On February 10, the opening match of the 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup will take place at Newlands in Cape Town between hosts South Africa and Sri Lanka. On Monday, the whole schedule for the eighth edition of the esteemed competition was released (October 3). Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh are in Group A of the two groups made up of the 10 teams. Group B is composed of England, India, the West Indies, Pakistan, and Ireland. Following their successful completion of the T20 World Cup qualifying rounds to join the top eight nations, Bangladesh and Ireland have completed the list of competing teams.
The 23-game tournament will be played in Newlands, Boland Park (Paarl), and St. George’s Park (Gqeberha), with 12 of the games, including the opener, the two semifinals, and the championship game on February 26, taking place there.
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Schedule for the ICC Women’s #T20WorldCup 2023 in South Africa is out 👇🏻https://t.co/BEaPA7XEhF
— ICC (@ICC) October 3, 2022
“We are thrilled to be announcing the match schedule for the next ICC Women’s T20 World Cup as we look to build on the success of Australia 2020 and host a uniquely African celebration of cricket,” ICC Chief Executive, Geoff Allardice said.
“As a key strategic priority for the sport, women’s cricket continues to build momentum and engage more fans than ever before. With T20 as the growth vehicle for cricket we are confident that this event and the inaugural U19 Women’s T20 World Cup preceding the senior event will leave a lasting legacy to grow girls and women’s cricket around the world.”
Full list of fixtures of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023
10 February South Africa v Sri Lanka Cape Town
11 February West Indies v England Paarl
11 February Australia v New Zealand Paarl
12 February India v Pakistan Cape Town
12 February Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Cape Town
13 February Ireland v England Paarl
13 February South Africa v New Zealand Paarl
14 February Australia v Bangladesh Gqeberha
15 February West Indies v India Cape Town
15 February Pakistan v Ireland Cape Town
16 February Sri Lanka v Australia Gqeberha
17 February New Zealand v Bangladesh Cape Town
17 February West Indies v Ireland Cape Town
18 February England v India Gqeberha
18 February South Africa v Australia Gqeberha
19 February Pakistan v West Indies Paarl
19 February New Zealand v Sri Lanka Paarl
20 February Ireland v India Gqeberha
21 February England v Pakistan Cape Town
21 February South Africa v Bangladesh Cape Town
23 February SEMI-FINAL 1 Cape Town
24 February RESERVE DAY Cape Town
24 February SEMI-FINAL 2 Cape Town
25 February RESERVE DAY Cape Town
26 February FINAL Cape Town
27 February RESERVE DAY Cape Town
