Dubai: The women’s cricket team of Australia have assured themselves a top-four spot in the ICC Women’s Championship (IWC) following their 3-0 sweep of the West Indies, thus securing a place in the 2021 World Cup slated to be held in New Zealand.
The top four teams in the IWC table, along with hosts New Zealand, get automatic qualification for the World Cup.
The bottom three sides will feature in the World Cup Qualifiers, where they will be joined by Bangladesh and Ireland, as well as the winners of the regional qualifiers from Africa, the US, Asia, East Asia Pacific, and Europe, to decide the three remaining competitors for the main event.
Australia, who had won the first edition of the IWC, is comfortably on top in the second edition. They have lost just one match in 15 games, to sit at the top with 28 points.
Having swept aside India, Pakistan, New Zealand, and the West Indies, their only loss has come against England, back in 2017 in the first round of matches. IANS
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