Seven venues confirmed in Australia for T20 World Cup 2022

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Seven venues confirmed in Australia for T20 World Cup 2022 (image tweeted by @ICCMediaComms)
Seven venues confirmed in Australia for T20 World Cup 2022 (image tweeted by @ICCMediaComms)

New Delhi : The T20 World Cup 2022 will be held in Australia across seven venues, an official told AFP. Sri Lanka and West Indies are forced to play for a place in Super 12. The even was supposed to be held in 2020 but due to coronavirus lockdowns, it was shifted to 2022.

The event will now be held from October 16 to November 13. 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.

The semi finals will be played in Sydney and Adelaide.

"With 12 teams already confirmed in the line-up, we eagerly await the culmination of the qualification process to see which other teams will join them," Head of Events Chris Tetley stated.

"We are looking forward to seeing the return of ICC events to Australia and are delighted to announce the seven host cities for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022. Following the success of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup in 2020 and a two year postponement, our sights are now firmly set on planning for the 2022 event in collaboration with the Local Organising Committee."

With a victory in 2021 T20 World Cup, Australia has become defending campions for T20 World Cup 2022.

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.

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