ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025

Seven-time champions Australia are the undisputed favourites, while India –
co-hosting the tournament with Sri Lanka – and England have justified title
ambitions. Most-capped player in women’s cricket, Suzie Bates (New Zealand,
inset), could become the all-time leading run-scorer at the tournament

Harmanpreet Kaur,
India captain.
Home soil
could provide
crucial advantage
as nation aim
to hoist first
World Cup

Women’s World Cup: Most runs scored
Debbie Hockley		N. Zealand	1501
Mithali Raj		India		1321
Jan Brittin		England		1299
Charlotte Edwards	England		1231
Suzie Bates		N. Zealand	1179

Group stage
Top four advance to semi-finals

Australia
England
India
New Zealand
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Pakistan

Fixtures: All dates October, except opening match (Sep 30)
30	India - Sri Lanka	Guwahati
1	Australia - New Zealand	Indore
2	Bangladesh - Pakistan	Colombo
3	England - South Africa	Guwahati
4	Australia - Sri Lanka	Colombo
5	India - Pakistan		Colombo
6	New Zealand - South Africa	Indore
7	England - Bangladesh	Guwahati
8	Australia - Pakistan	Colombo
9	India - South Africa	Visakhapatnam
10	New Zealand - Bangladesh	Guwahati
11	England - Sri Lanka	Colombo
12	India - Australia	Visakhapatnam
13	S. Africa - Bangladesh	Visakhapatnam
14	New Zealand - Sri Lanka	Colombo
15	England - Pakistan	Colombo
16	Australia - Bangladesh	Visakhapatnam
17	South Africa - Sri Lanka	Colombo
18	New Zealand - Pakistan	Colombo
19	India - England		Indore
20	Sri Lanka - Bangladesh	Navi Mumbai
21	South Africa - Pakistan	Colombo
22	Australia - England	Indore
23	India - New Zealand	Navi Mumbai
24	Pakistan - Sri Lanka	Colombo
25	Australia - South Africa	Indore
26	England - New Zealand	Visakhapatnam
26	India - Bangladesh	Navi Mumbai

Knock-out stage
Semi-final			Semi-final
Oct 29, venue TBC		Oct 30,  Navi Mumbai
Team ranked 1st			Team ranked 2nd
Team ranked 4th			Team ranked 3rd

Nov 2 (venue TBC)
Semi-final
World Cup Final

Source: ICC
Picture: Getty Images
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