T20 WC 2022 LIVE: Teams have started arriving in Australia for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. Teams from Namibia, Afghanistan, and Ireland have landed Down Under as of the latest. The showpiece event will start on October 16. A total of 16 teams are part of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. 8 teams will play the qualifier round from October 16. Sri Lanka will face Namibia in the opening game. Follow InsideSport.IN for LIVE updates about ICC T20 WC 2022
T20 WC 2022 LIVE: Namibia, Afghanistan, Ireland among the firsts to arrive in Australia for T20 World Cup – Follow LIVE Updates
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Namibia arrived in Melbourne on September 29. While teams from Afghanistan and Ireland arrived Down Under on September 30.
Arrived in Australia for our World Cup prep. pic.twitter.com/x12qrcVt1e
— Albie Morkel (@albiemorkel) September 29, 2022
Namibia went into the Super 12s of 2021 competition in the United Arab Emirates. That’s why Gerhard Erasmus will again captain the African team for the forthcoming T20 World Cup. Along with left-arm seamer Ruben Trumpelmann, who was hired by Desert Vipers for the upcoming International League T20 in the UAE, T20 globetrotter David Wiese is also a member of the 16-member squad.
Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Divan la Cock, Stephan Baard, Nicol Loftie Eaton, Jan Frylinck, David Wiese, Ruben Trumpelmann, Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni, Lungameni, Michael van Lingen, Ben Shikongo, Karl Birkenstock, Lohan Louwrens, Helao Ya France.
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Ireland Men arrive in Sydney shortly ahead of @T20WorldCup. They will play three warmup matches this coming week – all live-streamed.@SkySports will broadcast the tournament in Ireland/UK.
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— Cricket Ireland (@cricketireland) September 30, 2022
T20 WC 2022 LIVE: Namibia, Afghanistan, Ireland among the firsts to arrive in Australia for T20 World Cup – Follow LIVE Updates
Andrew Balbirnie will captain the Ireland squad for the showpiece event. They have dropped offspinner Andy McBrine from their T20 World Cup squad, and brought in Simi Singh in place of him.
Ireland: Andrew Balbirnie (c), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Fionn Hand, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Conor Olphert, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young.
Afghanistan have already made it to the main round of the T20 World Cup, where they are grouped alongside hosts Australia, England, New Zealand and two yet-to-be-determined qualifiers.
Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Qais Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Salim Safi, Usman Ghani.
Standby Players: Afsar Zazai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rahmat Shah, Gulbadin Naib.
West Indies have also reached Australia. But they are coming in different matches. Their first contingent of players have landed in Australia.
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The 1st contingent has arrived in Australia!#T20WorldCup #MenInMaroon pic.twitter.com/XPfTHKO0Ie
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) September 30, 2022
ICC T20 WC 2022 LIVE
Australia will host the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which will run from October 16 to November 13, 2022. The ICC finalised the tournament schedule on January 21, 2022. This is the 8th edition of showpiece. Australia, who are hosting the competition, are this year’s defending champions.
International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced that the champions will receive an incredible USD 1.6 million.
