The places for the 2021 ICC Female’s World Cup in New Zealand have actually been exposed, with the last of the distinguished ODI tournament to be held under lights at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval.
The event will certainly start with an opening weekend break at Auckland’s Eden Park, while suits will certainly additionally be played in Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga and also Dunedin.
The semi-finals will certainly be held at Tauranga’s Bay Oval and also Hamilton’s Seddon Park, while recently set up lights at Hagley Oval will certainly guarantee the decider can be held as a day-night smash hit.
In all, the 2021 ODI World Cup will certainly include 31 matches in between February 6 and also March 7 following year.
Australia captain Meg Lanning would certainly no question cherish a go back to Bay Oval, a location where she has actually struck 3 of her 13 ODI centuries.
Australia last visited New Zealand in very early 2017, a project that saw them dip into Bay Oval and also Eden Park’s external oval, while they additionally played 3 ODIs at the Tauranga location in 2016 together with 2 T20 Goes to Wellington’s Container Book.
The staying places will greatly provide an unidentified to the Australians, if set up to play there, with Ellyse Perry the only present team participant to have actually dipped into Seddon Park, while none of the present team have actually dipped into Dunedin’s College Oval or Eden Park correct.
The full draw will certainly be exposed in March.
While Australia’s ideas are presently securely on the upcoming T20 World Cup, to be used house dirt from February 21 and also finishing in the last at the MCG on March 8, the 2021 ODI World Cup is an additional event they will certainly be hopeless to prosper in after an unsatisfactory project in the UK in 2017.
After heading right into that occasion as heated favourites, they were packed out of the event in a shock semi-final loss to India, while hosts England took place to win the last at Lord’s.
” Our objective was to guarantee all 31 suits will certainly be dipped into the very best places, incorporating a geographical spread that made sure as several Kiwi sporting activities followers as feasible reach involve with the event,” ICC Female’s Cricket World Cup Chief Executive Officer Andrea Nelson claimed.
” It was wonderful to see the excitement from many cities bidding process for a possibility to invite the very best gamers worldwide to their garden.”
urrently, just Australia, New Zealand and also protecting champs England have actually received the eight-team event.
New Zealand certify as hosts, while Australia and also England’s solid efficiencies throughout the present version of the ICC Female’s ODI Champion– a three-year, round-robin competitors to identify the 4 groups that instantly certify together with the host country– have actually protected their places.
2 of Pakistan, South Africa, India, West Indies and also Sri Lanka will certainly join them adhering to the last round of the Champion, while the staying 2 places will certainly be determined at the World Cup qualifiers in Sri Lanka later on this year.
2020 ICC Female’s T20 World Cup
Australia team: Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Erin Burns, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy (wk), Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham
2020 ICC Female’s T20 Competition
February 21: Australia v India, Sydney Showgrounds
February 24: Australia v Sri Lanka, WACA Ground
February 27: Australia v Bangladesh, Manuka Oval