T20 crowds won't be hit by football World Cup - ICC

T20 crowds won't be hit by football World Cup - ICCImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The 2026 tournament has already broken the record for tickets sales at a Women's T20 World CupPublished15 minutes ago1 CommentsThe Women's T20 World Cup in England can "coexist" with the ongoing football World Cup rather than being overshadowed, says the International Cricket Council's chief executive Sanjog Gupta.England opened the T20 World Cup with a thumping win over Sri Lanka on Friday in front of a crowd of 14,865 fans at Edgbaston.Organisers hope the tournament can have a similar impact to the women's football and rugby union tournaments won by England's Lionessess and Red Roses in 2022 and 2025 respectively, but the event faces a battle for eyeballs with the football in North America."The Fifa Men's World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico is being broadcast in timings which are very different from the Women's T20 World Cup in England and Wales," Gupta told BBC Sport."We've not seen any impact on ticket sales, if anything the ticket sales have been stronger than ever."If the weather holds up then we will have a fantastic tournament which will stand in its own right. It is not in any way being played in the shadow."Women's T20 World Cup: Scotland eye big score as Ireland wilt'Mummy hundred' gives Wyatt-Hodge her deserved day in the sunPublished11 hours agoWhy T20 World Cup matters to England and wider gamePublished1 day agoTicket sales for this tournament have already passed the previous record for a Women's T20 World Cup. They currently stand around 220,000 - a figure the ICC is keen to push towards 300,000. That would almost double the number who attended the 2020 Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.Though Friday's Birmingham attendance was encouraging, Edgbaston was not sold out. A crowd of around 8,000 is expected at Old Trafford on Saturday for the double hea...