The
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that England women will
travel to South Africa in February 2016 to play a three match One-Day
International (ODI) series and three match Twenty20 International (T20I)
series.
The three ODIs will form
England’s fourth round of matches in the ICC Women’s Championship, and will be
played on 7th, 12th and
14th February in Benoni, Centurion and
Johannesburg. England women are currently in fourth position in the ICC Women’s
Championship (the qualification tournament for the 2017 ICC Women’s World Cup
in England) and will be looking to record a series victory in South Africa to
leapfrog their hosts, who are currently in second place.
The two sides will then
play three T20Is in Paarl, Cape Town and Johannesburg on 18th, 19th and 21st February, with the final two fixtures
of the tour being played as double-headers with South Africa men also taking on
England men at Newlands Cricket Ground (Cape Town) and Bidvest Wanderers
Stadium (Johannesburg) on 19th and
21st February.
Commenting on the schedule, ECB’s Director of England Women’s
Cricket, Clare Connor, said:
“2016 represents a hugely important twelve months for the
England women’s team as they embark on the busiest ever international schedule
in the history of women’s cricket – a year which incorporates four overseas
tours and a home series against Pakistan.
The standard of
international women’s cricket is continually on an upward curve, and South
Africa will pose a strong challenge on home soil across the six scheduled
matches in February.
“The introduction of
the ICC Women’s Championship has brought a refreshing relevance to every series
that we play, and the three ODIs at the start of the tour will be fiercely
contested by both sides as they strive towards qualification for the ICC Women's
World Cup in England in 2017.
“The ensuing three
match T20I series will present a valuable opportunity for the players to hone
their skills immediately ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 in India next March,
and it is fantastic news that for the first time ever in South Africa, the
final two T20Is will be televised as double-headers alongside the South Africa
v England men’s fixtures.”
England women’s tour to South Africa 2016 schedule in full:
Date
|
Format
|
Venue
|
7.2.16
|
1st ODI *
|
SaharaWillowmoorePark, Benoni
|
12.2.16
|
2nd ODI *
|
SuperSportPark, Centurion
|
14.2.16
|
3rd ODI *
|
Bidvest Wanderers Stadium,
Johannesburg
|
18.2.16
|
1st T20I
|
BolandPark, Paarl
|
19.2.16
|
2nd T20I +
|
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
|
21.2.16
|
3rd T20I +
|
Bidvest Wanderers Stadium,
Johannesburg
|
* ICC Women’s
Championship fixture
+ Double-header with
men’s T20I (South Africa v England)
ICC Women’s Championship
The ICC Women’s
Championship involves the top eight ranked women’s teams in the world and over
the next two years all teams will play each other in a three-match ODI series
either at home or away to create an ICC WC league table. The top four
teams will qualify for the ICC Women’s World Cup in England in 2017.
Countries finishing in the bottom four will take part in the ICC Women’s World
Cup Qualifier in early 2017 against teams from the ICC’s regional structures to
determine the final four participants for the event.
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