New Zealand and Australia will co-host the 2028 T20 World Cup
New Zealand will partner with Australia to host the 2028 Men's T20 World Cup, it was announced on Wednesday [New Zealand Time]. It is the third time that the transtasmanian rivals, who met with Australia's victory in this year's T20 World Cup final on Monday, have organized a men's white ball tournament together.
Previously, they hosted the one-day World Championships in 1992 and 2015, won by Pakistan and Australia, respectively. The announcement by the International Cricket Council (ICC) stems from Australia's T20 success in Dubai, with the event slated to co-host with runner-up New Zealand in 2021 in seven years. As part of the White Ball Event Plan, the United States will host World Cup cricket games with the West Indies for the first time in 2024 as the supporting host.
As previously planned, India will host the ODI World Cup 2023, as well as the 2031 edition of the tournament with Bangladesh and the 2026 T20 World Cup with Sri Lanka. The powerful nation, whose TV and sponsorship cash makes up a large part of international cricket, has also won the Champions Trophy 2029, which means it will host four global events over the next decade - while every test nation except Afghanistan will co-host at least one of them Timeframe.
Namibia has won the hosting rights for an ICC tournament for the first time and is supporting South Africa and Zimbabwe at the ODI World Cup in 2027. Pakistan has also returned to the ICC's schedule and has won the rights to host the 2025 Champions Trophy. Ireland and Scotland will assist England in hosting the T20 World Cup in 2030 and will give them their first high-level tournament games since 1999.
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It comes as cricket continues its urge to compete in the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, if not Brisbane in 2032. And Hockley hopes the 2028 Australia T20 tournament can serve as part of this path for the sport's return to the Olympics for the first time since 1900. "World Cups have the ability to bring communities together and inspire our next generation of fans and players, just like we saw at the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia," said Hockley.
“We hope this can help fuel the growth of the game around the world and take us one step further towards cricket at the Olympics. "The 2028 event is a perfect stepping stone to the 2032 Brisbane Olympics." The host countries for women's events for the next decade will be announced next year, with New Zealand already announced to host the 50-over World Cup in 2022. Meanwhile, the ICC said the move to bring Games to the US was part of a longer-term strategic move for the sport.
"The US ... is a strategic growth market for us," said ICC Chairman Greg Barclay. "This gives us the opportunity to deepen our connection with fans in traditional cricket nations and also reach new fans around the world."
ORGANIZERS GLOBAL MEN'S CRICKET TOURNAMENTS
T20 world championship
2022: Australia
2024: USA & West Indies
2026: India & Sri Lanka
2028: Australia & New Zealand
2030: England, Ireland & Scotland
ODI world championship
2023: India
2027: South Africa, Zimbabwe & Namibia
2031: India & Bangladesh
Champions trophy
2025: Pakistan
2029: India