MCG the place to be on International Women's Day 2020
Melbourne, Mar 8 (IBNS): Today marks one-year-to-go to the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020, when he two best women’s teams will compete to be crowned champions at the biggest cricket stadium in the world, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), on International Women’s Day.
The final at the MCG, to be played under lights on Sunday 8 March 2020, presents a ground-breaking opportunity to set a new world record for attendance at a women’s sporting fixture.
Fans are urged to ‘save the date’ and be part of this historic opportunity for cricket and women’s sport, with tickets to the final on sale now at t20worldcup.com from A$20 for adults and all kids’ tickets are A$5.
The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 is being played as a standalone event across Australia from 21 February – 8 March 2020. 10 teams will contest 23 matches in eight venues across six Host Cities, giving it a truly national footprint befitting a major global sporting event, and meaning as many fans as possible will have the opportunity to be part of it.
In order to reach the final, teams will have to finish top two in either Group A or Group B, comprising five teams each. Teams will then need to win one of the blockbuster double-header semi-finals at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Thursday 5 March 2020.
Hosts and four-time champions Australia will be out to defend their title, after defeating England in the final of the sixth and most recent edition of the global showpiece event for women’s T20 cricket, held in the West Indies in late 2018.
ICC T20 World Cup Australia 2020 Local Organising Committee CEO Nick Hockley said: “The final of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 will be the culmination of a three-week festival taking place across Australia.
"The MCG on International Women’s Day is the perfect stage to celebrate the best teams in the world and presents an opportunity to set a new benchmark.
“We’re calling on everyone to save the date, gather your friends and family and help set a new record for the highest attendance at a women’s sporting event in history.”
ICC CEO David Richardson said: “I am particularly excited by the prospect of the final being held at the MCG in front of 92,000 fans and I know the Australian public, with their love of cricket will turn out in force to see the world’s best players battle it out for the title and break a world record in the process.”
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