Women's Cricket World Cup 2022: Everything you need to know
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The eight team captains with the Women's World Cup trophy
The Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 is here after a five-year wait!
England won the last tournament at home in 2017.
The One Day International (ODI) World Cup, which was delayed for a year due to Covid-19 pandemic, is being held in New Zealand this time around.
Starting on Friday 4 March, there will be 31 games played over 31 days so keep reading to find out more.
Where is the World Cup being held?
Suzie Bates of New Zealand and her teammates will be hoping to win the tournament on home soil
The Women's Cricket World Cup is being hosted by New Zealand in 2022.
Games will be played in six cities - Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga, Dunedin and Christchurch.
Wellington's Basin Reserve cricket ground will be used for a number of group matches and one semi-final match.
Hagley Oval in Christchurch will host the second semi-final and the final.
The first Women's World Cup tournament was held in England in 1973.
The England women's cricket team are the current World Cup champions and have won the event three times.
The Australia women's cricket team are the most successful and have won the tournament six titles.
Which countries are taking part?
England captain Heather Knight during the Women's Cricket World Cup
Eight teams are playing in the tournament - hosts New Zealand, Australia, England, India, South Africa, West Indies, Pakistan and Bangladesh (making their first appearance at a Women's Cricket World Cup)
Every team will play each other once during the group stage of the tournament.
The top four teams, with the highest points in the group table, will then move onto the semi-finals on 30 and 31 March.
The winners of those matches will play in the final on 3 April.
Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Kate Cross, Sophie Ecclestone, Tash Farrant, Amy Jones (wicketkeeper), Heather Knight (captain), Emma Lamb, Nat Sciver (vice-captain), Anya Shrubsole, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Danni Wyatt.
Travelling reserves: Lauren Bell, Mady Villiers.
Which team are the favourites to win?
Australia players look on during the national anthem before their Cricket World Cup match against Pakistan
Australia are going into this year's World Cup as favourites.
They've won the tournament six times before and have only lost two of the 30 ODI games they have played since the 2017 World Cup.
Other teams to watch out for though will be defending champions England and the world's number two ranked ODI side, South Africa.
New Zealand fans will also be hoping their side bring home the trophy on home soil.
What will the champions win?
The Women's World Cup trophy at the opening game
The champions will win just over £1 million ($1.32m) in prize money, while the total prize pot for the whole tournament is £2.67m ($3.5m).
That's an increase on the prize money awarded at the 2017 Women's World Cup, but it is still less than what was on offer at the most recent men's tournament.
At the men's Cricket World Cup in 2019, England won £3.05m ($4m) for just winning the tournament.
That's more than the total money on offer at this this year's women's event.
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