How to stream the T20 Cricket World Cup online
The Twenty20 World Cup is underway and has a new home for Australian viewers. We have all the details right here.
The 2024 Twenty20 Cricket World Cup is here and news.com.au has your full viewing guide so you won’t miss any big hits or diving catches from the tournament.
This year’s edition, the ninth in T20 history, is being held in the West Indies and the United States and has been expanded to 20 countries for the first time.
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Under new skipper Mitch Marsh, Australia has the opportunity to become the first team to hold the World Test Championship (WTC), One-Day and T20 World Cup titles at the same time.
India, which lost the ODI World Cup final to Australia six months ago, comes in as the top-ranked team in Twenty20 cricket, ahead of perennial contenders Australia, England and South Africa.
Co-hosts USA, along with Canada, Papua New Guinea, Nepal and Oman, are among the non-Test playing sides in this year’s tournament.
Read on to find out how to catch all the action.
When is the 2024 Cricket World Cup?
This year’s tournament is being held from June 1 (June 2 AEST) through to the final at Kensington Oval in Barbados on June 29.
Matches are starting in a number of timeslots between 10am local time (midnight AEST) and 8.30pm (10.30am AEST the following morning).
How to watch the T20 Cricket World Cup
For the first time this year, streaming service Amazon Prime Video has exclusive rights in Australia to all matches of the T20 World Cup.
Late last year, Amazon signed a four-year deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC) for exclusive Australian rights to all major ICC events, including men’s and women’s World Cups, the Champions Trophy and the WTC.
Aussie Test opener Usman Khawaja has signed on as one of the faces of the Amazon coverage, featuring in a T20 World Cup ad campaign you can see below that has divided opinion.
It continues the streaming giant’s foray into cricket, with the third season of The Test documentary series dropping on May 24.
Can I stream the T20 Cricket World Cup online?
Yes, via the Amazon Prime service, fans will be able to stream the tournament on all major devices.
If you have a Prime membership, you have access to every game of the T20 World Cup and all subsequent ICC events over the next four years at no extra cost.
Does Amazon Prime have a free trial?
Yes. You can get a free 30-day trial of the service, including for the T20 World Cup.
Is the T20 Cricket World Cup on free-to-air TV?
No. While the rights to major cricket tournaments have previously been held by free-to-air networks and Foxtel in Australia, this year the only way to watch is via Amazon Prime.
Are there special viewing features for the T20 World Cup?
Yes. For this year’s tournament, Amazon is offering features like an in-game language selection tool, which includes Hindi.
There is also a feature called Rapid Recap, where viewers watching a game that has already started can quickly catch-up on the major highlights they have missed and jump to live action any time.
2024 Twenty20 World Cup format
This year, the 20 competing teams have been drawn into four groups of five nations.
The top two teams in each pool at the end of the group stage will progress to the Super 8s, a round-robin section featuring two new groups of four and commencing on June 20.
The two teams that finish top of those two pools move on to a traditional sudden-death, semi-final round.
Highlights of the 2024 T20 World Cup draw
Group A combatants the United States will take on fellow minnows Canada in the opening match of the tournament in Dallas at 7.30pm on June 1 (10.30am on June 2 AEST).
India and Pakistan, who are also in Group A along with Ireland, will face off in a massive showdown at 12.30am on June 10 Australian time.
Australia’s first match is against Oman at 10.30am on June 6, with the Aussie’s taking on England on June 9 at 3am AEST in a clash that will likely decide the winner of Group B.
Namibia and Scotland complete that group.
New Zealand, which has been grouped with the Windies, opens its campaign on June 8 against an Afghanistan team that finished sixth in the standings in the 10-team ODI World Cup last year, ahead of England.
South Africa and Sri Lanka headline Group D, which also features Bangladesh, the Netherlands and Nepal.
Australia’s T20 World Cup squad
Mitch Marsh (captain), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
David Warner has been picked for Australia for his international swan song. Steve Smith and young gun Jake Fraser-McGurk were among the names to miss out.
Ashton Agar earned an unexpected recall to the side, although fellow spinner Adam Zampa will be expected to lead the way among the tweakers.
All-rounder Cam Green has been in excellent IPL form, with veteran trio Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc expected to lead the pace attack once more.
Australia's results at the T20 World Cup
Group Stage:
- Australia 5/164 (20 overs) beat Oman 9/125 (20 overs) by 39 runs
- Australia 7/201 (20 overs) beat England 6/156 (20 overs) by 36 runs
- Australia 1/74 (5.4 overs) beat Namibia 72 (17 overs) by 9 wickets
- Australia 5/186 (19.4 overs) beat Scotland 5/180 (20 overs) by 5 wickets
Super Eight Stage:
- Australia 2/100 (11.2 overs) beat Bangladesh 8/140 (20 overs) by 28 runs (DLS)
- Australia vs Afghanistan, June 23, 10.30am (AEST)
- Australia vs India, June 25, 12.30am (AEST)
Who will win the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup?
This year’s tournament is looking like a wide open affair, although the usual suspects are likely to battle it out at the pointy end.
There will be interest in whether any of the minnows can shock some of the big boys, but it is expected the main Test playing nations will again be the teams to beat.
Australia has a huge chance of adding a second T20 title to the one claimed in 2021, while India, England, the Proteas and the Kiwis are also among the favourites.
The West Indies should perform well on home soil, but we’ll opt for India to finally claim another title after its lone triumph way back in the first ever edition in 2007.
Originally published as How to stream the T20 Cricket World Cup online
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