The five-year hang tight for the seventh version of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2021 has nearly reached a conclusion, with the fundamental round of matches to decide the last four participants in the 12-group occasion beginning Sunday, 17 October.
Oman, co-facilitating the occasion alongside UAE, face Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the initial round of the occasion in the early evening conflict on Sunday while Bangladesh take on Scotland in the evening installation. Both matches will happen at the Oman Cricket Academy Ground in Al Amerat.
The excess groups in Round 1 of the competition — Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands and Namibia — start their separate missions on Monday at the Sheik Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Ireland, one of the new participants in Test cricket, clash with Netherlands in the early evening conflict while the evening apparatus will observer Sri Lanka, a side that wrapped sprinters up in 2009 and lifted the prize five years, face Namibia, whose main other appearance in an ICC occasion was in the 2003 ODI T20 Cricket match World Cup.
The Netherlands – Round 1, Group A
Matches:
18 Oct – v IRE
20 Oct – v NAM
23 Oct – v SL
Squad: Pieter Seelaar (c), Colin Ackermann, Philippe Boissevain, Ben Cooper, Bas de Leede, Scott Edwards, Brandon Glover, Fred Klaassen, Stephan Myburgh, Max O’Dowd, Ryan Ten Doeschate, Logan van Beek, Timm van der Gugten, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren
Reserves: Shane Snater, Tobias Visee
New Zealand – Super12 Group 2
Matches:
26 Oct – v PAK
31 Oct – v IND
3 Nov – v B1
5 Nov – v A2
7 Nov – v AFG
Squad: Kane Williamson (c), Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee
Reserves: Adam Milne
Oman – Round 1, Group B
Matches:
17 Oct – v PNG
19 Oct – v BAN
21 Oct – v SCO
Squad: Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Aqib Ilyas, Jatinder Singh, Khawar Ali, Mohammad Nadeem, Ayaan Khan, Suraj Kumar, Sandeep Goud, Nester Dhamba, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan, Naseem Khushi, Sufyan Mehmood, Fayyaz Butt, Khurram Nawaz Khan
Pakistan – Super12 Group 2
Matches:
24 Oct – v IND
26 Oct – v NZ
29 Oct – v AFG
2 Nov – v A2
7 Nov – v B1
Squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shoaib Malik.
Travelling Reserves: Khushdil Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir.
Papua New Guinea – Round 1, Group B
Matches:
17 Oct – v OMA
19 Oct – v SCO
21 Oct – v BAN
Squad: Assad Vala (c), Charles Amini, Lega Siaka, Norman Vanua, Nosaina Pokana, Kipling Doriga, Tony Ura, Hiri Hiri, Gaudi Toka, Sese Bau, Damien Ravu, Kabua Vagi-Morea, Simon Atai, Jason Kila, Chad Soper, Jack Gardner
Scotland – Round 1, Group B
Matches:
17 Oct – v BAN
19 Oct – v PNG
21 Oct – v OMA
Squad: Kyle Coetzer (c), Richard Berrington, Dylan Budge, Matthew Cross (wk), Josh Davey, Ally Evans, Chris Greaves, Michael Leask, Calum Macleod, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Hamza Tahir, Craig Wallace, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal
Reserves: Michael Jones, Chris Sole
South Africa – Super12, Group 1
Matches:
23 Oct – v AUS
26 Oct – v WI
30 Oct – v A1
2 Nov – v B2
6 Nov – v ENG
Squad: Temba Bavuma (c), Keshav Maharaj, Quinton de Kock (wk), Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen
Reserves: George Linde, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lizaad Williams
Sri Lanka – Round 1, Group A
Matches:
18 Oct – v NAM
20 Oct – v IRE
22 Oct – v NED
Squad: Dasun Shanaka (c), Kusal Janith Perera, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya De Silva, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Kumara, Maheesh Theekshana, Akila Dananjaya, Binura Fernando.
West Indies – Super12, Group 1
Matches:
24 Oct – v ENG
26 Oct – v SA
29 Oct – v B2
5 Nov – v A1
6 Nov – v AUS
Squad: Kieron Pollard (c), Nicholas Pooran (vc), Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Roston Chase, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Lendl Simmons, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh jnr
Reserves: Darren Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein
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