UAE women's team get ODI status for 2025-29 cycle, replace USA
UAE replaced USA in the list of 16 women's teams with ICC ODI status for 2025-29 cycle, which comes into effect on May 12. UAE secured spot as next-highest-ranked Associate team (Number 16 in T20Is) at the time of annual rankings update. Teams with ODI status must play at least eight ODIs in three to four years to maintain ranking.