ICC announces 2022 Women’s World Cup schedule; India begin their campaign against a qualifier

ICC announces 2022 Women’s World Cup schedule; India begin their campaign against a qualifier

Women's World Cup 2022

Women's World Cup 2022
ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 Trophy

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the revised schedule of the 2022 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. Hosts New Zealand will lock horns with a qualifier on March 4, 2022, in the opening encounter at the Bay Oval, Tauranga. The tournament was earlier scheduled to take place from February 6 to March 7 in 2021.

India will begin their campaign after a couple of days on March 6 at the Bay Oval in Tauranga. The ‘Eves in Blue’ will play all their seven league games under the lights. The two semi-finals will take place at the Basin Reserve in Wellington and the Hagley Oval in Christchurch respectively. The latter is also set to host the final match under lights on April 3, 2022.

“The pinnacle event for women’s cricket will see 31 matches played across 31 action-packed days between March 4 and April 3, 2022 – the first global women’s cricket event to be played since the Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia back in March. The tournament was postponed from its original window in February-March 2021 with the same six host cities and venues retained for 2022,” ICC said in a release.

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Bay Oval in Tauranga, University Oval in Dunedin, Seddon Park in Hamilton, Basin Reserve in Wellington, Eden Park in Auckland and Hagley Oval in Christchurch will host a total of 31 matches during the tournament.

2022 Women’s World Cup: Full Schedule

Bay Oval, Tauranga

  • March 4: New Zealand v Qualifier*   
  • March 6: Qualifier v India*   
  • March 8: Australia v Qualifier *   
  • March 11: Qualifier v South Africa*   
  • March 14: South Africa v England*   
  • March 16: England v India*   
  • March 18: Qualifier v Qualifier

University Oval, Dunedin

  • March 5: Qualifier v South Africa    
  • March 7: New Zealand v Qualifier   
  • March 9: Qualifier v England 

Seddon Park, Hamilton

  • March 5: Australia v England*   
  • March 10: New Zealand v India*   
  • March 12: Qualifier v India*   
  • March 14: Qualifier v Qualifier   
  • March 17: New Zealand v South Africa*    
  • March 21: Qualifier v Qualifier*   
  • March 22: India v Qualifier*

Basin Reserve, Wellington

  • March 13: New Zealand v Australia    
  • March 15: Australia v Qualifier    
  • March 22: South Africa v Australia
  • March 24: South Africa v Qualifier   
  • March 25: Qualifier v Australia
  • March 27: England v Qualifier    
  • March 30: Semi-Final 1

Eden Park, Auckland

  • March 19: India v Australia*    
  • March 20: New Zealand v England

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

  • March 24: England v Qualifier*   
  • March 26: New Zealand v Qualifier   
  • March 27: India v South Africa*    
  • March 31: Semi-Final 2*
  • April 3: Final*

*denotes Day/Night matches

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