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England’s Women Discover 2022 World Cup Opponents

England’s women have been drawn against New Zealand, India and China for the 2022 Women’s Hockey World Cup between 1-17 July. Based on the side’s current world ranking of second, they were automatically placed in the top position of Pool B at the ceremony in Spain, who will co-host the tournament alongside The Netherlands. They

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The Final World Cup Qualifiers about to start

Three squads, Colombia, Kazakhstan and Scotland, have assembled in Dubai for the final, final qualifiers that looked as though they would never see the light of day. This stage of qualifying has sadly been greatly diminished by the pandemic. Neither Hong Kong nor Samoa were able to make the trip – HK is suffering very

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The changing landscape of women’s cricket

The growth of women’s cricket is a continuing story and the route to the sell-out crowds and global superstars we see now is winding. But the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup has so often been a turning point for the women’s game – just ask New Zealand, Pakistan and India. At three different tournaments, these

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The qualification process and its importance

The qualification process for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup has changed a lot since the inaugural edition of the tournament back in 1973. In fact, for the first seven editions, the make-up of the teams was purely invitational, with the first qualifying event taking place in 2003 ahead of the ICC Women’s Cricket World

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