The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday announced a change of dates for nine ICC Cricket World Cup fixtures later this year.
The mega clash between India and Pakistan was originally slated to take place in Ahmedabad on Sunday, 15 October, but this has been moved a day earlier and will now be held at the same venue on Saturday, 14 October.
As a result, England’s fixture against Afghanistan in Delhi will be moved from Saturday, 14 October and will now be played 24 hours later on Sunday, 15 October.
Pakistan’s contest against Sri Lanka in Hyderabad has moved from Thursday, 12 October to now being played on Tuesday, 10 October and Australia’s big match against South Africa in Lucknow moved back 24 hours and will now be played on Thursday, 12 October instead of Friday, 13 October.
Similarly, New Zealand’s game against Bangladesh originally scheduled as a day match for 14 October in Chennai has been moved back and will now be held on Friday, 13 October and be played as a day-night contest.
From the initial phase of the tournament, a minor change to the fixture refers to the timing of England’s match-up against Bangladesh in Dharamsala, with the clash becoming a day match and a 10:30 AM (local time) start after it was originally scheduled as a day-night fixture.
Towards the end of the league stage, there are three changes with the double-header encounters of Sunday, 12 November being moved a day earlier to Saturday, 11 November – Australia vs Bangladesh in Pune (10:30 AM) and England vs Pakistan in Kolkata (02:00 PM).
Meanwhile, India’s last league game against the Netherlands has now been shifted from 11 to 12 November, a day-night clash to be played in Bengaluru.
Rescheduled Cricket World Cup 2023 matches
October 10: England vs Bangladesh – Dharamsala – 10:30 AM
October 10: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka – Hyderabad – 2:00 PM
October 12: Australia vs South Africa – Lucknow – 2:00 PM
October 13: New Zealand vs Bangladesh – Chennai – 2:00 PM
October 14: India vs Pakistan – Ahmedabad – 2:00 PM
October 15: England vs Afghanistan – Delhi – 2:00 PM
November 11: Australia vs Bangladesh – Pune – 10:30 AM
November 11: England vs Pakistan – Kolkata – 2:00 PM
November 12: India vs Netherlands – Bengaluru – 2:00 PM
The Cricket World Cup 2023 commences on Thursday, 5 October when 2019 finalists England and New Zealand clash at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, with the event culminating in the final at the same venue on Sunday, 19 November.
The official schedule for the Cricket World Cup 2023 was released on June 27, a little more than three months before the start of the event. To compare, the schedule for the 2019 ODI World Cup held in England was released more than a year before the start of the tournament.
Yet, despite such an unprecedented delay in the release of the fixtures list, the schedule undergoes tweaks with less than two months left in the start of the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
Revised Cricket World Cup 2023 Schedule
