ICC launches women's Championship

Sat, Jul 5, '14

 The inaugural edition of the ICC women's championship, which has been devised to provide context to women's bilateral series, is set to begin this August. The ICC outlined the structure of the multi-year competition which will also serve as a preliminary qualifying stage for the next women's World Cup 2017 to be held in England.
During the women's championship, the top eight sides will face each other in three ODIs either at home or away and will accumulate points for every result. The four teams at the top of the table when the competition ends in 2016 will get direct entry to the 2017 World Cup, while the bottom four will get a second chance to make the World Cup through a qualifier system.