The run-in: How every team is fine-tuning for the T20 World Cup
With the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 starting in less than a week here are the matches every team will be playing during the run-in:
All eight teams involved in the First Round of the T20 World Cup will play a pair of warm-up matches in Melbourne.
The First Round will start on 16 October when Sri Lanka face Namibia, and the UAE take on Netherlands later the same day.
T20 Warm-up v Ireland: 11 October at MCG, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v Zimbabwe: 13 October at Junction Oval, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v Scotland: 10 October at Junction Oval, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v West Indies: 12 October at MCG, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v Zimbabwe: 11 October at MCG, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v Ireland: 13 October at Junction Oval, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v West Indies: 10 October at Junction Oval, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v Scotland: 13 October at MCG, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v Namibia: 11 October at MCG, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v Sri Lanka: 13 October at Junction Oval, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v Netherlands: 10 October at Junction Oval, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v UAE: 13 October at MCG, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v UAE: 10 October at Junction Oval, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v Netherlands: 12 October at MCG, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v Sri Lanka: 11 October at MCG, Melbourne
T20 Warm-up v Namibia: 13 October at Junction Oval, Melbourne
Most of the teams already qualified for the Super 12 Stage are scheduled to play white-ball matches before arriving in Brisbane for a series of warm-up matches.
The Super 12 Stage will start on 22 October when hosts Australia and New Zealand clash in Sydney.
The winners of Group A and runners-up in Group B in the First Round will be added to the four teams already qualified for the Super 12 Stage.
T20 Warm-up v Bangladesh: 17 October at Allan Border Field, Brisbane
T20 Warm-up v Pakistan: 19 October at The Gabba, Brisbane
T20I v England: 12 October at Manuka Oval, Canberra
T20I v England: 14 October at Manuka Oval, Canberra
T20 Warm-up v India: 17 October at The Gabba, Brisbane
T20I v Australia: 12 October at Manuka Oval, Canberra
T20I v Australia: 14 October at Manuka Oval, Canberra
T20 Warm-up v Pakistan: 17 October at The Gabba, Brisbane
Watch Jos Buttler's innings run for England against Sri Lanka in this Match 29 video of the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016.
T20I v Pakistan: 11 October at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
T20I v Bangladesh: 12 October at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
T20I v TBC: 14 October at Hagley Oval, Christchurch (TBC)
T20 Warm-up v South Africa: 17 October at Allan Border Field, Brisbane
T20 Warm-up v India: 19 October at The Gabba, Brisbane
The winners of Group B and runners-up in Group A in the First Round will join the teams already qualified for the Super 12 Stage.
T20I v New Zealand: 12 October at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
T20I v Pakistan: 13 October at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
T20I v TBC: 14 October at Hagley Oval, Christchurch (TBC)
T20 Warm-up v Afghanistan: 17 October at Allan Border Field, Brisbane
T20 Warm-up v South Africa: 19 October at Allan Border Field, Brisbane
ODI v South Africa: 11 October at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
T20 Warm-up v Australia: 17 October at The Gabba, Brisbane
T20 Warm-up v New Zealand: 19 October at The Gabba, Brisbane
T20I v New Zealand: 11 October at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
T20I v Bangladesh: 13 October at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
T20I v TBC: 14 October at Hagley Oval, Christchurch (TBC)
T20 Warm-up v England: 17 October at The Gabba, Brisbane
T20 Warm-up v Afghanistan: 19 October at The Gabba, Brisbane
ODI v India: 11 October at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
T20 Warm-up v New Zealand: 17 October at Allan Border Field, Brisbane
T20 Warm-up v Bangladesh: 19 October at Allan Border Field, Brisbane