20-20 World Cup 2022: Cricket's governing body announces schedule of warm-up games

In a recent and big piece of news, the cricket’s governing body has announced the schedule of the T20 World Cup 2022. The marquee international tournament will be played next month in October in Australia. A total of 16 teams are participating in the eighth edition of the tournament.

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The warm-up schedule is divided into two slots, the first one is from October 10 to October 13 and the second one will be between the teams who have qualified for the Super 12 round on the 17^th of October and the 19^th of October.

Warm-up matches will start with the first clash between West Indies and UAE on the 10^th of October at the Junction Oval. Defending champions and hosts of the tournament, Australia will play their only warm-up match against India on the 17^th of October.

Meanwhile, the main round of the tournament will commence on the 16^th of October. Sri Lanka and Namibia will face off each other in the opening encounter at Geelong.

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Here’s the complete itinerary of the warm-up fixtures of the T20 World Cup (All times according to the local time in Australia):

10 Oct - West Indies v UAE, Junction Oval, 11:00am

10 Oct - Scotland v Netherlands, Junction Oval, 3:00 pm

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10 Oct - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, MCG, 7:00pm

11 Oct - Namibia v Ireland, MCG, 7:00pm

12 Oct - West Indies v Netherlands, MCG, 7:00 pm

13 Oct - Zimbabwe v Namibia, Junction Oval, 11:00am

13 Oct - Sri Lanka v Ireland, Junction Oval, 3:00 pm

13 Oct - Scotland v UAE, MCG, 7:00pm

17 Oct - Australia v India, The Gabba, 2:00pm

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