The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday (23 August) announced that the Women's Asia Cup 2022 will be held in Sylhet International Cricket Stadium from October 1 to 16 this year. The tournament is set to witness the participation of seven teams. The full schedule will be released in the due course of time by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
As per the reports, teams like India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, and UAE are the six tentative teams apart from Bangladesh. The tournament will take place after the conclusion of the eight-team Women's T20 World Qualifier, which is slated to be played from 18 to 25 September.
The first-ever ICC’s first-ever Women’s Future Tours Programme (FTP) released last week also kept a window for the Asia Cup during the first two weeks of October.
BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury is optimistic about Sylhet successfully hosting the Asia Cup, given its fine track record during the 2014 T20 World Cup.
“As host nation, Bangladesh has delivered several major men’s and women’s continental and world events in the past. This year, we are happy to welcome the Asian Cricket Council’s Women’s Asia Cup to our country for the first time, specifically to Sylhet, which was home to matches during the 2014 men’s and women’s T20 World Cups, too,” said Chowdhury.
“The proximity to the airport and the hotel where the seven teams are expected to stay makes the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium the best choice for the BCB. Ground 1 of the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium is where we are looking to host the Women’s Asia Cup matches and Ground 2 is where the training will take place,” Chowdhury added.
The show-piece event was originally scheduled to take place in 2020, but the COVID and logistic concerns pushed back the tournament. The last edition of the competition took place in 2018 and saw Bangladesh securing a victory by chasing down the target of 113 on the final ball of the game.
