West Indies’ Hayley Matthews celebrates after reaching her half-century through the Ladies’s Cricket T20 World Cup match towards England on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Oct. 15, 2024.
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The West Indies Ladies will go up towards Scotland of their opening match of subsequent month’s Qualifiers in Pakistan as they start their quest to qualify for the 2025 Ladies’s Cricket World Cup.
The schedule for the round-robin event, which will probably be performed in Lahore from April 9-19, was launched just lately by the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC). The West Indies, along with Pakistan, Bangladesh, Eire, Thailand, and Scotland, will compete for the ultimate two spots within the Ladies’s Cricket World Cup in India, which is scheduled to be performed in October and November this 12 months,
West Indies Ladies will characteristic in a doubleheader on April 9, with Pakistan additionally set to tackle Eire.
The West Indies ladies, led by Hayley Matthews, will play Eire of their second match on April 11. They are going to then play Pakistan in a pivotal match on April 14. They are going to tackle Bangladesh on April 17 earlier than going through off towards Thailand of their remaining recreation on April 19.
ICC CEO Geoff Allardice stated he expects a extremely aggressive event.
“The six groups are only one step away from the Ladies’s Cricket World Cup, and I am certain they’d be all equipped for the competitors,” Allardice stated.
“On behalf of the ICC, I want to want all of the collaborating groups the easiest of luck and hope to see some aggressive cricket in Lahore as a build-up to the World Cup in India.”
