The ICC Women's World Cup 2022 is set to kick-start from 4th March in New Zealand. The hosts will lock horns with the Caribbeans in the tournament opener at the Bay Oval. Bangladesh and South Africa will progress their event's journey on the next day, whereas, Australia and the title defenders England will meet on the same day's eve at Seddon Park to begin their World Cup campaign. Mithali Raj's India will begin their drive versus the arch-rivals Pakistan on 6th March at the same venue.
A total of 31 Round Robin matches will be played alongside the quarter-final, the semi-final, and the final scheduled for 30th March, 31st March, and 3rd April respectively. The event was to start from 6th February but had to be postponed amidst the COVID fears. A month-long extravaganza will be played across six different venues of the Black Caps' nation.
Let's have a look at the Women's World Cup complete schedule and squads:
Women's World Cup schedule:
March 4: New Zealand v West Indies, 6:30 AM, Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
March 5: Bangladesh v South Africa, 3.30 AM, University Oval, Dunedin
March 5: Australia v England, 6:30 AM, Seddon Park, Hamilton
March 6: Pakistan v India, 6:30 AM, Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
March 7: New Zealand v Bangladesh, 3.30 AM, University Oval, Dunedin
March 8: Australia v Pakistan, 6:30 AM, Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
March 9: West Indies v England, 3.30 AM, University Oval, Dunedin
March 10: India v New Zealand, 6:30 AM, Seddon Park, Hamilton
March 11: Pakistan vs South Africa, 6:30 AM, Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
March 12: India v West Indies, 6:30 AM, Seddon Park, Hamilton
March 13: New Zealand v Australia, 3.30 AM, Basin Reserve, Wellington
March 14: Pakistan v Bangladesh, 3.30 AM, Seddon Park, Hamilton
March 14: South Africa v England, 6:30 AM, Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
March 15: Australia v West Indies, 3.30 AM, Basin Reserve, Wellington
March 16: India v England 6:30 AM Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
March 17: New Zealand v South Africa, 6:30 AM, Seddon Park, Hamilton
March 18: Bangladesh v West Indies, 3.30 AM, Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
March 19: India v Australia, 6:30 AM, Eden Park, Auckland
March 20: New Zealand v England, 3.30 AM, Eden Park, Auckland
March 21: Pakistan v West Indies, 6:30 AM, Seddon Park, Hamilton
March 22: Australia v South Africa, 3.30 AM, Basin Reserve, Wellington
March 22: India v Bangladesh, 6:30 AM, Seddon Park, Hamilton
March 24: South Africa v West Indies, 3.30 AM, Basin Reserve, Wellington
March 24: England v Pakistan 6:30 AM Hagley Oval, Christchurch
March 25: Bangladesh v Australia, 3.30 AM, Basin Reserve, Wellington
March 26: New Zealand v Pakistan, 6:30 AM, Hagley Oval, Christchurch
March 27: England v Bangladesh, 3.30 AM, Basin Reserve, Wellington
March 28: India v South Africa, 6:30 AM, Hagley Oval, Christchurch
March 30: TBD, Semifinal 1, 3.30 AM, Basin Reserve, Wellington
March 31: TBD, Semifinal 2, 6:30 AM, Hagley Oval, Christchurch
April 3: TBD, Final, 6:30 AM, Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Women's World Cup squads:
India
Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur (vc), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, S. Meghana, Ekta Bisht, Simran Dil Bahadur
Pakistan
Bismah Maroof (c), Nida Dar (vc), Aiman Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Anam Amin, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Ghulam Fatima, Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali, Nahida Khan, Nashra Sandhu, Omaima Sohail, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Iram Javed, Najiha Alvi, and Tuba Hassan
England
Heather Knight (c), Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Kate Cross, Sophie Ecclestone, Natasha Farrant, Amy Jones, Emma Lamb, Natalie Sciver, Anya Shrubsole, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Danielle Wyatt, Lauren Bell, Mady Villiers
Australia
Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Heather Graham, Georgia Redmayne
New Zealand
Sophie Devine (c), Amy Satterthwaite, Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Jess Kerr, Amelia Kerr, Frances Mackay, Rosemary Mair, Katey Martin, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu, Molly Penfold
West Indies
Stafanie Taylor (c), Anisa Mohammed (vc), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shemaine Campbelle, Shamilia Connell, Deandra Dottin, Afy Fletcher, Cherry-Ann Fraser, Chinelle Henry, Kycia Knight, Hayley Matthews, Chedean Nation, Karishma Ramharack, Shakera Selman, Rashada Williams, Kaysia Schultz, Mandy Mangru, and Jannillea Glasgow
Bangladesh
Nigar Sultana (c), Salma Khatun, Rumana Ahmed, Fargana Hoque, Jahanara Alam, Shamima Sultana, Fahima Khatun, Ritu Moni, Murshida Khatun, Nahida Akter, Sharmin Akhter, Lata Mondal, Sobhana Mostary, Fariha Trisna, Suraiya Azmin, Nuzhat Tasnia, Sanjida Akter
South Africa
Sune Luus (c), Laura Wolvaardt, Tazmin Brits, Lara Goodall, Mignon du Preez, Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Tryon, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Masabata Klaas, Lizelle Lee, Tumi Sekhukhune, Trisha Chetty (wk), Raisibe Ntozakhe, Nadine de Klerk, Andrie Steyn
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