JO­HAN­NES­BURG, South Africa – Or­gan­is­ers have placed 30 000 tick­ets on sale for next month’s Women’s Twen­ty20 World Cup here, as the 30-day count­down to the In­ter­na­tion­al Crick­et Coun­cil show­piece be­gan Wednes­day.

The tick­ets have been priced at 30 South African Rand (US$1.79) for match­es at the three host venues – New­lands Crick­et Ground in Cape Town, Boland Park in Paarl and St George’s Park in Gqe­ber­ha – and are avail­able for pur­chase from venue box of­fices or on­line.

West In­dies Women will con­test Group 2 of the Feb­ru­ary 10-26 tour­na­ment along­side Eng­land, 2020 los­ing fi­nal­ists In­dia, Ire­land and Pak­istan.

Group 1 com­pris­es hosts South Africa, ti­tle-hold­ers Aus­tralia, Bangladesh, Sri Lan­ka and New Zealand.

“It is so ex­cit­ing that we are on­ly 30 days away un­til the start of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup when the best crick­eters from around the world will com­pete for the ul­ti­mate prize in T20 crick­et,” said ICC Head of Events, Chris Tet­ley.

“The en­ter­tain­ing vibe and ac­tiv­i­ties planned for spec­ta­tors at match­es is not to be missed, so I urge all fans to take ad­van­tage of the pro­mo­tion and be a part of a World Cup be­fore tick­ets sell out.”

Lead­ing South African artistes are ex­pect­ed to make ap­pear­ances dur­ing the tour­na­ment, head­lin­ing ro­bust en­ter­tain­ment pack­ages at top tier match­es.

The ICC said this was with the aim of “putting on a spec­tac­u­lar show for the spec­ta­tors” and cre­at­ing “a mem­o­rable and in­clu­sive ex­pe­ri­ence for every­one.”

“Be­ing a Gqe­ber­ha lo­cal, I know the ex­pe­ri­ence and at­mos­phere is go­ing to be elec­tric. Fans are go­ing to be in for a treat on and off the field,” said South Africa cap­tain, Dane van Niek­erk.

South Africa raise the cur­tain on the tour­na­ment on Feb­ru­ary 10 with a clash against Sri Lan­ka in Cape Town, with West In­dies get­ting their cam­paign up and run­ning the fol­low­ing day against Paarl.

The se­mi-fi­nals and fi­nal are card­ed for Cape Town.

CMC