A new global tournament, the ICC Women's Emerging Nations Trophy, involving eight teams from four continents, will be played from November 20 to 30 in Bangkok. Thailand , Papua New Guinea , Netherlands , UAE , Scotland , Namibia , Tanzania and Uganda will take part in the inaugural edition.

The trigger for the tournament, an ICC statement said, was the success of the recent ODI World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, where "more than 500 million viewers in India" were recorded and there was also "significant growth in viewership across countries".

"Nearly 300,000 fans attended matches across India and Sri Lanka and the event concluded with India becoming the first Asian team to lift the Women's Cricket World Cup, a watershed moment in the evolution of the sport and the socio-

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