Historic Move: ICC to live stream Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier matches for the first time ever


For the first time ever, fans around the world will be able to watch Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers matches live. ICC has decided to live stream 10 games from Women’s T20 World Cup qualifiers, 7 from the league rounds, 2 semi-finals, and the final game.

The six-camera live-stream will cover all tournament games at Forfarshire Cricket Club including the two semi-finals and the final, providing an opportunity for fans to engage with the tournament and follow the battle for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 two qualification spots.

ICC has yesterday announced completed squad and fixtures for the most-awaited event of the year which sees 8 teams competing for final 2 spots.

Speaking on the coverage of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier Aarti Dabas, Head of Media Rights, Broadcast and Digital, said: “For the first time ever we are live streaming ten matches of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier, this a huge step forward in our ambition to creating more exposure and role models for women’s cricket and getting the game to more fans across the world ahead of Australia 2020.

“With two places at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 at stake, the ICC is providing significant coverage leading into the next World Cup to grow the reach and engagement of women’s cricket. Whether it be via live stream, video highlights, live scores, news or analysis across our platforms, we are giving fans an opportunity to engage further and we are continuing to build on the momentum from the 2018 ICC Women’s World T20.”

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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier matches to be live-streamed:

31 August: Bangladesh v PNG (Forfarshire Cricket Club, 10h00)
31 August: Scotland v USA (Forfarshire Cricket Club, 14h00)
1 September: Thailand v Namibia (Forfarshire Cricket Club, 10h00)
1 September: Ireland v Netherlands (Forfarshire Cricket Club, 14h00)
3 September: Ireland v Thailand (Forfarshire Cricket Club, 10h00)
3 September: Scotland v Bangladesh (Forfarshire Cricket Club, 14h00)
5 September: A1 v B2 (Forfarshire Cricket Club, 10h00)
5 September: B1 v A2 (Forfarshire Cricket Club, 14h00)
7 September: 3rd v 4th Place Play-Off (Forfarshire Cricket Club, 10h00)
7 September: Final (Forfarshire Cricket Club, 14h00)

Vishal Yadav, Founder & CEO at Female Cricket

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