Dunedin will host reigning world champions, England, as well as South Africa and home favourites, the WHITE FERNS, within the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 line-up of three Dunedin matches.

The tournament will welcome eight competing teams to New Zealand from 4 March 2022, for a series of 31 one-day international matches. The three matches to be held in Dunedin are:

• Saturday 5 March – Qualifier v South Africa
• Monday 7 March – New Zealand v Qualifier
• Wednesday 9 March – Qualifier v England

Mayor of Dunedin Aaron Hawkins says, “We’re looking forward to hosting this high calibre line-up of international cricket matches, including our very own WHITE FERNS. As ever, Dunedin will provide a warm welcome and an excellent host city experience.

“It’s great to have major international sporting events on the horizon once again, as they not only add to city vibrancy but provide direct economic benefit to local businesses, as teams and fans spend on activities, dining and shopping.”

ICC CEO, Manu Sawhney says, “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 want to build a sustainable foundation for women’s cricket. It is about building a product that fans want to watch, that kids want to take up, that sponsors and broadcasters want to be part of. This schedule takes the world’s best cricketers across New Zealand and can help inspire a generation of girls and boys to take up the 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 $NZD5.5 million dollars available in prize money, an increase of almost 60% on 2017 and more than 1000% compared to 2013.”

ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 at a glance

• Hosted in New Zealand from 4 March to 3 April, 2022
• Eight nations
• 31 matches
• 6 host cities: Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin

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*

*ENDS* 

Article added: Wednesday 16 December 2020