Bangladesh and Ireland have been added as the ninth and tenth teams in the 2022-25 Women's Championship, where finishing in the top six will ensure direct qualification to the ODI World Cup, which will next be played in 2025.

In this, the third Women's Championship cycle, each team will play eight three-match ODI series - four home and four away - over the next three years. At the end of it, the top five sides and the hosts [not decided yet] will automatically qualify for the World Cup. The other four teams will then take part in a qualifier against the 11th- and 12th-ranked teams in the ICC rankings, and the top two from that event will complete the line-up for the World Cup.

"We want to see the women's game as strong as possible and developing the next tier of nations is a big part of that."

ODI status to five associates
ODI status has been given to Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Thailand and USA with immediate effect.

"Increasing the number of teams in the ICC Women's Championship and awarding ODI status to five additional teams will help us to accelerate the growth of the women's game," ICC CEO Geoff Allardice said. "More teams playing more regularly creates a more competitive environment as we saw at the recent ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand."

Women's Championship 2022-25

Australia
Home: India, South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies Away: England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Ireland

Bangladesh
Home: India, Australia, Pakistan, Ireland Away: New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies

England
Home: India, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Away: New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, West Indies

India
Home: New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, West Indies Away: England, Australia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Ireland
Home: England, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka Away: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, West Indies

New Zealand
Home: England, Australia, Bangladesh, Pakistan Away: India, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies

Pakistan
Home: South Africa, Ireland, Sri Lanka, West Indies Away: England, New Zealand, Australia, Bangladesh

South Africa
Home: England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka Away: India, Australia, Pakistan, Ireland

Sri Lanka
Home: India, New Zealand, Bangladesh, West Indies Away: England, South Africa, Pakistan, Ireland

West Indies
Home: England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Ireland Away: India, Australia, Pakistan, Ireland