1982 Women's Cricket World Cup
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| Dates | 10 January – 7 February 1982 |
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| Administrator(s) | IWCC |
| Cricket format | ODI (60-over) |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) |
 New Zealand |
| Champions |
 Australia (2nd title) |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Most runs |
 Jan Brittin (391) |
| Most wickets |
Lyn Fullston (23) |
The 1982 Hansells Vita Fresh Women's World Cup was an international cricket tournament played in New Zealand from 10 January to 7 February 1982. Hosted by New Zealand for the first time, it was the third edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, coming four years after the previous 1978 World Cup in India.
The tournament, which featured a triple round-robin, was at the time the longest World Cup in both duration and in the number of matches played. Six teams were originally invited, but the Netherlands were unable to attend and the West Indies withdrew to protest the 1981 South African rugby tour of New Zealand. Those teams were instead replaced by a composite International XI team.[1] Australia did not lose a single match, winning its second consecutive tournament by defeating England in the final at Lancaster Park, Christchurch. Australia's thirteen matches without defeat were part of a greater series of 24 matches without defeat, extending from 1978 to 1985, which remains an ODI record.[2] The World Cup was marked by its low scoring, with only one team recording more than 250 runs in an innings,[3] and was also notable for featuring two matches that were tied – the first between England and New Zealand, and the second between England and Australia. They were the first ties in international women's cricket.[4] England's Jan Brittin led the tournament in runs, while Australian spinner Lyn Fullston led the tournament in wickets.[5][6]
Squads
| Australia[7] |
England[8] |
 India[9] |
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 International XI[10] |
New Zealand[11] |
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Venues
- Eden Park, Auckland – two matches
- Cornwall Park, Auckland – three matches
- Seddon Park, Hamilton – one match
- Pukekura Park, New Plymouth – three matches
- McLean Park, Napier – one match
- Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North – three matches
- Cooks Gardens, Wanganui – one match
- Basin Reserve, Wellington – six matches
- Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt – one match
- Logan Park, Dunedin – two matches
- Trafalgar Park, Nelson – one match
- Christ's College, Christchurch – two matches
- University of Canterbury grounds, Christchurch – three matches
- Dudley Park, Rangiora – one match
- Lancaster Park, Christchurch – one match
Group stage
Points table
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | RR |
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| Australia | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 3.124 |
| England | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 2.988 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 2.534 |
| India | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.296 |
| International XI | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.034 |
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- Note: run rate was to be used as a tiebreaker in the case of teams finishing on an equal number of points, rather than net run rate (as is now common).[12]
Matches
10 January Scorecard |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 55 overs per side before the start of play.
- Australia's winning margin was a new record for ODIs, but was broken only two days later, by New Zealand against the International XI.[13]
10 January Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to bowl.
- This match was the first tie in women's ODI matches.[4]
12 January Scorecard |
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- International XI won the toss and elected to bowl.
- New Zealand's winning margin set a new record for ODIs, beating Australia's mark that had been set only two days prior. The record was not beaten until the 1988 World Cup.[13]
14 January Scorecard |
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- India broke the record for the lowest score in an ODI match, which had been set by Young England at the 1973 World Cup.[14]
- New Zealand's total is the lowest to be successfully defended in an ODI, and the combined match aggregate of 117 runs is the lowest in a match where both sides were bowled out.[15]
23 January Scorecard |
| England 119 (59.5 overs) |
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England 120/4 (53.5 overs) |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bowl.
26 January Scorecard |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bowl.
- The match was reduced to 40 overs per side before the start of play.
2 February Scorecard |
| England 167/8 (60 overs) |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bowl.
- This match was the second tie in women's ODI matches. Another tie did not occur until December 1997.[4]
Final
England's Dickie Bird, who had been specifically invited to the tournament, with his flights sponsored by Air New Zealand, became the first (and, so far, only) person to umpire the final of both the men's and women's World Cups.[1]
Statistics
Most runs
The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s |
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| Jan Brittin | England | 391 | 12 | 39.10 | 139* | 1 | 1 |
| Lynne Thomas | International XI | 383 | 12 | 38.30 | 70* | 0 | 2 |
| Susan Goatman | England | 374 | 13 | 34.00 | 83 | 0 | 3 |
| Jill Kennare | Australia | 351 | 9 | 43.87 | 98 | 0 | 2 |
| Barbara Bevege | New Zealand | 320 | 10 | 32.00 | 101 | 1 | 1 |
Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets
The top five wickettakers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | SR | Econ | BBI |
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| Lyn Fullston | Australia | 123.0 | 23 | 12.00 | 32.08 | 2.24 | 5/27 |
| Jackie Lord | New Zealand | 113.3 | 22 | 12.40 | 30.95 | 2.40 | 6/10 |
| Shubhangi Kulkarni | India | 80.5 | 20 | 11.70 | 24.25 | 2.89 | 3/19 |
| Sharmila Chakraborty | India | 98.2 | 17 | 13.82 | 34.70 | 2.38 | 4/11 |
| Avril Starling | England | 143.0 | 16 | 16.68 | 53.62 | 1.86 | 3/7 |
Source: CricketArchive
References
- 1 2 Bird, Dickie (2012). "11 Bowling the Maidens Over". My Autobiography. Hachette UK. ISBN 1444756079.
- ↑ Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Team records / Most consecutive matches without defeat – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Daniel Grummitt (28 January 2013). Women's World Cup History - New Zealand 1982 – CricketWorld. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Team records / Tied matches – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Batting in Hansells Vita Fresh Women's World Cup 1981/82 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ Bowling in Hansells Vita Fresh Women's World Cup 1981/82 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ Batting and fielding for Australia women, Hansells Vita Fresh Women's World Cup 1981/82 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ Batting and fielding for England women, Hansells Vita Fresh Women's World Cup 1981/82 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ Batting and fielding for India women, Hansells Vita Fresh Women's World Cup 1981/82 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ Batting and fielding for International XI women, Hansells Vita Fresh Women's World Cup 1981/82 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ Batting and fielding for New Zealand women, Hansells Vita Fresh Women's World Cup 1981/82 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ↑ Hansells Vita Fresh Womens World Cup 1981/82 table – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- 1 2 Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Team records / Largest margin of victory (by runs) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Team records / Lowest innings totals – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Team records / Lowest match aggregates – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.