ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 warm-up fixtures

The ICC has released warm-up fixtures for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 in India from September 30 - November 2. A total of nine warm-up matches will take place in Bengaluru and Colombo, with four venues respectively, from 25-28 September, which will allow teams to prepare their combinations before the tournament.

All eight qualified nations will feature in the warm-up round, with each side playing two matches, except for defending champions Australia, who are scheduled to play just one. Additionally, India ‘A’ and Sri Lanka ‘A’ will participate in select fixtures, offering local talent a valuable chance to compete against the world’s best.

In Bengaluru, a total of five matches will be played at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground and the historic M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. The other four matches will be played in Colombo at the R. Premadasa Stadium and the Colombo Cricket Club Ground.

The warm-up phase begins with a highly anticipated match between India and England on 25 September, a repeat of the 2017 World Cup final. South Africa and New Zealand will meet at the same time in Bengaluru, while the other matches in Colombo will see Sri Lanka play Pakistan and Bangladesh take on Sri Lanka 'A'.

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Australia’s sole appearance in the warm-up round comes on September 27 when they meet England. On the same day, India takes on New Zealand, and Sri Lanka faces Bangladesh. The last round of matches will take place on 28 September with South Africa playing India ‘A’ in Bengaluru, and Pakistan playing Sri Lanka ‘A’ in Colombo. These matches will be important to see which players are in form and how they are adapting to the playing conditions, prior to the main event commencing.

ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 – Warm-Up Schedule