2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship

The 2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship will be the fourth edition of the ICC Women's Championship, a One Day International (ODI) cricket competition that will be contested by eleven teams, to determine qualification for the 2029 Women's Cricket World Cup.[1][2] Each team will play a total of eight three-match series, with four of them played at home, and four played away.[2][3]

2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship
DatesMay 2025 – April 2029
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s)Various

In November 2024, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that they were expanding the Women's Championship from ten teams to eleven teams, therefore including Zimbabwe in future editions of the competition.[4][5]

Teams

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The following teams will participate in the Women's Championship:[6][7]

Schedule

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The ICC announced the following home and away schedule for each team:[2]

Home \ Away                      
Australia  
Bangladesh  
England  
India  
Ireland  
New Zealand  
Pakistan  
South Africa  
Sri Lanka  
West Indies  
Zimbabwe  
First match(es) will be played: May 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   England 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   India 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0
6   New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0
7   Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0
8   South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0
9   Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0
10   West Indies 0 0 0 0 0 0
11   Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: May 2025. Source: [citation needed]



References

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  1. ^ "Zimbabwe to be included in ICC Women's ODI Championship". Female Cricket. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Blockbuster Women's Future Tours Programme (FTP) announced for 2025-29". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  3. ^ "ICC announces Women's FTP for 2025-29: Zimbabwe added as eleventh member; each team to play four series home and away". Sportstar. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  4. ^ "ICC Women's Championship expands to 11 teams with Zimbabwe's inclusion". New Zimbabwe. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Women's FTP for 2025-29 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Zimbabwe debuts in ICC Women's Championship in FTP for 2025-29". India Today. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Zimbabwe make historic debut in ICC Women's Championship". The Chronicle. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
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