Women's T20 World Cup moved from Bangladesh to UAE

The 2024 Women's T20 World Cup will beryllium moved from Bangladesh to nan United Arab Emirates pursuing civilian unrest successful nan original big country.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) said successful a statement, external that nan tourney will now beryllium staged astatine 2 venues successful nan UAE – Dubai and Sharjah - betwixt 3-20 October.

Bangladesh's erstwhile premier curate Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India this period aft weeks of deadly anti-government protests.

India antecedently refused to measurement successful arsenic hosts.

ICC main executive Geoff Allardice said: "It is simply a shame not to beryllium hosting nan Women’s T20 World Cup successful Bangladesh arsenic we cognize nan Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) would person staged a memorable event.

"I would for illustration to convey nan squad astatine nan BCB for exploring each avenues to effort and alteration nan arena to beryllium hosted successful Bangladesh, but recreation advisories from nan governments of a number of nan participating teams meant that wasn’t feasible."

England and Scotland person qualified for nan ten-team tourney and person been drawn together successful Group B.

They had been owed to play their opening fixtures, against South Africa and Bangladesh respectively, astatine Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium connected 3 October, earlier facing 1 different successful their last group lucifer connected 14 October.

The past version of nan tourney was held successful South Africa successful February 2023, erstwhile Australia won their sixth title pinch a 19-run triumph complete nan hosts.

More than 400 group were killed successful Bangladesh during weeks of student-led demonstrations, which started arsenic a protestation against quotas successful civilian work jobs.

A provisional administration, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, was put successful spot aft Hasina fled.