As the 10 teams prepare for the start of the 2024 T20 Women's World Cup, AFP Sport takes a look at six players who are at the forefront of their team's hopes of lifting the trophy on October 20. India have never won a women's World Cup and Sharma believes victory in the UAE could change the sport at home: "If we win the World Cup things will really change from every perspective and each woman will want to play cricket after that,

The Women's T20 World Cup gets underway on Thursday. The International Cricket Council is hopeful of another stellar outing for the globe’s top female cricketers following the success of the 2023 edition in South Africa.

The ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 starts on October 3 in the UAE. Ten teams will compete in 23 matches, with the final on October 20. Australia aims for a fourth successive title. Key matches include Australia vs India on October 13 and India vs Pakistan on October 6.

The ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 will take place in October in the UAE with 10 teams competing. India's campaign begins on October 4 against New Zealand. Matches will be televised on Star Sports Network and streamed on Disney+ Hotstar for Indian viewers.

New skipper Alyssa Healy faces a challenge in the United Arab Emirates, leading a team that has only failed twice to win the 20-over trophy since the competition was first staged in 2009.

Australia are hot favourites for their seventh title at the women's T20 World Cup starting Thursday in their first tournament appearance since the retirement of four-time tournament-winning captain Meg Lanning.

As the 10 teams prepare for the start of the 2024 T20 Women's World Cup, AFP Sport takes a look at six players who are at the forefront of their team's hopes of lifting the trophy on October 20.

There isn't a whole lot of buzz around Dubai and Sharjah just yet, but seldom has the field looked so even ahead of a major women's tournament

As awakenings go, the one UAE women’s cricket had on its first day as an international entity was not so much rude as downright spiteful. “That was a day which really broke our hearts,” Manvi Dhodhi,

Australia have won six of the eight Women's T20 World Cups, but challengers are emerging. The tournament has been moved due to political unrest, which helps some more than others.