2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the fifth edition of ICC Women's World Twenty20. The tournament was hosted in India for the first time. Australia were the defending champions, after winning the 2014 tournament in Bangladesh.
Below is a list of the squads which participated in the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20. The lists display the player's age and the number of T20I matches played (excluding the warm-up matches) at the start of the tournament.
Australia On 9 February 2016, Cricket Australia announced its squad. Coach: Matthew Mott No.PlayerDate of birthT20I MatchesBattingBowling styleDomestic team 17 Meg Lanning (c) 61 Right Right-arm medium Victorian Spirit 2 Alex Blackwell (v/c) 85 Right Right-arm medium New South Wales Breakers 14 Kristen Beams 8 Right Leg break Victorian Spirit Nicola Carey1 0 Left Right-arm medium New South Wales Breakers 1 Lauren Cheatle 4 Left Left-arm fast-medium New South Wales Breakers 15 Sarah Coyte 47 Right Right-arm medium South Australian Scorpions 13 Rene Farrell 48 Right Right-arm fast-medium New South Wales Breakers 5 Holly Ferling 9 Right Right-arm fast-medium Queensland Fire 77 Alyssa Healy (wk) 62 Right New South Wales Breakers 21 Jess Jonassen 40 Left Slow left-arm orthodox Queensland Fire 6 Beth Mooney (wk) 4 Left Queensland Fire 25 Erin Osborne 53 Right Right-arm off break ACT Meteors 8 Ellyse Perry 75 Right Right-arm fast-medium New South Wales Breakers 3 Megan Schutt 17 Right Right-arm fast-medium South Australian Scorpions 4 Elyse Villani 32 Right Right-arm fast-medium Western Fury Withdrawn players 48 Grace Harris1 11 Right Right-arm medium Queensland Fire 1On 11 March 2016, Cricket Australia reported it was withdrawing Grace Harris, diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis and named Nicola Carey as replacement.
Bangladesh On 10 February 2016, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced its squad. Coach: Janak Gamage No.PlayerDate of birthT20I MatchesBattingBowling styleDomestic team 26 Jahanara Alam (c) 25 Right Right-arm medium Abahani Limited cricket team 29 Rumana Ahmed 26 Right Leg break Mohammedan Sporting Club cricket team 32 Nahida Akter 3 Right Slow left-arm orthodox Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan 69 Sharmin Akhter 8 Right Abahani Limited cricket team Panna Ghosh 18 Right Right-arm medium AV Sporting Club 99 Farzana Hoque 23 Right Rupali Bank Krira Parishad 10 Sanjida Islam 12 Right Gulshan cricket team 9 Fahima Khatun 14 Right Leg break Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity 3 Salma Khatun 26 Right Right-arm off break Mohammedan Sporting Club cricket team 30 Khadija Tul Kubra 16 Right Right-arm off break Gulshan cricket team 17 Lata Mondal 26 Right Right-arm medium Rupali Bank Krira Parishad Ritu Moni 13 Right Right-arm medium Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity 33 Ayasha Rahman 16 Right Mohammedan Sporting Club cricket team Shaila Sharmin 5 Right Right-arm off break Abahani Limited cricket team 1 Nigar Sultana (wk) 3 Right Khelaghar Samaj Kallyan Samity
England On 17 February 2016, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced its squad. Coach: Mark Robinson No.PlayerDate of birthT20I MatchesBattingBowling styleDomestic team 23 Charlotte Edwards (c) 90 Right Leg break Kent 5 Heather Knight (v/c) 29 Right Right-arm medium Berkshire 12 Tamsin Beaumont (wk) 36 Right Kent 26 Katherine Brunt 50 Right Right-arm medium-fast Yorkshire 34 Georgia Elwiss 11 Right Right-arm medium-fast Sussex 53 Natasha Farrant 8 Left Left-arm medium Kent 20 Lydia Greenway 80 Left Right-arm off break Kent 54 Rebecca Grundy 10 Left Slow left-arm orthodox Warwickshire 24 Jenny Gunn 87 Right Right-arm medium-fast Nottinghamshire 40 Amy Jones (wk) 12 Right Warwickshire 7 Laura Marsh1 58 Right Right-arm off break Kent 39 Natalie Sciver 29 Right Right-arm medium Surrey 41 Anya Shrubsole 42 Right Right-arm medium Somerset 30 Sarah Taylor (wk) 76 Right Sussex 28 Danni Wyatt 62 Right Right-arm off break Nottinghamshire Withdrawn players 17 Danielle Hazell1 66 Right Right-arm off break Yorkshire 1On 22 March 2016, the England and Wales Cricket Board reported it was withdrawing Danielle Hazell, due to a calf injury and named Laura Marsh as replacement.
India On 5 February 2016, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced its squad. Coach: Purnima Rau No.PlayerDate of birthT20I MatchesBattingBowling styleDomestic team 3 Mithali Raj (c) 55 Right Leg break Railways cricket team 25 Jhulan Goswami (v/c) 49 Right Right-arm medium Bengal cricket team 8 Ekta Bisht 27 Left Slow left-arm orthodox Railways cricket team 1 Rajeshwari Gayakwad 9 Right Slow left-arm orthodox Karnataka cricket team 16 Thirush Kamini 3 Left Leg break Railways cricket team 84 Harmanpreet Kaur 57 Right Right-arm medium-fast Railways cricket team 79 Veda Krishnamurthy 26 Right Leg break Karnataka cricket team 18 Smriti Mandhana 16 Left Right-arm medium Maharashtra cricket team 99 Niranjana Nagarajan 14 Right Right-arm medium Railways cricket team 12 Shikha Pandey 13 Right Right-arm medium Goa cricket team 82 Anuja Patil 13 Right Right-arm off break Maharashtra cricket team 6 Deepti Sharma 4 Left Right-arm medium Uttar Pradesh cricket team 59 Vellaswamy Vanitha 11 Right Right-arm medium Karnataka cricket team 5 Sushma Verma (wk) 11 Right Himachal Pradesh cricket team 24 Poonam Yadav 16 Right Leg break Railways cricket team
Ireland On 19 January 2016, Cricket Ireland announced its squad. Coach: Aaron Hamilton No.PlayerDate of birthT20I MatchesBattingBowling styleDomestic team 33 Isobel Joyce (c) 35 Right Left-arm medium Merrion Cricket Club Catherine Dalton 1 Right Right-arm fast Middlesex 14 Laura Delany 29 Right Right-arm medium Leinster Cricket Club 34 Kim Garth 21 Right Right-arm fast Pembroke Cricket Club 29 Jennifer Gray 4 Right Right-arm medium YMCA Cricket Club 44 Cecelia Joyce 28 Right Leg break Merrion Cricket Club 85 Shauna Kavanagh 14 Right Right-arm medium Pembroke Cricket Club 18 Amy Kenealy 15 Right Right-arm medium Leinster Cricket Club 66 Gaby Lewis 6 Right Leg break YMCA Cricket Club 88 Robyn Lewis 1 Right Slow left-arm orthodox YMCA Cricket Club 46 Kate McKenna 7 Right Right-arm medium Merrion Cricket Club 23 Ciara Metcalfe 9 Left Leg break Pembroke Cricket Club 99 Lucy O'Reilly 18 Right Right-arm medium YMCA Cricket Club 11 Clare Shillington 36 Right Right-arm off break YMCA Cricket Club 81 Mary Waldron (wk) 28 Right Malahide Cricket Club
New Zealand On 3 February 2016, New Zealand Cricket announced its squad. Coach: Haidee Tiffen No.PlayerDate of birthT20I MatchesBattingBowling styleDomestic team 23 Suzie Bates (c) 78 Right Right-arm medium Otago Sparks 77 Sophie Devine (v/c) 54 Right Right-arm medium Wellington Blaze 19 Erin Bermingham 24 Right Leg break Canterbury Magicians 62 Leigh Kasperek 7 Right Right-arm off break Otago Sparks 49 Felicity Leydon-Davis 8 Right Right-arm medium Northern Districts Spirit 15 Katey Martin (wk) 42 Right Otago Sparks 28 Sara McGlashan (wk) 71 Right Auckland Hearts 99 Thamsyn Newton 5 Right Right-arm medium Canterbury Magicians 54 Morna Nielsen 38 Right Slow left-arm orthodox Otago Sparks 70 Katie Perkins 37 Right Right-arm medium Auckland Hearts 52 Anna Peterson 7 Right Right-arm medium Auckland Hearts 13 Rachel Priest (wk) 59 Right Wellington Blaze 74 Hannah Rowe 5 Right Right-arm medium Central Districts Hinds 17 Amy Satterthwaite 66 Left Right-arm medium Canterbury Magicians 6 Lea Tahuhu 20 Right Right-arm medium-fast Canterbury Magicians
Pakistan On 10 February 2016, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced its squad. Coach: Mohtashim Rasheed No.PlayerDate of birthT20I MatchesBattingBowling styleDomestic team 5 Sana Mir (c) 63 Right Right-arm off break Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited cricket team 18 Nain Abidi 57 Right Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited cricket team 12 Muneeba Ali 0 Left Karachi cricket team 31 Sidra Ameen 9 Right Right-arm medium-fast Omar Associates Cricket Club 46 Anam Amin 16 Right Slow left-arm orthodox Lahore cricket team Diana Baig1 1 Right Right-arm medium Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited cricket team 8 Nida Dar 58 Right Right-arm off break Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited cricket team 20 Asmavia Iqbal 58 Right Right-arm medium-fast Omar Associates Cricket Club 88 Sadia Yousuf 38 Right Slow left-arm orthodox Omar Associates Cricket Club 16 Iram Javed 12 Right Right-arm medium-fast Omar Associates Cricket Club 7 Javeria Khan 54 Right Right-arm off break Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited cricket team 10 Nahida Khan 25 Right Right-arm medium Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited cricket team 3 Bismah Maroof 62 Left Leg break Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited cricket team 22 Sidra Nawaz (wk) 4 Right Higher Education Commission of Pakistan 37 Aliya Riaz 8 Right Right-arm off break Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Withdrawn players 33 Sania Khan1 24 Right Right-arm medium Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited cricket team 1On 9 March 2016, the Pakistan Cricket Board reported it was withdrawing Sania Khan due to a fractured thumb and named Diana Baig as replacement.
South Africa On 25 February 2016, Cricket South Africa announced its squad. Coach: Hilton Moreeng No.PlayerDate of birthT20I MatchesBattingBowling styleDomestic team 22 Mignon du Preez (c) 61 Right Northerns 8 Trisha Chetty (v/c) (wk) 62 Right Gauteng 15 Moseline Daniels 22 Left Left-arm medium Boland 17 Dinesha Devnarain 16 Right Right-arm medium KZN Coastal 21 Yolani Fourie 7 Right Right-arm off break Gauteng 89 Shabnim Ismail 54 Left Right-arm fast-medium Gauteng 7 Marizanne Kapp 46 Right Right-arm medium Eastern Province 99 Ayabonga Khaka 8 Right Right-arm medium Border Odine Kirsten 2 Right Right-arm medium Northerns 5 Masabata Klaas 9 Right Right-arm medium Free State 67 Lizelle Lee 33 Right Right-arm medium-fast North West 11 Marcia Letsoalo 44 Right Right-arm medium Northerns 96 Suné Luus 32 Right Leg break Northerns 81 Dane van Niekerk 53 Right Leg break Eastern Province 25 Chloe Tryon 29 Right Left-arm medium-fast KZN Coastal
Sri Lanka On 9 February 2016, Sri Lanka Cricket announced its squad. Coach: Lanka de Silva No.PlayerDate of birthT20I MatchesBattingBowling styleDomestic team 14 Shashikala Siriwardene (c) 48 Right Right-arm off break Navy Sports Club 58 Chamari Atapattu (v/c) 50 Left Right-arm medium Air Force Sports Club 25 Nipuni Hansika 10 Left Right-arm medium-fast Army Sports Club 97 Ama Kanchana 11 Right Right-arm fast-medium Air Force Sports Club 36 Hansima Karunaratne 3 Right Right-arm medium Colts Cricket Club 91 Sugandika Kumari 12 Left Slow left-arm orthodox Army Sports Club 3 Eshani Lokusuriyage 52 Right Right-arm medium Navy Sports Club Harshitha Madavi 0 Left Right-arm slow-medium Colts Cricket Club 5 Dilani Manodara (wk) 44 Right Air Force Sports Club 23 Yasoda Mendis 33 Right Right-arm medium Air Force Sports Club 55 Udeshika Prabodani 41 Right Left-arm medium Navy Sports Club 86 Oshadi Ranasinghe 14 Left Right-arm medium-fast Air Force Sports Club 18 Inoka Ranaweera 24 Left Slow left-arm orthodox Navy Sports Club 9 Nilakshi de Silva 9 Right Right-arm slow-medium Army Sports Club 87 Prasadini Weerakkody (wk) 17 Left Navy Sports Club
West Indies On 13 January 2016, the West Indies Cricket Board announced its squad. Coach: Vasbert Drakes