ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2024 fixtures released
The fixtures for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2024 supported by Dream 11 to be hosted in Abu Dhabi, UAE from 25 April to 7 May have been announced, where 10 teams will be battling it out for two Women’s T20 World Cup spots to be held in Bangladesh later this year.
Ten teams, divided into two groups of five each, will compete in the Qualifier in two Abu Dhabi venues from 25 April. The two table-toppers from the two groups will feature in the semi-finals on 5 May with the winners booking their tickets to Bangladesh and joining the hosts, Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and West Indies in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 in September and October.
Scotland, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uganda and the United States of America (USA) feature in Group A, while Ireland, Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Vanuatu and Zimbabwe make up Group B.
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The event features eight teams from the five ICC Global Development Regions, as well as Ireland and Sri Lanka, who did not find a place in the top six of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 in South Africa and therefore missed out on automatic qualification for this year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
The Qualifier will be staged at Zayed Cricket Stadium and Tolerance Oval, both form part of the Abu Dhabi Cricket and Sports Hub. Mohan Oval, also located in the same vicinity, will host two warm-up matches on 21 and 23 April.
On the opening day, Sri Lanka will take on Thailand, while Scotland will play Uganda at Tolerance Oval. At Zayed Cricket Stadium, Ireland will face UAE and Zimbabwe will take on Vanuatu. The final will take place on 7 May at Zayed Cricket Stadium.
Four matches will be played on each of the group stage match days – two each at Tolerance Oval and Zayed Cricket Stadium. The afternoon matches will start at 15h00 and the night matches will start at 19h00. All times listed are local time (Gulf Standard Time).
ICC Head of Events, Chris Tetleysaid: “We are looking forward to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier as it is going to be a highly competitive and exciting event with 10 teams battling it out for two World Cup spots in Bangladesh later this year. Following the success of last year’s Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa and with more fans engaged with the women’s game than ever before it will be an exciting few months building up to the World Cup. Teams are certain to have a great experience in UAE. We are grateful to the Emirates Cricket Board for their support in staging this event and I’m certain they will prove again what excellent hosts they are.”
General Secretary Emirates Cricket Board, Mubashshir Usmanisaid: “We are delighted to host the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers in Abu Dhabi. The venue has delivered some world-class events in the past including the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2021.The participating teams will surely enjoy the facilities there. The 10 teams including the hosts UAE have all to play for in the Qualifier with the two T20 World Cup spots up for grabs. I want to wish the participants the very best as we look forward to some thrilling cricket over the course of the event.”
Group A: Scotland, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uganda and USA.
Group B: Ireland, Netherlands, UAE, Vanuatu and Zimbabwe
Warm-up fixtures:
Sunday, 21 April
Sri Lanka vs Netherlands, Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi – 15h00
Thailand vs UAE, Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi – 19h00
Zimbabwe vs USA, Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi – 15h00
Ireland vs Scotland, Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi – 19h00
Uganda vs Vanuatu, Mohan Oval, Abu Dhabi – 15h00
Tuesday, 23 April
Uganda vs UAE, Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi – 15h00
Sri Lanka vs Vanuatu, Tolerance Oval, Abu Dhabi – 19h00
Thailand vs Netherlands, Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi – 15h00
Zimbabwe vs Scotland, Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi – 19h00
Ireland vs USA, Mohan Oval, Abu Dhabi – 15h00
