ICC Announced The Revised Schedule For The 2022 Women's ODI World Cup

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The International Cricket Council (ICC), on Tuesday (December 15), announced the revised schedule for the 2022 Women's ODI World Cup which was earlier scheduled to be played in 2021 but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.## The 8-team 50-over tournament will now begin on March 4 in New Zealand with the opening match to be played between the hosts and Qualifier while the final set to be played on April 3 under lights at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.## Apart from the host New Zealand, Australia, England, South Africa, and India have already qualified for the tournament while the three remaining teams will be decided from the ICC qualifying tournament which is set to take place June 26-10 July 2021 in Sri Lanka. ## The 8-teams will play 31 matches including the final in 6 cities, such as Auckland (Eden Park), Hamilton (Seddon Park), Tauranga (Bay Oval), Wellington (Basin Reserve), Christchurch (Hagley Oval), Dunedin (University Oval). The semifinals will be played at the Hagley Oval and Basin Reserve.## "The ICC has made a long-term commitment to elevating women's cricket as part of our strategy to grow and develop the global game. We are extremely proud of the significant progress we have made in increasing prize money for ICC events over the last few years, with the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 in New Zealand having $NZD 5.5 million dollars available in prize money, an increase of almost 60% on 2017 and more than 1000% compared to 2013", Manu Sawneh, the ICC CEO, said in a statement.## The defending champions, England, will begin their campaign against arch-rivals Australia on March 5 at Seddon Park while the last tournament's finalists, India will kick-off their tournament on Sunday, March 6 against one of the Qualifiers. ## Tournament fixtures by venue: (*denotes day/night)## Bay Oval, Tauranga ## Fri 04 Mar 2022 New Zealand v Qualifier* ## Sun 06 Mar 2022 Qualifier v India* ## Tue 08 Mar 2022 Australia v Qualifier * ## Fri 11 Mar 2022 Qualifier v South Africa* ## Mon 14 Mar 2022 South Africa v England* ## Wed 16 Mar 2022 England v India* ## Fri 18 Mar 2022 Qualifier v Qualifier## University Oval, Dunedin## Sat 05 Mar 2022 Qualifier v South Africa ## Mon 07 Mar 2022 New Zealand v Qualifier ## Wed 09 Mar 2022 Qualifier v England## Seddon Park, Hamilton## Sat 05 Mar 2022 Australia v England* ## Thu 10 Mar 2022 New Zealand v India* ## Sat 12 Mar 2022 Qualifier v India* ## Mon 14 Mar 2022 Qualifier v Qualifier ## Thu 17 Mar 2022 New Zealand v South Africa* ## Mon 21 Mar 2022 Qualifier v Qualifier* ## Tue 22 Mar 2022 India v Qualifier*## Basin Reserve, Wellington## Sun 13 Mar 2022 New Zealand v Australia ## Tue 15 Mar 2022 Australia v Qualifier ## Tue 22 Mar 2022 South Africa v Australia ## Thu 24 Mar 2022 South Africa v Qualifier ## Fri 25 Mar 2022 Qualifier v Australia ## Sun 27 Mar 2022 England v Qualifier ## Wed 30 Mar 2022 Semi-Final 1 ## Eden Park, Auckland## Sat 19 Mar 2022 India v Australia* ## Sun 20 Mar 2022 New Zealand v England ## Hagley Oval, Christchurch## Thu 24 Mar 2022 England v Qualifier* ## Sat 26 Mar 2022 New Zealand v Qualifier ## Sun 27 Mar 2022 India v South Africa* ## Thu 31 Mar 2022 Semi-Final 2*## Sun 03 Apr 2022 FINAL*## Stay tuned...