The tournament was played in the cities of Sylhet and Dhaka – Cox's Bazar was originally intended to also host matches, but the venue was not available due to ongoing development.

A total of 10 warm-up matches were played between 18 and 21 March, featuring all 10 teams at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan Grounds in Savar.

The top four teams from each group qualified for the knockout phase and the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20.

The third and fourth placed teams from each group participated in a play-off for automatic qualification for the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20.

The final was the 15th time that Australia and England had played each other across the three formats (Twenty20, One Day Internationals and Tests) in 8 months.

[9] During this tournament both teams had finished top of their respective pools due to their higher net run rate after they both recorded three wins and one loss.

Australia won the final after England, batting first, scored 105 runs for the loss of eight wickets in their twenty overs.