The 2024 Women’s Twenty20 (T20) World Cup, originally set to be held in Bangladesh, has been relocated to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to political and social unrest. As we approach the event, here is a comprehensive guide covering the tournament’s history, format, broadcasting details, participating squads, qualification process, and the full schedule of this 10-team ICC mega event.
History:
Hosts England clinched the title in the inaugural edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup in 2009, defeating New Zealand in a low-scoring final. Australia then dominated the next three tournaments, securing titles against New Zealand in 2010 and England in both 2012 and 2014. The 2014 edition in Bangladesh marked the tournament’s expansion to 10 teams. In 2016, it was a runner-up finish for Australia, with the West Indies claiming their first title. However, Australia bounced back with another hat-trick of titles, overcoming England in 2018, India in 2020, and most recently, South Africa in 2023.
Qualification:
For the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup, the top six teams from the previous edition—Australia, England, India, South Africa, New Zealand, and the West Indies—earned direct qualification. Bangladesh, initially set to host, secured their spot as the host nation, while Pakistan qualified based on their T20I ranking. The remaining two spots were claimed by Scotland and Sri Lanka, who emerged as the finalists in the 10-team Global Qualifier event earlier this year, completing the lineup for the tournament.
Format:
The 10 teams in the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup are divided into two groups of five. Group A consists of Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, while Group B includes Bangladesh, England, Scotland, South Africa, and the West Indies. The tournament will follow a round-robin format, where each team plays the others in their group once. The top two teams from each group will then advance to the knockout stage, with the winners of the semi-finals progressing to the final to compete for the championship.
Squads:
Australia – Alyssa Healy (C), Tahlia McGrath (VC), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Tayla Vlaeminck
England – Heather Knight (C), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Bess Heath, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Linsey Smith, Danni Wyatt-Hodge
West Indies – Hayley Matthews (C), Shemaine Campbelle, Aaliyah Alleyne, Shamilia Connell, Nerissa Crafton, Deandra Dottin, Afy Fletcher, Chinelle Henry, Zaida James, Qiana Joseph, Mandy Mangru, Ashmini Munisar, Chedean Nation, Karishma Ramharack, Stafanie Taylor
New Zealand – (To be confirmed)
India – Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (WK), *Yastika Bhatia (WK), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, *Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan
Traveling reserves: Uma Chetry (WK), Tanuja Kanwer, Saima Thakor
Non-Travelling Reserves: Raghvi Bist, Priya Mishra
Bangladesh – (To be confirmed)
Scotland – Kathryn Bryce (C), Sarah Bryce (VC), Lorna Jack-Brown, Abbi Aitken-Drummond, Abtaha Maqsood, Saskia Horley, Chloe Abel, Priyanaz Chatterji, Megan McColl, Darcey Carter, Ailsa Lister, Hannah Rainey, Rachel Slater, Katherine Fraser, Olivia Bell
Sri Lanka – (To be confirmed)
South Africa – Laura Wolvaardt (C), Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Mieke de Ridder, Ayanda Hlubi, Sinalo Jafta, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Suné Luus, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Seshnie Naidu, Tumi Sekhukhune, Chloé Tryon
Traveling reserve: Miané Smit
Pakistan – Fatima Sana (C), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Gull Feroza, Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali (WK), Nashra Sundhu, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, *Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Syeda Aroob Shah, Tasmia Rubab and Tuba Hassan
*Subject to fitness
Schedule:
| DATE | MATCHES | TIME (IST) | VENUE |
03-Oct-24 |
Bangladesh v Scotland | 3:30 PM | Sharjah |
| Pakistan v Sri Lanka | 7:30 PM | Sharjah | |
04-Oct-24 |
South Africa v West Indies | 3:30 PM | Dubai |
| India v New Zealand | 7:30 PM | Dubai | |
05-Oct-24 |
Bangladesh v England | 3:30 PM | Sharjah |
| Australia v Sri Lanka | 7:30 PM | ||
06-Oct-24 |
India v Pakistan | 3:30 PM | Dubai |
| Scotland v West Indies | 7:30 PM | ||
| 07-Oct-24 | England v South Africa | 7:30 PM | Sharjah |
| 08-Oct-24 | Australia v New Zealand | 7:30 PM | Sharjah |
09-Oct-24 |
Scotland v South Africa | 3:30 PM | Dubai |
| India v Sri Lanka | 7:30 PM | ||
| 10-Oct-24 | Bangladesh v West Indies | 7:30 PM | Sharjah |
| 11-Oct-24 | Australia v Pakistan | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
12-Oct-24 |
New Zealand v Sri Lanka | 3:30 PM | Sharjah |
| Bangladesh v South African | 7:30 PM | Dubai | |
13-Oct-24 |
England v Scotland | 3:30 PM | Sharjah |
| Australia v India | 7:30 PM | ||
| 14-Oct-24 | New Zealand v Pakistan | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 15-Oct-24 | England v West Indies | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 17-Oct-24 | Semi-Final 1 | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 18-Oct-24 | Semi-Final 2 | 7:30 PM | Sharjah |
| 20-Oct-24 | Final | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
Broadcast:
India – All games of the tournament will be televised on the Star Sports Network.
United Kingdom – All games of the tournament will be televised on Sky Sports.