While the cricket world is delighted to open the 2022 ICC Women’s World Cup on 4th March, ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice has announced that the first U19 Women’s World Cup will be held in January 2023. Bangladesh will host the inaugural edition.
A discussion on the possible hosting of the U19 Women’s World Cup will begin in early January 2022. On February 28, Geoff Allardice officially announced a tournament aimed at drawing attention to women’s U19s. .
The U19 World Cup will be a great platform for aspiring young women to showcase their skills worldwide. This tournament will increase the talent pool for all cricket teams when selecting their women’s national teams and will take women’s cricket to a whole new level.
With this announcement of upcoming matches, Allardice also launched the 2023 edition of the World Women’s Under- 20 Cup Championship to be held in February 2023. South Africa will host the 2023 edition.
Australia will enter this tournament as the defending champions, beating Team India in the previous editions of the Melbourne edition in March 2020.
The first-ever edition of the ICC U20 Women’s t20 World Cup 19 started on 14th March 2020 . January. A total of 41 matches will be played across four planets, from Venus to Benoni and Potchefstroom, with 16 teams battling for the coveted title.
T20 U19 Women’s World Cup: Full 16-Team List
In the group stage, the 16 teams will be divided into four groups of four.
Each team plays three games in the group stage, one against each team in their group. The top three teams from each of the four groups (12 teams) advance to the Super Six round. In this round, the teams are drawn into two groups of six and play two games in total. The top two teams in each Super Six group advance to the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals will then face off in the final on January 29th.
Group A: Australia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, USA;
Group B: England, Pakistan, Rwanda, Zimbabwe;
Group C: Indonesia, Ireland, New Zealand, West Indies;
Group D: India, Scotland, South Africa, UAE.
Here is the full list of U19 Women’s T20 World Cup group stage matches:
January 14
Australia vs Bangladesh – 1:30 PM IST – Benoni
Scotland vs UAE – 1:30 PM IST – Benoni (B)
South Africa vs India – 5:15 PM IST – Benoni
Sri Lanka vs USA – 5:15 PM IST – Benoni (B)
January 15
Pakistan vs Rwanda – 1:30 PM IST – Potchefstroom
Ireland vs West Indies – 1:30 PM IST – Potchefstroom (Uni)
England vs Zimbabwe – 5:15 PM IST – Potchefstroom
Indonesia vs New Zealand – 5:15 PM IST – Potchefstroom (Uni)
January 16
India vs UAE – 1:30 PM IST – Benoni
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka – 1:30 PM IST – Benoni (B)
Australia vs USA – 5:15 PM IST – Benoni (B)
South Africa vs Scotland – 5:15 PM IST – Benoni
January 17
Ireland vs New Zealand – 1:30 PM IST – Potchefstroom
Rwanda vs Zimbabwe – 1:30 PM IST – Potchefstroom (Uni)
England vs Pakistan – 5:15 PM IST – Potchefstroom
Indonesia vs West Indies – 5:15 PM IST – Potchefstroom (Uni)
January 18
Australia vs Sri Lanka – 1:30 PM IST – Benoni
Bangladesh vs USA – 1:30 PM IST – Benoni (B)
South Africa vs UAE – 5:15 PM IST – Benoni
India vs Scotland – 5:15 PM IST – Benoni (B)
January 19
Indonesia vs Ireland – 1:30 PM IST – Potchefstroom
England vs Rwanda – 1:30 PM IST – Potchefstroom (Uni)
New Zealand vs West Indies – 5:15 PM IST – Potchefstroom
Pakistan vs Zimbabwe – 5:15 PM IST – Potchefstroom (Uni)
Conclusion
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