Dubai [UAE]: Fixtures for the inaugural ICC Under-19 Ladies’s T20 World Cup to be held in South Africa were announced on Friday.
The competition will certainly occur from January 14 to 29, 2023 in South Africa. Placed in Group D India will handle Scotland, South Africa as well as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the group stage.
India will certainly deal with South Africa in their opening match of the competition on January 14. The Ladies in Blue will next secure horns with UAE on January 16 and also Scotland on January 18.
The historical event will showcase the future celebrities of the video game with 16 teams travelling to South Africa to compete in 41 matches from January 14 to 29, 2023 in Benoni and also Potchefstroom.
The 16 participating teams that include the best U19 women players in the world make up 11 Complete ICC Members as well as five Associates. The top 3 groups from each team will progress to the Super Six League stage, where teams from Team A will play against Group D as well as Team B will compete against Group C.
Indonesia and Rwanda are the two newbie participants in an ICC World Cup occasion. While Indonesia defeated Papua New Guinea to win the East Asia-Pacific team in July, Rwanda came to be the final group to get the occasion after defeating Tanzania on September 12.
4 matches will certainly take place each day with Australia playing Bangladesh on an opening day, followed by South Africa tackling India at the Key Oval in Willowmoore Park in Benoni while UAE will face Scotland, complied with by Sri Lanka v U.S.A. at the B Oval.
The semi-finals will be used January 27, at JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom, with the last happening at the very same place on January 29.
” The ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup is the utmost finishing school for future female stars of our video game and to have 16 teams heading to South Africa for the inaugural event is incredibly amazing for the development of women’s cricket which is a critical concern for the ICC,” ICC Head of Events, Chris Tetley stated in a main statement released by ICC.
” We are anticipating seeing the type of success stories emerge from this event that we have actually enjoyed in the Men’s U19s for many years and it’s fantastic to invite ICC occasion debutants Indonesia and also Rwanda to the world stage,” Tetley added.
” We are delighted that South Africa will certainly be hosting this event as well as the elderly ICC Female’s T20 World Cup shortly afterwards as well as we want all the teams the best in their preparations for the competition and to Cricket South Africa in organising the event,” he claimed.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) CEO, Pholetsi Moseki stated: “CSA is thrilled to be hosting 2 very exciting ICC women’s events in the coming months, but for us as an organisation, the inaugural ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup holds a special location in our hearts. As a nation, we hold ladies as well as the significant as well as essential functions that they play in our society in high esteem, and therefore, we are unbelievably pleased to be hosting the extremely first global T20 event of its kind for girls of this age group.”
“This falls in line with CSA’s vision to make cricket an absolutely national sport of champions and also accessible to all, not simply in South Africa as well as Africa, however worldwide. The components as well as competitions are mosting likely to create exciting viewing, as well as we expect record-breaking and life-altering outcomes,” Moseki said.
