The 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was scheduled to be played in Samoa in September 2021.[1] The matches would have been played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to the 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.[1] The Philippines were scheduled to make their debut at an ICC women's event.[2] However, in August 2021, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the tournament had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] As a result, Papua New Guinea qualified as the highest-ranked EAP team as of 30 November 2021.[4]
Dates | 3 – 8 September 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Host(s) | Samoa |
Participants | 8 |
Teams
editThe following teams were scheduled to compete in the tournament:[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "ICC Confirm Cancellation of EAP Tournaments in 2021". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Men's and women's T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific qualifiers cancelled". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "ICC T20 World Cup 2023 qualifiers set to begin in August 2021". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 12 December 2020.