Google releases new doodle as Women’s World Cup 2022 gets underway
The 2022 Women’s World Cup commenced on March 4th in New Zealand and has thus been marked by Google Doodle. The hosts, New Zealand, are taking on West Indies in the first game of the tournament at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. A google doodle is a special variation of the logo on the homepages of google used to commemorate events, holidays, accomplishments, and notable historical figures.
When searching Women’s World Cup on google today, one will be seeing cricket balls on their screen moving from left to right. For it to be viewed again, the confetti popper at the bottom of the screen can be clicked upon. The 2022 Women’s World cup is the 12th edition of the mega tournament with the first being played in England in 1973 and the latest in 2017, also in England. There will be a total of eight teams competing with England going into the tournament as the defending champions having defeated India in the finals of the last edition.
Opening games of the Women’s World Cup to be played with 10 per cent crowd occupancy
The home team in New Zealand qualified on the virtue of being the hosts. Australia, India, England and South Africa guaranteed their places in the World Cup by finishing amongst the top five teams in the Women’s Championship that was held between the period of 2017 to 2021. Based on the ICC ODI team rankings, Pakistan, West Indies and Bangladesh were the final three teams to seal their slots for the mega tournament.
A total of 31 games will be played between March 4th and April 3rd across six venues. Dunedin, Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton, Wellington and Mount Maunganui will be the six cities across the island nation hosting the tournament.
The main event was preceded by multiple practice matches with each team playing two warm-up games each in their build-up. Notably, due to the pandemic, full capacity crowds are not allowed for the opening fixtures, with the venues being permitted to be filled only with 10 per cent of the capacity.
