On Monday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the T20 World Cup schedule for next year will be announced on January 21, 2022.
The ICC announced 45 games will be played between 16 October 2022 and 13 November 2022 in Adelaide, Brisbane, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney.
The ICC made a statement on December 6 (Monday) announcing, “The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 is less than 11 months away and fans can soon start preparing their World Cup experience with the full fixture set to be announced on January 21, 2022. With the announcement of the fixture, fans will be able to plan which matches they want to attend and where, before tickets go on sale to the public on February 7, 2022.”
“The final of the T20 World Cup will be played under lights at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on November 13, 2022, while the semi-finals will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) and Adelaide Oval on November 9th and 10th 2022.”
“As announced in November, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 champions Australia and runner-up New Zealand plus Afghanistan, Bangladesh, England, India, Pakistan, and South Africa as the next highest-ranked teams will gain direct entry into the Super 12 stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.”
“Namibia, Scotland, Sri Lanka, and the West Indies will play in Round 1. The four remaining spots at Australia 2022 will be filled via the ongoing qualification pathway, culminating in two global qualifying tournaments one to take place in Oman in February and the other in Zimbabwe in July,”
The upcoming tournament will be the eighth edition of the ICC T20 world cup tournament, which started in 2007.