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ICC Women's World Cup Fixtures announced for Bristol

8 March 2017

• ICC Women’s World Cup Schedule announced today (8 March) on International Women’s Day
• Tournament starts in Bristol on 24 June with New Zealand v Sri Lanka
• Bristol to host 3 England fixtures plus a Semi-Final on 18 July
• Bristol to also host reigning champions Australia in 4 fixtures (including England v Australia on Sunday 9 July)
• Tickets for all matches go on sale today at 12:00 hrs GMT via icc-cricket.com/tickets
• Countdown clock unveiled in Cabot Circus at 10:30 hrs GMT
• Final at Lord’s will take place on Sunday 23 July

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today unveiled the full match schedule for this summer’s ICC Women’s World Cup to be played in England and Wales, including eight matches in Bristol.  Tickets for all matches will also go on sale from 12.00 hrs GMT today via: www.icc-cricket.com/tickets.

The tournament gets underway at the Bristol County Ground (home to Gloucestershire County Cricket Club) on Saturday 24 June.  With 28 group matches being staged over 21 days at four venues, and importantly four weekends of action, means more opportunities for fans to attend.  A round-robin between the world’s eight best teams will conclude in Semi-Finals, the first to be held at Bristol on Tuesday 18 July, before the final at Lords on Sunday 23 July.

As tickets go on sale today at noon, David Richardson, ICC Chief Executive, said: “I can’t think of a better moment than International Women’s Day to unveil the schedule of one of the leading global events in women’s sport.

“We are anticipating an exciting tournament and I know the players are looking forward to competing here in front of unprecedented levels of support.  We’ve already sold 9,000 tickets for the final at Lord’s which bodes well for the rest of the event going on sale today.  I know we can always count on the British sport-loving public to support big events.

“After the extremely successful qualifying tournament in Sri Lanka last month, we can already see that there will be some fiercely contested fixtures as the standard and competitiveness of women’s cricket continues to rise.”

Will Brown, Chief Executive of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club added: “We are absolutely delighted to be playing such a huge part in the ICC Women's World Cup this year and we look forward to bringing such an iconic event to Bristol.  With such an amazing range of matches, including England vs Australia and a tournament semi-final, it will undoubtedly be an historic year for the Club and we are honoured to be involved.

“We look forward to welcoming visitors, both local and global, to the City and to the Bristol County Ground - roll on June!"

Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol said: “It is an honour and a privilege for Bristol to be a host for the ICC Women’s World Cup this year.  This year we are a European City of Sport, so this couldn’t come at a better time.  We want to use our year as a platform to help inspire more local people to take part in sport and active recreation to help create a healthier and happier city. Events like this play an important role in that aim.

“Bristol is a city that is full of active and passionate people and I feel certain that we will see plenty of locals out supporting our England team this summer.  I hope that it will inspire more local people to get out and try something new this summer and feel the benefit.”

With Bristol being named 2017 European City of Sport, it will bring together the best of what the city is already doing to support and celebrate sport with additional events or campaigns especially for 2017.

Across Bristol there are a wide array of groups and organisations involved in delivering sports to local people and communities, and the aim is for everyone to work together throughout the year to highlight opportunities for everyone to get involved.

Hosts England face India – the team that defeated them in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2013 – on the opening day in a highly anticipated fixture at Derby while powerhouses New Zealand face qualifiers Sri Lanka at Bristol on the same day – 24 June.

India will feature in four games at Derby, including the much anticipated clash with their closest rivals Pakistan on Sunday 2 July.  India will also take on the West Indies at Taunton, Australia at Bristol and South Africa at Leicester.

In what is set to be the highlight of the group matches, England will face the six times and reigning champions Australia at Bristol on Sunday 9 July and the highly fancied New Zealand at Derby on 12 July.

The big hitting West Indies, runners-up in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2013, will play three matches at Taunton including a repeat of the Mumbai final against Australia in the opening match at the County Ground on 26 June.

Leicester will be the home venue for Pakistan with five of their seven matches being staged at Grace Road including matches against England on 27 June and Australia on 5 July.

The two semi -finals will be at Bristol and Derby on 18 and 20 July culminating with a Lord’s final on Sunday 23 July for which tickets are already selling quickly.

Bristol Fixtures:

New Zealand v Sri Lanka – County Ground, Bristol – Saturday 24 June

Sri Lanka v Australia – County Ground, Bristol – Thursday 29 June

Australia v New Zealand – County Ground, Bristol – Sunday 2 July

England v South Africa – County Ground, Bristol – Wednesday 5 July

England v Australia – County Ground, Bristol – Sunday 9 July

Australia v India – County Ground, Bristol – Wednesday 12 July

England v West Indies – County Ground, Bristol – Saturday 15 July

Semi Final 1 – County Ground, Bristol – Tuesday 18 July

* All matches will start at 10:30 hrs GMT

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