Pakistan and Sri Lanka claim last spots for World Cup

20 February 2017

Pakistan Women and Sri Lanka Women have clinched the final two places for this summer’s ICC Women’s World Cup in England.

Bangladesh, the only other team still in contention, lost to Sri Lanka by 42 runs in their rain-affected final game of the World Cup Qualifier in Colombo.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka join India and South Africa as the top four teams from the Super Six phase and join hosts England, plus Australia, New Zealand and West Indies at this summer’s competition.

The competition will be played in a round-robin format, with Bristol hosting eight games in total including a semi final on Tuesday 18 July.

Tickets for all fixtures at the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 go on sale on Wednesday 8 March via the ICC tickets website.

Tickets to watch the semi-final in Bristol are now on sale, click here.


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