Accreditation process for ICC Women's World Cup 2009 opens

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The accreditation process for all members of the media intending to attend the ICC Women’s World Cup 2009 in Australia is now open.

Members of the media who wish to cover the event are urged to submit their applications before the close of business on Sunday 15 February 2009 (Dubai time).

The tournament will see the world’s top eight teams – hosts and holders Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies – compete at six venues across New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in 16 days from 7-22 March.

ESPN Star Sports, ICC’s official broadcaster, will broadcast all seven matches that will take place at North Sydney Oval, including the final. This will ensure that the event will be the most widely viewed to date, with the coverage likely to be aired in more than 100 countries.

Five of the six venues – Bankstown, Bowral, Canberra, Newcastle and North Sydney – have already staged women’s One-Day Internationals. The other ground being used in the tournament, Drummoyne, will host five matches.

For organisational purposes, all media representatives intending to cover the ICC Women’s World Cup 2009 must apply for accreditation. Please reply as soon as possible by email to Lucy Benjamin (lucy.benjamin@icc-cricket.com) with the following information:

  • Name and job title

  • Organisation (please clarify if it is a newspaper, magazine, radio, television or a website)

  • Country

  • Matches intended to cover

  • A passport-style photograph in jpeg form

By sending the information requested above, it will be understood that you have agreed and accepted the ICC Women’s World Cup 2009 Accreditation Terms and Conditions for Media

The format of the event involves the teams being divided into two groups. Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies and South Africa are in Group A while India, England, Sri Lanka and Pakistan are in Group B.

The top three sides in each group go forward to the Super Six stage where each side then plays the teams which have qualified from the other group. The top two sides from the Super Six go forward to the final.

The ICC Women’s World Cup will be the first to be played under the auspices of the ICC since its merger with the International Women’s Cricket Council (IWCC) in 2005.

The Women’s World Cup has been running for longer than the men’s version and was first staged in England in 1973, when it was won by the host team.

Since then there have been a further seven tournaments with Australia winning five of them (1978, 1982, 1988, 1997 and 2005), England winning once more (in 1993) and New Zealand triumphing in 2000.

The tournament has been staged twice each in England (1973 and 1993), India (1978 and 1997) and New Zealand (1982 and 2000) as well as Australia (1988) and South Africa (2005).

The closing date for applications is Sunday 15 February.