2010 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge

2010 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge
Dates6 – 16 October 2010
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatODI, T20I
Tournament format(s)Round-robin (ODIs)
Group stage and final (T20Is)
Host(s) South Africa
Champions South Africa (ODIs)
 West Indies (T20Is)
Participants6
Matches15 ODIs
9 T20Is
Most runsCricket West Indies Stafanie Taylor 390 (ODIs)
South Africa Shandre Fritz 145 (T20Is)
Most wicketsSouth Africa Sunette Loubser 13 (ODIs)
Ireland Laura Delany 5 (T20Is)
Cricket West Indies Anisa Mohammed 5 (T20Is)

The 2010 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge was an international women's cricket tournament held in South Africa during the 2010–11 international season. South Africa, West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Netherlands and Ireland took part in the tournament, held in Potchefstroom from 6 to 16 October 2010.[1] The six teams competed in a series of One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20s (T20Is).

South Africa remained unbeaten in the ODI tournament to win the competition, and rise two positions to fifth in the Women's ODI rankings.[2] The West Indies' Stafanie Taylor finished as the tournament's top scorer, accumulating 390 runs, including the only century of the competition.[3] Sunette Loubser of South Africa claimed the most wickets, taking 13.[4]

  1. ^ ESPNcricinfo staff (5 August 2010). "South Africa to host first Women's Cricket Challenge". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 13 September 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  2. ^ ESPNcricinfo staff (12 October 2010). "South Africa take title with perfect record". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  3. ^ "ICC Women's Cricket Challenge, 2010/11 / Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  4. ^ "ICC Women's Cricket Challenge, 2010/11 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010.