The 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup is about to begin in South Africa. The complete players list, team news, and injury updates for each of the ten teams are below. The eighth edition of the competition will feature ten teams competing.
In their bid for a sixth title, Australia is the clear favorite, followed by England and India. The tournament will be held for the first time in South Africa, and matches will be played at Boland Park, St. George’s Park, and Newlands Cricket Ground.
Australia
Squad:
- Meg Lanning (c)
- Alyssa Healy (vc)
- Darcie Brown
- Ashleigh Gardner
- Kim Garth
- Heather Graham
- Grace Harris
- Jess Jonassen
- Alana King
- Tahlia McGrath
- Beth Mooney
- Ellyse Perry
- Megan Schutt
- Annabel Sutherland
- Georgia Wareham.
Coach: Shelley Nitschke
Bangladesh
Squad:
- Nigar Sultana (c)
- Rumana Ahmed
- Dilara Akter
- Marufa Akter
- Nahida Akter
- Shorna Akter
- Jahanara Alam
- Disha Biswas
- Fahima Khatun
- Murshida Khatun
- Salma Khatun
- Lata Mondal
- Ritu Moni
- Sobhana Mostary
- Shamima Sultana.
Travelling Reserves:
- Rabeya Khan
- Sanjida Akter Meghla
- Sharmin Akter Supta.
Coach: Hashan Tillakaratne
England
Squad:
- Heather Knight (c)
- Lauren Bell
- Maia Bouchier
- Alice Capsey
- Kate Cross
- Freya Davies
- Charlie Dean
- Sophia Dunkley
- Sophie Ecclestone
- Sarah Glenn
- Amy Jones
- Katherine Sciver-Brunt
- Nat Sciver-Brunt
- Lauren Winfield-Hill
- Danni Wyatt.
Travelling Reserves:
- Dani Gibson
- Issy Wong
Coach: Jon Lewis
India
Squad:
- Harmanpreet Kaur (c)
- Smriti Mandhana (vc)
- Yastika Bhatia
- Harleen Deol
- Rajeshwari Gayakwad
- Richa Ghosh
- Shikha Pandey
- Jemimah Rodrigues
- Anjali Sarvani
- Deepti Sharma
- Renuka Singh
- Devika Vaidya
- Pooja Vastrakar
- Shafali Verma
- Radha Yadav.
Travelling Reserves:
- Sabbhineni Meghana
- Sneh Rana
- Meghna Singh.
Coach: Hrishikesh Kanitkar
Ireland
Squad:
- Laura Delany (c)
- Georgina Dempsey
- Amy Hunter
- Shauna Kavanagh
- Arlene Kelly
- Gaby Lewis
- Louise Little
- Sophie MacMahon
- Jane Maguire
- Cara Murray
- Leah Paul
- Orla Prendergast
- Eimear Richardson
- Rachel Delaney
- Mary Waldron.
Coach: Ed Joyce
New Zealand
Squad:
- Sophie Devine (c)
- Suzie Bates
- Bernadine Bezuidenhout
- Eden Carson
- Lauren Down
- Maddy Green
- Brooke Halliday
- Hayley Jensen
- Fran Jonas
- Amelia Kerr
- Jess Kerr
- Molly Penfold
- Georgia Plimmer
- Hannah Rowe
- Lea Tahuhu.
Coach: Ben Sawyer
Pakistan
Squad:
- Bismah Maroof (c)
- Aimen Anwar
- Aliya Riaz
- Ayesha Naseem
- Sadaf Shamas
- Fatima Sana
- Javeria Khan
- Muneeba Ali
- Nashra Sandhu
- Nida Dar
- Omaima Sohail
- Sadia Iqbal
- Sidra Amin
- Sidra Nawaz
- Tuba Hassan.
Travelling Reserves:
- Ghulam Fatima
- Kainat Imtiaz.
Coach: Mark Coles
South Africa
Squad:
- Sune Luus (c)
- Annerie Dercksen
- Marizanne Kapp
- Lara Goodall
- Ayabonga Khaka
- Chloe Tryon
- Nadine de Klerk
- Shabnim Ismail
- Tazmin Brits
- Masabata Klaas
- Laura Wolvaardt
- Sinalo Jafta
- Nonkululeko Mlaba
- Anneke Bosch
- Delmi Tucker.
Non-traveling reserves:
- Micaéla Andrews
- Tebogo Macheke
- Tumi Sekhukhune.
Coach: Hilton Moreeng
Sri Lanka
Squad:
- Chamari Athapaththu (c)
- Oshadi Ranasinghe
- Harshitha Samarawickrama
- Nilakshi de Silva
- Kavisha Dilhari
- Anushka Sanjeewani
- Kaushini Nuthyangana
- Malsha Shehani
- Inoka Ranaweera
- Sugandika Kumari
- Achini Kulasuriya
- Vishmi Gunaratne
- Tharika Sewwandi
- Ama Kanchana
- Sathya Sandeepani.
Coach: Hashan Tillakaratne
West Indies
Squad:
- Hayley Matthews (c)
- Shemaine Campbelle (vc)
- Aaliyah Alleyne
- Shamilia Connell
- Afy Fletcher
- Shabika Gajnabi
- Chinelle Henry
- Trishan Holder
- Zaida James
- Djenaba Joseph
- Chedean Nation
- Karishma Ramharack
- Shakera Selman
- Stafanie Taylor
- Rashada Williams.
Coach: Courtney Walsh