New Covid-19 variant forces abandonment of Women's World Cup qualifier |cricket news

Bangladesh, Pakistan and the West Indies have advanced to the 2022 Women's World Cup in New Zealand after the nine-group qualifying competition in Harare was canceled. 

New Covid-19 variant forces abandonment of Women's World Cup qualifier |cricket news

The choice follows new travel limitations after disclosure of another Covid variation in southern Africa. An individual from the Sri Lanka group support staff additionally tried positive for COVID-19, and accordingly the installation between the West Indies and Sri Lanka couldn't go on Saturday (November 27). The passing groups were subsequently settled by group rankings as per the competition playing conditions, the ICC said. 

The choice was taken during the fundamental association period of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2021, which was set to choose the last three qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup just as two extra groups for the following pattern of the ICC Women's Championship. 

The quantity of groups in the third pattern of the ICC Women's Championship (from 2022-2025) has been expanded from 8 to 10, and these groups will be Australia, England, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Ireland. 

"We are unbelievably frustrated to need to drop the rest of this occasion yet with movement limitations from various African nations being forced at such a surprising bit of news there was a genuine danger that groups would not be able to get back," ICC Head of Events Chris Tetley said. 

"We have investigated various choices to permit us to finish the occasion yet it isn't doable and we will fly the groups out of Zimbabwe at the earliest opportunity. Bangladesh, Pakistan and the West Indies will currently fit the bill for the ICC Women's World Cup 2022 by uprightness of their rankings, while Sri Lanka and Ireland will likewise go along with them in the following pattern of the ICC Women's Championship."