Two-year-old women’s cricket is set to enter a new phase as the Pakistan Cricket Board announced the first six matches of the second women’s series between Pakistan and Ireland. The announcement of the Pakistan vs Ireland women series is an exciting development for women’s cricket and suggests a bright future for women’s cricket in Pakistan.
ICC Women’s Championship 22-25 fixtures
The ICC has announced the fixtures for the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-2025, the third edition of the tournament. The winning team will qualify for the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup. The other four teams will qualify through the Women’s World Cup Qualifier. The Championship will see eight three-match series with four of the matches taking place at home.
There will be 31 matches in total, all of which will be live and broadcast. The tournament’s opening match is set for January 14 between Australia and Bangladesh. The two semi-finals will take place on January 20 and 27. The final will be played on January 29. Here are the full match schedules:
The ICC Women’s Championship will feature eight three-match series with the winning team advancing to the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. The top five teams from the Championship will go on to compete in the tournament. The other four teams will then go on to qualify for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, which will be held in Australia in October 2020. The ICC Women’s Championship is important for women’s cricket, and the competition is expanding. The first two editions of the competition were won by Australia. England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are the other teams participating.
The ICC Women’s Championship was first held in 2014, and the second edition was held from 2017-20. In this edition, the ICC added two new teams to the competition, Bangladesh and Ireland. These new teams now have the ICC Women’s ODI team rankings in the top 10. Besides the top 10, the tournament also features Ireland, Sri Lanka, and West Indies.
The Ireland women’s cricket team will travel to Pakistan for the first time in November to play three ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 fixtures in Lahore. The three ODIs and three T20Is will take place at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The team will arrive in Lahore on October 29 and will undergo four days of training before the first match in November. Earlier, the women’s team played three ODIs against South Africa in Dublin in June, losing all three matches.
The ICC Women’s Championship is set to feature a 10-team tournament that will feature over 300 matches. The tournament will also feature a Future Tours Programme. The FTP will see Ireland Women play series against eight of the world’s top sides between 2022 and 2025.
T20Is to be played in Gaddafi stadium, Lahore
Gaddafi stadium, formerly known as Lahore Stadium, is one of the four cricket stadiums in Pakistan. It is owned by the Pakistan Cricket Board and has a seating capacity of 27,000 people. The stadium is home to the Lahore Qalandars.
The Gaddafi stadium in Lahore will host a T20I for the second time in a year. The stadium has hosted five international matches this year and will be the venue for three more within the next five days. Pakistan has played all 15 T20Is in Lahore and won eight of them. They also have the record for the highest successful run-chase in Lahore.
The pitch at the Gaddafi stadium is known to favour teams that bat first. In 10 T20Is played at the venue, teams batting first have won more than half of the games. The other half of the games have gone to the chasing team.
Pakistan and South Africa will play a T20I series in Lahore on February 11. It will be South Africa’s first T20I series in Pakistan and the wicket is expected to be conducive for batting. If it is pitch conditions are similar to the Test Match, then expect the teams to play high-scoring T20Is.
The fifth T20I between Pakistan and England 2022 is a thriller. The series is tied at three with one match to play. The sixth T20I will be played in Lahore on the same day. Fans are anxiously waiting to see how the pitch will perform. There are many questions about the pitch and weather.
In the subcontinent, one-day internationals have become very popular. In Lahore, the Gaddafi Stadium, named after the Libyan chief Gaddafi, is a modern stadium with advanced facilities for spectators. It has a capacity of more than 60,000. The stadium is also equipped with modern floodlights, power backup generators, and modern media facilities.
The pitch at the Gaddafi Stadium has a history of being an excellent batting wicket. It is a good place to bat – the last match, for example, saw Pakistan defend a low total of 167. The pitch has a good outfield speed and smaller boundaries. In the last match, there was dew on the wicket, which would be an advantage for the batters.
England beat Pakistan in the first T20I by 6 wickets. They lost only two wickets and reached the target of 171 runs in just 66 overs. England won the third T20I by 63 runs. The fourth T20I was won by England by three wickets.
Warm-up for Australia and Pakistan
The warm-up for Australia and Pakistan vs the Ireland women’s series has been announced, and the dates have been announced. The series will take place from July 29 to August 8 in Edgbaston Stadium. The event will also feature competitive matches, and will feature the women’s cricket squad.
The two nations will play a tri-series in Ireland before the Commonwealth Games. Both Ireland and Pakistan will be playing at the same time, and both sides will have some key players in each side. Ireland will be without Jonassen and Kavanagh for the tri-series, and both will miss the start of the match due to COVID. Australia have also announced their squad for the Ireland women’s T20I tri-series.
The warm-up games will be played in Melbourne and Brisbane and are expected to be played between October 10 and 13. The two nations will also play a game against each other during the first round. The second round will also feature the two nations. The First Round teams will play their warm-up matches in Melbourne, while the second round teams will play at the Junction Oval in Brisbane.
The Ireland women’s team has announced their squad for the tri-series against Australia and Pakistan. The series will take place from 4-9 November and 12-16 November and will be the first of its kind. Both teams will be playing three ODIs and three T20Is, with the three T20Is to be played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The Irish squad will arrive in Lahore on October 29. Four days of training will then follow before the ODIs.
In addition to the ODI and T20I series, the two sides will also play one each in the senior men’s and women’s teams. Both sides have a 60-year history in international cricket. The women’s team will be playing the senior men’s team for the first time in Pakistan. The four-day ODI series will start on October 30, while the T20Is will be played in November and December.
In a rousing display of morale and team spirit, the Ireland Women won their T20 series against PNG in the UAE by eight wickets. Amy Hunter, the prodigious teenager from Belfast, scored the highest female score in Ireland history against Zimbabwe when she was 16 years old.
The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup qualifiers feature eight teams in two groups of four. The winner of each group advances to the semi-finals. The final will take place in South Africa on February 2023. Ireland and Pakistan will play their warm-up match on September 13 in Brisbane.
