Fixtures confirmed for ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

The 10-team event forms the final qualifier for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, with the top three teams advancing to the tournament in New Zealand in March 2022

The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2021 will begin on Sunday, November 21 in Zimbabwe.

The 10-team event forms the final qualifier for the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup with three teams advancing to the tournament in New Zealand next March.

The teams have been split into two groups of five, with Group A consisting of West Indies, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Papua New Guinea, and Netherlands, and Group B containing Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Zimbabwe and USA.

Four venues – Old Hararians, Harare Sports Club, Sunrise Cricket Club and Takashinga Cricket Club – will be used for the group stage, with four matches held every day.

The final three spots for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 are up for grabs!

The fixtures for the 10-team Qualifier are in 👇 https://t.co/vgbEfxUt42 pic.twitter.com/dX39VeKu8K

— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) November 2, 2021

Day one will see Pakistan take on Bangladesh, Ireland face Netherlands, Zimbabwe versus Thailand, and West Indies against PNG. Sri Lanka will face the Netherlands in their tournament opener on day two while USA will play Bangladesh.

The top three teams from each group will qualify for the Super 6, which is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, December 1, with their points from the group stage being carried forward.

The top three teams will then join New Zealand, Australia, England, South Africa and India at the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup while the top five will qualify for the ICC Women’s Championship, which has been expanded to 10 teams.

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