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ICC unveils revised schedule for Women’s World Cup 2025
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced a revised schedule for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, dropping Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium as a host venue.
According to a statement issued by the sport’s governing body, the Bengaluru stadium, where 11 cricket fans died during celebrations in June, would no longer host Women’s World Cup matches, including the opening game.
Navi Mumbai has been named as its replacement, the ICC added.
The DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai will now host up to five fixtures, including three league matches, one semifinal and potentially the tournament final.
Bengaluru was initially one of five host cities but has been replaced in the updated plan. The overall tournament schedule remains unchanged, with matches to be played from September 30 to November 2 across five venues.
Apart from Navi Mumbai, the confirmed host stadiums include ACA Stadium (Guwahati), Holkar Stadium (Indore), ACA-VDCA Stadium (Visakhapatnam), and R. Premadasa Stadium (Colombo, Sri Lanka).
As per the ICC, the first semifinal will be held on October 29 in either Guwahati or Colombo, while the second semifinal is scheduled for October 30 in Navi Mumbai. The final, set for November 2, will be staged either in Navi Mumbai or Colombo.
The Women’s World Cup 2025 will feature eight teams, who will face each other once in the round-robin format. The top four sides will advance to the semi-finals. Matches will be played in Bengaluru, Vizag, Indore, Guwahati, and Colombo.
One semi-final will be held in Bengaluru, while the other is scheduled for either Colombo or Guwahati. The final will take place on 2 November, with Bengaluru and Colombo shortlisted as potential venues.
Teams will also play two warm-up matches each, beginning on 24 September. India is set to take on 2022 runners-up England in a warm-up clash in Bengaluru, followed by a fixture against South Africa on 27 September in Guwahati.
The 2025 edition marks the 13th instalment of the Women’s Cricket World Cup, which was first held in 1973. Australia, who secured their seventh title in 2022, qualified automatically by topping the ICC Women’s Championship standings.
Joining them through direct qualification were England, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and hosts India.
The final two spots were claimed by Pakistan and Bangladesh, who finished in the top two of the Women’s World Cup Qualifier held in April.
Revised ICC women world Cup 2025 schedule:
- Tuesday, 30 Sept: India vs Sri Lanka, Guwahati
- Wednesday, 1 Oct: Australia vs New Zealand, Indore
- Thursday, 2 Oct: Bangladesh vs Pakistan, Colombo
- Friday, 3 Oct: England vs South Africa, Guwahati
- Saturday, 4 Oct: Australia vs Sri Lanka, Colombo
- Sunday, 5 Oct: India vs Pakistan, Colombo
- Monday, 6 Oct: New Zealand vs South Africa, Indore
- Tuesday, 7 Oct: England vs Bangladesh, Guwahati
- Wednesday, 8 Oct: Australia vs Pakistan, Colombo
- Thursday, 9 Oct: India vs South Africa, Visakhapatnam
- Friday, 10 Oct: New Zealand vs Bangladesh, Guwahati
- Saturday, 11 Oct: England vs Sri Lanka, Colombo
- Sunday, 12 Oct: India vs Australia, Visakhapatnam
- Monday, 13 Oct: South Africa vs Bangladesh, Visakhapatnam
- Tuesday, 14 Oct: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, Colombo
- Wednesday, 15 Oct: England vs Pakistan, Colombo
- Thursday, 16 Oct: Australia vs Bangladesh, Visakhapatnam
- Friday, 17 Oct: South Africa vs Sri Lanka, Colombo
- Saturday, 18 Oct: New Zealand vs Pakistan, Colombo
- Sunday, 19 Oct: India vs England, Indore
- Monday, 20 Oct: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, Navi Mumbai
- Tuesday, 21 Oct: South Africa vs Pakistan, Colombo
- Wednesday, 22 Oct: Australia vs England, Indore
- Thursday, 23 Oct: India vs New Zealand, Navi Mumbai
- Friday, 24 Oct: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, Colombo
- Saturday, 25 Oct: Australia vs South Africa, Indore
- Sunday, 26 Oct: England vs New Zealand, Visakhapatnam (11h00)
- Sunday, 26 Oct: India vs Bangladesh, Navi Mumbai
- Wednesday, 29 Oct: Semifinal 1, Guwahati/Colombo
- Thursday, 30 Oct: Semifinal 2, Navi Mumbai
- Sunday, 2 Nov: Final, Navi Mumbai
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Legendary England batter Geoffrey Boycott on Monday advised the Ben Stokes-led side to adopt a more strategic and thoughtful approach ahead of the second Ashes Test against Australia, scheduled for Thursday in Brisbane.
England suffered an agonising eight-wicket defeat in the series opener in Perth, which lasted less than two days, the first of which was dominated by the touring side as they had reduced the hosts to 123/9 after accumulating 172 all out.
The visitors now face another gruelling challenge in the blockbuster series as they take on the Baggy Greens in a pink-ball Test, in which the hosts boast a dominant record, having lost just one out of their previous 14 appearances, but Boycott, who has won Ashes both in England and Australia, believes that the Three Lions can win the upcoming game by adopting a calculated strategy.
He, however, warned England batters of self-destruction, advising them to “use their brains” and decide whether to attack or hold back after analysing the situation.
“But it doesn’t help our chances of success if Ben Stokes keeps encouraging our batsmen to attack, attack with one finger hovering over the self-destruct button,” Boycott wrote in his Daily Telegraph column.
“Nobody is asking the players to stop being positive because they have given us some marvellous, thrilling and entertaining cricket. All we ask is for them to use their brains and realise there are times when they should throttle back and be aware of situations and bat accordingly,” he added.
Boycott, who represented England in 108 Tests and 36 ODIs, also slammed Stokes for his comments in which he referred to former cricketers as “has-beens” but expressed satisfaction over the all-rounder’s partial apology.
“To call past players ‘has-beens’ was disrespectful, especially as some of those ‘has-beens’ played in teams that won the Ashes in England and Australia,” Boycott wrote.
“I am glad Ben has half apologised, saying it was a slip of the tongue, because none of this team has won the Ashes in Australia. Get the job done, because then you don’t need to say anything and you can bask in all the glory coming your way.”
The Copa Libertadores trophy won by Flamengo on Saturday was damaged during the team’s title celebrations.
Flamengo beat Palmeiras 1-0 in the final in Lima, Peru, to become the first Brazilian club to lift the prestigious cup four times.
Flamengo players and staff had a victory parade on the streets of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday afternoon, with an estimated 500,000 people joining in the celebrations.
Players and staff took turns to lift the cup during the parade and images showed that the top part of the trophy, which consists of a figurine of a footballer ready to kick a ball, was wrapped in what appeared to be masking tape.
– Flamengo lift Copa Libertadores, but Brazil’s players look exhausted
The figurine had earlier been broken.
Flamengo will be hoping to wrap up the Brazilian league title on Wednesday when they take on Ceara in front of their own fans in Rio’s Maracana stadium.
They are five points clear of Palmeiras at the top of the standings with two games remaining.
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