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00:00T20 Women's Cricket World Cup 2019
00:07The T20 Women's Cricket World Cup 2019
00:10which will start on 18th January 2025
00:13will be held by Malaysian Cricket Association President, Muhammad Iqbal Ali Qasim Puasati
00:17with a smooth preparation process
00:19even though the preparation time is less than a month before the first match.
00:22As many as 16 teams will compete in 41 matches
00:25for two weeks in a row.
00:27Including the second edition.
00:29And the Malaysian Cricket Association is fully prepared
00:32even though they are in the same group as the defending champion, India.
00:38Yes, correct. We are in the death group.
00:41But you know, the teams India, Sri Lanka and West Indies are all defending champions.
00:48They are all top 6, top 8 world ranking.
00:51We are 24th. But that is not an excuse at all.
00:54As far as we are concerned, our preparation has been tip-top.
00:58In fact, yesterday they went through a mind-programming program.
01:03So, this is how we do it.
01:07And the program is well-organized.
01:11I mean, they go stage by stage.
01:14So, now we've got three more weeks.
01:16Three and a half weeks.
01:17So, God willing, their level of intensity will increase.
01:22We toured Thailand in the month of October.
01:28And we toured Sri Lanka in the month of November.
01:32But it was a choice, the reason why we picked November
01:36because at that time, the rainy season was very bad in Malaysia.
01:40So, we said, okay, we're going to take the team out from Malaysia.
01:43And the only play at that time was the last minute.
01:46Because we had some challenges.
01:50To go to Australia, you need a visa and so on.
01:53So, what we did was, we chose plan B was to go to Sri Lanka
01:56because visa on demand, visa on arrival.
01:59So, it's okay.
02:01And we've got our strong contacts in Sri Lanka too.
02:05But it's a blessing, right?
02:08The last few days before Sri Lanka, it started to rain too.
02:11It was chaotic too.
02:12As a preparation, the Malaysian staff also conducted intensive training abroad,
02:17starting in Aysen at the end of October.
02:19In addition, the training session in Sri Lanka was also held at the end of November
02:23in place of the original plan to go to Australia.
02:26This visa was taken in accordance with the visa problems faced
02:29as well as the rainy weather in Malaysia
02:31which is not suitable for conducting training optimally.
02:34Malaysia will open the tender on the 19th of January
02:36at Bayu Emas Oval, Pandamaran Kelang, meeting Sri Lanka.
02:46For live UN video visit www.un.org