2025–2029 ICC Women's Championship

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

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]

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 Cricket West Indies Zimbabwe
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.


Team Scheduled matches Not scheduled to play against
Home Away
 Australia  Bangladesh,  England,  Ireland,  New Zealand  India,  South Africa,  Sri Lanka,  West Indies  Pakistan,  Zimbabwe
 Bangladesh  South Africa,  Sri Lanka,  West Indies,  Zimbabwe  Australia,  England,  India,  Pakistan  Ireland,  New Zealand
 England  Bangladesh,  Ireland,  New Zealand,  South Africa  Australia,  India,  Pakistan,  Sri Lanka  West Indies,  Zimbabwe
 India  Australia,  Bangladesh,  England,  Zimbabwe  Ireland,  New Zealand,  South Africa,  West Indies  Pakistan,  Sri Lanka
 Ireland  India,  New Zealand,  Pakistan,  West Indies  Australia,  England,  Sri Lanka,  Zimbabwe  Bangladesh,  South Africa
 New Zealand  India,  South Africa,  Sri Lanka,  Zimbabwe  Australia,  England,  Ireland,  Pakistan  Bangladesh,  West Indies
 Pakistan  Bangladesh,  England,  New Zealand,  Zimbabwe  Ireland,  South Africa,  Sri Lanka,  West Indies  Australia,  India
 South Africa  Australia,  India,  Pakistan,  West Indies  Bangladesh,  England,  New Zealand,  Zimbabwe  Ireland,  Sri Lanka
 Sri Lanka  Australia,  England,  Ireland,  Pakistan  Bangladesh,  New Zealand,  West Indies,  Zimbabwe  India,  South Africa
 West Indies  Australia,  India,  Pakistan,  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh,  Ireland,  South Africa,  Zimbabwe  England,  New Zealand
 Zimbabwe  Ireland,  South Africa,  Sri Lanka,  West Indies  Bangladesh,  India,  New Zealand,  Pakistan  Australia,  England

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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