Women's Championship table: what Australia v Bangladesh changes

As at 12 October 2026, Australia lead Bangladesh 2-0 in their three-match women's ODI series in Brisbane, with the third ODI on 14 October. The wins take Australia to 10 points from five matches in the ICC Women's Championship, fourth in the table but the only unbeaten side. New Zealand lead on 13 points from nine matches.

Australia have won the ODI series against Bangladesh with a game to spare, and the two wins in Brisbane count towards the ICC Women's Championship, the 11-team ODI league that decides who qualifies directly for the 2029 Women's World Cup. This tracker covers the series so far, the table as at 12 October 2026, and the fixtures still to come.

What has happened in the Australia v Bangladesh series so far?

Australia lead the three-match series 2-0 after two comfortable chases at Allan Border Field in Brisbane. It is Bangladesh's first women's ODI series in Australia, and their second visit to the country.

Scores are from ESPNcricinfo's fixtures page for the series. Both matches were day-night games.

How did Australia win the first ODI?

Bangladesh were asked to bat and lost Fargana Hoque to the first ball of the match, caught at slip off Megan Schutt. In her next over Schutt trapped Sarmin Sultana lbw, which made her only the third Australian woman to take 150 ODI wickets.

Annabel Sutherland took 4 for 30 and Bangladesh were bowled out for 166. Captain Nigar Sultana made 29 off 83 balls, a deliberate holding innings after the side slipped to 48 for 4. Ritu Moni, batting at No. 7, top-scored with 45 off 63 before she was run out while struggling with cramp.

The chase took 25.4 overs. Phoebe Litchfield reached fifty off 35 balls and made 77. The bright spot for Bangladesh was Habiba Islam, 17 years old and on ODI debut, who took 2 for 36, including Georgia Voll with a sharp bouncer and Beth Mooney to a diving catch at midwicket.

What made the second ODI different?

Bangladesh were 8 for 3 after 7.2 overs. From there Sobhana Mostary and Nigar Sultana added 195 for the fourth wicket, which ESPNcricinfo's report describes as the biggest partnership against Australia in women's ODIs.

Mostary made 118, her maiden ODI century and Bangladesh's highest individual score in a women's ODI. It passed the previous Bangladesh record held by Fargana Hoque. Her earlier ODI best was 74. Nigar finished on 74 not out, her tenth ODI fifty. Schutt took 4 for 36, including Mostary with a low full toss, and Bangladesh closed on 220 for 6.

It was not enough. Voll and Litchfield put on 162 for the first wicket in 19.5 overs. Voll reached fifty off 34 balls and finished on 131 not out off 97, her third ODI century, after being dropped on 104. Litchfield made 70 off 51, her second half-century in as many games. Ellyse Perry closed it out with 19 not out off 22.

Australia scored at 7.88 an over and won with 131 balls to spare. The only wicket Bangladesh took was Litchfield, who top-edged a reverse sweep to cover off Shorna Akter.

Why does a one-sided series still matter?

Because every ODI in it counts. The ICC Women's Championship runs from 2025 to 2029 and is the qualification route to the 2029 Women's World Cup. According to the ICC, each of the 11 teams plays eight three-match series, four at home and four away, for 24 matches each and 132 ODIs in total.

Points are simple:

• 2 points for a win
• 1 point for a tie, no result or abandoned match
• 0 points for a loss

The top eight teams qualify automatically, described by the ICC as the top seven ranked teams plus the host or hosts. The remaining three go to the 2029 World Cup Qualifier. If teams finish level on points, the first tie-breaker is the number of wins, then net run rate across all matches, then head-to-head results.

In the previous cycle, New Zealand edged Bangladesh on net run rate for the final automatic World Cup spot. Margins as well as results can matter by the end.

That last point is why the size of Australia's wins is worth noting. Chasing 167 in 25.4 overs and 221 in 28.1 overs has pushed their net run rate to 2.797, the highest in the table.

Where does the ICC Women's Championship table stand?

This is the table as at 12 October 2026, from ESPNcricinfo's points table. Team rankings in all formats are on our ICC rankings page.

The raw order flatters teams who have played more. West Indies have completed four of their eight series, while India have not yet played a match in this cycle.

Who is really leading once games played are counted?

A fairer early read is points per match, which can be derived from the same table. Australia have 10 points from 5 matches, 2.00 a game, the maximum possible. New Zealand have 13 from 9 (1.44), Sri Lanka 12 from 9 (1.33), England 9 from 6 (1.50) and West Indies 12 from 12 (1.00).

Each team plays 24 matches, so the number still to play varies widely. Derived from the table, Australia have 19 left and could finish on as many as 48 points. West Indies have 12 left, Bangladesh 19, and India all 24.

None of this predicts a finish. It shows how much of the competition is still to be played, and that the current top three have used up more of their fixtures than most.

Who are Australia and Bangladesh still to play?

The ICC's tour list for the cycle sets out each team's eight opponents. Taking out the series already completed, the remaining opponents are below. Dates beyond those named are not yet confirmed in the sources checked.

For Bangladesh, 2 points from 5 matches is a slow start, but they have 19 games to come, three home series among them. In the previous cycle they missed automatic qualification on net run rate, and Mostary and Nigar's stand showed what the batting can do once the new ball is seen off.

Nigar said at the start of the second ODI that Bangladesh "wanted to test ourselves in the middle as a batting unit", as quoted by ESPNcricinfo. Going from 166 all out in the opener to 220 for 6, after being 8 for 3, is the clearest sign of that.

What comes next on the schedule?

The third ODI is on Wednesday 14 October at Allan Border Field, starting at 1:50pm local time (AEST), according to Cricket Australia. Australia have now won 23 ODIs in a row at the ground, per ESPNcricinfo. You can follow the game on our live scores page.

After that, Australia's home summer moves to T20Is, which do not count towards the Championship:

• Australia v New Zealand T20Is, North Sydney Oval: 18, 20 and 22 October 2026, 7:15pm AEDT
• Australia v New Zealand ODIs (Championship matches): 6 March 2027 at Manuka Oval, Canberra; 8 and 10 March 2027 at Junction Oval, Melbourne

Cricket Australia reshaped the summer after the ICC moved the first Women's Champions Trophy to February 2027. New Zealand will now make two trips, and the 8 March ODI will be the first full international under Junction Oval's new lights.

Elsewhere in the Championship, India finally start their campaign against Zimbabwe. According to The Bridge, the tour opens with three T20Is in Raipur on 16, 18 and 20 October, before three Championship ODIs in Baroda on 23, 25 and 28 October. It is the first bilateral series between the two sides. Every fixture is listed on our schedule and the full competition is on our series page.

Statistics in this article were checked as at 12 October 2026.

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