{"id":434042,"date":"2025-09-18T16:51:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/434042\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T16:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:51:17","slug":"birmingham-to-host-first-womens-t20-world-cup-match-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/434042\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham To Host First Women\u2019s T20 World Cup Match In 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hero-Image-2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"England player at the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>From the streets of Handsworth to Edgbaston Stadium, it\u2019s safe to say that Birmingham is cricket mad. Where better to kickstart the <strong>ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup<\/strong> when England hosts the tournament in 2026? <\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the 2026 ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup are <strong>officially on general sale now<\/strong>, when the Second City will welcome cricket stars like Deepti Sharma, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Nida Dar and Laura Wolvaardt.<\/p>\n<p>Host nation <strong>England will kick off the tournament against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston on June 12<\/strong>. Birmingham will stage <strong>four high-stakes matches<\/strong>, also welcoming India, Pakistan and South Africa to one of the UK\u2019s most celebrated cricket grounds. <\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hero-Image-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"England women's cricket team\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Credit: Supplied <\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe\u2019re hugely excited to announce that tickets to the 2026 ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup are now on general sale,\u201d said Beth Barrett-Wild, Tournament Director, ICC Women\u2019s T20 Cricket World Cup. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEdgbaston is one of the UK\u2019s most iconic grounds, where legends of the game have created some of cricket\u2019s most memorable moments. Hosting the opening match here sets the perfect stage for what promises to be a thrilling tournament.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ticket prices for the tournament start <strong>from \u00a35 for children and \u00a315 for adults<\/strong>. Fans can soak up the family-friendly atmosphere, witness fierce rivalries and see women\u2019s cricket at its electrifying best. <\/p>\n<p> <b>The 2026 ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup\u2019s Edgbaston matches:<\/b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18859\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hero-Image-3.jpg\" alt=\"England cricket player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Credit: Supplied <\/p>\n<p>Opening Match:<strong> England vs Sri Lanka<\/strong>, June 12, 2026 (18:30)<\/p>\n<p>Children start from \u00a35, adult start from \u00a320 <\/p>\n<p>Match 5: <strong>Qualifier vs Qualifier<\/strong>, June 14, 2026 (10:30)<\/p>\n<p>Children start from \u00a35, adult start from \u00a315 <\/p>\n<p>Match 6: <strong>India vs Pakistan<\/strong>, June 14, 2026 (14:30)<\/p>\n<p>Children start from \u00a35, adult start from \u00a320 <\/p>\n<p>Match 11: <strong>South Africa vs Pakistan<\/strong>, June 17, 2026 (18:30)<\/p>\n<p>Children start from \u00a35, adult start from \u00a315 <\/p>\n<p>To get your tickets to the 2026 ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup, head <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/tournaments\/womens-t20-worldcup-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/tournaments\/womens-t20-worldcup-2026\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Supplied From the streets of Handsworth to Edgbaston Stadium, it\u2019s safe to say that Birmingham is cricket&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-434042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115226339267988188","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}