The ICC has announced the schedule of warm-up matches to be played in the lead-up to the ICC World Twenty20 tournament slated to be staged in the West Indies from April 30 to May 16.
With just 16 days to go before the first match takes place in Guyana on April 30, both the men and women’s teams will play a series of warm-up matches against other international teams or host XIs where a competing team is not available.
The men’s teams will play their warm-ups from April 27-29 in Barbados, St Lucia and Guyana while the women will play on May 2 and 3 in St Kitts. Like previous ICC events, none of these matches will carry official Twenty20 International status.
It should also be noted in the men’s warm-up schedule India has elected not to play any warm-up matches while Sri Lanka has opted to play only one warm-up match.
Admission is free for all the warm-up matches.
Warm-up matches (Men)
April 27, 2010
09:30 Windward XI v Pakistan, Beausejour Cricket Ground, St Lucia
13:30 Barbados XI v Bangladesh, Kensington Oval, Barbados
13:30 Australia v Zimbabwe, Beausejour Cricket Ground, St Lucia
13:30 Ireland v New Zealand, Guyana National Stadium, Guyana
17:00 West Indies v Afghanistan, Guyana National Stadium, Guyana
April 28, 2010
09:30 Sri Lanka v South Africa, Kensington Oval, Barbados
13:30 Bangladesh v England, Kensington Oval, Barbados
13:30 Ireland v Afghanistan, Guyana National Stadium, Guyana
17:00 West Indies v New Zealand, Guyana National Stadium, Guyana
April 29, 2010
09:30 Windward XI v Australia, Beausejour Cricket Ground, St Lucia
13:30 England v South Africa, Kensington Oval, Barbados
13:30 Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Beausejour Cricket Ground, St Lucia
Warm-up matches (Women)
May 2, 2010
10:00 West Indies v Pakistan, St Paul’s, St Kitts
10:00 Australia v New Zealand, Molineux, St Kitts
14:00 England v India, St Paul’s, St Kitts
14:00 South Africa v Sri Lanka, Molineux, St Kitts
May 3, 2010
10:00 England v Sri Lanka, St Paul’s, St Kitts
10:00 India v South Africa, Cayon, St Kitts
14:00 Australia v Pakistan, St Paul’s, St Kitts
14:00 New Zealand v West Indies, Cayon, St Kitts