The 2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship is the fourth edition of the ICC Women's Championship, a One Day International (ODI) cricket competition that is being contested by eleven teams, to determine qualification for the 2029 Women's Cricket World Cup. Each team will play a total of eight three-match series, with four of them played at home, and four played away.
In November 2024, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that they were expanding the Women's Championship from ten teams to eleven teams, therefore including Zimbabwe in future editions of the competition.
Teams The following teams will participate in the Women's Championship:
Schedule The ICC announced the following home and away schedule for each team:
TeamScheduled matches Not scheduled to play against Home Away
Points table
Fixtures 2025–26
West Indies v Sri Lanka
South Africa v Pakistan
New Zealand v Zimbabwe
West Indies v Australia
New Zealand v South Africa
2026
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Pakistan v Zimbabwe
England v New Zealand
Ireland v West Indies
Sri Lanka v Pakistan
England v Ireland
2026–27
Zimbabwe v West Indies
Australia v Bangladesh
India v Zimbabwe
South Africa v India
Australia v New Zealand
South Africa v Australia
2027
Pakistan v New Zealand
England v Bangladesh
Statistics Most runs RunsPlayer 700 Hayley Matthews 11 11 70.00 552 Maddy Green 9 8 92.00 515 Stafanie Taylor 11 11 64.37 488 Sadaf Shamas 9 9 54.22 440 Harshitha Samarawickrama 9 9 73.33 Last updated: 27 September 2026 | Source: ESPNcricinfo
Highest individual score Score Batsman Balls 4s 6s Opposition Ground Match date 182 Hayley Matthews 156 26 2 Harare 24 September 2026 179* Amelia Kerr 139 23 1 Wellington 1 April 2026 159* Hayley Matthews 123 24 2 Bready 10 July 2026 157* Brooke Halliday 118 24 1 Dunedin 5 March 2026 141* Maddy Green 128 15 0 Wellington 4 April 2026 Last updated: 24 September 2026 | Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets Player 23 Amelia Kerr 9 8 13.9120 Afy Fletcher 11 11 24.2517 Hayley Matthews 11 10 23.0014 Rosemary Mair 8 7 21.35 Inoka Ranaweera 9 9 26.00 Last updated: 27 September 2026 | Source: ESPNcricinfo
Best bowling figures in an innings BBI Bowler Overs Mdns Econ Opposition Ground Match date 7/34 Amelia Kerr 9.1 1 3.70 Dunedin 8 March 2026 6/56 Ayabonga Khaka 10 1 5.60 Christchurch 29 March 2026 5/19 Alana King 10 0 1.90 Basseterre 2 April 2026 5/22 Amelia Kerr 3.1 0 6.94 Dunedin 11 March 2026 5/33 Issy Wong 10 1 3.30 Derby 3 September 2026 Last updated: 6 September 2026 | Source: ESPNcricinfo
References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo