Ten teams will head to South Africa for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 looking to follow in the footsteps of Australia and lift the trophy starting February 10 and will go on till February 26th February.
This year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup takes place in two stages.
The 10 teams are divided into two groups of five sides each. South Africa qualified on the basis of being hosts, while seven other sides also gained automatic qualification. Bangladesh and Ireland made it through the qualifiers.
The first round sees the sides participating in round-robin contests in their respective groups, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the knockout stage.
The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals and the Final at Newlands, Cape Town on February 26.
Venues
All the matches of the World Cup will be played in South Africa. Here are the venues of the matches:
- Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
- St George’s Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha
- Boland Park, Paarl
Teams
Group 1
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
Group 2
England, India, West Indies, Pakistan, Ireland
Squads
Australia
Meg Lanning (c), Alyssa Healy (vc), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham.
New Zealand
Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Bernadine Bezuidenhout, Eden Carson, Lauren Down, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Amelia Kerr, Jess Kerr, Molly Penfold, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu.
South Africa
Annerie Dercksen, Marizanne Kapp, Lara Goodall, Ayabonga Khaka, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Shabnim Ismail, Tazmin Brits, Masabata Klaas, Laura Wolvaardt, Sinalo Jafta, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Sune Luus (c), Anneke Bosch, Delmi Tucker.
Sri Lanka
Chamari Athapaththu (c), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani, Kaushini Nuthyangana, Malsha Shehani, Inoka Ranaweera, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya, Vishmi Gunaratne, Tharika Sewwandi, Ama Kanchana, Sathya Sandeepani.
Bangladesh
Nigar Sultana Joty (c), Marufa Akter, Fahima Khatun, Salma Khatun, Jahanara Alam, Shamima Sultana, Rumana Ahmed, Lata Mondol, Shorna Akter, Nahida Akter, Murshida Khatun, Ritu Moni, Disha Biswas, Sobhana Mostary, Fargana Hoque Pinky
Reserves: Rabeya, Sanjida Akther Maghla, Sharmin Akter Supta
England
Heather Knight (c), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Katherine Brunt, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Nat Sciver, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Danni Wyatt.
Travelling Reserves: Issy Wong, Dani Gibson.
India
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Anjali Sarvani, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey.
Reserves: Sabbhineni Meghana, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh.
West Indies
Hayley Matthews (c), Shemaine Campbelle (vc), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shamilia Connell, Afy Fletcher, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Trishan Holder, Zaida James, Djenaba Joseph, Chedean Nation, Karishma Ramharack, Shakera Selman, Stafanie Taylor, Rashada Williams.
Pakistan
Bismah Maroof (c), Aimen Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Sadaf Shamas, Fatima Sana, Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali, Nashra Sandhu, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz, Tuba Hassan.
Travelling Reserves: Ghulam Fatima, Kainat Imtiaz.
Ireland
Laura Delany (captain), Georgina Dempsey, Amy Hunter, Shauna Kavanagh, Arlene Kelly, Gaby Lewis, Louise Little, Sophie MacMahon, Jane Maguire, Cara Murray, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Eimear Richardson, Rebecca Stokell, Mary Waldron.
Schedule
| S.No. | Date | Day | Match | Venue | Time (IST) |
| 1 | 10 February | Friday | South Africa vs Sri Lanka – Group A | Newlands, Cape Town | 10:30 PM |
| 2 | 11 February | Saturday | West Indies vs England – Group B | Boland Park, Paarl | 6:30 PM |
| 3 | 11 February | Saturday | Australia vs New Zealand – Group A | Boland Park, Paarl | 10:30 PM |
| 4 | 12 February | Sunday | India vs Pakistan – Group B | Newlands, Cape Town | 6:30 PM |
| 5 | 12 February | Sunday | Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka – Group A | Newlands, Cape Town | 10:30 PM |
| 6 | 13 February | Monday | Ireland vs England Group B | Boland Park, Paarl | 6:30 PM |
| 7 | 13 February | Monday | South Africa vs New Zealand – Group A | Boland Park, Paarl | 10:30 PM |
| 8 | 14 February | Tuesday | Australia vs Bangladesh – Group A | St George’s Park, Gqeberha | 10:30 PM |
| 9 | 15 February | Wednesday | India vs West Indies – Group B | Newlands, Cape Town | 6:30 PM |
| 10 | 15 February | Wednesday | Pakistan vs Ireland – Group B | Newlands, Cape Town | 10:30 PM |
| 11 | 16 February | Thursday | Sri Lanka vs Australia Group A | St George’s Park, Gqeberha | 6:30 PM |
| 12 | 17 February | Friday | New Zealand vs Bangladesh – Group A | Newlands, Cape Town | 6:30 PM |
| 13 | 17 February | Friday | West Indies vs Ireland – Group B | Newlands, Cape Town | 10:30 PM |
| 14 | 18 February | Saturday | England vs India – Group B | St George’s Park, Gqeberha | 6:30 PM |
| 15 | 18 February | Saturday | South Africa vs Australia – Group A | St George’s Park, Gqeberha | 10:30 PM |
| 16 | 19 February | Sunday | Pakistan vs West Indies – Group B | Boland Park, Paarl | 6:30 PM |
| 17 | 19 February | Sunday | New Zealand vs Sri Lanka – Group A | Boland Park, Paarl | 10:30 PM |
| 18 | 20 February | Monday | India vs Ireland – Group B | St George’s Park, Gqeberha | 6:30 PM |
| 19 | 21 February | Tuesday | England vs Pakistan – Group B | Newlands, Cape Town | 6:30 PM |
| 20 | 21 February | Tuesday | South Africa vs Bangladesh – Group A | Newlands, Cape Town | 10:30 PM |
| 21 | 23 February | Thursday | TBC vs TBC, Semi-Final 1 (A1 v B2) | Newlands, Cape Town | 6:30 PM |
| 22 | 24 February | Friday | TBC vs TBC, Semi-Final 2 (B1 v A2) | Newlands, Cape Town | 6:30 PM |
| 23 | 26 February | Sunday | TBC vs TBC, Final | Newlands, Cape Town | 6:30 PM |
Where To Watch?
The Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 will be broadcast LIVE on the Star Sports Network and will be live streamed on the Disney+ Hotstar App.
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