West Indies Women’s
cricketers will face
tournament hosts New
Zealand in the opening fixture of
the 2022 ICC ICC Women’s Cricket
World Cup. The tournament is set
to get underway on Friday, March
4, 2022 at the Bay Oval in Tauranga.
A total of 31 games will be played
across 31 days, with the eight
teams clashing to get their hands
on the coveted World Cup trophy.
Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin,
Hamilton, Tauranga, and Wellington
will be the six cities that will host the
tournament.
Australia, England, South Africa
and India qualified for the event on
the basis of their position in ICC
Women’s Championship 2017-20
while New Zealand automatically
qualified as they were hosts.
On the basis of the ODI Team
Rankings, Bangladesh, Pakistan and
West Indies were the final three
teams to book their berth for the World Cup after 2021 the
Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier was called off due
to a Covid-related uncertainty.
The West Indies remaining preliminary Round matches will be against England on March
9; vs India on the 12th; vs Australia on the 15th and against
Bangladesh, Pakistan and South Africa respectively on the
18th, 21st, and 24th of March.
The tournament’s Preliminary Round will be played in a
league format, where all eight teams will face each other
once, at the end of which the top four teams will qualify for
the semi-finals. The first semi-final will be played at The Basin
Reserve in Wellington on March 30 while The Hagley Oval in
Christchurch will host the second semi-final (March 31) and
the final (April 3). Both the semi-finals and the finals will have
a reserve day in place