Published: Dec 02, 2014, 09:56 AM (IST)
Edited: Feb 11, 2015, 12:55 PM (IST)
Dubai: Dec 2, 2014
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the complete schedule of the ICC World Cup 2015, including match timings. A total of 14 non-One-Day International (ODI) warm-up matches will be played across Adelaide, Christchurch, Melbourne and Sydney from February 8-13, with host and four-time former world champion Australia taking on reigning world champion India at Adelaide Oval on the first day.
Four matches will be played on the second day, with Christchurch hosting South Africa and Sri Lanka at Hagley Oval, and co-host New Zealand and Zimbabwe going head to head at Bert Sutcliffe Oval. In Sydney, England will face West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and Blacktown will host the Asian clash between Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Three qualifiers will be in action on Tuesday, February 10, day three of the warm-up matches. European rivals Ireland and Scotland will lock horns at Blacktown in Sydney.
Eight sides will feature on Wednesday, 11 February. New Zealand will meet South Africa at Hagley Oval, and Sri Lanka will take on Zimbabwe at Bert Sutcliffe Oval (both matches in Christchurch), 1992 World Cup finalists England and Pakistan will test each other at the Sydney Cricket Ground and Australia will play the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
On Thursday, February 12, the West Indies will play Scotland at the Sydney Cricket Ground and Ireland will play Bangladesh in Blacktown, while Friday, February 13, sees the UAE play Afghanistan at Melbourne’s Junction Oval in the final warm-up game.
Additionally, the ICC has also confirmed the match start times of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
The tournament opener on February 14 between New Zealand and Sri Lanka will start at 1100 (NZT), while Australia will square-off against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the same day with the first ball to be bowled at 1430 (AEDT).
The final On March 29 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground will start at 1430 (AEDT).
The schedules of warm-up matches are:
Sunday, 8 February –India v Australia (1400), Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Monday, 9 February – South Africa v Sri Lanka (1100), Hagley Oval, Christchurch; New Zealand v Zimbabwe (1100), Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Christchurch; England v West Indies (1430), Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney; Pakistan v Bangladesh (1430), Blacktown ISP, Sydney
Tuesday, 10 February – Ireland v Scotland (1430), Blacktown ISP, Sydney; India v Afghanistan (1400), Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Wednesday, 11 February – New Zealand v South Africa (1100), Hagley Oval, Christchurch; Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (1100), Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Christchurch; Australia v UAE (1430), Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne; England v Pakistan (1430), Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Thursday, 12 February – West Indies v Scotland (1000), Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney; Ireland v Bangladesh (1000), Blacktown ISP, Sydney
Friday, 13 February – Afghanistan v UAE (1000) Junction Oval, Melbourne.
