Like ICC World T20 for men, a tournament is also held for women. ICC is the governing authority for women’s tournament. The first ICC Women’s World T20 was held in 2009, hosted by England. The event runs parallel with men’s T20 World Cup. The Women’s World T20 2016 Schedule is out now which is given in the end of this post with the venue. Total eight teams participate in the tournament, 6 being the top teams in ICC ranking,three qualifiers and 1 the host team.
Till now 4 Women’s World T20 has been organised and the fifth one is the upcoming event to be held in India from 15 March to 3 April 2016. The first ever World T20 Women was won by England in 2009. The next three tournaments are won by Australia only.
In 2016 edition the 10 teams which will participate are Australia, England, West Indies, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Bangladesh. These 10 teams are divided in 2 groups of 5 each. Each team will play once with every other teams in the group. The top two teams of both group will qualify for the knock out stage. The winner of the knockout stage will meet in finals.
Group A (Women) :
Group B (Women):
The ICC Women’s World T20 2016 time-table is given below :-
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Match 1 | Tuesday, March 15, 2016 | India vs Bangladesh | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium , Bangalore |
Match 2 | Tuesday, March 15, 2016 | New Zealand vs Sri Lanka | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground , New Delhi |
Match 3 | Wednesday, March 16, 2016 | West Indies vs Pakistan | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
Match 4 | Thursday, March 17, 2016 | England vs Bangladesh] | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
Match 5 | Friday, March 18, 2016 | New Zealand vs Ireland | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium , Mohali |
Match 6 | Friday, March 18, 2016 | Australia vs South Africa | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium , Nagpur |
Match 7 | Saturday, March 19, 2016 | India vs Pakistan | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi |
Match 8 | Sunday, March 20, 2016 | West Indies vs Bangladesh | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
Match 9 | Sunday, March 20, 2016 | Sri Lanka vs Ireland | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium , Mohali |
Match 10 | Monday, March 21, 2016 | Australia vs New Zealand | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur |
Match 11 | Tuesday, March 22, 2016 | England vs India | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium , Dharamshala |
Match 12 | Wednesday, March 23, 2016 | South Africa vs Ireland | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
Match 13 | Thursday, March 24, 2016 | Australia vs Sri Lanka | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi |
Match 14 | Thursday, March 24, 2016 | England vs West Indies | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala |
Match 15 | Thursday, March 24, 2016 | Pakistan vs Bangladesh | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi |
Match 16 | Saturday, March 26, 2016 | Australia vs Ireland | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi |
Match 17 | Saturday, March 26, 2016 | South Africa vs New Zealand | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium , Bangalore |
Match 18 | Sunday, March 27, 2016 | West Indies vs India | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur |
Match 19 | Monday, March 28, 2016 | England vs Pakistan | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
Match 20 | Monday, March 28, 2016 | South Africa vs Sri Lanka | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium , Bangalore |
Match SF 1 | Wednesday, March 30, 2016 | TBD VS TBD | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi |
Match SF 2 | Thursday, March 31, 2016 | TBD VS TBD | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
Final | Sunday, April 03, 2016 | Winner SF1 VS Winner SF2 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |