The ongoing ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2021 in Zimbabwe has been abandoned.
The tournament was scheduled to be played till 05 December.
It would have decided the final three spots for the ICC Women’s World Cup in New Zealand next year as well as the remaining two berths in the next cycle of the ICC Women’s Championship.
However, with the emergence of the latest Covid-19 variant in South Africa and the introduction of travel restrictions from a number of African countries, including the host country Zimbabwe, the ICC has decided to call off the event.
The ICC says the qualification slots will now be decided as per team rankings, in keeping with the tournament’s playing conditions.
Hence, Bangladesh, Pakistan and the West Indies will now progress to the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.
Play in two of the three matches scheduled for today (27) – Zimbabwe v Pakistan and USA v Thailand – started as scheduled.
But the third fixture of the day, between the West Indies and Sri Lanka, could not be staged as a member of the Sri Lanka team support staff tested positive for COVID-19.