Dubai, Sep 16 (Agency) Fixtures for the inaugural ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup have been announced. The tournament will take place from January 14 to 29, 2023 in South Africa.Sixteen teams are participating in the competition, making it one of the biggest ever ICC events,with 41 matches being played across 15 days.Last month the venues were revealed with Benoni and Potchefstroom hosting the big event. Both cities hosted the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup in January 2020. The qualification for the event began in June 2022, with four of the spots being decided by regional qualifiers and the last remaining spot going to USA on account of the side being the only Associate nation eligible to compete under the ICC’s Event Pathway Participation Criteria in the Americas region.The 16 teams constituting of 11 full ICC members and five associate teams have been split into four groups.
The top three teams from each group will progress to the Super Six League stage, where teams from Group A will play against Group D and Group B will compete against Group C. Indonesia and Rwanda are the two first-time participants in an ICC World Cup event. While Indonesia beat Papua New Guinea to win the East Asia-Pacific group in July, Rwanda became the final team to qualify for the event after beating Tanzania on Monday, 12 September. Four matches will take place each day with Australia playing Bangladesh on the opening day, followed by South Africa taking on India at the Main Oval in Willowmoore Park in Benoni whileUAE will go up against Scotland, followed by Sri Lanka v USA at the B Oval. The Super Six stage begins on January 20, with the semi-finals taking place on January 27 andthe final being played at the JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom on January 29. January 30 has been marked as a reserve day for the final.16 warm-up matches taking place between January 9 and 11 in the cities of Johannesburg and Tshwane.