(CMC) – ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup organisers have unveiled the schedule for the official warm-up matches leading into the tournament, and only venues in Trinidad and the United States will stage them.
The 16-match schedule announced on Wednesday by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the world organising body for the sport, showed the matches will be split equally between venues in Trinidad and the United States.
Queen’s Park Oval and Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad will stage matches, and the three approved international venues in the United States—Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill in the state of Florida, Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas in the state of Texas, and Nassau County International Cricket Stadium east of Manhattan in the state of New York—have been carded to host matches.
Co-hosts West Indies will play only one warm-up match against Test and one-day international world champions Australia, a night-time contest starting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, at the Queen’s Park Oval.
India has only one warm-up match scheduled against fellow Asian side Bangladesh in the United States, but the start time and match venue are yet to be confirmed. While defending champions England have no warm-up matches scheduled, neither do New Zealand nor Pakistan.
The warm-up matches will be 20 overs a side, but they will not carry official T20I status as teams will be allowed to field all members of their 15-player squad.
According to the ICC news release announcing the schedule, teams will have the option of playing up to two warm-up matches depending on their arrival time at the event, a change from previous tournaments.
Match Schedule
Monday, May 27
Canada vs Nepal, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Grand Prairie, Texas, 10:30am
Oman vs Papua New Guinea, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad, 3pm
Namibia vs Uganda, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad, 7pm
Tuesday, May 28
Sri Lanka vs Netherlands, Broward County Stadium, Broward County, Florida, 10:30am
Bangladesh vs USA, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Grand Prairie, Texas, 10:30am
Australia vs Namibia, Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad, 7pm
Wednesday, May 29
South Africa intra-squad, Broward County Stadium, Broward County, Florida, 10:30am
Afghanistan vs Oman, Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad, 1pm
Thursday, May 30
Nepal vs USA, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Grand Prairie, Texas, 10:30am
Scotland vs Uganda, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad, 10:30am
Netherlands vs Canada, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Grand Prairie, Texas, 3pm
Namibia vs Papua New Guinea, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad, 3pm
West Indies vs Australia, Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad, 7pm
Friday, May 31
Ireland vs Sri Lanka, Broward County Stadium, Broward County, Florida, 10:30am
Scotland vs Afghanistan, Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad, 10:30am
Saturday, June 1
Bangladesh vs India, Venue TBC USA
