Early manual for all eight ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 teams
All eight teams for the upcoming marquee tournament in India are locked following the recently concluded ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Qualifier in Pakistan.
With Pakistan and Bangladesh having punched their tickets after finishing in the top two of the six-team qualifier tournament, the lineup is set for this year’s Women’s Cricket World Cup.
The eight-team tournament will also feature defending champions Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka and New Zealand, who had ensured qualification via the ICC Women’s Championship alongside hosts India.
Here’s an early handbook of all eight teams participating in this year’s tournament:
Australia
Number of CWC wins: 7
Most recent win: 2022
Key players: Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Alyssa Healy
Strengths: Big-match mentality and consistency at ICC tournaments
Performance at last CWC: Winners
Notable achievement: Have won four of the last five ICC white-ball marquee tournaments (Cricket World Cup and T20 World Cup). Qualified for this year’s tournament by sealing their third successive ICC Women’s Championship title.
WATCH: Australia lift the Women's World Cup trophy
Australia lift the Women's World Cup trophy
England
Number of CWC wins: 4
Most recent win: 2017
Key players: Nat Sciver-Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Danni Wyatt-Hodge
Strengths: Multiple experienced campaigners, who have shone in sub-continental conditions before
Performance at last CWC: Runner-ups
Notable achievement: Second-most ODI wins since the last Cricket World Cup
New Zealand
Number of CWC wins: 1
Key players: Melie Kerr, Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates
Strengths: Quality all-rounders providing multiple options with bat and ball
Performance at last CWC: Group stage
Notable achievement: Coming into the tournament on the back of a historic T20 World Cup triumph in 2024
WATCH: New Zealand win the T20 World Cup | Final | WT20WC 2024
New Zealand win the T20 World Cup | Final | WT20WC 2024
India
Number of CWC wins: 0
Key players: Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues
Strengths: Home advantage coupled with a power-packed batting lineup
Performance at last CWC: Group stage
Notable achievements: Won 11 of their last 12 home ODIs in the last Women’s Championship cycle
WATCH: Every Harmanpreet Kaur boundary | WT20WC 2024
Every Harmanpreet Kaur boundary | WT20WC 2024
The best of Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur with the bat at the Women's T20 World Cup 2024
South Africa
Number of CWC wins: 0
Key players: Laura Wolvaardt, Marizanne Kapp, Sune Luus
Strengths: The serial run-scoring prowess of skipper Laura Wolvaardt and an array of pace-bowling options.
Performance at last CWC: Semi-finals
Notable achievement: Semi-finalists at the last two Cricket World Cups, runner-ups at successive T20 World Cups (2023/2024).
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Laura Wolvaardt | South Africa's stylish opener | 100% Cricket
Sri Lanka
Number of CWC wins: 0
Key players: Chamari Athapaththu, Kavisha Dilhari, Inoka Ranaweera
Strengths: A diverse spin-bowling ensemble layered with experience and youth
Performance at last CWC: Did not qualify
Notable achievement: Secured automatic qualification, finishing among the top-four sides at the ICC Women’s Championship 2022, other than hosts India
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WT20 feature: Chamari Athapaththu
Pakistan
Number of CWC wins: 0
Key players: Fatima Sana, Muneeba Ali, Nashra Sundhu
Strengths: An in-form batting line-up in familiar conditions
Performance at last CWC: Group stage
Notable achievement: Won all five of their Qualifier games, punching their ticket to the World Cup
WATCH: Pakistan players look back at their successful campaign | WCWCQ 2025
Pakistan players look back at their successful campaign | WCWCQ 2025
The Pakistan players celebrate and reminisce a successful qualification campaign to the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 later this year.
Bangladesh
Number of CWC wins: 0
Key players: Nigar Sultana Joty, Sharmin Akhter, Rabeya Khan
Strengths: A dynamic cast of youngsters
Performance at last CWC: Group stage
Notable achievement: Upstaged the likes of West Indies, Scotland and Ireland to qualify for the World Cup
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Nigar Sultana Joty – a leader Bangladesh look up to