Fixtures, groups revealed for ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the groups and the full match schedule for the 2027 Men’s Cricket World Cup, which will run from 2 October to 21 November 2027.

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The tournament is jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, and the final will be played on Sunday, 21 November in Johannesburg.

The draw splits the field into two groups.

Group A of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027

Group A has Afghanistan, Australia, India, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and a team to be confirmed as Qualifier A.

Group B of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027

Group B has Bangladesh, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Qualifier B.

Group A holds the sport’s biggest rivalries, with India and Pakistan together. Group B pairs hosts South Africa with England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Co-hosts Zimbabwe are in Group A and will face several of the game’s heavyweights on home soil.

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Opening fixtures

Before the main draw starts, three fixtures at Windhoek – Capital of Namibia, labelled QF1 v QF3 (2 October), QF1 v QF2 (4 October) and QF2 v QF3 (6 October), are on the schedule.

The main event begins on Thursday, 7 October, with India against Australia in Cape Town. The next day brings Pakistan v Afghanistan in Tshwane and England v Bangladesh in Windhoek.

The headline fixture comes early. India face Pakistan on Sunday, 10 October at Johannesburg. A day earlier, South Africa meet New Zealand in Cape Town.

South Africa play England at Gqeberha on 16 October and Bangladesh in Durban on 19 October, then face Sri Lanka in Johannesburg on 22 October. Zimbabwe’s home schedule includes Qualifier A at Bulawayo (9 October), Afghanistan at Bulawayo (11 October), and Australia (15 October) and Pakistan (19 October) at Harare.

The group stage ends on 24 October with Zimbabwe v India at Victoria Falls.

Australia face Afghanistan at KuGompo City (18 October) and Pakistan at Paarl (22 October). England meet Sri Lanka in Windhoek on 13 October and New Zealand at Gqeberha on 23 October.

Super stage, semi-finals and final

The 30 group matches are followed by a 21-match second phase from 25 October to 14 November. Fixtures are listed by qualification position (A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3 and an “AB4” slot), which suggests a seven-team round-robin. The graphic doesn’t spell out the format or how the AB4 place is decided, so details will need ICC confirmation.

The semi-finals follow on Wednesday, 17 November at Cape Town and Thursday, 18 November at Tshwane, leading to the final in Johannesburg on 21 November.

Venues

The tournament will use venues across three countries:

• South Africa: Cape Town, Tshwane, Johannesburg, Paarl, KuGompo City, Bloemfontein, Durban and Gqeberha
• Zimbabwe: Harare, Bulawayo and Victoria Falls
• Namibia: Windhoek

Victoria Falls, a tourist destination rather than a regular international cricket centre, hosting a World Cup match is a notable first for the tournament.

Details are based on the official ICC fixtures and groups graphics. Match timings, the format of the later stage and the qualifier teams were not included and may be announced later.

Opening fixtures (Windhoek)
#	Date	Match	Venue
1	Sat, 2 Oct	QF1 v QF3	Windhoek
2	Mon, 4 Oct	QF1 v QF2	Windhoek
3	Wed, 6 Oct	QF2 v QF3	Windhoek
Group stage
#	Date	Match	Venue
4	Thu, 7 Oct	India v Australia	Cape Town
5	Fri, 8 Oct	Pakistan v Afghanistan	Tshwane
6	Fri, 8 Oct	England v Bangladesh	Windhoek
7	Sat, 9 Oct	Zimbabwe v Qualifier A	Bulawayo
8	Sat, 9 Oct	South Africa v New Zealand	Cape Town
9	Sun, 10 Oct	India v Pakistan	Johannesburg
10	Sun, 10 Oct	Sri Lanka v Qualifier B	Windhoek
11	Mon, 11 Oct	Zimbabwe v Afghanistan	Bulawayo
12	Tue, 12 Oct	Australia v Qualifier A	Paarl
13	Tue, 12 Oct	New Zealand v Bangladesh	KuGompo City
14	Wed, 13 Oct	England v Sri Lanka	Windhoek
15	Wed, 13 Oct	South Africa v Qualifier B	Paarl
16	Thu, 14 Oct	India v Afghanistan	Tshwane
17	Fri, 15 Oct	Pakistan v Qualifier A	Bloemfontein
18	Fri, 15 Oct	Zimbabwe v Australia	Harare
19	Sat, 16 Oct	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	Durban
20	Sat, 16 Oct	South Africa v England	Gqeberha
21	Sun, 17 Oct	India v Qualifier A	Bloemfontein
22	Sun, 17 Oct	New Zealand v Qualifier B	Harare
23	Mon, 18 Oct	Australia v Afghanistan	KuGompo City
24	Tue, 19 Oct	Zimbabwe v Pakistan	Harare
25	Tue, 19 Oct	South Africa v Bangladesh	Durban
26	Wed, 20 Oct	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg
27	Wed, 20 Oct	England v Qualifier B	Harare
28	Thu, 21 Oct	Afghanistan v Qualifier A	KuGompo City
29	Fri, 22 Oct	Australia v Pakistan	Paarl
30	Fri, 22 Oct	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg
31	Sat, 23 Oct	England v New Zealand	Gqeberha
32	Sat, 23 Oct	Bangladesh v Qualifier B	Tshwane
33	Sun, 24 Oct	Zimbabwe v India	Victoria Falls
Second phase (listed by qualification position)
#	Date	Match	Venue
34	Mon, 25 Oct	A2 v B3	Johannesburg
35	Tue, 26 Oct	B1 v A3	Gqeberha
36	Wed, 27 Oct	B2 v AB4	Tshwane
37	Thu, 28 Oct	A1 v A2	Victoria Falls
38	Fri, 29 Oct	B1 v B3	KuGompo City
39	Sat, 30 Oct	A3 v AB4	Victoria Falls
40	Sun, 31 Oct	B2 v A1	Johannesburg
41	Mon, 1 Nov	A2 v B1	Victoria Falls
42	Tue, 2 Nov	B3 v AB4	Cape Town
43	Wed, 3 Nov	B2 v A3	Durban
44	Thu, 4 Nov	A1 v B1	Paarl
45	Fri, 5 Nov	A2 v AB4	Durban
46	Sat, 6 Nov	B2 v B3	Bloemfontein
47	Sun, 7 Nov	A1 v A3	Cape Town
48	Mon, 8 Nov	B1 v AB4	Durban
49	Tue, 9 Nov	B2 v A2	Gqeberha
50	Wed, 10 Nov	A3 v B3	Bloemfontein
51	Thu, 11 Nov	A1 v AB4	Gqeberha
52	Fri, 12 Nov	B2 v B1	Cape Town
53	Sat, 13 Nov	A2 v A3	Bloemfontein
54	Sun, 14 Nov	A1 v B3	Durban