The ICC on Sunday announced the fixtures for the ninth edition of the ICC T20 Women's World Cup. As per the announced schedule, the event will take place from 3rd to 20th October in Bangladesh.
10 teams are divided into two groups of five teams each. The Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka and the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium will host all the games of the tournament.
The schedule was unveiled at an event in Dhaka, attended by Mr. Nazmul Hassan, President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board alongside Geoff Allardice, CEO of the ICC and the Captains of India and Bangladesh women’s teams- Harmanpreet Kaur and Nigar Sultana respectively.
The top two teams from Group A and Group B will qualify for the semi-finals, scheduled for 17 October in Sylhet, and 18 October in Dhaka. The T20 World Cup champions will be crowned at the Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on 20 October.
Defending champions and the most successful team in the event’s history Australia will start their campaign on 4 October in Sylhet against Qualifier 1, whilst the highly anticipated fixture between India and Pakistan will take place in Sylhet on 6 October.
Ahead of the tournament, there will be 10 warm-up matches from 27 September to 1 October all taking place at BKSP in Dhaka.
Group A: Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Qualifier 1
Group B: South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Qualifier 2
ICC Women's T20 World Cup schedule
England v South Africa, Dhaka
Bangladesh v Q2, Dhaka
Australia v Q1, Sylhet
India v New Zealand, Sylhet.
South Africa v West Indies, Dhaka.
Bangladesh v England, Dhaka.
New Zealand v Q1, Sylhet
India v Pakistan, Sylhet
West Indies v Q2
Australia v Pakistan, Sylhet
Bangladesh v West Indies, Dhaka
India v Q1, Sylhet
South Africa v Q2, Dhaka
Australia v New Zealand, Sylhet
Pakistan v Q1, Sylhet
England v West Indies, Dhaka
Bangladesh v South Africa, Dhaka
Pakistan v New Zealand, Sylhet
India v Australia, Sylhet
England v Q2, Dhaka
Semi Final 1, Sylhet
Semi Final 2, Dhaka
Final, Dhaka