Dubai [UAE], July 10 (ANI): Cardiff’s Sophia Gardens, Derby County Floor and Loughborough College will all host warm-up fixtures forward of the 2026 version of the Girls’s T20 World Cup that commences in Birmingham on June 12, as per the official web site of the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC).
Whereas the precise particulars of the warm-up fixtures are but to be launched, the three venues – which might be wealthy in cricketing pedigree and have performed a serious function in enhancing the profile of girls’s cricket in latest instances – will all host matches previous to the tenth version of the T20 World Cup that will probably be hosted by England and Wales subsequent 12 months.
Eight of the 12 groups that can compete within the expanded T20 World Cup have already been decided, with the ultimate 4 sides to be locked in as soon as the Girls’s T20 World Cup Qualifier has been accomplished early subsequent 12 months.
The 12 sides will battle it out in 33 matches throughout 24 days and at seven venues in England and Wales in 2026 and all groups will probably be aiming to match the exploits of New Zealand when the White Ferns gained their first T20 World Cup title in Dubai final 12 months.
The fixtures and the teams for the T20 World Cup have been revealed final month, with England to host Sri Lanka within the event opener in Birmingham on June 12 forward of the ultimate at Lord’s on July 5.
Group 1 options multiple-time champions Australia, 2024 finalists South Africa, Asian heavyweights India and Pakistan, together with two groups from the International Qualifier.
Group 2 contains hosts England, defending champions New Zealand, Sri Lanka, former winners West Indies and the opposite two groups from the International Qualifier.
The seven venues that will probably be used in the course of the occasion are Edgbaston, Hampshire Bowl, Headingley, Outdated Trafford, The Oval, Bristol County Floor and Lord’s. (ANI)
