Women T20 Int'l Cricket Returns First Time Since T20 WC Final
Zeeshan Mehtab Published August 12, 2020 | 05:30 PM
ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Aug, 2020 ) :Women's T20 International cricket returns Wednesday for the first time since the final of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, as Austria host Germany in the first of five T20 internationals.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic all women's T20 international cricket had been postponed, but today sees the return after seven months when Australia defeated India in front of 86,174 fans on 8 March, an ICC press release said.
Germany � known as the Golden Eagles - ranked 27th in the MRF Tyres ICC Women's T20I Rankings will be looking to gain points as they face 50th placed Austria in the battle to move up the rankings.
The Golden Eagles last played a T20I against Oman in February as part of a 4-0 series clean sweep. Austria will be playing for the first time since their Quadrangular series a year ago which included France, Jersey and Norway.
With just under 10,000 women and girls participating in cricket in Germany in 2019 the women's game is growing with overall female participation increasing 155% since 2016.
0Anuradha Doddaballapur, Germany captain said: "First up I'd like to thank everyone at Austria cricket for hosting us despite the current circumstances.
We are excited to take the field again after a seemingly long break. The girls have worked hard in the last few months to stay fit and to up their skills, so I am confident we will put on a good show. We look forward to some exciting games against Austria whom we haven't faced in T20 cricket in a long time." Andrea Mae Zepeda, Austria captain said: "The team is really excited, and we are looking forward to some competitive cricket in Europe after months of lockdown due to Covid-19. Some teams could not take part in this tournament due to travel restrictions, but we are happy those restrictions have been eased between Austria and Germany and we are able to get some international cricket this year." The fixtures for the five-match T20 International series is as follows: 12 August � Austria v Germany, Seebarn Cricket Ground, Austria � 12:00CET 13 August � Austria v Germany, Seebarn Cricket Ground, Austria � 11:00CET 13 August � Austria v Germany, Seebarn Cricket Ground, Austria � 15:30CET14 August � Austria v Germany, Seebarn Cricket Ground, Austria � 11:00CET15 August � Austria v Germany, Seebarn Cricket Ground, Austria � 10:00CET
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