Every squad for the 2024 women's T20 World Cup

22 Sep 2024 cricket.com.au

See all the official squads for this year's women's T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates

Group A

Australia

Squad: Alyssa Healy (c), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Ash Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham

Darcie Brown has recovered from a foot injury to be named in Australia's squad, but there is no room for in-form spinner Jess Jonassen. Alyssa Healy will make her World Cup captaincy debut, while Phoebe Litchfield will appear in an ICC tournament for the first time.

Brown returns but no room for Jonassen in World Cup squad

Express quick Tayla Vlaeminck will play in a World Cup for the first time since 2018, and Sophie Molineux for the first time since 2020.

India

Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk)*, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil*, Sajana Sajeevan. Travelling Reserves: Uma Chetry (wk), Tanuja Kanwer, Saima Thakor. Non-Travelling Reserves: Raghvi Bist, Priya Mishra *Subject to fitness clearance.

India have named a stable squad for their bid at a maiden T20 World Cup title. There is just one change to the group who finished runners-up to Sri Lanka at the recent T20 Asia Cup, with Yaskita Bhatia replacing Uma Chetry. Bhatia’s inclusion remains subject to fitness clearance, after she missed the Asia Cup with an undisclosed injury. Shreyanka Patil, who was ruled out of that tournament after breaking the ring finger on her left hand, is also awaiting final fitness clearance.

New Zealand

Squad: Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Fran Jonas, Leigh Kasperek, Jess Kerr, Melie Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Molly Penfold, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu

Pace bowler Rosemary Mair has returned to the White Ferns’ squad following a back injury sustained against England early in the year, which ruled her out of the White Ferns’ return tour of the UK in July. Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates will play in their ninth consecutive T20 World Cup, meanwhile, joining an elite group to have featured in every tournament to date. Off-spinner Leigh Kasperek will bolster the spin attack, playing in her fourth T20 World Cup alongside fellow spinners Melie Kerr, Fran Jonas and Eden Carson.

Pakistan

Squad: Fatima Sana (c), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Gull Feroza, Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nashra Sundhu, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal (subject to fitness), Sidra Amin, Syeda Aroob Shah, Tasmia Rubab, Tuba Hassan. Traveling reserve: Najiha Alvi (wk). Non-traveling reserves: Rameen Shamim, Umm-e-Hani

Pakistan have named a new captain for their T20 World Cup campaign, with Fatima Sana taking the reins from Nida Dar.

It is the next step in the rise of pace-bowling allrounder Fatima, who at 22 years of age has played 40 T20Is for Pakistan and who has twice filled in as ODI skipper. Allrounder Dar has also been included in the squad, while Pakistan have made just one change to their recent Asia Cup squad, with batter Sadaf Shamas replacing keeper-batter Najiha Alvi.

Sri Lanka

Squad: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Anushka Sanjeewani, Harshitha Madhavi, Nilakshika de Silva, Inoka Ranaweera, Hasini Perera, Kavisha Dilhari, Sachini Nisansala, Vishmi Gunaratne, Udeshika Prabodhani, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Shashini Gimhani, Ama Kanchana. Travelling reserve: Kaushini Nuthyangana

Chamari Athapaththu will lead a similar squad to the one that saw Sri Lanka to their first-ever Women’s Asia Cup title win in July.

Inoka Ranaweera is the only inclusion, with the left-arm spinner adding significant experience to their bowling attack.

Group B

Bangladesh

Squad: Nigar Sultana Joty (c), Nahida Akter, Murshida Khatun, Shorna Akter, Marufa Akter, Rabeya, Mst. Ritu Moni, Sobhana Mostary, Dilara Akter (wk), Sultana Khatun, Jahanara Alam, Fahima Khatun, Taj Nehar, Disha Biswas, Shathi Rani

Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty will lead a side packed with spin options, including left-armer Nahida Akter, leg-spinners Shorna Akter, Fahima Khatun and Rabeya Khatun and off-spinner Sultana Khatun.

Talented youngster Marufa Akter and the returning Jahanara Alam feature in their pace attack alongside Mst. Ritu Moni and Sobhana Mostary.

England

Squad: Heather Knight (c), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Bess Heath, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Linsey Smith, Danni Wyatt-Hodge.

England have named four frontline spinners for their tilt at a first T20 World Cup since 2009, but will take no express quick with them to the UAE. Linsey Smith has been rewarded for her continued excellent performances in domestic T20 leagues, named alongside fellow left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone, leg-spinner Sarah Glenn and off-spinner Charlie Dean. Three players have been included in a T20 World Cup squad for the first time – allrounders Freya Kemp and Dani Gibson, and back-up wicketkeeper Bess Heath.

Scotland

Squad: Kathryn Bryce (c), Sarah Bryce (vc), Lorna Jack-Brown, Abbi Aitken-Drummond, Abtaha Maqsood, Saskia Horley, Chloe Abel, Priyanaz Chatterji, Megan McColl, Darcey Carter, Ailsa Lister, Hannah Rainey, Rachel Slater, Katherine Fraser, Olivia Bell.

Star allrounder Kathryn Bryce will lead Scotland in their first women’s T20 World Cup campaign, while her sister, keeper-batter Sarah Bryce, will serve as her deputy. Australian fans will notice a couple of Australian-born names in the squad, including Sydney Thunder’s Saskia Horley who gave up a NSW contract this year to commit herself to cricket in Scotland. Hobart native Chloe Abel, who was a replacement player for the Hurricanes in WBBL|05, has also been included in the 15-player squad. Also in the squad is experienced leg-spinner Abtaha Maqsood, who recently led the side to a victory in the Netherlands tri-series.

South Africa

Squad: Laura Wolvaardt (c), Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Mieke de Ridder, Ayanda Hlubi, Sinalo Jafta, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Suné Luus, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Seshnie Naidu, Tumi Sekhukhune, Chloé Tryon. Travelling Reserve: Miané Smit

The finalists from the 2023 event on home soil, South Africa will this time be captained by Laura Wolvaardt. The Proteas are banking on veteran star Nadine de Klerk to recover from her achilles injury in time for the tournament, while they have also included uncapped 18-year-old leg-spinner Seshnie Naidu, who was touted by national selector Clinton du Preez as something of an x-factor. "She brings a unique element to our bowling attack, offering something different that could be pivotal," he said. Another uncapped U19 talent in Miané Smit is the team's travelling reserve. The team will play three T20s in Pakistan this month before the tournament.

West Indies

Squad: Hayley Matthews (c), Shemaine Campbelle (vc), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shamilia Connell, Nerissa Crafton, Deandra Dottin, Afy Fletcher, Chinelle Henry, Zaida James, Qiana Joseph, Mandy Mangru, Ashmini Munisar, Chedean Nation, Karishma Ramharack, Stafanie Taylor

Veteran West Indies star Deandra Dottin reversed her international retirement recently and takes her place in this squad of 15 that mixes experience and youth under the captaincy of Hayley Matthews and head coach Shane Deitz. Uncapped seam bowler Nerissa Crafton is one of three frontline quicks, with five players in the squad who can offer overs of spin.

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