Despite losing to Pakistan by seven wickets in the ICC Women바카라™s World Cup Qualifier 2025, Bangladesh secured qualification due to a better Net Run Rate than West Indies Women
Bangladesh secured qualification for the ICC Women바카라™s Cricket World Cup 2025 through the tournament바카라™s Qualifier, despite a final-day defeat to Pakistan on Saturday, 19 April, and a narrow miss in direct qualification via the ICC Women바카라™s Championship. (Highlights | More Cricket News)
In the ICC Women바카라™s Championship 2022-25, Bangladesh finished with 21 points from 24 matches, the same as New Zealand. However, the White Ferns edged ahead due to a superior net run rate, clinching the sixth and final direct qualification spot.
Consequently, Bangladesh had to participate in the World Cup Qualifier 바카라“ also featuring West Indies, Pakistan, Ireland, Scotland, and Thailand 바카라“ to vie for one of the remaining two spots.
The Bangladesh Women바카라™s team, led by Nigar Sultana, made a fine start to the Qualifier round. They had a massive 178-run win over Thailand in the first match, following it up with a two-wicket victory over Ireland.
After securing their third win against Scotland, they suffered back-to-back defeats against West Indies and Pakistan.
However, their strong performances in the first three games gave them a healthy Net Run Rate advantage. This proved crucial as Windies, their closest competitors, needed to chase down a target of 167 against Thailand in just 10.1 overs to surpass Bangladesh바카라™s net run rate.
Despite a valiant performance from Hayley Matthews, securing her team a six-wicket win, West Indies achieved the target in 10.5 overs, falling short of the required rate. As a result, BAN-W finished with a marginally better NRR 바카라“ just 0.013 바카라“ going through to the main event.
The final standings of the Qualifier saw Pakistan and Bangladesh occupying the top two positions, thereby earning their spots in the ICC Women바카라™s Cricket World Cup 2025.
They joined the six teams that had already qualified directly: Australia, England, India (hosts), New Zealand, South Africa, and Sri Lanka.
The ICC Women바카라™s Cricket World Cup 2025 is scheduled to start on 29 September, with the final set for 26 October. While India will host the majority of the matches, games involving Pakistan will be held at a neutral venue, as per an agreement between the ICC, PCB, and BCCI.