ICC Women’s World Cup 2022: ICC Announce Full Schedule, India To Open Campaign Against Qualifier

The International Cricket Council, on Tuesday, announced the schedule for ICC Women’s World Cup 2022. India will open their campaign against a qualifier on March 6 at the Bay Oval in Tauranga in the tournament as they eye their first-ever World Cup title.

The next edition of the ICC Women’s World Cup will get underway on March 4 with a game between hosts New Zealand and a qualifier at the Bay Oval. The Basin Reserve in Wellington and the Hagley Oval in Christchurch will host the semifinals while the latter is also set to host the final on April 3, 2022.

An opening match at Tauranga’s Bay Oval and a final under lights at Hagley Oval are two of the highlights of a 31-match schedule announced today for ICC Women’s World Cup 2022.

“The pinnacle event for women’s cricket will see 31 matches played across 31 action-packed days between 4 March and 3 April 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.

Talking about Team India’s schedule, the Women in Blue will play 7 matches in the group stage. Four of those games are against New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and England. The other three opponents are qualifiers which will be determined later.

“We have all been through a very difficult year and are happy to be getting back at playing the game we all love. India has been doing very well at ICC tournaments in the past three or four years, whether you talk about the (ODI) World Cup or the recently concluded T20 World Cup, and if we manage to win the tournament in 2022, it will be a massive inspiration for the next generation of girls, as the fifty-over format, is considered the pinnacle for any cricketer. I can assure you the team and I, are looking forward to it,” said India captain Mithali Raj.

England are the reigning world champions, having won the ICC Women’s World Cup at home in 2017. India were the runners-up that year and will be looking to go all the way in the upcoming edition.

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