Manuka Oval concerns return along with Canberra's smoke

But that prospect hasn't dampened Cricket ACT chief executive James Allsopp's hopes of selling out Manuka Oval at the Women's Twenty20 World Cup to get Canberra's highest crowd for a women's game at the venue.

Manuka is hosting five games for the T20 World Cup, including Australia taking on Bangladesh on February 29.

It's also hosting a T20 tri-series between Australia, England and India, which starts on Friday.

The smoke has returned to Canberra in recent days, having already smoked out a Big Bash League game late last year.

Allsopp said the games would fall under the ICC's guidelines, which puts the decision in the match officials' hands.

It also states they should considering suspending play when the air quality index reaches 200, but especially once it's reached 300.

Allsopp said visibility would also be considered along with the air quality.

"Obviously there's concerns [about the smoke], but given that we've had a lot of cricket at Manuka Oval and apart from the second half of the Thunder game it hasn't really had an impact," he said.

"The ICC have got guidelines that they'll implement for both the tri-series and the World Cup games, where they've got a metric where they'll suspend play if necessary.

"It's hard to predict what's going to happen in the next few days, but fingers crossed."

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Allsopp has his sights set on selling out Manuka when Australia takes on Bangladesh.

He said it was a chance for people to see Australian players Ellyse Perry, Meg Lanning and Alyssa Healy - who would all go down in history as greats of the game.

"We're really confident and ambitious about breaking the record at Manuka Oval," Allsopp said.

"It would be so great to see the Australian women's team, who have been absolute pioneers for the game, have a sellout crowd for the game against Bangladesh."

The World Cup was in Canberra on Wednesday and Allsopp presented Canberra scorer Anne Sutherland with a replica of the trophy.

She's taken long service leave from being a school assistant at Daramalan College and will score during the World Cup.

Sutherland fell in love with cricket when she watched it while sitting on her grandfather's knee, but she couldn't play herself.

Girls didn't play cricket back then. But that hasn't stopped her from being involved in the game.

"I just used to sit on Pop's knee. He's no longer with me, but everytime I watch a game of cricket it's like being there again," Sutherland said.