international Cricket The Council announced on Thursday that the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2021 will be held in Zimbabwe from November 21 to December 5. The qualifiers were originally scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka from July 3 to 19, 2020, but were postponed thrice due to COVID. -19 pandemic.
The ten-team tournament will decide three qualifiers for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 to be held in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3. The three teams will then join the five teams that have already qualified for the ICC Women’s Championship – hosts New Zealand, defending champions England, Australia, India and South Africa in the next leg.
“The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier is an extremely important event in our calendar as it not only provides teams with a chance to qualify for the World Cup, but will also determine the final two participants in the next edition of the ICC Women’s Championship. I am sure Harare will witness some very interesting encounters. I thank Zimbabwe Cricket for agreeing to host the tournament and wish the teams all the best for this important event.”
The teams that will be seen in action in the fifth edition of the qualifying tournament are Bangladesh, Ireland, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, United States and Zimbabwe.
“First of all, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the ICC Board for giving me the privilege of hosting the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2021. You can rest assured that we will not be disappointed. We will not disappoint the nation of Zimbabwe and will not let down the game of cricket.”
Along with the three qualifiers, the next two teams along with the top five from last time will also ensure a place in the next ICC Women’s Championship (IWC), as the number of teams has increased from eight to 10 in the third round of the IWC. Team.
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