The International Cricket Council (ICC), Cricket’s highest authority postponed two more upcoming qualifying events including ICC Women’s World Cup because of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The ICC also postponed the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Europe Division 2.
The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier was scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka between July 3 and 19, where three teams were supposed to qualify for the 2021 event in New Zealand.
The ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2022 was scheduled to start with the European Regional Qualifier in Denmark between July 24 and 30.
As part of the ICC’s comprehensive contingency planning process and after consultation with members and with the relevant government and public health authorities, the decision has been taken to postpone the qualifier to the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 and the start of the qualification pathway to the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2022.
The ICC will work with all participating members to identify when these events will be able to be staged, said an ICC media release on Tuesday (May 12).
