DHAKA, Aug 20, 2024 (BSS)-The International Cricket Council (ICC) today

confirmed that the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 will be moved from
Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The event, scheduled to take place from 3 to 20 October, will now be staged
in Dubai and Sharjah.

"It is a shame not to be hosting the Women's T20 World Cup in Bangladesh as
we know the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) would have staged a memorable
event," ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said in a statement.

"I would like to thank the team at the BCB for exploring all avenues to try
and enable the event to be hosted in Bangladesh, but travel advisories from
the governments of a number of the participating teams meant that wasn't
feasible. However, they will retain hosting rights. We look forward to taking
an ICC global event to Bangladesh in the near future.

"I'd also like to thank the Emirates Cricket Board for stepping in to host on
behalf of the BCB and Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe for their generous offers of
support, and we look forward to seeing ICC global events in both of those
countries in 2026."

Meanwhile, ICC Chair Greg Barclay confirmed to the Board that he will not
stand for a third term and will step down from the post when his current
tenure finishes at the end of November. Barclay was appointed as the
Independent ICC Chair in November 2020, before being re-elected in 2022.