Women's T20 World Cup opens in SA v England

The Proteas will take on England in the opening match of the Women's T20 World Cup in Bangladesh later this year.

The event will be held in the capital Dhaka and the northeastern city of Sylhet from 3-20 October, with warm-up matches starting on 27 September.

Bangladesh and the top six teams from the last edition in South Africa, Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, and West Indiam, have secured automatic qualification, with Pakistan following in their footsteps.

Ireland, the UAE, Sri Lanka, and Scotland will battle it out for the remaining two places, with the semi-finals of the qualifying tournament to be held in the UAE.

Six-time winners and current world number one Australia are in Group A alongside India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and a Qualifier 1.

On October 6, neighbours and rivals India and Pakistan will clash.

Group B is made up of South Africa, Bangladesh, England, West Indies and Qualifier 2.

It will be the ninth edition of the tournament, with Bangladesh previously being the host country in 2014.

2024 Women's T20 World Cup Matches

3 October: England vs South Africa, Dhaka
3 October: Bangladesh vs Qualifier 2, Dhaka
4 October: Australia vs Qualifier 1, Sylhet
4 October: India vs New Zealand, Sylhet
5 October: South Africa vs West Indies, Dhaka
5 October: Bangladesh vs England, Dhaka
6 October: New Zealand vs Qualifier 1, Sylhet
6 October: India vs Pakistan, Sylhet
7 October: West Indies vs Qualifier 2, Dhaka
8 October: Australia v Pakistan, Sylhet
9 October: Bangladesh vs West Indies, Dhaka
9 October: India vs Qualifier 1, Sylhet
10 October: South Africa vs Qualifier 2, Dhaka
11 October: Australia vs New Zealand, Sylhet
11 October: Pakistan vs Qualifier 1, Sylhet
12 October: England vs West Indies, Dhaka
12 October: Bangladesh vs South Africa, Dhaka
13 October: Pakistan vs New Zealand, Sylhet
13 October: India vs Australia, Sylhet
14 October: England vs Qualifier 2, Dhaka
17 October: First semi-final, Sylhet
18 October: Second semi-final, Dhaka
20 October: Final, Dhaka