On Tuesday, the International Cricket Council announced that the rescheduled Women's 50-over
World Cup in New Zealand will commence on 4th March 2022,, with the final to be held on April 3.
The tournament was initially scheduled to take place next year from February to March, but the
event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 31 games during the tournament will be hosted by the same 6 cities and venues, with Hagley
Oval in Christchurch hosting the final under the lights.
England, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and India have qualified for the tournament, with
3 remaining sides to be confirmed by a qualifying event in Sri Lanka from 26th June until 10th
July next year.
In the opener in Tauranga, hosts New Zealand will take on a qualifying team while defending
champion England, who won the previous edition at home in 2017 by beating India at Lord's, is
scheduled to face Australia in Hamilton the following day.
The postponed tournament will continue to provide prize money worth NZ$5.5 million ($3.89
million), up nearly 60% from the previous edition.
With the top four progressing to the semifinals, all 8 sides will face each other in a
round-robin format.
2022 Women's World Cup complete schedule as below.
*denotes day/night