The Men in Blue will take on hosts Australia and New Zealand in their warm-up matches respectively for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, it has been announced on Thursday.
As per the warm-up fixtures announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC), teams which qualified to play the Super 12 round directly will play their warm-up games in Brisbane on October 17 and 19.
As per the schedule, India will take on Australia on October 17 and will play New Zealand on October 19. Both the matches will be held at the Gabba, Brisbane.
Notably, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 warm-up matches will be held in Melbourne and Brisbane for all 16 teams.
The First Round teams will play their warm-up fixtures between October 10 and 13 with matches to be divided between the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Junction Oval.
The teams that qualified to play the Super 12 round directly will play their warm-up games in Brisbane on October 17 and 19.
Melbourne Cricket Ground will host the first-round teams for their practice matches from October 10-13, Brisbane’s Gabba and Allan Border Field will be home to the Super 12 stage teams from October 17-19.
The first warm-up fixture will feature two-time champions West Indies (2012 and 2016) taking on the UAE at Junction Oval on October 10, with each of the first round teams to play two practise games. Scotland will then take on the Netherlands and Sri Lanka will face Zimbabwe in the two other games on the same day at the same venue.
Pakistan and England, winners of the 2009 and 2010 editions respectively, will then meet at the Gabba on October 18.
Sri Lanka, the winners of the T20 World Cup in 2014, will play their two warm-up games against Zimbabwe and Ireland on October 10 and October 13 respectively at the MCG.
The ICC also said that spectators will not be allowed to attend the warm-up fixtures that will take place over a period of nine days and the warm-up fixtures will not carry official T20 International status.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 warm-up fixtures (All times are Australia Standard Time):
10 Oct – West Indies v UAE, Junction Oval, 11:00 am
10 Oct – Scotland v Netherlands, Junction Oval, 3:00 pm
10 Oct – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, MCG, 7:00 pm
11 Oct – Namibia v Ireland, MCG, 7:00 pm
12 Oct – West Indies v Netherlands, MCG, 7:00 pm
13 Oct – Zimbabwe v Namibia, Junction Oval, 11:00 am
13 Oct – Sri Lanka v Ireland, Junction Oval, 3:00 pm
13 Oct – Scotland v UAE, MCG, 7:00 pm
17 Oct – Australia v India, The Gabba, 2:00 pm
17 Oct – New Zealand v South Africa, Allan Border Field, 2:00 pm
17 Oct – England v Pakistan, The Gabba, 6:00 pm
17 Oct – Afghanistan v Bangladesh, Allan Border Field, 6:00 pm
19 Oct – Afghanistan v Pakistan, The Gabba, 1:00 pm
19 Oct – Bangladesh v South Africa, Allan Border Field, 6:00 pm
19 Oct – New Zealand v India, The Gabba, 6:00 pm.