International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced the schedule for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 in Scotland from 31st Aug – 07th Sep, 2019. Eight countries will be competing in the tournament to decide the two qualifiers for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 in Australia.
Ireland Women and Bangladesh Women were the direct qualifiers for the event and will be joined by Netherlands (Europe Qualifiers), Papua New Guinea (East Asia-Pacific Qualifiers), Thailand (Asia Qualifiers), USA (Americas Qualifiers), Scotland (Direct Qualifiers as host’s) and Namibia (Africa Qualifiers runners-up and replacing Zimbabwe in the tournament).
All 20 matches will be played across two venues in Scotland, the Forfarshire Cricket Club in Dundee and the Arbroath Cricket Club. All matches in the tournament will be played with official T20I status and ranking points towards ICC Women’s T20I team rankings. The eight countries have been divided into two groups of four each and after the single round-robin group stage across the two venues are concluded, the top two team’s from both the groups will contest the semifinals (both to be played on 05th Sep) and winners will then contest the final (07th Sep), to be played at the Forfarshire Cricket Club.
The play-off matches for the positions from 03rd – 08th will be played on 07th Sep across both the venues. All team’s will be provided with a solitary warm-up match on 29th Aug 2019 to prepare for the tournament proper.
Group A: Bangladesh, Scotland, Papua New Guinea & United States of America
Group B: Ireland, Thailand, Namibia & Netherlands
Squads
Bangladesh – Salma Khatun (Captain), Jahanara Alam, Fargana Hoque Pinky, Sobhana Mostary, Khadiza-Tul Kubra, Fahima Khatun, Nigar Sultana Joty, Murshida Khatun, Nahida Akter, Sanjida Islam, Ritu Moni, Ayasha Rahman, Shaila Sharmin & Shamima Sultana
Ireland – Laura Delany (Captain), Kim Garth, Shauna Kavanagh, Gaby Lewis, Leah Paul, Louise Little, Sophie MacMahon, Lara Maritz, Orla Prendergast, Celeste Raack, Una Raymond-Hoey, Eimear Richardson, Rebecca Stokell & Mary Waldron
Namibia – Yasmeen Khan (Captain), Irene Van Zyl, Arrasta Diergaardt, Didi Foerster, Merczerly Gorases, Kayleen Green, Victoria Hamunyela, Eveleen Kejarukua, Reehana Khan, Wilka Mwatile, Sylvia Shihepo, Adri van Der Merwe, Sune Wittmann & Petro Enright
Netherlands – Juliet Post (Captain), Leonie Bennett, Denise van Deventer, Sterre Kalis, Hannah Landheer, Caroline de Lange, Babette de Leede, Eva Lynch, Frederique Overdijk, Robine Rijke, Heather Siegers, Silver Siegers, Miranda Veringmeier & Iris Zwilling
Papua New Guinea – Kaia Arua (Captain), Ravini Oa, Tanya Ruma, Brenda Tau, Vicky Ara’a, Natasha Ambo, Gari Buruka, Veru Kila Frank, Nerela Ila, Sibona Jimmy, Konio Oala, Mairi Tom, Isabel Toua & Naoani Vare
Scotland – Kathryn Bryce (Captain), Sarah Bryce, Abbi Aitken-Drummond, Priyanaz Chatterji, Katherine Fraser, Becky Glen, Rachel Hawkins, Lorna Jack, Abtaha Maqsood, Megan McColl, Katie McGill, Hannah Rainey, Ellen Watson & Ruth Willis
Thailand – Sornnarin Tippoch (Captain), Nattaya Boochatham, Wongpaka Liengprasert, Phannita Maya, Ratanaporn Padunglerd, Onnicha Kamchomphu, Naruemol Chaiwai, Chanida Suttiruang, Nannapat Khoncharoenkrai, Soraya Lateh, Rosenanee Kanoh, Arriya Yenyueak, Suleeporn Laomi & Natthakan Chantham
USA – Sindhu Sriharsha (Captain), Shebani Bhaskar, Claudine Beckford, Sara Farooq, Nadia Gruny, Uzma Iftikhar, Sugetha Chandhrasekar, Mahika Kandanala, Geetika Kodali, Samantha Ramautar, Lisa Ramjit, Akshatha Rao, Erica Rendler & Onika Wallerson
Global Qualifiers Warm-up Schedule
| Date | Match | Venue | Timing (Local) |
| 29-Aug-19 | Ireland Women vs PNG Women | Forfarshire Cricket Club | 10:00AM |
| 29-Aug-19 | Bangladesh Women vs Netherlands Women | Arbroath Sports Club | 10:00AM |
| 29-Aug-19 | Scotland Women vs Namibia Women | Forfarshire Cricket Club | 14:00PM |
| 29-Aug-19 | Thailand Women vs USA Women | Arbroath Sports Club | 14:00PM |
Ireland and Bangladesh had qualified from the previously held Women’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifiers held in Jul 2018 in Netherlands. Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands and Thailand recently played a T20I quadrangular series in Netherlands in Aug 2019 to prepare themselves for the qualifiers.
Netherlands and Thailand will furthermore prepare with a T20I Tri-series involving Bangladesh Women from Aug 21-26 in Netherlands.
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifiers Schedule
| Date | Match | Venue | Timing (Local) |
| 31-Aug-19 | Bangladesh Women vs PNG Women | Forfarshire Cricket Club | 10:00AM |
| 31-Aug-19 | Thailand Women vs Netherlands Women | Arbroath Sports Club | 10:00AM |
| 31-Aug-19 | Scotland Women vs USA Women | Forfarshire Cricket Club | 14:00PM |
| 31-Aug-19 | Ireland Women vs Namibia Women | Arbroath Sports Club | 14:00PM |
| 01-Sep-19 | Namibia Women vs Thailand Women | Forfarshire Cricket Club | 10:00AM |
| 01-Sep-19 | Scotland Women vs PNG Women | Arbroath Sports Club | 10:00AM |
| 01-Sep-19 | Netherlands Women vs Ireland Women | Forfarshire Cricket Club | 14:00PM |
| 01-Sep-19 | USA Women vs Bangladesh Women | Arbroath Sports Club | 14:00PM |
| 03-Sep-19 | Ireland Women vs Thailand Women | Forfarshire Cricket Club | 10:00AM |
| 03-Sep-19 | Namibia Women vs Netherlands Women | Arbroath Sports Club | 10:00AM |
| 03-Sep-19 | Bangladesh Women vs Scotland Women | Forfarshire Cricket Club | 14:00PM |
| 03-Sep-19 | PNG Women vs USA Women | Arbroath Sports Club | 14:00PM |
| 05-Sep-19 | Semi-Final (A1 vs B2) | Forfarshire Cricket Club | 10:00AM |
| 05-Sep-19 | Position Play-off (A3 vs B4) | Arbroath Sports Club | 10:00AM |
| 05-Sep-19 | Semi-Final (B1 vs A2) | Forfarshire Cricket Club | 14:00PM |
| 05-Sep-19 | Position Play-off (B3 vs A4) | Arbroath Sports Club | 14:00PM |
| 07-Sep-19 | Play-off (for 3rd & 4th Spot) | Forfarshire Cricket Club | 10:00AM |
| 07-Sep-19 | Play-off (for 7th & 8th Spot) | Arbroath Sports Club | 10:00AM |
| 07-Sep-19 | Final | Forfarshire Cricket Club | 14:00PM |
| 07-Sep-19 | Play-off (for 5th & 6th Spot) | Arbroath Sports Club | 14:00PM |
All matches being played at Forfarshire Cricket Club will be live streamed on ICC’s digital channels (Facebook and YouTube).
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