Lord's To Host Final Of 2026 Women's T20 World Cup

Lord's will big nan last of nan Women's T20 World Cup connected Sunday 5 July adjacent year, organisers person announced.

The 12-team tourney will beryllium held crossed England pinch Headingley, Old Trafford, Edgbaston, The Oval, nan Hampshire Bowl and Bristol's County Ground besides hosting matches.

It will statesman connected Friday, 12 June pinch nan afloat schedule to beryllium announced successful owed course, and will beryllium nan 2nd clip England has hosted nan tournament.

The correct to big nan tourney was awarded to some England and Wales but Cardiff has not been chosen arsenic a venue.

The women's 50-over World Cup was held successful England successful 2017 pinch nan hosts famously winning a melodramatic last astatine Lord's.

"The sell-out Women's Cricket World Cup last astatine Lord's successful 2017 remains a landmark successful nan emergence of nan women's game, and I cannot deliberation of a much fitting shape for nan final," said International Cricket Council chair Jay Shah.

England and Wales Cricket Board main executive Richard Gould said: "It is of people other typical to denote that nan last will beryllium taking spot astatine Lord's.

"It is 1 of nan finest venues successful world cricket and each cricketer dreams of being portion of occasions for illustration a World Cup last astatine Lord's.

"We want this title to beryllium portion of a semipermanent movement, and not conscionable a azygous infinitesimal successful time.

"This World Cup will turn a caller procreation of fans who didn't turn up pinch women's cricket but will ne'er ideate athletics without it."

The past six women's T20 World Cups person been contested by 10 teams, nan astir caller won by New Zealand past autumn, but this version has been expanded.

England person already qualified arsenic hosts while Australia, India, New Zealand, West Indies, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are already assured of their places.

The last 4 spots will beryllium secured astatine nan qualifying tourney later this year.