Friday, 22 March 2024 – Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Cricket & Sports Hub has been chosen to host the upcoming 10-team ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifier 2024 in April and May.

The competitors will decide two spots on the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, which takes place in Bangladesh in September and October this yr.

As effectively as host nation UAE, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uganda, USA, Vanuatu and Zimbabwe will all characteristic in Abu Dhabi.

The 2022 equal was additionally performed out at Abu Dhabi Cricket & Sports Hub, with Bangladesh and Ireland happening to safe qualification.

This yr, the 2 teams of 5 groups will play double-header video games at two separate pitches on the identical web site; the Zayed Cricket Stadium and Tolerance Oval.

Also learn: ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2024 fixtures released

Matt Boucher, CEO of Abu Dhabi Cricket & Sports Hub stated: “It is at all times a privilege to host ICC occasions and we’re thrilled to welcome the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifier 2024 again to our venue. The occasion in 2022 was an simple success and the standard of cricket on show was unimaginable.

“At Abu Dhabi Cricket & Sports Hub, we place great importance on the development of women’s sport both in and out of the UAE. We believe that if you can see it, you can be it – and these tournaments have the potential to inspire young girls and women all over the world. Both ourselves and Abu Dhabi Sports Council take this responsibility seriously and we’re excited to deliver yet another thrilling tournament across our venue.”

The information comes scorching on the heels of two new tournaments launched by Abu Dhabi Cricket & Sports Hub, which additionally noticed its Tolerance Oval host its first Test match the place Ireland made historical past by beating Afghanistan within the longest format in the beginning of the month.

Both the inaugural seasons for the Abu Dhabi Women’s T20 and Abu Dhabi Counties Super Cup introduced groups to the UAE capital from the UK. The ladies’s match featured The Blaze and the South East Stars, with the previous lifting the trophy after profitable the three-match sequence 2-1. Six county sides then contested the Abu Dhabi Counties Super Cup, the place Yorkshire beat Nottinghamshire within the ultimate.

A Team Abu Dhabi facet competed alongside Yorkshire, Notts, Warwickshire, Somerset and Essex, making certain that every one members of the visiting squads bought matches and that prime native expertise had been supplied a chance to compete towards the most effective gamers in nation cricket.

The ladies’s match has additionally laid out plans to characteristic the UAE nationwide staff in future additions and the primary season of each these tournaments was broadcast everywhere in the world to a worldwide viewers.

The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifier 2024 takes place from 21 April – 7 May and consists of 32 matches, together with the ultimate inside the long-lasting Zayed Cricket Stadium.

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