Women’s T20 World Cup will be held in Bangladesh next October. The World Cup frenzy started on Sunday with the unveiling of the trophy and the announcement of the schedule. Everyone knows how much excitement prevails among the people of Bangladesh about cricket. ICC chief executive officer Geoff Allardyce believes that even if it’s a women’s World Cup, there will be an overcrowded crowd in the gallery.
In men’s cricket, the gallery often eats. The situation in women’s cricket there is even worse. The ICC Chief Executive Officer expects the situation to change in this year’s Women’s World Cup. “I think it’s a great opportunity to fill the field during the tournament in October,” he told the media at the trophy unveiling ceremony on Sunday. The captains here have played in T20 world cup in different countries. We had an unprecedented audience response in some big matches and finals. One thing we want to see this time, there will be spectators for the entire 23 matches.
Allardyce’s belief, ‘I think there is an opportunity to do something like the passion for cricket here in Bangladesh. We need to increase viewership. We have come a long way in the last six or seven years. I think this World Cup in October could be the next step to fill the crowd at a big women’s event.’
20-team boys’ world cup to spread cricket globally. Although the women’s World Cup team consists of 10 teams. From the next season, the number will increase to 12 teams. Allardyce said that the ICC is working on whether the number can be increased in the future. The next edition of Women’s T20 World Cup will be 12 teams, and there is even a discussion whether it can be extended or not. The ICC Women’s Championship has also now become ten teams. Now Bangladesh and Ireland are taken for the first time, so that they can match themselves even more. At the same time, they feel comfortable seeing themselves in the same arena with the best cricketers in the world.
There is a lot of disparity between male and female cricketers in terms of match fees. Match fees are usually paid by the boards. However, cricketers also get separate prize money in ICC tournaments. ICC has equalized that prize money. A few months ago, the ICC had announced that girls would be given the same prize money as boys. Regarding the issue, this ICC official said on Sunday, ‘I can answer in terms of prize money. The competing nations’ boards decide how they will receive match fees. But in terms of ICC prize money, the boys and girls will be paid equally for winning the T20 World Cup. If you are the first, you will get the same amount. If you win a match, you will get the same amount of money. From here, there will be equal prize money in boys and girls cricket.
Every Test playing team has a women’s cricket team, but Afghanistan does not. Because the Afghanistan Cricket Board is unable to form a women’s cricket team due to political reasons, the ICC is giving them time, ‘At the moment our member Afghanistan Cricket Board is not able to form a women’s team. This situation will remain until something changes. It’s not that the Afghanistan Cricket Board hasn’t fielded a women’s cricket team before, they’re just not coming this time.’
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