The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that the inaugural U19 Women’s World Cup will be held in 2023 and will be followed by the Women's T20 World Cup. The ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice has confirmed the tournament as per ESPNCricinfo.
“Inaugural U19 Women’s World Cup to be held in January 2023. The upcoming edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup follows soon after, in February, and will be held in South Africa.”
The ICC CEO had earlier said that the U19 Women’s World Cup was “very much on the cards”.
"The Under-19 Women's World Cup is in the schedule for January 2023," Allardice said earlier. "Over the next couple of months, ahead of our April board meetings, we will be looking for potential hosts for that tournament with the hosts to be decided at the next board meetings. It's very much on the cards for next year."
The decision to host the Women’s U19 World Cup had been taken back in 2019 when Shashank Manohar was the chairman and the ICC was looking to hold the event every two years.