Zimbabwe and Namibia have sealed their places in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier early next year in Nepal, where ten teams will compete for four spots in the 2026 Women's T20 World Cup in England in June and July. Neither Zimbabwe nor Namibia have ever qualified for a women's World Cup in any format in the past.

They join Bangladesh, Ireland, Thailand, Nepal and USA, who have already made it to the global qualifying tournament. The remaining three teams will come from the other regional qualifiers - two from Europe and one from the East Asia-Pacific region.

Zimbabwe qualified by beating Uganda in the first semi-final of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Region Division One Qualifier in Windhoek on Thursday. Namibia beat Tanzania in the second semi-final to

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