2020 ICC World Twenty20

2020 ICC World Twenty20
2020 ICC World T20 official logo
Dates 18 October–15 November 2020
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Host(s)  Australia
Participants 16

The 2020 ICC World Twenty20 is scheduled to be the seventh ICC World Twenty20 tournament, with matches to be held in Australia from 18 October to 15 November 2020.[1][2][3]

Cricket Australia is designated as the sole host board for the tournament. Although there was speculation that both Australia and New Zealand would host the tournament, as at the 1992 Cricket World Cup and the 2015 Cricket World Cup, it was confirmed by New Zealand Cricket that Australia would be the sole host for the tournament.[4] Australia has not previously hosted the event.[5] In April 2016, ICC chief executive David Richardson said that he would push for at least two more teams to be added to the first and second round in future World Twenty20.[6]

Qualification

Means of Qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Automatic Qualifications
Host Nation 1  Australia
ICC T20I Championship
(Ranked 1st – 9th who played in the last WT20, not including the hosts)		 31 December 2018 Various 9 TBD
2020 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier TBD TBD 6 TBD
Total 16

Venues

In January 2018, the ICC announced that the following venues would be hosting matches:[7]

Adelaide Brisbane Canberra Geelong
Adelaide Oval The Gabba Manuka Oval Kardinia Park
Capacity: 53,500 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 34,000
Matches: Matches: Matches: Matches:
Hobart Melbourne Perth Sydney
Bellerive Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground Perth Stadium Sydney Cricket Ground
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 100,024 Capacity: 55,000 Capacity: 46,000
Matches: Matches: Matches: Matches:

References

  1. ↑ "Australia and New Zealand to host World Twenty20 in 2020". abcnet.au. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "IPL now has window in ICC Future Tours Programme". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "The road to the men's ICC World T20 Australia 2020 heads to Kuwait as regional qualification groups are confirmed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Australia to host 2020 World T20 solely". cricbuzz.com.
  5. ↑ Greg Buckle (10 February 2015). "Australia will host the T20 cricket World Cup in 2020, the ICC has announced" – Herald Sun. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "ICC's Richardson wants more teams in World T20".
  7. ↑ "Eight cities throughout Australia to host ICC World T20 2020". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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