The 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier was a
cricket
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tournament that was played in August 2021 in Spain. The matches were played as
Women's Twenty20 International
Women's Twenty20 international (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 international is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. The very firs ...
s (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to the
2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier
The 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament held in September 2022. It was the fifth edition of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier and served as the qualific ...
tournament.
Originally scheduled to take place in Scotland,
the tournament was moved to the
La Manga Club
La Manga Club is a sports and leisure resort located in the south-eastern region of Spain, Murcia, south of La Manga, and bordered by the Mar Menor and Calblanque Regional Park. The resort complex opened in 1972 and covers an area of 1,400 ...
, Spain, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
France
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and
Turkey
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were both scheduled to make their debuts at an ICC women's event. However, on 25 August 2021, the
International Cricket Council
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(ICC) confirmed that Turkey had withdrawn from the tournament, as they were unable to get approval to travel from the
Turkish Sports Ministry.
On the opening day of the tournament, Dutch cricketer
Frederique Overdijk became the first bowler, male or female, to
take seven wickets in a T20I match.
Scotland
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won the tournament, winning all four of their matches, and progressed to the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
finished in second place, after beating the
Netherlands
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in their final match, with Ireland's
Eimear Richardson
Eimear Ann Jermyn Richardson (born 14 September 1986) is an Irish cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She plays domestic cricket for Northern Districts, having previously played for Central Districts an ...
being named the player of the tournament. Ireland may still advance to the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament via the place available to the highest ranked non-qualified team.
During the tournament, questions were raised about the quality of the pitch at La Manga. This resulted in the ICC moving the European
2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification
The 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification were a series of regional qualification tournaments to determine the final five places at the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Seven tournaments in five regions were scheduled to be played. In ...
matches from La Manga to the
Desert Springs Cricket Ground in
Almeria.
Squads
The following teams and squads were named for the tournament:
On 23 August 2021,
Shauna Kavanagh was ruled out of Ireland's squad following a positive test for
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
.
Amy Hunter was named as her replacement.
Points table
advanced to the
global qualifier
Fixtures
The fixtures for the Europe Qualifier were confirmed on 16 August 2021.
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References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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Qualifer Europe
2021 in women's cricket
Associate international cricket competitions in 2021
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