ICC Women's WC: India to face Pakistan in opening encounter on March 6
Dec 15, 2021
Tauranga [New Zealand], December 15 : India will face Pakistan in their opening match of ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 here in Tauranga on March 6, 2022.
The showpiece event will get underway on March 4, 2022 at the Bay Oval in Tauranga, with the hosts New Zealand taking on West Indies.
England and Australia will then lock horns the following day at Seddon Park in Hamilton.
A total of 31 matches will be staged across 31 days, with the eight teams clashing to clinch the World Cup title.
According to ICC, 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.
The megaevent will be played in the league format, where all eight nations will face each other once, at the end of which the top four teams will qualify for the semi-finals.
The first semi-final of the World Cup will be played at The Basin Reserve in Wellington on March 30 while The Hagley Oval will staged the second semi-final on March 31.
The finals of the tournament will played on April 3. Both the semi-finals and the finals will have a reserve day in place as per ICC.
