Australia will host the 2022 Twenty20 World Cup. A total of 45 matches will be played at different locations while the final will be played in Melbourne city.
Sri Lanka and West Indies are among those countries which will play Super-12. Twenty20 World Cup of 2022 will be played between Oct 16 to Nov 13, 2022.
A total of 45 matches will be contested across Adelaide, Brisbane, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, with the final under lights at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Sydney and Adelaide will host the semis.
“Following the success of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2020 [in Australia] and a two-year postponement, our sights are now firmly set on planning for the 2022 event,” said International Cricket Council head of events Chris Tetley.
Hosts Australia will be defending champions after hammering New Zealand by eight wickets in Dubai on Sunday, with both of this year’s finalists automatically qualifying for the Super 12 stage along with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, England, India, Pakistan and South Africa who are the eight highest-ranked teams.
Sri Lanka and the West Indies will play the preliminary round with Namibia, Scotland and four other countries to be determined through two qualifying tournaments — in Oman in February and in Zimbabwe in June-July, 2022.
