ICC announces changes to Women’s T20 World Cup

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the revamped fixtures for this year’s Women’s T20 World Cup after the ninth edition of the competition moved from Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates.

The decision was made to change the hosts following the countrywide anti-government agitations which existed in Bangladesh throughout July and into early August and ended when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned.

The groups remain the same with six-time champion Australia drawn alongside 2020 runners-up India, Trans-Tasman rival New Zealand, Asian sides Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Group A of the event that will be held in October.

West Indies Women are in Group B and will begin their T20 World Cup campaign on October 4 against South Africa before taking on Scotland on October 6, Bangladesh on October 10 and a mouth-watering clash against England on October 15. 

Each side will play four group matches at the tournament, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the semi-finals on October 17 and 18 ahead of the Final in Dubai on October 20. A reserve day has been fixed for both the semi-finals and the final.

However, if India advance to the semi-finals, they will feature in Semi-final 1. There will be 23 matches played across two venues in Dubai and Sharjah.

Group A: Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Group B: South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Scotland

There will be 10 warm-up matches held prior to the tournament from 28 September through to 1 October. The competition runs from October 3 to 20.

The Tournament fixtures are as follows with the times:

●        October 3: Bangladesh v Scotland (7 a.m. AST), Pakistan v Sri Lanka (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 4: South Africa v West Indies (6 a.m. AST), India v New Zealand (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 5: Bangladesh v England (7 a.m. AST), Australia v Sri Lanka (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 6: India v Pakistan (7 a.m. AST), West Indies v Scotland (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 7: England v South Africa (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 8: Australia v New Zealand (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 9: South Africa v Scotland (6 a.m. AST), India v Sri Lanka (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 10: Bangladesh v West Indies (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 11: Australia v Pakistan (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 12: New Zealand v Sri Lanka (7 a.m. AST), Bangladesh v South Africa (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 13: England v Scotland (7 a.m. AST), India v Australia (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 14: Pakistan v New Zealand (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 15: England v West Indies (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 17: Semi-final 1: A1 v B2* (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 18: Semi-final 2: B1 v A2* (10 a.m. AST)

●        October 20: Final* (10 a.m. AST)

* Reserve days for the semi-finals and final.

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