The ICC Women’s Committee chairperson Clare Connor is delighted with the governing body’s International Development Board (IDI) for approving six global women’s tournaments between 2016 and 2023.

The schedule will see two ICC Women’s World Cups as well as four ICC World Twenty20 events, including the continuation of the joint men’s and women’s events of the World Twenty20 in 2016 and 2020 in India and Australia, respectively.

In 2018, in the West Indies and 2022 in South Africa, the women’s event will be a stand-alone tournament.

Speaking from London, Connor said: “I am delighted with the schedule of women’s events through to 2023. It is a great outcome for women’s cricket.

“The agreement of a schedule that incorporates a fixed cycle for women’s events illustrates how seriously women’s cricket is taken by the International Cricket Council.