Australia to host 2028 T20 World Cup with New Zealand but misses out on other major ICC tournaments
India will host four major cricket tournaments over the next decade to Australia’s two after the full schedule until 2031 was revealed.
Australia has been handed another major cricket tournament and will host the 2028 men’s T20 World Cup as officials locked in venues for every tournament until 2031.
The new T20 World Cup champions will defend their title at home next year, but the 2028 version is the only other tournament among eight announced by the International Cricket Council given to Australia.
The United States has also been given hosting rights for the 2024 T20 World Cup with the West Indies which is seen as a launching pad to get cricket in to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
India is set to to host, or co-host, four of the 10 major white-ball men‘s international events scheduled for the next decade. including the already announced 2023 one-day World Cup.
No other nation will host more than one event, though every Test nation except Afghanistan will at least co-host an event.
“World Cups have the ability to bring communities together and inspire our next generation of fans and players, exactly as we saw for the ICC Women’s 2020 T20 World Cup in Australia,” Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley said.
“We are incredibly proud of both our women’s and men’s teams as the current T20 World Cup champions, and we hope to continue our success in the upcoming ICC Men’s 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia.
“Looking ahead, we hope this can help build momentum in growing the game globally and take us a step further towards having cricket feature in the Olympic Games, with the 2028 event providing a perfect stepping stone into the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane.”
Pakistan, where Australia is set to tour in 2022 for the first time in more than 20 years, will stage an ICC event – the 2025 Champions Trophy – for the first time since it co-hosted the 1996 ODI World Cup along with India and Sri Lanka.
“I am pleased no end with the ICC’s decision to select Pakistan as a host nation for one of their elite tournaments,” PCB chairman Ramiz Raja said.
“By allocating a major global event to Pakistan, the ICC has expressed complete confidence and faith in our management and operational capabilities and skills.”
The US and Namibia, who powered through to the Super 12s at the T20 World Cup this year, will also host big tournament for the first time.
Namibia will co-host the 2027 ODI World Cup with South Africa and Zimbabwe.
ICC chair Greg Barclay declared that having 14 members hosting eight events was a reflection of the “truly global nature of our sport”.
The 2030 ICC T20 World Cup will be the first time since 1999 that Ireland and Scotland have hosted games in a major event, having staged three World Cup fixtures between them that year.
Host countries for women’s and under-19 events for the next cycle will be confirmed next year.
HOST COUNTRIES FOR THE NEXT DECADE
T20 World Cup
*2022: Australia
2024: US & West Indies
2026: India & Sri Lanka
2028: Australia & New Zealand
2030: England, Ireland & Scotland
ODI World Cup
*2023: India
2027: South Africa, Zimbabwe & Namibia
2031: India & Bangladesh
Champions Trophy
2025: Pakistan
2029: India
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