Kolkata: With 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup scheduled for next year in England and Wales, the full schedule for the mega event will be announced on Thursday 26 April.
The 10-team cricket extravaganza will be played between 30 May and 14 July next year, and fixture details of all 48 matches will be made officially tomorrow.
Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka were handed a direct entry in the tournament thanks to their ICC ODI rankings on the cut-off date of 30 September 2017.
West Indies and Afghanistan has to go through ICC World Cup qualifiers before booking their place in the main event.
According to reports in Espncricinfo a near final schedule of the 2019 World Cup was approved by the ICC's CEC (chief executives' committee) and will be presented in front of ICC Board, for the final approval, on Thursday in Kolkata.
India are expected to play their first match of the World Cup against South Africa on June 5. The blockbuster match of the tournament is schedule to take place on June 16 against arch rivals Pakistan at Old Trafford. Here is the tentative detail of rest of the matches.
India
June 5 vs South Africa at Southampton
June 9 vs Australia at The Oval
June 13 vs New Zealand at Nottingham
June 16 vs Pakistan at Manchester
June 22 vs Afghanistan at Southampton
June 27 vs West Indies at Manchester
June 30 vs England at Birmingham
July 2 vs Bangladesh at Birmingham
July 6 vs Sri Lanka at Leeds
Australia
June 1: vs Afghanistan
June 6 vs West Indies
June 9 vs India
June 12 vs Pakistan
June 15 vs Sri Lanka
June 20 vs Bangladesh
June 25 vs England
June 29 vs New Zealand
July 6 vs South Africa
Bangladesh
June 2 vs South Africa
June 5 vs New Zealand
June 8 vs England
June 11 vs Sri Lanka
June 17 vs West Indies
June 20 vs Australia
June 24 vs Afghanistan
July 2 vs India
July 5 vs Pakistan
Afghanistan
June 1 vs Australia
June 4 vs Sri Lanka
June 8 vs New Zealand
June 15 vs South Africa
June 18 vs England
June 22 vs India
June 24 vs Bangladesh
June 29 vs Pakistan
July 4 vs West Indies
England
May 30 vs South Africa
June 3 vs Pakistan
June 8 vs Bangladesh
June 14 vs West Indies
June 18 vs Afghanistan
June 21 vs Sri Lanka
June 25 vs Australia
June 30 vs India
July 3 vs New Zealand
New Zealand
June 1 vs Sri Lanka
June 5 vs Bangladesh
June 8 vs Afghanistan
June 13 vs India
June 19 vs South Africa
June 22 vs West Indies
June 26 vs Pakistan
June 29 vs Australia
July 3 vs England
Pakistan
May 31 vs West Indies
June 3 vs England
June 7 vs Sri Lanka
June 12 vs Australia
June 16 vs India
June 23 vs South Africa
June 26 vs New Zealand
June 29 vs Afghanistan
July 5 vs Bangladesh
South Africa
May 30 vs England
June 2 vs Bangladesh
June 5 vs India
June 10 vs West Indies
June 15 vs Afghanistan
June 19 vs New Zealand
June 23 vs Pakistan
June 28 vs Sri Lanaka
July 6 vs Australia
Sri Lanka
June 1 vs New Zealand
June 4 vs Afghanistan
June 7 vs Pakistan
June 11 vs Bangladesh
June 15 vs Australia
June 21 vs England
June 28 vs South Africa
July 1vs West Indies
July 6 vs India
West Indies
May 31 vs Pakistan
June 6 vs Australia
June 10 vs South Africa
June 14 vs England
June 17 vs Bangladesh
June 22 vs New Zealand
June 27 vs India
July 1 vs Sri Lanka
July 4 vs Afghanistan
Knockouts
July 9 : Semifinal 1
July 10 : Reserve day
July 11 : Semi Final 2
July 12 : Reserve Day
July 14 : Final
July 15 Reserve Day
