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Travis Head celebrates his century during the World Cup final. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
The fixtures for the 2023 Cricket World Cup have been confirmed.
The tournament ran from Thursday, October 5 until Sunday, November 19, when the final was played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The format of the tournament sees each of the 10 teams who qualified play every other team once in a round robin format, followed by semi-finals and a final.
The semi-finals have been locked in, with hosts India to play New Zealand in Mumbai and South Africa to do battle with Australia in Kolkata.
England are the defending champions, having won a thrilling final over New Zealand at the 2019 World Cup.
The meeting between arch rivals India and Pakistan at this year’s Cricket World Cup was among nine matches to have been rescheduled, less than two months before the start of the tournament.
Two of Australia’s fixtures were also rescheduled in a reshuffle by organisers announced on Wednesday.
The marquee India-Pakistan game actually took place in Ahmedabad on October 14, a day earlier than originally scheduled.
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As a result, Australia’s match against South Africa in Lucknow on October 13 was also moved forward one day.
Security concerns in Kolkata in connection to the Diwali festivities in November also led to some scheduling changes.
The double-header, with Australia playing Bangladesh in Pune and England versus Pakistan in Kolkata, was moved to November 11, one day earlier than planned.
