Cricket Association of Thailand (CAT) will host the second (2nd) edition of the ICC Women’s Emerging Nations Trophy from November 12th – 25th, 2026, at the venues of Terdthai Cricket Ground and Asian Institute of Technology Ground in Bangkok.
he ICC will pilot the Women’s Emerging Nations Trophy 2026 as a 10-team event featuring five (5) Full Members and five (5) Associate Members, selected based on rankings and prior T20 World Cup qualification. The inaugural edition of the tournament was an eight (8) team event, featuring the five (5) Associate Members with ODI status and three (3) Associate Members based on T20I team ranking, with Thailand Women being the eventual winners.
Group A: Scotland, Papua New Guinea (PNG), United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ireland, Sri Lanka
Group B: Thailand, Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Pakistan
Top three (3) teams from both groups will advance to the Super6 stage, after the completion of the single round-robin group stage, where three (3) teams from one group they will play the three (3) teams from the other group. The top two (2) teams at the end of the Super6 stage will compete for the Title.
The ICC Board in October 2024 approved a series of women’s Associate Member (AM) T20 competitions to boost the competitiveness of AM teams in preparation for the expansion of ICC women’s events in the 2028-2031 cycle. The strategy includes the creation of two (2) annual T20 International tournaments between 2025 and 2028 which would offer structured cricket with context to 24 teams in the pathway ahead of the 16-team ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2030.
ICC Women’s Emerging Nations Trophy 2026 Schedule
12th November 2026: Ireland vs Sri Lanka (Scorecard) ; Papua New Guinea vs Scotland (Scorecard) ; Bangladesh vs Pakistan (Scorecard) ; Thailand vs Netherlands (Scorecard)
13th November 2026: Scotland vs Sri Lanka (Scorecard) ; Ireland vs United Arab Emirates (Scorecard) ; Thailand vs Pakistan (Scorecard) ; Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe (Scorecard)
15th November 2026: Thailand vs Zimbabwe (Scorecard) ; Pakistan vs Netherlands (Scorecard) ; Scotland vs United Arab Emirates (Scorecard) ; Papua New Guinea vs Sri Lanka (Scorecard)
16th November 2026: Bangladesh vs Netherlands (Scorecard) ; Pakistan vs Zimbabwe (Scorecard) ; Sri Lanka vs United Arab Emirates (Scorecard) ; Papua New Guinea vs Ireland (Scorecard)
18th November 2026: Papua New Guinea vs United Arab Emirates (Scorecard) ; Ireland vs Scotland (Scorecard) ; Netherlands vs Zimbabwe (Scorecard) ; Thailand vs Bangladesh (Scorecard)
20th November 2026: TBC vs TBC (Scorecard) ; TBC vs TBC (Scorecard) ; TBC vs TBC (Scorecard)
21st November 2026: TBC vs TBC (Scorecard) ; TBC vs TBC (Scorecard) ; TBC vs TBC (Scorecard)
23rd November 2026: TBC vs TBC (Scorecard) ; TBC vs TBC (Scorecard) ; TBC vs TBC (Scorecard)
25th November 2026: FINAL (Scorecard)