Three series between countries have been subject to the ruling - India v Pakistan, South Africa v Australia and Sri Lanka v New Zealand.

In the case of the India-Pakistan series, a sharing of the points was agreed after the ICC Women's Championship Technical Committee concluded that the series was unable to be played because of what it described as a force majeure event.

This conclusion was reached after the Board of Control for Cricket in India demonstrated that it was unable to obtain the necessary Government clearances to allow India to participate in the series against Pakistan, which was due to take place between July and November 2019.

The two other series between South Africa and Australia, and Sri Lanka and New Zealand, were cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

All eight teams in the 2017-2020 edition of the ICC Women’s Championship are scheduled to play each other in a three match series. 

The hosts of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021 New Zealand, and the next four highest-placed teams on the points table qualify for the tournament which opens on Saturday February 6 2021.

Australia, England, South Africa and India have already qualified by virtue of being the top four with Pakistan, New Zealand, West Indies and Sri Lanka completing the table.

The qualifying tournament for next year's ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup is scheduled to be played from July 3 to 19 in Sri Lanka, although this is subject to review due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

There are three remaining places in the tournament and contesting these will be Sri Lanka, Pakistan and West Indies from the ICC Women’s Championship, the two other teams with one-day international status in Bangladesh and Ireland, and the winners of the five regional qualifiers - Thailand {Asia}, Zimbabwe {Africa}, Papua New Guinea {East Asia Pacific}, United States of America {Americas} and The Netherlands {Europe}.