Hosts New Zealand will kick off the 2022 ODI Women’s World Cup on March 4 against one of the ranked teams in Tauranga as eight of the top teams in women’s cricket will battle 31 matches over 31 days in six cities.
Defending champion England will kick off their campaign with a high-profile match against Australia on March 5 in Hamilton. And India, runners-up of 2017, will hope to improve as they too will start facing the qualifying team on March 6.
While New Zealand, Australia, England, South Africa and India have qualified, three qualified teams will come from a tournament that will take place in Sri Lanka between June 26 and July 10, 2021. Regarding the format of the World Cup World itself, the eight teams will play against each other once and the top four will advance to the semifinals.
Wellington will host the first semifinal on March 30 and Christchurch will host the second semifinal and final on March 31 and April 3. All three games will have a reserve day. Auckland and Dunedin are the remaining two of the six venues that were preserved from the original 2021 calendar.
Auckland will also host the massive two-game weekend with India taking on Australia on March 19, and New Zealand taking on England the next day. An ICC statement confirmed that all matches will be broadcast live to a “large global audience.”
The Hagley Oval has recently been updated with spotlights and New Zealand veteran Amy Satterthwaite is eager to see what her land will look like when it’s time for the match.
“Playing in a World Cup on our own ground here in Christchurch, under the lights, would be a real highlight in our career,” he said. “It was difficult to watch the T20 Women’s Cricket World Cup from the sidelines in March (after giving birth in January), so seeing the match schedule for the ODI World Cup here in 2022 gives me and the rest of the world team a goal to strive for as we prepare for the next 16 months. “
In addition to being called champions, the team that wins all will win a cash prize of 5.5 million NZD (about $ 3.9 million). India has come close to claiming those honors and Mithali Raj is eager to return.
“India has done very well in ICC tournaments for the last three or four years, whether it is the World Cup (ODI) or the recently concluded T20 World Cup,” he said. “And if we can win the tournament in 2022, it will be a great inspiration to the next generation of girls, as the 50-year format is considered the pinnacle for any cricketer.”
The World Cup had to be postponed from its original date in 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and will be one of the two major women’s cricket events in 2022 alongside the Commonwealth Games in England.
2022 ODI Women’s World Cup Schedule
New Zealand vs Qualifier, March 4, Tauranga
Australia v England, March 5, Hamilton
Qualifier vs South Africa, March 5, Dunedin
Qualifier vs India, March 6, Tauranga
New Zealand vs Qualifier, March 7, Dunedin
Australia vs Qualifier, March 8, Tauranga
Qualifier vs England, March 9. Dunedin
New Zealand v India, March 10, Hamilton
Qualifier vs South Africa, March 11, Tauranga
Qualifier vs India, March 12, Hamilton
New Zealand v Australia, March 13, Wellington
South Africa v England, March 14, Tauranga
Qualifier vs Qualifier, March 14, Hamilton
Australia vs Qualifier, March 15, Wellington
England v India, March 16, Tauranga
New Zealand v South Africa, March 17, Hamilton
Qualifier vs Qualifier, March 18, Tauranga
India vs Australia, March 19, Auckland
New Zealand v England, March 20, Auckland
Qualifier vs Qualifier, March 21, Hamilton
India vs Qualifier, March 22, Hamilton
South Africa v Australia, March 22, Wellington
South Africa vs Qualifier, March 24, Wellington
England vs Qualifier, March 24, Christchurch
Qualifier vs Australia, March 25, Wellington
New Zealand vs Qualifier, March 26, Christchurch
India vs South Africa, March 27, Christchurch
England vs Qualifier, March 27, Wellington
First semi-final, March 30, Wellington
Second semi-final, March 31, Christchurch
Final, April 3, Christchurch
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