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ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 England and Wales Cricket Board will host the 10th edition of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup starting from 12th June. This will be the first ever Women's World Cup with 12 Teams divided in two groups of 6 each. New Zealand will be looking to defend their title from 2024 when they defeated South Africa by 32 runs in the UAE. Australia and West Indies were the other semi-finalists in the 10-team competition from two years ago. This year's tournament will consist of 30 Group games at Edgbaston, Old Trafford, The Rose Bowl, Headingley, Country Ground, Lord's and Kennington Oval followed by the semi-finals hosted by Kennington Oval and the final at Lord's cricket ground on July 5th. Australia has won the title 6 times in the past alongside one each shared by England, West Indies and New Zealand. England won the maiden T20 World Cup at home in 2009 against New Zealand, winning the final by 6 wickets. Australia are favorites again even aft...

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 The 10th edition of the ICC T20 World Cup is finally here. Mired by behind-the-scenes controversies, political clashes, backouts and wildcard entries, this version of the latest ICC event will be hosted by defending champions India and Sri Lanka at eight different venues from 7th Feb till 8th March. The event will again have 20 teams divided in four groups of 5 which will be followed by Super 8s and the knockouts. India, England and West Indies have claimed the silverware twice while Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia won a single title each. There was a huge tussle between the Bangladesh cricket board and the ICC over their participation as the BCB insisted on shifting their matches from India to Sri Lanka citing security concerns for their players and other staff. However, ICC remained firm on their stance and despite gaining support from the Pakistan cricket board, BCB decided to withdraw from the event resulting in a last-minute call-up for Scotland. Recent de...