It’s finally here.
The 2023 Men’s Cricket World Cup kicks off this Thursday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, with New Zealand and England meeting in a rematch of the memorable 2019 final.
Ten teams will play 48 ODIs over six weeks as they prepare for the final, which will also be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium on November 19.
Hosts India, ranked number one in the world, look to be the tournament favourites, but England and Australia boast the experience and talent of their teams.
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FORMAT
Each of the ten countries will play each other once in a 45-match group stage, with the top four teams advancing to the knockout stages. For a win, two points are awarded, and in case of no result, one point for both teams.
If teams are tied on points at the end of the group stage, their placing will be determined by their net result. First place will play fourth place and second place will play third place in the semi-finals, with the winners of each match qualifying for the final on November 19.
Any matches that end in a draw, including during the group stage, will be decided by a super over. If the super over is also a draw, they will immediately play another super over (so the boundary doesn’t count this time, sorry England).
Reserve days are allocated for the semi-finals and finals.
HOW TO WATCH
All 48 matches will be broadcast live and ad-free on Fox Cricket (channel 501) and streaming platform Kayo Sports.
Kayo also has “Mini” highlight packages and full replays after each match.
PRIZE MONEY
Champions – 4 million US dollars.
Finalists – 2 million US dollars.
Semifinalists – $800,000.
Group internship – $100,000.
The total prize fund is 10 million US dollars.
The winners of each of the 45 group stage matches also receive US$40,000 per victory.
LIGHTS
All times AEDT
October 5
England – New Zealand, 19:30 – Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
October 6
Pakistan – Netherlands, 19:30 – Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
October 7th
Bangladesh – Afghanistan, 16:00 – HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
South Africa – Sri Lanka, 19:30 – Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi
October 8
India – Australia, 19:30 – Massachusetts Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
October 9
New Zealand – Netherlands, 19:30 – Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
October 10
England – Bangladesh, 16:00 – HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
Pakistan – Sri Lanka, 19:30 – Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
October 11
India – Afghanistan, 19:30 – Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi
October 12
Australia v South Africa 7.30pm – BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
October 13
New Zealand – Bangladesh, 19:30 – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
October 14
India – Pakistan, 19:30 – Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
October 15
England – Afghanistan, 19:30 – Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
October 16
Australia vs Sri Lanka 7:30 pm – BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
17 October
South Africa – Netherlands, 19:30 – HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
October 18
New Zealand – Afghanistan, 19:30 – Massachusetts Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
October 19
India vs Bangladesh, 7:30 pm – Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
The 20th of October
Australia – Pakistan, 19:30 – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
October 21
Netherlands – Sri Lanka, 16:00 – BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
England – South Africa, 19:30 – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
22 of October
India – New Zealand, 19:30 – HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
October 23
Pakistan – Afghanistan, 19:30 – MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
October 24
South Africa v Bangladesh, 19:30 – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
the 25th of October
Australia – Netherlands, 19:30 – Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi
October 26
England – Sri Lanka, 19:30 – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
27th October
Pakistan – South Africa, 19:30 – Massachusetts Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
28 of October
Australia – New Zealand, 16:00 – HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala
Netherlands – Bangladesh, 19:30 – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
29th of October
India vs England 7:30 pm – BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
October 30
Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka, 7:30 pm – Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
October 31
Pakistan – Bangladesh, 19:30 – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Nov. 1
New Zealand vs South Africa, 7:30 pm – Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
November 2
India – Sri Lanka, 19:30 – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
the 3rd of November
Netherlands – Afghanistan, 19:30 – BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
November 4
New Zealand – Pakistan, 16:00 – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
England – Australia, 19:30 – Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
November 5
India – South Africa, 19:30 – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
November 6
Bangladesh – Sri Lanka, 19:30 – Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi
November 7
Australia – Afghanistan, 19:30 – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
November 8
England vs Netherlands, 7:30 pm – Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
November 9
New Zealand – Sri Lanka, 19:30 – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
10th of November
South Africa – Afghanistan, 19:30 – Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
11th of November
Australia vs Bangladesh, 4:00 pm – Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
England – Pakistan, 19:30 – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
November 12
India – Netherlands, 19:30 – M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
15th of November
Semi-final 1: 1st vs 4th, 7:30 pm – Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
November 16
Semi-final 2: 2nd vs 3rd, 7:30 pm – Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
November 19
Final: Winner of Semi-Final 1 vs Winner of Semi-Final 2, 7:30 pm – Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
BRANCHES
Afghanistan
Hashmatullah Shahidi (center), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hasan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Navin-ul – Hack
Australia
Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa
Bangladesh
Shakib Al Hasan (c), Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain (VK), Mehidi Miraz, Tawheed Hridoy, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmood, Nasum Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan, Tanzeem Saqib, Tanzeed Tamim, Mahmudullah Riyadh
England
Jos Buttler (centre), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brooke, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes
India
Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (c), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, K.L. Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav
Netherlands
Scott Edwards (c), Max O’Dowd, Bas de Lied, Vikram Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Wesley Barresi, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Sybrand Engelbrecht
New Zealand
Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (WC, wk), Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young
Pakistan
Babar Azam (centre), Shadab Khan (wc), Abdullah Shafiq, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hassan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Waseem Jr, Salman Ali Yeah, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Osama Mir. Zaman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Haris
South Africa
Themba Bavuma (c), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Riza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Pheluquayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada, Rassie van der Dussen, Lisaad Williams
Sri Lanka
Dasun Shanaka (v), Kusal Mendis (hc), Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadira Samarawickrama, Charit Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushan Hemanta, Mahish Tikshana, Dunith Wellalaj, Kasun Rajitha, Matisha Pathirana, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka
JUDGES
Chris Brown (New Zealand), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Christopher Gaffany (New Zealand), Michael Gough (England), Adrian Holdstock (South Africa), Richard Illingworth (England), Richard Kettleborough (England), Nitin Menon (India), Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Paul Reiffel (Australia), Sharfuddula Ibne Shahid (Bangladesh), Rodney Tucker (Australia), Alex Wharf (England), Joel Wilson (West Indies), Paul Wilson (Australia)
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2019 – England
2015 – Australia
2011 – India
2007 – Australia
2003 – Australia
1999 – Australia
1996 – Sri Lanka
1992 – Pakistan
1987 – Australia
1983 – India
1979 – West Indies
1975 – West Indies
BETS (TAB)
India – $3.25.
England – $4.25.
Australia – US$5.00.
Pakistan – US$7.00.
New Zealand – US$9.00.
South Africa – US$11.00.
Sri Lanka – US$34.00.
Afghanistan – $51.00.
Bangladesh – US$51.00.
Netherlands – $501.00