An Overview of 2013 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup

The 10th edition of the 2013 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is here. Catch all the action either from the venues or form the comforts of your holiday home.

Though not as popular as their men's counterpart the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup has been gathering a steady stream of followers for the past few years.  First held in 1973 two years before the first limited over’s World Cup for men, the Women Cricket World Cup owes its initiation to Sir Jack Hayward who contributed £40,000 for the event. The first event was held in England and saw participation from England, Australia, New Zealand, and the now defunct Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, International XI and a Young England in a round robin league. England emerged as the winners with Australia being the runner ups.  Till now, a total of nine women's cricket world cup has been organized with Australia emerging the winners four times.

This year the 10th ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is being held in India from 31st Jan-17th Feb. Around  8 teams- England, Australia, New Zealand,  South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies and India will be participating in the event that is to be held at Mumbai and Cuttack.  If you are interested in watching these cricket matches in person, we suggest that you make your plans accordingly. Mumbai has some excellent serviced apartments located near to the match venues- the Middle Income Group Ground in Bandra, the Bandra Kurla Complex and the Barbourne Stadium at Church Gate.

A few matches will be held at the Barabati Stadium and the DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack. Though Cuttack has some good hotels, short term rentals are few. Though you can book some holiday apartments at Bhubaneswar –Cuttack‘s twin City. Bhubaneswar is around 30-40 drive by car and is easily reachable by train and car.

So, if you planning to catch some live action, we suggest that you book your accommodation and match tickets quickly.