Schedule announced for the ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025
Cricket Council (ICC) announced the match schedule on Sunday for the upcoming ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025 in Malaysia.
Sixteen teams from around the world will take part in the 41-match event where the future stars of women's cricket will announce themselves over 15 days of competition from 18 January to 2 February 2025. Over and above these exciting matches will be 16 warm-up fixtures played from 13 to 16 January, in preparation for the main event, as per the ICC.
The second edition of this exciting tournament comes on the back of a successful inauguration in South Africa in 2023 where India beat England by seven wickets in a thrilling final to be crowned the first-ever winners. It will also be the hosts, Malaysia's first appearance in the U19 Women's T20 World Cup as well as Samoa's first appearance in an ICC World Cup event.
The teams will be split into four Groups of four teams each.
Group A - India (A1), West Indies (A2), Sri Lanka (A3) and Malaysia (A4), playing at Bayuemas Oval in Selangor.
Group B — England (B1), Pakistan (B2), Ireland (B3) and USA (B4) playing at Dato' Dr. Harjit Singh Johor Cricket Academy (JCA Oval), Johor.
Group C - New Zealand (C1), South Africa (C2), Africa's Qualifier (C3) and Samoa (C4) and playing at Borneo Cricket Ground, Sarawak.
Group D - Australia (D1), Bangladesh (D2), Asia's Qualifier (D3) and Scotland (D4) and playing at UKM YSD Oval in Selangor.
The excitement begins with a triple header on 18 January. In Johor, England takes on Ireland and Pakistan goes up
