The match between the 2016 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup champions West Indies and Sri Lanka will be another high-profile match during the preliminary league of the qualifying round matches to be played in Zimbabwe from November 21 to December 5.
Pakistan and Bangladesh will also feature in a highly anticipated match on the opening day.
The 10-team tournament gets off with a set of warm-up matches on November 19, after which the south Asian rivals will play at the Old Hararians Club on November 21.
There will be three other matches played concurrently on the same day – West Indies versus Papua New Guinea, Thailand versus Zimbabwe and Ireland versus Netherlands.
West Indies, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Papua New Guinea and the Netherlands are in Group A while Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Zimbabwe and the United States are in Group B.
There is no knock-out stage in the competition, with the preliminary league, consisting of five teams each in two groups, followed by a Super Six stage to decide the final positions at the end of 29 matches.
The Zimbabwe tournament is an important one on the calendar as it decides three qualifiers for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 to be held in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3, joining five teams who have already qualified through the ICC Women’s Championship – Australia, England, India, South Africa and hosts New Zealand.