Adding to South Africa’s ongoing Twenty20 (T20) action, it now is time for the 8th edition of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Twenty20 (T20) World Cup that gets underway later in the day with hosts South Africa taking on Sri Lanka in the curtain raiser at 10:30 PM IST and has it’s Final scheduled for the 26th of February.
The tournament sees defending champions, Australia as firm favorites eyeing a 3rd successive title, and a 6th overall. England, the 2nd ranked team in ICC rankings claimed the title in the inaugural, 2009 edition, and since has reached three finals but failed to add a trophy more to the cabinet.
The growing powerhouses – India, New Zealand, and hosts, South Africa will be eying their first World Cup title, while the West Indies, the only other team to have won the World Cup, has a huge task ahead of themselves to try and clinch their 2nd after having claimed their first back in 2016.
Groups: ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023
| GROUP 1 | GROUP 2 |
| Australia | England |
| New Zealand | India |
| South Africa | West Indies |
| Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
| Bangladesh | Ireland |
Format: ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023
The tournament’s league stage games will be played in the round-robin format which will see each team play all the others in their group once and the top two teams from each group will advance to the Semi-Finals.
Schedule: ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023
| DATE | MATCH | VENUE |
| 10-Feb-2023 | South Africa vs Sri Lanka | Cape Town |
11-Feb-2023 |
West Indies vs England | Paarl |
| Australia vs New Zealand | Paarl | |
12-Feb-2023 |
India vs Pakistan | Cape Town |
| Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka | Cape Town | |
13-Feb-2023 |
Ireland vs England | Paarl |
| South Africa vs New Zealand | Paarl | |
| 14-Feb-2023 | Australia vs Bangladesh | Gqeberha |
15-Feb-2023 |
West Indies vs India | Cape Town |
| Pakistan vs Ireland | Cape Town | |
| 16-Feb-2023 | Sri Lanka vs Australia | Gqeberha |
17-Feb-2023 |
New Zealand vs Bangladesh | Cape Town |
| West Indies vs Ireland | Cape Town | |
18-Feb-2023 |
England vs India | Gqeberha |
| South Africa vs Australia | Gqeberha | |
19-Feb-2023 |
Pakistan vs West Indies | Paarl |
| New Zealand vs Sri Lanka | Paarl | |
| 20-Feb-2023 | Ireland vs India | Gqeberha |
| 21-Feb-2023 | England vs Pakistan | Cape Town |
| South Africa vs Bangladesh | Cape Town | |
| 23-Feb-2023 | Semi-Final 1 | Cape Town |
24-Feb-2023 |
Semi-Final 1 reserve day | Cape Town |
| Semi-Final 2 | Cape Town | |
| 25-Feb-2023 | Semi-Final 2 reserve day | Cape Town |
| 26-Feb-2023 | Final | Cape Town |
| 27-Feb-2023 | Final reserve day | Cape Town |
Broadcasting/live streaming:
| India | Telecast on Star Sports, live streaming on Disney + Hotstar |
| Sri Lanka | Telecast on Star Sports, live streaming on Yupp |
| Bangladesh | Telecast on Gazi TV, live streaming on Rabbithole |
| Pakistan | Telecast on PTV Sports, live streaming on the PTV app |
| United Kingdom | Telecast on Sky Sports, live streaming on SkyGo |
| Ireland | Telecast on Sky Sports, live streaming on SkyGo |
| Australia | Telecast on Fox Sports, live streaming on Kayo, FoxtelGo, FoxtelNOW, and icc.tv |
| New Zealand | Telecast on SkySports NZ, live streaming on SkyGo NZ and icc.tv |
| United States of America | Telecast on ESPN+ and Willow TV, live streaming on icc.tv |
| Caribbean | Telecast on ESPN Caribbean, live stream on icc.tv |
| South Africa | Telecast on SuperSport, live stream on SuperSport app |