This year’s Women’s T20 World Cup is the ninth edition of the competition since its creation in 2009. That year, England triumphed over New Zealand in the final, on home soil, but Australia have won six of the subsequent seven tournaments.

Australia’s women’s team, three-time T20 World Cup champions, face New Zealand in a warm-up series to prepare for the upcoming tournament in the UAE's scorching heat.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announces record prize money of more than £6m for next month's Women's T20 World Cup.

The winners of the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup that begins on October 3 in the UAE will receive USD 2.34 million in prize money, an increase of 134% over the USD 1 million Australia were awarded for winning the tournament in 2023.

By Ian Omoro The prize money for the champions of the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup, which gets underway in the United Arab Emirates on October 3, will be USD 2.34

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has unveiled a substantial increase in the prize money for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, which is set to take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from October 3 to October 20.

The ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 winners will receive Rs 19.6 crore for winning the title - a massive 134 per cent increase from the women's T20 World Cup 2023.