

• Thailand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was Thailand's first 50-over match.

India  250/2 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 125 (49.1 overs)
Thirush Kamini 113* (146) Kim Garth 1/38 (10 overs)		Gaby Lewis 33 (70) Poonam Yadav 3/30 (10 overs)

• India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mansi Joshi (Ind) made her WODI debut.

Zimbabwe  191/8 (50 overs)	v	Thailand 155 (47.3 overs)
Mary-Anne Musonda 35 (53) Chanida Sutthiruang 2/57 (10 overs)		Sornnarin Tippoch 50 (92) Nomatter Mutasa 4/28 (8.3 overs)

• Thailand Women won the toss and elected to field.

Zimbabwe  149 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 153/2 (36.5 overs)
Mary-Anne Musonda 32 (73) Inoka Ranaweera 4/18 (10 overs)		Chamari Athapaththu 58 (60) Loreen Tshuma 2/31 (10 overs)

• Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Ireland  218/7 (50 overs)	v	Thailand 172/9 (50 overs)
Kim Garth 98 (122) Ratanaporn Padunglerd 2/25 (5 overs)		Nattaya Boochatham 44 (84) Lucy O'Reilly 3/28 (10 overs)

• Ireland Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Zimbabwe  60 (28.5 overs)	v	India 61/1 (9 overs)
Mary-Anne Musonda 26 (60) Poonam Yadav 5/19 (7.5 overs)		Veda Krishnamurthy 29 (16) Precious Marange 1/21 (4 overs)

• Zimbabwe Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Thailand  122/8 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 123/3 (34.4 overs)
Nattaya Boochatham 50 (97) Eshani Lokusuriyage 2/15 (6 overs)		Chamari Polgampola 49 (94) Sainammin Saenya 1/1 (0.4 overs)

• Thailand Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	South Africa	4	4	0	0	0	8	2.168
2	Pakistan	4	3	1	0	0	6	1.725
3	Bangladesh	4	2	2	0	0	4	0.074
4	Scotland	4	1	3	0	0	2	−0.956
5	Papua New Guinea	4	0	4	0	0	0	−2.623

  Qualified to Super Six stage

South Africa  258/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 195/6 (50 overs)
Chloe Tryon 79 (69) Nashra Sandhu 3/51 (10 overs)		Nain Abidi 62 (105) Dane van Niekerk 2/35 (7 overs)

• South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ghulam Fatima and Nashra Sandhu (Pak) both made their WODI debuts.

Bangladesh  215/6 (50 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 97 (32.1 overs)
Sharmin Akhter 56 (86) Ravina Oa 2/23 (10 overs)		Pauke Siaka 32 (41) Rumana Ahmed 2/13 (7 overs)

• Bangladesh Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Pakistan  227 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 160 (49.3 overs)
Rabiya Shah 34 (33) Rumana Ahmed 3/40 (10 overs)		Nigar Sultana 41 (72) Ghulam Fatima 3/28 (9.3 overs)

• Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Aiman Anwer (Pak) made her WODI debut.
• Sana Mir became the first Pakistan woman to take 100 wickets in WODIs.

Scotland  142 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 143/4 (33.1 overs)
Kari Anderson 50 (119) Shabnim Ismail 3/30 (10 overs)		Chloe Tryon 45* (40) Kirstie Gordon 45 (40)

• Scotland Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Pakistan  276/5 (50 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 40 (24.5 overs)
Ayesha Zafar 115 (98) Pauke Siaka 2/34 (10 overs)		Konio Oala 14 (50) Nashra Sandhu 5/11 (6 overs)

• Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Scotland  140 (49.1 overs)	v	Bangladesh 143/3 (37.3 overs)
Kari Anderson 28 (57) Khadija Tul Kubra 3/31 (10 overs)		Farzana Hoque 53* (109) Rachel Hawkins 1/27 (6.3 overs)

• Scotland Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Bangladesh  100 (46.5 overs)	v	South Africa 101/4 (25.2 overs)
Rumana Ahmed 39 (93) Shabnim Ismail 3/14 (9 overs)		Lizelle Lee 34 (32) Salma Khatun 1/14 (4 overs)

• Bangladesh Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Suraiya Azmin (Ban) made her WODI debut.

Scotland  169 (50 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 162 (50 overs)
Rachel Hawkins 35 (60) Pauke Siaka 6/19 (7 overs)		Brenda Tau 46 (122) Kari Anderson 3/35 (10 overs)

• Papua New Guinea Women won the toss and elected to field.

Papua New Guinea  76 (32.4 overs)	v	South Africa 77/0 (13.5 overs)
Brenda Tau 30 (68) Suné Luus 2/13 (5 overs)		Laura Wolvaardt 43* (52)

• Papua New Guinea Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Scotland  91 (39.1 overs)	v	Pakistan 94/4 (27.1 overs)
Kathryn Bryce 15 (42) Sana Mir 5/14 (10 overs)		Javeria Khan 35* (43) Kirstie Gordon 4/29 (10 overs)

• Scotland Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Super Six stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	India	5	5	0	0	0	10	1.981
2	South Africa	5	4	1	0	0	8	0.953
3	Sri Lanka	5	3	2	0	0	6	0.146
4	Pakistan	5	2	3	0	0	4	−0.150
5	Bangladesh	5	1	4	0	0	2	−1.127
6	Ireland	5	0	5	0	0	0	−2.013

  Qualified to 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup
  Retained ODI status until 2021.

India  205/7 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 156 (46.4 overs)
Mithali Raj 64 (85) Marizanne Kapp 2/23 (10 overs)		Trisha Chetty 52 (81) Shikha Pandey 4/34 (9.4 overs)

• South Africa Women won the toss and elected to field.
• Mithali Raj (Ind) became the second player to make 5,500 runs in WODIs.
• Dane van Niekerk (SA) became the seventh player to reach 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets in WODIs. She also became the first player for South Africa to take 100 wickets in WODIs.

Pakistan  212/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 216/5 (47.4 overs)
Nahida Khan 64 (92) Inoka Ranaweera 2/33 (8 overs)		Eshani Lokusuriyage 65* (75) Ghulam Fatima 2/28 (6 overs)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to field.

Ireland  144 (47.1 overs)	v	Bangladesh 145/3 (39.1 overs)
Clare Shillington 37 (36) Jahanara Alam 3/21 (9 overs)		Sharmin Akhter 52 (86) Gaby Lewis 1/31 (6.1 overs)

• Bangladesh Women won the toss and elected to field.

Sri Lanka  142/9 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 145/1 (36.1 overs)
Nipuni Hansika 48 (96) Suné Luus 3/40 (10 overs)		Suné Luus 50* (70) Eshani Lokusuriyage 1/15 (3 overs)

• Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Bangladesh  155/8 (50 overs)	v	India 158/1 (33.3 overs)
Fargana Hoque 50 (107) Mansi Joshi 3/25 (10 overs)		Mona Meshram 78* (125) Khadija Tul Kubra 1/37 (8.3 over)

• India Women won the toss and elected to field.

Pakistan  271/5 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 185 (48.5 overs)
Javeria Khan 90* (104) Gaby Lewis 2/62 (overs)		Cecelia Joyce 41 (64) Sana Mir 2/32 (9.5 overs)

• Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Pakistan  67 (43.4 overs)	v	India 70/3 (22.3 overs)
Ayesha Zafar 19 (33) Ekta Bisht 5/8 (10 overs)		Deepti Sharma 29* (73) Sadia Yousuf 2/19 (8 overs)

• India Women won the toss and elected to field.

Sri Lanka  197/9 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 68/5 (21 overs)
Chamari Athapaththu 84 (114) Salma Khatun 3/18 (9 overs)		Nigar Sultana 24 (51) Udeshika Prabodhani 2/14 (4 overs)

• Bangladesh Women won the toss and elected to field.

Ireland  166 (49.5 overs)	v	South Africa 82/1 (21 overs)
Mary Waldron 33* (41) Lizelle Lee 2/12 (5.5 overs)		Laura Wolvaardt 32* (61) Kim Garth 1/35 (6 overs)

• Ireland Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

South Africa  244 (49.4 overs)	v	India 245/9 (50 overs)
Mignon du Preez 40 (72) Rajeshwari Gayakwad 3/51 (9 overs)		Deepti Sharma 71 (89) Marizanne Kapp 2/36 (10 overs)

• South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was India's highest successful run-chase in a WODI.

See also

• 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20, the most recent ICC women's tournament to be held in Sri Lanka

References

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