The 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier was a

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tournament that was played in August 2021 in Spain. The matches were played as

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s (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to the

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tournament. Originally scheduled to take place in Scotland, the tournament was moved to the

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, Spain, due to the

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and

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were both scheduled to make their debuts at an ICC women's event. However, on 25 August 2021, the

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(ICC) confirmed that Turkey had withdrawn from the tournament, as they were unable to get approval to travel from the Turkish Sports Ministry.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.

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won the tournament, winning all four of their matches, and progressed to the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.

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finished in second place, after beating the

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in their final match, with Ireland's

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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

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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

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. Amy Hunter was named as her replacement.

Points table

advanced to the global qualifier

Fixtures

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References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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