The eleventh edition of the ICC Women World Cup will kick off in England this month.
The women's World Cup started way back in 1973. Incidentally, the men’s world cup championship started only in 1975. England has already hosted two tournaments, in 1973 and 1993. The venues for the current championship are Lords, Derby, Bristol, Leicester and Taunton.
The tournament is scheduled to start on June 24 and the finals will be on July 23. It will be the first time that the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) is used in a women’s tournament.
The ICC has decided that best eight teams will compete in the tournament. The top four in the ODI rankings qualify automatically while the other four teams have been selected through a qualification tournament held in Sri Lanka recently.
The participating teams are: England (host), Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies.
The format of the tournament is that all the teams will face each other in a round robin and the top four teams will go into the semifinals.