Antigua, Guyana and St Lucia have been announced as the venues for the 2018 ICC Women’s World T20

The three venues were selected by Cricket West Indies through a bidding process and have been ratified by the ICC.

The preliminary round matches will be held at the Guyana National Stadium and Darren Sammy Stadium in Saint Lucia, with the two semi-finals and final being staged at the Sir Viv Richards Stadium in Antigua.

The event is scheduled to run from Novemberr 9 to 24 and sees tournament host and defending champions West Indies being joined by New Zealand, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and world champions England who have all achieved qualification.

The remaining two spots will be taken by Bangladesh, Holland, Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Thailand, Uganda or United Arab Emirates, all of whom will compete in the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier in the Netherlands from July 3-14.

The November event in the Caribbean will be the first stand-alone ICC Women’s World T20 after the past six events were played alongside the men’s event.