ICC Women’s Championship - State of Play ahead of 2025 World Cup

With the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 nearing, the stakes are higher than ever in the ICC Women’s Championship with automatic qualification in next year’s event still up for grabs.

Featuring 10 teams and contested between 2022 and 2025, the third edition of the ICC Women's Championship is to determine the initial qualifications for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup in addition to hosts India. Each side plays eight three-match ODI series and at the end of them, the top five-ranked sides (barring India) in the points table shall earn a ticket to the pinnacle event of the format.

Australia, England and India - occupying the top-three places in the points table in that order - are part of a three-way race for top spot in the Women's Championship, with the reigning ODI champions (Australia) still with five matches left to play.

While Australia and England have already qualified for the World Cup, South Africa - currently placed fourth in the points table - are also through, having defeated England in the opening match of their three-game home series.

In the middle of the table, there's a tussle between Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Bangladesh and West Indies for the remaining two automatic qualification spots.

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