New ICC tournament: U19 Womens World Cup

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New ICC tournament: U19 Womens World Cup

Post by ray » Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:01 pm

The inaugural ICC U19 Womens WC is scheduled for January 2023 after originally being set for 2021.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc- ... 23-1296787

ICC CEO Geoff Allardice: "We are looking at a similar structure to the Men's Under-19 World Cup in terms of the number of teams and the opportunity for associate members to participate,"

Are Associates invited to the inaugural tournament? The activity of the new USA Cricket U19 womens team suggests "yes".
That would mean a holding an Americas qualifier sometime this summer or fall. The ICC appear to have given the USA a headstart for this and the American youth are taking part in their first tour:
https://emergingcricket.com/news/usaw-u ... -windward/
Whether Associates are part of 2023 or not, the USA will be clear favourite to be the Americas representative when qualifiers are held.

Canada? Typically, no information on Cricket Canada website for U19 women. Are they doing anything for our U19 women. Do we have an U19 womens team? Probably not. We can barely organize a practice for our full Womens team.

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Re: New ICC tournament: U19 Womens World Cup

Post by Victorian » Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:23 pm

Other countries have recognized that the medium term future of cricket is women’s. They are going big on women’s and girls cricket. There’s going to be money in it. CC is behind the trend and it’s too late to field a competitive team for this summer but not too late to develop a team for the next u19 WC.

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Re: New ICC tournament: U19 Womens World Cup

Post by timmyj51 » Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:48 pm

The ICC appear to have given the USA a headstart for this...


"Appear"??? Old boy, ICC hell bent on giving "Team USA" as much "headstart" as they
can over all other Associates. :( :o :evil:

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Re: New ICC tournament: U19 Womens World Cup

Post by ray » Tue Apr 26, 2022 2:55 pm

South Africa will host the inaugural 16-team tournament in January 2023. The initial indication from the ICC CEO was that it would be similar to the U19 Men's world cup. So we'll likely see a single qualifier from each of the 5 regions. The Americans have a lock on our region's qualifier with no mention of an U19 team from Cricket Canada.

I wonder whether Brazil has an U19 women's program. Will they surpass Canada at the U19 level, too?

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Re: New ICC tournament: U19 Womens World Cup

Post by ray » Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:31 pm

... And the reason we have not heard anything about an Americas qualifier for this tournament is ... because there won't be one. USA awarded the Americas berth because no other country in the region had a U19 women's team.

Excellent work, Cricket Canada. Even countries like Malaysia are participating in the Asia-Pacific qualifiers.

Peter Della Penna's tweet:
https://twitter.com/PeterDellaPenna/sta ... fb0MIqAAAA

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Re: New ICC tournament: U19 Womens World Cup

Post by Victorian » Wed Jun 01, 2022 3:18 pm

It seems to me that the medium term growth of the game worldwide is the women’s game. Aus, NZ and England certainly are going big on girls and women’s cricket. CC is missing out on funding here. I’ve contacted the Cricket BC women’s coach and had no reply (earlier- not about this) and a national selector for the women’s program has told me earlier this year that she hasn’t heard anything from CC.

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Re: New ICC tournament: U19 Womens World Cup

Post by ray » Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:03 pm

The 2025 U19 tournament is to be held in Malaysia and Thailand. According to the following article, there will be an Americas tournament and Canada will field a team.

https://www.sharethesmile.ca/news/blazi ... 8085506744

Had to laugh/smile, though. CC website featured a short quiz for fans. One question was :
"Which of the following team we have not formed yet?"
A) Women's National Team B) Men's National Team C) U19 Boys D) U19 Girls
U19 Girls is listed as the correct answer. To me that is a failing to which one would not want to draw attention. :(

Hope it is indeed to be corrected in 2024.

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