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Pakistan and Bangladesh will go head to head in a high-voltage encounter in the opening day fixture of the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier 2021 set to be played across four venues in Harare. The tournament will be played from November 21 to December 5, later this year.
The tournament which features as many as 10 teams will kick off with a set of warm-up fixtures to be played on November 19 after which the South Asian cricket nations of Pakistan and Bangladesh will play the tournament opener at the Old Hararians Club.
Meanwhile, three other matches are set to be played simultaneously on the opening day, these are West Indies vs Papua New Guinea (Sunrise Cricket Club), Thailand vs Zimbabwe (Harare Sports Club) as well as Ireland vs Netherlands (Takashinga Cricket Club).
Among the other matches, the contest between the 2016 ICC Women's T20 World Cup champions West Indies as well as Sri Lanka is expected to be another thrilling game of cricket in this preliminary round of the tournament. While teams West Indies, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Papua New Guinea and the Netherlands are part of Group A, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Zimbabwe and the United States are in Group B.
Another point worth highlighting is that there is no knockout phase of this qualifying round and it will be like a preliminary league where the group stage will be followed by a Super Six stage to decide the final positions. The Super Six stage is set to commence on December 1.
Fixtures:
November 21
Old Hararians: Bangladesh vs Pakistan
Harare Sports Club: Thailand vs Zimbabwe
Sunrise Cricket Club: West Indies vs PNG
Takashinga Cricket Club: Ireland vs Netherlands
November 23
Old Hararians: West Indies vs Ireland
Harare Sports Club: Netherlands vs Sri Lanka
Sunrise Cricket Club: Pakistan vs Thailand
Takashinga Cricket Club: Bangladesh vs USA
November 25
Old Hararians: Ireland vs Sri Lanka
Harare Sports Club: Bangladesh vs Thailand
Sunrise Cricket Club: PNG vs Netherlands
Takashinga Cricket Club: Zimbabwe vs USA
November 27
Old Hararians: Sri Lanka vs West Indies
Harare Sports Club: Ireland vs PNG
Sunrise Cricket Club: Pakistan vs Zimbabwe
Takashinga Cricket Club: USA vs Thailand
November 29
Old Hararians: Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe
Harare Sports Club: Pakistan vs USA
Sunrise Cricket Club: West Indies vs Netherlands
Takashinga Cricket Club: Sri Lanka vs PNG
December 1
Old Hararians: Super 6 Match 21
Harare Sports Club: Super 6 Match 22
Sunrise Cricket Club: Super 6 Match 23
December 3
Old Hararians: Super 6 Match 24
Harare Sports Club: Super 6 Match 25
Sunrise Cricket Club: Super 6 Match 26
December 5
Old Hararians: Super 6 Match 27
Harare Sports Club: Super 6 Match 28
Sunrise Cricket Club: Super 6 Match 29