The 2025 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup was the 13th edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup. India hosted the World Cup for the fourth time, after the 1978, 1997 and 2013 editions, with the tournament held from 30 September to 2 November 2025. This was the last time the tournament had eight teams. India became champions after defeating South Africa in the final, securing their maiden World Cup title. Australia were the defending champions, but were knocked out in the semi-final by eventual champions India.
Background
Neutral venue arrangements On 19 December 2024, following an agreement between the BCCI and PCB, the ICC confirmed that matches between India and Pakistan at ICC events in 2024–2027 will be played at neutral venues. Similarly, in accordance with this agreement all of Pakistan's matches along with a few other matches were shifted to Sri Lanka.
Marketing Before the commencement of the tournament, the ICC hosted a Trophy Tour, during which the trophy was taken to various locations across the four Indian host cities and in later to Colombo. The tour began on 11 August in Mumbai. ICC Chairman Jay Shah, along with former cricketers Mithali Raj and Yuvraj Singh, and Indian cricketers Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, and Jemimah Rodrigues, launched the Trophy Tour at a 50-day countdown event held in Mumbai.
Opening ceremony The opening ceremony was held in Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati ahead of the tournament opener between India and Sri Lanka on 30 September.
Indian singer Shreya Ghoshal performed the official World Cup anthem, "Bring it Home".
Qualification
+ List of teams qualified for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified Host nation (Top 5 teams, excluding the host) 1 June 2022 – 2025 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Total 8
The West Indies, semi-finalists at the preceding 2022 tournament, failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 2000 and the first time in the World Cup's history as an ICC-run tournament.
Venues It was originally planned that matches would be played at five different Indian venues, with the BCCI prioritising cities likely to enjoy favourable weather conditions and which were efficient in terms of transport and logistics.
After Pakistan's qualification, it was agreed that their matches would be played outside India at a neutral venue. In June 2025, the ICC announced the final venues in India and Sri Lanka. The cities of Guwahati, Indore, Visakhapatnam, and Colombo (Sri Lanka) were initially announced as venues. The following month, the ICC replaced Bengaluru with the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
One semi-final was played in Guwahati, while the other semi-final and the final were played in Navi Mumbai.
Country India Sri LankaCityGuwahatiVisakhapatnamIndoreColomboStadiumDY Patil StadiumAssam Cricket Association StadiumACA–VDCA Cricket StadiumHolkar StadiumR. Premadasa StadiumCapacity 45,300 46,000 27,500 30,000 35,000Matches 5 5 5 5 11
Match officials On 11 September 2025, the ICC appointed the officials for the tournament. This was the first time that whole panel was led by female officials.
Match referees Trudy Anderson Shandre Fritz G. S. Lakshmi Michell Pereira
Umpires
Claire Polosak Eloise Sheridan Shathira Jakir Sue Redfern Gayathri Venugopalan Narayanan Janani Vrinda Rathi Kim Cotton Kerrin Klaaste Lauren Agenbag Nimali Perera Candace la Borde Jacqueline Williams Sarah Dambanevana
Squads
Each team had to select a squad of 15 players. On 19 August, Host India became the first team to announce their squad. England announced their squad on 21 August. Bangladesh announced their squad on 23 August. Pakistan announced their squad on 25 August. South Africa announced their squad on 3 September. Australia announced their squad on 5 September. New Zealand announced their squad on 10 September. Sri Lanka were the final team to announce their squad, doing so on 10 September.
Prize money
+ Prize money – 2025 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Stage Teams Prize money (USD) Total (USD) Winner 1 6,580,000 6,580,000 Runner-up 1 3,240,000 3,240,000 Semi-finalists 2 1,120,000 2,240,000 5th & 6th place 2 700,000 1,400,000 7th & 8th place 2 280,000 560,000 Group stage wins 24 (est.) 34,314 823,536 Participation fee 8 250,000 2,000,000 Total 13,880,000
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced a prize fee of a total of $13.88 million. This marks a 297% increase in the total prize pool compared to the US$3.5 million announced for the 2022 edition in New Zealand, and even surpasses the total prize money of the 2023 Men's Cricket World Cup. The winner's purse of US$6.58 million also exceeds the US$4 million awarded in the men's 2023 edition, highlighting a landmark commitment to gender equity in cricket.
Warm-up matches Before the competition, teams were played in a series of warm-up matches between 25 and 28 September. These matches did not have either ODI or List A status.
League stage Points table
Fixtures The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the schedule of the tournament on 16 June 2025. The revised schedule was announced on 22 August 2025.
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Most runs
RunsPlayer 571 Laura Wolvaardt 9 9 1 67.14 169 97.91 2 3434 Smriti Mandhana 9 9 1 54.25 109 99.08 1 2328 Ashleigh Gardner 7 5 1 82.00 142 130.15 2 1308 Pratika Rawal 7 6 0 51.33 122 77.77 1 1304 Phoebe Litchfield 7 7 1 50.66 119 112.59 1 1 Source
Most wickets
WicketsPlayer22 Deepti Sharma 9 9 5/39 20.40 5.52 22.18 1 117 Annabel Sutherland 7 7 5/40 15.82 4.45 21.29 0 116 Sophie Ecclestone 7 7 4/17 14.25 4.05 21.06 2 014 Shree Charani 9 9 3/41 27.64 4.96 33.42 0 013 Alana King 7 7 7/18 17.38 4.03 25.84 0 1 Nonkululeko Mlaba 9 9 4/40 22.69 4.83 28.15 1 0Source
Highest individual score
Score Player Against VenueDate169 (143) Laura Wolvaardt 20 4 118.18 Guwahati 29 October 2025 142 (107) Alyssa Healy 21 3 132.71 Visakhapatnam 12 October 2025 127* (134) Jemimah Rodrigues 14 0 94.78 Navi Mumbai 30 October 2025122 (134) Pratika Rawal 13 2 91.04 23 October 2025119 (93) Phoebe Litchfield 17 3 127.96 30 October 2025Source
Best bowling figures
FigurePlayerAgainst VenueDate Alana King 7.0 2 2.57 Indore 25 October 2025 Marizanne Kapp 7.0 3 2.85 Guwahati 29 October 2025 Deepti Sharma 9.3 0 4.10 Navi Mumbai 2 November 2025 Annabel Sutherland 9.5 0 4.06 Visakhapatnam 12 October 2025 Sophie Ecclestone 10.0 3 1.70 Colombo 11 October 2025Source
Highest team totals
ScoreTeamAgainst Venue Result Date341/5 (48.3 overs)Navi Mumbai30 October 2025340/3 (49 overs)23 October 2025338 (49.5 overs)30 October 2025331/7 (49 overs)Visakhapatnam12 October 2025330 (48.5 overs)Source
Team of the tournament The ICC announced the team of the tournament on 4 November 2025, with Deepti Sharma being named as player of the tournament, and Laura Wolvaardt as captain of the team.
PlayerRole Smriti Mandhana Opening batter Laura Wolvaardt Opening batter/captain Jemimah Rodrigues Batter Marizanne Kapp All-rounder Ashleigh Gardner All-rounder Deepti Sharma All-rounder Annabel Sutherland All-rounder Nadine de Klerk All-rounder Sidra Nawaz Wicket-keeper batter Alana King Bowler Sophie Ecclestone Bowler Nat Sciver-Brunt Twelfth player
Broadcasting
+ Broadcasters for the tournament Region Broadcasting licensee(s) Broadcasting platform(s) Africa Middle East and North Africa E& CricLife Max, StarzPlay Sub-Saharan Africa SuperSport SS Cricket, DStv Americas Canada Willow Willow TV, Cricbuzz Caribbean Islands ESPN ESPN Caribbean, ESPN Play United States Willow Willow TV, Cricbuzz Asia Bangladesh TSM Nagorik TV, T Sports, Toffee India JioStar Star Sports, JioHotstar Pakistan PTV PTV Sports, Myco Tamasha Ten Sports Ten Sports Sri Lanka Maharaja TV TV 1 JioStar Star Sports Singapore StarHub Hub Sports Malaysia & Hong Kong Astro SuperSport Astro Cricket Europe Ireland Sky Sports Sky Sports Cricket United Kingdom Sky Sports Sky Sports Cricket Oceania Australia Amazon Prime Video New Zealand Sky TV NZ Sky Sport, Sky Go Papua New Guinea PNG Digicel TVWan
Outside the listed regions, all matches will also be available for streaming worldwide via the official broadcast channel on ICC.tv
Notes
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo