Over the subsequent six weeks, India will host a cricket extravaganza with England hoping to successfuly defend the trophy regardless of a horrific begin towards New Zealand.

This 12 months’s 50-over event will as soon as once more see an opening-round group stage that includes all 10 groups enjoying one another in a round-robin format earlier than the highest 4 graduate by means of to the knockouts.

The semi-finals will happen in mid-November earlier than a closing on the enormous 132,000-seater Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

After a frankly dismal perfromance in qualifying, two-time champions West Indies will miss the World Cup for the primary time. Hosts India are the group to beat, however don’t rule out the likes of South Africa, New Zealand and Pakistan whereas Australia are eyeing a file fifth title.

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Cricket World Cup 2023 fixtures and outcomes

All instances BST except acknowledged

Group stage

Thursday, October 5

New Zealand bt England by nine wickets

Friday, October 6

Pakistan bt Netherlands by 81 runs

Saturday, October 7

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan (6am, HPCA Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

South Africa vs Sri Lanka (9.30am, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Sunday, October 8

India vs Australia (9.30am, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Monday, October 9

New Zealand vs Netherlands (9.30am, Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Tuesday, October 10

England vs Bangladesh (6am, HPCA Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (9.30am, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Sky Sports Mix)

Wednesday, October 11

India vs Afghanistan (9.30am, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Thursday, October 12

Australia vs South Africa (9.30am, BRSABVE Cricket Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Friday, October 13

New Zealand vs Bangladesh (9.30am, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Saturday, October 14

India vs Pakistan (9.30am, Narendra Modi Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Sunday, October 15

England vs Afghanistan (9.30am, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Monday, October 16

Australia vs Sri Lanka (9.30am, BRSABVE Cricket Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Tuesday, October 17

South Africa vs Netherlands (9.30am, HPCA Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Wednesday, October 18

New Zealand vs Afghanistan (9.30am, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Thursday, October 19

India vs Bangladesh (9.30am, MCA International Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Friday, October 20

Australia vs Pakistan (9.30am, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Saturday, October 21

Netherlands vs South Africa (6am, BRSABVE Cricket Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

England vs South Africa (9.30am, Wankhede Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Sunday, October 22

India vs New Zealand (9.30am, HPCA Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Monday, October 23

Pakistan vs Afghanistan (9.30am, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Tuesday, October 24

South Africa vs Bangladesh (9.30am, Wankhede Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Wednesday, October 25

Australia vs Netherlands (9.30am, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Thursday, October 26

England vs Sri Lanka (9.30am, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Friday, October 27

Pakistan vs South Africa (9.30am, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Saturday, October 28

Australia vs New Zealand (6am, HPCA Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Netherlands vs Bangladesh (9.30am, Eden Gardens, Sky Sports Mix)

Sunday, October 29

India vs England (8.30am, BRSABVE Cricket Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Monday, October 30

Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka (8.30am, MCA International Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Tuesday, October 31

Pakistan vs Bangladesh (8.30am, Eden Gardens, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Wednesday, November 1

New Zealand vs South Africa (8.30am, MCA International Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Thursday, November 2

India vs Sri Lanka (8.30am, Wankhede Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Friday, November 3

Netherlands vs Afghanistan (8.30am, BRSABVE Cricket Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Saturday, November 4

New Zealand vs Pakistan (5am, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

England vs Australia (8.30am, Narendra Modi Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Sunday, November 5

India vs South Africa (8.30am, Eden Gardens, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Monday, November 6

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka (8.30am, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Tuesday, November 7

Australia vs Afghanistan (8.30am, Wankhede Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Wednesday, November 8

England vs Netherlands (8.30am, MCA International Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Thursday, November 9

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka (8.30am, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Friday, November 10

South Africa vs Afghanistan (8.30am, Narendra Modi Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Saturday, November 11

Australia vs Bangladesh (5am, MCA International Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

England vs Pakistan (8.30am, Eden Gardens)

Sunday, November 12

India vs Netherlands (8.30am, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Semi-finals

Wednesday, November 15

1st place vs 4th place (8.30am, Wankhede Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Thursday, November 16

2nd place vs third place (8.30am, Eden Gardens, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Final

Sunday, November 19

Winner semi-final 1 vs winner semi-final 2 (8.30am, Narendra Modi Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)

Cricket World Cup 2023 odds

India - 2/1

England - 11/4

Australia - 9/2

Pakistan - 6/1

South Africa - 8/1

New Zealand - 10/1

Sri Lanka - 25/1

Bangladesh - 100/1

Afghanistan - 100/1

Netherlands - 500/1

Cricket World Cup 2023 venues

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad - 132,000 capability

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - 40,000 capability

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - 50,000 capability

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi - 41,842 capability

HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala - 23,000 capability

Eden Gardens, Kolkata - 66,000 capability

BRSABVE Cricket Stadium, Lucknow - 50,000 capability

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - 32,000 capability

MCA Stadium, Pune - 37,406 capability

Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad - 55,000 capability