India set to host 2025 Women’s World Cup as ICC confirms 2024-2027 event cycle

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced host nations for every ICC Women’s event to be conducted between 2024 and 2027.

India is set to host the Cricket World Cup 2025, taking over from New Zealand, which hosted the event in 2022. The 2025 tournament will mark India’s fifth World Cup as hosts and the first ICC Women’s event since 2016, when India staged the T20 World Cup in tandem with the men’s event.

As per the ICC Annual Conference in Birmingham, 31 matches will be played in the 2025 World Cup, with eight teams participating in the global event.

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ICC unveils hosting rights for 2024-2027 events cycle

Additionally, Bangladesh and England will host the 2024 and 2026 Women’s T20 World Cups, respectively. While the 2024 edition will feature ten teams playing 23 matches between September and October, the 2026 competition will feature two additional teams and a total of 33 games in June.

For the inaugural ICC Women’s T20 Champions Trophy, set to be played in 2027, the ICC handed over the hosting rights to Sri Lanka.

The tournament hosts were chosen through a bidding process. The said process was overseen by Martin Snedden, Ricky Skerritt and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly.

ICC names Lord’s as venue for successive two WTC finals

The iconic Lord’s venue is set to host the final of next year’s World Test Championship. Notably, the stadium was initially set to host the final of the inaugural edition last year but later shifted to Southampton which saw New Zealand beat India to lift the title.

The London-based venue will also host the 2025 ICC World Test Championship title clash.

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