2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

The 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier is an upcoming international women's cricket tournament that is scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka in June and July 2021.[1][2] The tournament will be the final part of the qualification process for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup.[3] The tournament will be the fifth edition of the World Cup Qualifier, with the fixtures played as 50 overs matches. All the regional qualification tournaments used the Women's Twenty20 International format.[4] The top three teams from the qualifier will progress to the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[5]

2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier
Dates26 June – 10 July 2021
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket format50 overs
Host(s) Sri Lanka
Participants10

Originally, the qualifier was scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka from 3 to 19 July 2020.[6][7][8][9] In March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that they were monitoring the situation and reviewing the scheduling of the tournament.[6][10] However, on 12 May 2020, the ICC confirmed that the tournament had been postponed.[11][12] In December 2020, the ICC confirmed that the qualifier would be played during June and July 2021.[13]

Qualification

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Means of Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified
Automatic Qualifications
WODI status[4] November 2018 Tournament results 2

 Bangladesh
 Ireland

6th–8th in the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship[4] December 2019 Tournament results 3

 Pakistan[14]
 West Indies[15]
 Sri Lanka[16]

Regional Qualifications
Asia 18–27 February 2019 Thailand[17] 1  Thailand[18]
Africa 5–12 May 2019 Zimbabwe[19] 1  Zimbabwe[20]
East Asia-Pacific 6–10 May 2019 Vanuatu[21] 1  Papua New Guinea[22]
Americas 17–19 May 2019 United States[23] 1  United States[24]
Europe 26–29 June 2019 Spain[25] 1  Netherlands[26]
Total 10

References
  1. "Venue for postponed 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. "Full match schedule for ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. "Women's Cricket World Cup postponed until 2022". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. "Thailand plays host as the road to the Women's T20 and 50-over World Cups begins". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  5. "ICC Women's World Cups Qualification FAQs" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  6. "COVID-19 update – ICC qualifying events". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  7. "Sri Lanka to host Women's World Cup Qualifiers in 2020". The Papare. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  8. "ICC board and full council concludes in London". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  9. "Thailand Quadrangular disappointment for Women". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  10. "Women's World Cup Qualifier in Sri Lanka in doubt". The Papare. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  11. "ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier postponed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  12. "Covid-19 effect: Women's World Cup Qualifier 2021 postponed". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  13. "Hosts New Zealand to kick off 2022 Women's ODI World Cup on March 4". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  14. "ICC announces allocation of points for cancelled series in the ICC Women's Championship". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  15. "Chance for South Africa to gain valuable points". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  16. "All-round England secure clean-sweep". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  17. "Thailand hosts women's T20 and ODI World Cup pre-qualifiers". Inside Sport. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  18. "Thailand tops the chart in ICC Women's World Cup Asia Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  19. "Africa: Zimbabwe to Host 2019 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier". All Africa. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  20. "Zim Cricket Team Beats Namibia, Secures Place In Scotland World Cup Qualifier". Pindula News. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  21. "Busy 2019 for Cricket PNG". Loop PNG. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  22. "Perfect performance from PNG in Port Vila". Cricket World. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  23. "USA Cricket Name Team USA Women's Squad for Selection Camp". USA Cricket. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  24. "Brilliant USA Women seal place at Global Qualifiers". USA Cricket. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  25. "Fixtures for three ICC events announced ahead of Europe's 'Summer of Cricket'". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  26. "Netherlands win ICC Women's Qualifier Europe to secure place at two global events". Inside the Games. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.