ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022

Australia host the eighth ICC Twenty20 World Cup, the pulsating 20-over format of cricket, a year after beating New Zealand in Dubai to claim their maiden title


Venues
Melbourne Cricket Ground  (MCG)
Largest stadium in southern hemisphere hosts final

Perth Stadium
Adelaide Oval
Geelong: Kardinia Park
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Brisbane: The Gabba
Sydney Cricket Ground
Hobart: Bellerive Oval


First Round
Top two in each group qualify for Super 12

Group A		Geelong
Namibia
Netherlands
Sri Lanka
United Arab Emirates

Group B		Hobart
Ireland 
Scotland 
West Indies 
Zimbabwe

Fixtures: All dates October
16 NAM - SRI
16 NED - UAE
18 NAM - NED
18 SRI - UAE 
20 NED - SRI 
20 NAM - UAE

17 SCO - WIN 
17 IRE - ZIM 
19 IRE - SCO 
19 WIN-ZIM 
21 IRE - WIN 
21 SCO - ZIM


Super 12
Top two in each group qualify for semi-finals

Group I
Afghanistan 
Australia 
England 
New Zealand 
Team A1 
Team B2

Group II
Bangladesh 
India 
Pakistan 
South Africa 
Team A2 
Team B1

Fixtures: October / November
22 AUS - NZL	Sydney
22 AFG - ENG 	Perth
23 A1  - B2	Hobart
25 AUS - A1	Perth
26 ENG - B2	Melbourne
26 AFG - NZL	Melbourne
28 AFG - B2	Melbourne
28 AUS - ENG	Melbourne
29 NZL - A1	Sydney
31 AUS - B2	Brisbane
1  AFG - A1	Brisbane
1  ENG - NZL	Brisbane
4  NZL - B2	Adelaide
4  AUS - AFG	Adelaide
5  ENG - A1	Sydney

23 IND - PAK 	Melbourne
24 BAN - A2	Hobart 
24 RSA - B1	Hobart
27 BAN - RSA	Sydney
27 IND - A2	Sydney
27 PAK - B1	Perth
30 BAN - B1	Brisbane
30 PAK - A2	Perth
30 IND - RSA	Perth
2  B1  - A2	Adelaide
2  BAN - IND	Adelaide
3  PAK - RSA	Sydney
6  RSA - A2 	Adelaide
6  BAN - PAK	Adelaide
6  IND - B1	Melbourne


Knock-out stage
Semi-finals: Nov 9

A I-1
II-2
Sydney
			Final: November 13
Nov 10			Melbourne Cricket Ground
B I-2 
II-1
Adelaide


David Warner
Australia – Player of tournament, 2021


BIG HITTING
Pakistan’s Babar Azam made four scores of 50 or more in 2021, equalling record for most 50s in single tournament

Most runs 2021		
Babar Azam PAK 		303
David Warner AUS 	289
Mohammad Rizwan PAK 	281
Jos Buttler ENG 	269
Charith Asalanka SRI	231


Source: ICC
Pictures: Getty Images
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