No Change In Women's ODI World Cup: ICC CEO Andrea Nelson

No venues are changed due to Omicron

ICC women's ODI World Cup CEO Andrea Nelson asserted that there will be no change in the number of venues or scheduling of the event despite the recent spread of the COVID-19's Omicron variant in host country New Zealand.

According to ICC, the World Cup is scheduled to be held in New Zealand from March 4, with the hosts taking on West Indies in the tournament opener. Yet, New Zealand is still shrouded in the dark clouds of Omicron, several restrictions have been imposed.

"We have been in preparation to host the World Cup here in 2022 for quite a sometime, originally it was scheduled for 2021. We are well on track and 35 days away from the opening match in Tauranga and 66 days away from the final at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch," says the official.

"The first thing to say is that the tournament schedule is remaining as it is, and that involves moving around New Zealand," Nelson told a select group of reporters on a con-call on this morning.

She also added, "We are working with the ICC in a managed environment. But broadly speaking, the tournament will proceed nationwide as planned."

Recently, New Zealand Cricket announced a reworked schedule to curb the risk of COVID-19 by ensuring that the teams will not have to travel a lot for matches in both men's and women's events.

CEO also added, "the big change in the last week or so has come about though is New Zealand has the Omicron variant. But what hasn't changed is our full commitment to staging an incredible event for the athletes."

According to the officials, the World Cup is slated to be played at six venues - - Tauranga, Dunedin, Hamilton, Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch and Nelson maintained that as of now there was no change in location.