RICHARD GOULD heralded next year’s T20 World Cup as the “biggest women’s cricket event ever staged in England and Wales” as the seven venues for the tournament were revealed today.

Set to run from June 12 to July 5 2026, the 10th edition of the biennial tournament will take in Lord’s, the Oval, Old Trafford, Edgbaston, the Rose Bowl, Headingley and Bristol.

Lord’s will showcase the final, as the famed home of cricket did when England memorably won the 2017 50-over World Cup on home soil, but Gould has promised an even bigger occasion this time around.