The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that Bangladesh will compete in the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup by virtue of being the host nation for the event. Eight teams earned direct qualification for the tournament based on their rankings, while the remaining two spots will be determined through a qualifier event. The top three teams from each of the two groups in the 2021 Women's T20 World Cup, along with the hosts Bangladesh and the highest-ranked team outside of the six direct qualifiers, earned automatic qualification for 2024. Read more: ODI Series: Chandika confident ahead of high-stakes ODI series vs England As a result, teams including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, England, India, and the West Indies have secured their places. Pakistan has also qualified as the next highest-ranked team. Sri Lanka and Ireland narrowly missed out on direct qualification and will have another opportunity to qualify for the 2024 event through the Women's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier. The Qualifier tournament will feature eight teams competing for the final two spots in the 10-team 2024 Women's T20 World Cup, which will be hosted in Bangladesh.  

Australia legspinner Georgia Wareham made the most of her first international match in more than a year, taking 3-20 as the defending champions eased to victory over Bangladesh by eight wickets at the Women's T20 World Cup on Tuesday. Australia joined Sri Lanka with two wins from two in Group 1 and went back to the top on net run rate. Wareham, whose last international was in October 2021, was pivotal as Australia limited Bangladesh to 107-7, where only captain Nigar Sultana's 57 from 50 balls stood out. The Aussies were untroubled in their chase, cruising to 111-2 in 18.2 overs and led home by captain Meg Lanning, who barely got out of second gear in her 48 not out. Opener Alyssa Healy hit 37 from 36 at the top to put the world's top-ranked team on the way to another impressive win. Australia beat New Zealand by a whopping 97 runs in the first game of its title defense. Australia is the dominant force in women's cricket and has won five of the seven T20 World Cups and is seeking a third straight title. Read more: BPL 2023 Final Preview: Sylhet Strikers vs Comilla Victorians, Who Will Win the Title? Wareham had a long road back to international cricket after rupturing a ligament in her left knee more than a year ago. On her comeback, the 23-year-old spinner picked up the wickets of Sobhana Mostary (7), Shorna Akter (12) and Rumana Ahmed (4) in Bangladesh's middle order as Australia took control and never relinquished it in the first game of the World Cup in Gqeberha, the city formerly known as Port Elizabeth. “It’s pretty special any time to play for your country,” Wareham said. “To do that at the World Cup and get a few wickets, it’s pretty cool.” India is back in action Wednesday against West Indies and could join England with two wins from two in Group 2. India is also expected to be boosted by the return of star batter Smriti Mandhana, who is set to come back into the team after missing the opening win over Pakistan with a finger injury. Mandhana is likely to be in good spirits after she was the most expensive player to be bought at the Women's Premier League auction in India on Monday. The top two teams from each of the two preliminary groups advance straight to the semifinals of the T20 World Cup. The teams currently in position to progress are Australia, Sri Lanka, England and India.

The upcoming ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 is shaping up to be a big opportunity for Bangladesh to make their mark. Despite playing four T20 World Cups, they could not win a match in the last three. Now they are looking to break the losing streak. The Tigresses have been preparing for the tournament for the past couple of months, which includes a tour of New Zealand where they played ODI and T20 matches. While the team did not perform their best, there were some strong individual performances. The team focused on their batting, an area in which they have been struggling for a while. Now that Bangladesh have already reached South Africa, they are focusing on getting used to the conditions and playing practice matches. They played in South Africa twice before. On a personal level, players are excited to represent their country at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup for the fourth time. They have seen a lot of changes in the game since their first World Cup in 2016. As a team, they want to inspire the next generation of women cricketers back home and the best way to do that is by winning matches. The team's main strength is their unity and they are well balanced, with a mixture of experienced players and talented young ones. Read more: ICC 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh’s Squad, Full Fixtures Salma Khatun is an experienced all-rounder. Nahida Akter and Jahanara Alam are very important to the team's bowling attack, and they are excited to see their young superstar Marufa Akter. Marufa made her senior debut in the recent New Zealand series and has been bowling brilliantly. She is one of three players in Bangladesh's current U19 team who got selected for the T20 World Cup in South Africa. Bangladesh are scheduled to play four matches in the Group A of the World Cup. Their first match is on February 12 against Sri Lanka at Newlands in Cape Town.The Tigresses will play their second match on February 14 against Australia at St George's Park in Gqeberha. On February 17, they will face New Zealand at Newlands in Cape Town. And finally, on February 21, they will play against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town. Read more: Bangladesh women's team to play T20 World Cup qualifiers in UAE  

An off-field umpire will use technology to judge when bowlers illegally overstep the crease during the ICC women's Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.

Bangladesh Women’s National Cricket team left Dhaka for Australia on Sunday to take part in their 4th appearance of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup that will begin on February 21.

Dhaka, Sept 4 (UNB)-Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team will play Ireland in the first semifinal of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers on Thursday (Sept 5) at 3 pm at Forthill in Dundee, aiming to assure a final berth that will also be their ticket to the World Cup finals. 

Dhaka, Sept 1 (UNB) - Bangladesh women national team thumped their USA counterparts by eight wickets on Sunday in the ongoing Women's T20 World Cup Qualifiers at Arbroath in Scotland.