Media registration for ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier in South Africa
Members of the media are invited to register their interest in attending the forthcoming ICC Women’s World Cup qualifier in Stellenbosch from 16 to 24 February 2008. No formal accreditation process will be in place for the event but for planning purposes registration is essential.
If you are interested in attending the event please Chris Hurst (chris.hurst@icc-cricket.com), who will act as ICC’s media manager for the tournament.
Limited facilities for the media will be available, the details of which will be circulated in due course via email to those who register interest in attending the event.
A full tournament schedule is listed below.
TEAMS
Pool A: South Africa, Netherlands, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Pool B: Ireland, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Scotland
SCHEDULE
16 February – Teams arrive/opening ceremony
17 February – Training/practice
18 February – Netherlands v PNG, Paul Roos Gymnasium; Bermuda v South Africa, Stellenbosch University 2; Ireland v Pakistan, Stellenbosch University 1; Zimbabwe v Scotland, Van Der Stel Cricket Club.
19 February – South Africa v PNG, Van Der Stel Cricket Club; Netherlands v Bermuda, Paul Roos Gymnasium; Ireland v Scotland, Stellenbosch University 2; Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Stellenbosch University 1
21 February – South Africa v Netherlands, Stellenbosch University 1; Bermuda v PNG, Stellenbosch University 2; Pakistan v Scotland, Van Der Stel Cricket Club; Zimbabwe v Ireland, Paul Roos Gymnasium
23 February (Semi-finals) – A1 v B2, Stellenbosch University 1; A2 v B1, Stellenbosch University 2. (play-offs) – A3 v B4, Paul Roos Gymnasium; A4 v B3, Van Der Stel Cricket Club
24 February – Final, Stellenbosch University 1; 3/4 place play-off, Stellenbosch University 2; 5/6 place play-off, Van Der Stel Cricket Club, 7/8 place play-off, Paul Roos Gymnasium
ICC Women’s World Cup:
The ICC Women’s World Cup, to be staged in Australia in 2009, 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, which beat Australia by 118 runs in the final at Edgbaston, Birmingham.
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).
Women’s cricket came under the auspices of the ICC and ACC in 2005 when the ICC merged with the IWCC. Before the merger, the IWCC had 15 members and since integration the women's game has grown fast and there are now 51 members with formal girls’ and/or women’s teams playing in structured cricket competitions.
A further 27 do not have competition teams yet but do have girls in junior development initiatives. That makes 78 of the ICC’s 101 members with some women’s cricket and it is growing all the time.
The ICC Women’s Committee is made up of Betty Timmer (chairwoman), Catherine Campbell (EAP), Belinda Clark (co-opted), Shubhangi Kulkarni (Asia), Kerri Laing (Africa), Clare Connor (Europe) and Carol Whilby-Maxwell (Americas).