On Tuesday, ICC (International Cricket Council) announced the seven host cities that will host the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, a hammer to be played in Australia later this year. The tournament will have 45 matches being played across the seven venues revealed on social media.
Australia is the Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 champions, and runner-up New Zealand will join South Africa, Bangladesh, England, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan as teams who have gained direct entry into the Super 12 league stage of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022.
West Indies, Scotland, Sri Lanka, and Namibia will play in Round 1. The ongoing qualification pathway will fill the four remaining spots in the T20 World Cup 2022 and head in two global qualifying tournaments, one in Oman in February 2022 and the other in Zimbabwe in June and July.
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Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) To Host The Final Of The T20 World Cup 2022 On 13 November
The host cities are all locked in and ready for Australia's biggest Men’s T20 event for 2022 🏟#T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/QX3sZjOUGE
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) January 18, 2022
Ready to do all of this again? See what makes the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 so BIG 🔥
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) January 17, 2022
Full fixture coming Friday 21 January.#T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/HCXzofRSgG
The tournament, which is planned to take place between 16 October and 13 November this year and will see the matches being hosted at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, The Gabba in Brisbane, Kardinia Park in Geelong, Bellerive Oval in Hobart, Melbourne, Perth Stadium in Perth and Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney.
The T20 Men World Cup 2022 final will be played at the iconic (MCG) Melbourne Cricket Ground on 13 November 2022. Both semi-finals will be hosted at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) and Adelaide Oval on 9 and 10 November.