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How to watch the World Cup 2023 warm-up fixtures

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The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup warm-fixtures, played across three venues, will be broadcast live across multiple regions. Here's where to watch them live!

The 10 teams will play two warm-up fixtures each, with the matches set to be played in Hyderabad, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram.

The matches will be played between Friday 29 September and Tuesday 3 October, providing teams with the perfect opportunity to acclimatise to the conditions they are expected to face during the World Cup. A total of 10 warm-up games will be played between the ten sides. 

All the warm-up fixtures will be shown in India, the tournament hosts, and will be broadcast on live television by Star Sports and will also be streamed live by Disney+ Hotstar. 

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The matches will also be broadcast in Pakistan, with all the warm-up fixtures being shown by PTV and ARY. In Sri Lanka, the warm-up fixtures will be shown by Maharaja TV. 

Sky Sports NZ in New Zealand will also broadcast the warm-up matches, while Fox Sports will showcase the matches in Australia on both linear and Kayo. 

In England, Sky Sports will broadcast the warm-up fixtures except South Africa v Afghanistan, Australia v Netherlands and Afghanistan v Sri Lanka on linear and digital. 

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In Afghanistan, all the warm-up matches will be telecast on Ariana TV, while in Bangladesh, the matches of the The Tigers will be broadcast on Gazi TV. 

The detailed information of the broadcast schedule of the warm-up matches below: 

Territory

Licensee

Warm Ups Exploitation

Afghanistan

Ariana TV

All matches to be shown live on linear & digital.

Australia

Fox Sports

All matches to be shown live.  Bangladesh v Sri Lanka and Afghanistan v Sri Lanka to be shown on Kayo only. Rest will be on linear & Kayo. 

Bangladesh

Gazi TV

The two Bangladesh matches will be shown live on linear and digital. 

Canada

Willow

All matches to be shown on digital. Select matches to be shown on TV

Caribbean Islands

ICC.tv

Live on ICC.tv

Central & South America and Mexico

ICC.tv

Live on ICC.tv

Brazil

ICC.tv

Live on ICC.tv

Continental Europe and SEA(excluding Singapore)

Yupp TV

All matches live on Yupp TV

Hong Kong

PCCW/Yupp TV

All matches live on Yupp TV

India

Star Sports

All matches shown live on linear TV via the Star Sports network & simulcast on digital via Disney+Hotstar.

Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan

Star Sports

All matches shown live on linear TV via the Star Sports network.

Malaysia

MEASAT/Yupp TV

All matches live on Yupp TV

MENA

Etisalat

All matches will be live on CricLife Max, CricLife1 and CricLife2.

Netherlands

ICC.tv

Live on ICC.tv

New Zealand

Sky Sport NZ

Available on SKY NZ

Pacific Islands

ICC.tv

Live on ICC.tv

Pakistan

PTV

Matches to be shown on PTV & ARY.

ARY

Singapore

StarHub

All matches to be shown on TV & Digital

Sri Lanka

Maharaja TV

All matches to be covered on TV and Digital

South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa

SuperSport

Most warm-up matches on linear TV

UK

Sky Sports

All warm-up matches except SA v Afg, Aus v Ned & Afg v SL shown on linear and digital.

USA

ESPN+

All matches to be shown by ESPN+

Willow

Select matches to be shown by Willow TV on linear

 

World Cup warm-up fixtures:

Friday 29 September

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
South Africa v Afghanistan, Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
New Zealand v Pakistan, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad

Saturday 30 September

India v England, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
Australia v Netherlands, Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Monday 2 October

England v Bangladesh, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
New Zealand v South Africa, Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Tuesday 3 October

Afghanistan v Sri Lanka, Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
India v Netherlands, Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
Pakistan v Australia, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad

After the conclusion of the warm-up fixtures, the tournament opener will be played in Ahmedabad on October 5, with England and New Zealand clashing in a re-match of the 2019 final. 

 

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