The full schedule for the ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup 2026 has formally been revealed as we speak with famend venues up and down the nation set to host 24 days of thrilling worldwide sport.
The event will open with England taking over Sri Lanka underneath lights at Edgbaston on June 12, kicking off a whirlwind month of world-class motion that may see 12 groups battling it out for the celebrated trophy, at the moment held by New Zealand.
Tons of of hundreds of cricket followers may have the chance to witness nail-biting showdowns between the likes of Australia and South Africa, India and Pakistan, and New Zealand and the West Indies, because the event travels the size of the nation, firmly propelling ladies’s cricket into the mainstream.
With the semi-finals and ultimate already confirmed to happen in London, at The Oval and Lord’s respectively; iconic venues comparable to Headingley, Previous Trafford Cricket Floor, Bristol County Floor and Hampshire Bowl will even play their half in showcasing world-class cricket all through the sooner levels of the landmark event.
England captain, Nat Sciver-Brunt, stated: “World Cups are at all times particular, however this one already feels totally different — it has the potential to be actually game-changing. It’s going to be an enormous second for our sport and a superb alternative to encourage younger folks and captivate followers throughout the nation. Taking part in on residence soil, for the most important prize, in opposition to the most effective gamers on this planet, it’s going to be unmissable. I can’t wait to be part of it.”
The event is not going to solely give followers throughout the nation an opportunity to see world-famous cricketers in motion however will even have an effect on lasting change by inspiring numerous ladies and women throughout the nation to become involved with cricket.
Match Director, Beth Barrett-Wild, commented: “The ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup offers us with an unparalleled alternative to remodel a month of sporting excellence right into a motion that may rewrite the narrative about ladies’s cricket. At iconic venues throughout the nation, we’ll see unimaginable, world-class athletes battling it out in out in entrance of a whole lot of hundreds of followers, who with each ball bowled and run scored, might be contributing to lasting change. It’s our alternative to provide ladies’s cricket, and girls’s sport, the stage it deserves.”
The newly expanded competitors will see 12 groups descend on England and Wales in 2026. Eight international locations are already certain of their place, with the ultimate 4 members to be determined via an ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup Qualifier subsequent 12 months.
England and Wales had been awarded internet hosting rights for the ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup 2026 in 2022, with the seven host venues chosen subsequently following analysis of assorted standards.
ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup 2026 Teams
Group 1: Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Qualifier, Qualifier
Group 2: West Indies, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Qualifier, Qualifier
ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup 2026 Schedule
Friday June 12: England v Sri Lanka, Edgbaston 18:30 BST
Saturday June 13: Qualifier v Qualifier, Previous Trafford Cricket Floor 10:30 BST
Saturday June 13: Australia v South Africa, Previous Trafford Cricket Floor 14:30 BST
Saturday June 13: West Indies v New Zealand, Hampshire Bowl 18:30 BST
Sunday June 14: Qualifier v Qualifier, Edgbaston 10:30 BST
Sunday June 14: India v Pakistan, Edgbaston 14:30 BST
Tuesday June 16: New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Hampshire Bowl 14:30 BST
Tuesday June 16: England v Qualifier, Hampshire Bowl 18:30 BST
Wednesday June 17: Australia v Qualifier, Headingley 10:30 BST
Wednesday June 17: India v Qualifier, Headingley 14:30 BST
Wednesday June 17: South Africa v Pakistan, Edgbaston 18:30 BST
Thursday June 18: West Indies v Qualifier, Headingley 18:30 BST
Friday June 19: New Zealand v Qualifier, Hampshire Bowl 18:30 BST
Saturday June 20: Australia v Qualifier, Hampshire Bowl 10:30 BST
Saturday June 20: Pakistan v Qualifier, Hampshire Bowl 14:30 BST
Saturday June 20: England v Qualifier, Headingley 18:30 BST
Sunday June 21: West Indies v Sri Lanka, Bristol County Floor 10:30 BST
Sunday June 21: South Africa v India, Previous Trafford Cricket Floor 14:30 BST
Tuesday June 23: New Zealand v Qualifier, Bristol County Floor 10:30 BST
Tuesday June 23: Sri Lanka v Qualifier, Bristol County Floor 14:30 BST
Tuesday June 23: Australia v Pakistan, Headingley 18:30 BST
Wednesday June 24: England v West Indies, Lord’s Cricket Floor 18:30 BST
Thursday June 25: India v Qualifier, Previous Trafford Cricket Floor 14:30 BST
Thursday June 25: South Africa v Qualifier, Bristol County Floor 18:30 BST
Friday June 26: Sri Lanka v Qualifier, Previous Trafford Cricket Floor 18:30 BST
Saturday June 27: Pakistan v Qualifier, Bristol County Floor 10:30 BST
Saturday June 27: West Indies v Qualifier, Bristol County Floor 14:30 BST
Saturday June 27: England v New Zealand, The Oval 18:30 BST
Sunday June 28: South Africa v Qualifier, Lord’s Cricket Floor 10:30 BST
Sunday June 28: Australia v India, Lord’s Cricket Floor 14:30 BST
Tuesday June 30: TBC v TBC (Semi Closing 1), The Oval 14:30 BST
Thursday July 2: TBC v TBC (Semi Closing 2), The Oval 18:30 BST
Sunday July 5: TBC v TBC (The Closing), Lord’s Cricket Floor 14:30 BST