LAHORE (Kashmir English): The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier will start tomorrow (April 9) at Lahore with two teams finishing top securing their berths in the upcoming Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 in India later this year.
According to the International Cricket Council (ICC) schedule for the tournament, all the matches will be held at two Lahore stadiums. The event will continue until April 19.
Six teams will compete for the final two spots in the ICC Women’s World Cup scheduled to be played between 29 September – 26 October 2025 in India.
Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) Stadium and Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium will host all 15 matches in the round-robin qualifier.
The two teams finishing top will reserve their berths in the upcoming Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 in India later this year.
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ireland, and West Indies are the four full members set to play the qualifier.
They will have to play the Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2025 after they failed to secure a direct place for the World Cup through the ICC Women’s Championship.
Thailand and Scotland will be the other two teams featuring in the qualifying matches.
South Africa, England, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and hosts India have already made it to the Women’s global event by finishing in the top six of the 10-team ICC Women’s Championship (2023-25).
World Cup Qualifier schedule
Wednesday, April 9
Pakistan vs Ireland – Gaddafi Stadium (Day)
West Indies vs Scotland – LCCA (Day)
Thursday, April 10
Thailand vs Bangladesh – LCCA (Day)
Friday, April 11
Pakistan vs Scotland – LCCA (Day)
Ireland vs West Indies – Gaddafi Stadium (Day)
Sunday, April 13
Scotland vs Thailand – LCCA (Day)
Bangladesh vs Ireland – Gaddafi Stadium (D/N)
Monday, April 14
Pakistan vs West Indies – Gaddafi Stadium (D/N)
Tuesday, April 15
Thailand vs Ireland – LCCA (Day)
Scotland vs Bangladesh – Gaddafi Stadium (D/N)
Thursday, April 17
Bangladesh vs West Indies – LCCA (Day)
Pakistan vs Thailand – Gaddafi Stadium (D/N)
Friday, April 18
Ireland vs Scotland – Gaddafi Stadium (D/N)
Saturday, April 19
Pakistan vs Bangladesh – LCCA (Day)
West Indies vs Thailand – Gaddafi Stadium (D/N)
(Day matches begin at 09:30am and day/night matches at 02:00pm local time, PST)
