ICC World Cup Warm-up Matches Schedule Announced by ICC
ICC World Cup Warm-up Matches Schedule Announced by ICC
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the complete schedule of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, including match start time and warm-up matches, today.
The public will be welcome to attend warm up matches which will be ticketed but free of charge. Details of how to obtain tickets will be announced in due course. It should be noted that warm-up matches are not official ODIs and operate under slightly different rules with up to 15 players able to be used throughout the game with no more than 11 players may field at any one time. The spectator experience will not be the same standard as at normal ODI matches.
A total of 14 non-ODI warm-up matches will be played across Adelaide, Christchurch, Melbourne and Sydney from 8 to 13 February, 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.
Three qualifiers will be in action on Tuesday, 10 February, day three of the warm-up matches.
Eight sides will feature on Wednesday, 11 February.
On Thursday, 12 February, the West Indies will play Scotland at the Sydney Cricket Ground and Ireland will play Bangladesh in Blacktown, while Friday, 13 February, sees the UAE play Afghanistan at Melbourne’s Junction Oval in the final warm-up game.
For media, entry will be through the normal accreditation process and only those that complete the second phase of the accreditation process, which starts on 1 December, will be given access to the venues.
Additionally, the ICC has also confirmed the match start time of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
The 14 February tournament opener between New Zealand and Sri Lanka will start at 11:00 (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 14:30 (AEDT).
The 29 March final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground will start at 1430 (AEDT).
Complete schedule with match start time is attached.
The schedule of warm-up matches is:
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
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