Dubai, May 15 -- : The United States and Canada will compete in the ICC Women's Qualifier Americas, beginning May 17, to continue their journey to the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 and ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2021.

The teams will play three T20 Internationals in as many days at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The USA and Canada are just two steps away from the tournaments to be held in Australia and New Zealand in 2020 and 2021 respectively, meaning the honour of representing their region in the next phase of qualification is up for grabs.

The Women's Qualifier Americas is one of five regional tournaments acting as a dual qualifier for 27 teams. Firstly, in their pursuit of a spot in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier - taking place...