ICC extends partnership with UNICEF for 2020 Women's T20 World Cup

International Cricket Council (ICC) has anunced it has extended its partnership with UNICEF through to ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 with focus on empowering women and girls through cricket. extension of partnership will once again see ICC provide UNICEF with a platform for fundraising to help bring positive change to women and girls and drive awareness for work that UNICEF does as a global champion for children's rights in cricket playing nations. During ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, UNICEF raised USD 180,000 as part of One Day 4 Children and this money will go directly to fund a girls' cricket project in Afghanistan. 

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programme which will run for 12 months, will comprise of a new competitive cricket competition for school d girls as well as training for 120 teachers and providing cricket equipment to deliver cricket and a community outreach programme working with elders to reinforce positive impact girls playing cricket can have. Money raised during CWC19 will fund a girls' cricket project in Afghanistan. Monies raised during ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 will go to similar projects in cricket playing nations, including an invative programme to promote girls' participation in cricket in Sri Lanka and build peace in communities.  Fans can be part of changing lives through cricket by donating various set amounts when buying tickets and at in-stadia activations. Fans watching globally will also be able to join in and make a difference through an online mechanism that will be promoted throughout event.

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"We are delighted to extend our partnership with UNICEF to ICC Women's T20 World Cup. I want us to harness extraordinary reach of our sport to empower women and girls around world through cricket and using ICC events as a fundraising platform enables us to do that," ICC CEO Manu Sawhney said.

"Sport for development and in particular cricket can be a powerful tool to transform lives and projects in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are designed to have a long-term positive impact with teachers being trained to deliver cricket to girls for years to come."

ICC and UNICEF partnership commenced in 2015, as part of ICC's global community outreach programme 'Cricket 4 Good'. partnership and public donations continue to bring positive change to children through programmes in cricket playing nations focused on empowering women and girls in cricket

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