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Everything you need to know about the Men’s T20 World Cup

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup starts on 17 October 2021, with Ireland's first match against Netherlands on 18 October. Find out below how you can watch, follow or attend…

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup starts on 17 October 2021, with Ireland’s first match against Netherlands on 18 October. Find out below how you can watch, follow or attend Ireland’s compaign.

ICC MEN’S T20 WORLD CUP – THE DETAILS

The official tournament channels online

Website: link here
Twitter: link here
Facebook: link here
Instagram: link here
Smartphone App: link here
Videos to watch: link here

Ireland Men’s fixtures

Official T20 World Cup warm-up matches

12 October 2021: Ireland v Papua New Guinea – warm-up T20I (Scorecard)
14 October 2021: Ireland v Bangladesh – warm-up T20I (Scorecard)

T20 World Cup – Round 1

18 October 2021: Ireland v Netherlands (Abu Dhabi; starts 11am Irish time)
20 October 2021: Ireland v Sri Lanka (Abu Dhabi; starts 3pm Irish time)
22 October 2021: Ireland v Namibia (Sharjah; starts 11am Irish time)

The top two teams from Round 1 go into the Group Stage. Details about the tournament, Group Stage fixtures and venues can be found here: https://www.t20worldcup.com/

The full fixture schedule for the tournament is here.

THE SQUAD

Squad

Watch, Follow, Attend

Watch the games

In Ireland and the UK, all Ireland matches will be available to watch through Sky Sports.

Highlight clips after each match will be available on Facebook the same day.

Follow the games

We will provide:

Livescoring: via our Match Centre
Twitter score updates: via Cricket Ireland’s Twitter page
Match reports: via our Cricket Ireland website at the end of each day

Attend the games

The ICC’s tournament website has a ticket sales portal for the tournament.

Patrons should make themselves aware of any local requirements for attending venues relating to proof of vaccination.

Podcast

Green Ball Podcast – Episode 2 – Gary Wilson

In this second episode, host Marie Crowe speaks to Gary Wilson from Dubai and the expert panel looks ahead to the First Round games. Don’t forget to hit subscribe in your podcast app of choice to get the latest episodes drop into your feed.

Green Ball Podcast – Episode 1 – Paul Stirling

In this first episode, host Marie Crowe speaks to Paul Stirling from Abu Dhabi and the expert panel discusses the squad and the warm-up games. Don’t forget to hit subscribe in your podcast app of choice to get the latest episodes drop into your feed.

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