Women World cup T20 2014& qualifier round for 2016

While on one side the ICC World T20 Cup was progressing ,on the other side aWorld T20 Cup tournament for the Women world cup 2014 was also progressing in BenglaDesh.4 teams were qualified for Semifinals &6 nations qualified for the next Women World Cup2016. 6Teams qualified for the Tournament to be held in 2016 in INDIA The criterion for qualification is 4 semifinalists& 2 play off games winners. Australia,England,West Indies& South Africa have since been qualified for Semifinals. Besides,India also qualified for the 2016 cup to be held in India by defeating Pakistan 6 runs yesterday.Similarly New Zealand also qualified for the 2016 World T20 Cup. The very first edition was in the year 2007In South Africa when India won the Title by beating Pakistan by 5 runs. The second edition was in 2009 in England whenPakistan won the title by beating Srilanka The 3rd edition Was in 2010 in West Indies .Here England defeated Australia.The 4th Edition was held in Srilanka The final was between West Indies& Srilanka.West Indies won the title The 5th edition in 2014 is being held & in progress in BenglaDesh.The semifinal stage has reached .the 4 teams in Semifinals are Australia,West Indies,England& South Africa.The first semi is to be played today(3rd of April2014) Between Australia & West indies & the second on 4th April 2014 between England& South Africa. The final is scheduled for 6th April 2014. Australian women,soth Africa women& Srilankan Women & new Zealand women are yet to win a Word T20 Cup. This year in BenglaDesh besides leading Cricketplaying Nations BenglaDesh & Ireland had also participated. The qualifying match for 2016 edition was a thriller in which India had beaten Pakistan. This thriller prompted me to write this Blog after gathering that the Women cricket too are in full swing and not at all lagging behind. Since this edition was held in BenglaDesh side by side with Men T20 World cup,there was no much popularity for Women Cricket. It could have been better had the Women's edition was held after Men's Edition. Sothat the Women could have Attracted more people I don't mean to say that Women are not attracted by men.I just meant about this women World Cup. To be frank I would like to insist upon the need for more exposure for Women in cricket than available at present. In every field in every leading countries women have advanced equally with men if not above men. In the circumstances,the ignoring of Women in the field of Sports& Games alone does not appear to be correct& truly justified. SreedharanMundanat 3rd April 2014 06-50 hrs( IST) ,