The 2022 Indoor Cricket World Cup, to be held at Casey Stadium from Saturday 8 October, will be broadcast across Australia with 43 games to be streamed live on Kayo Sports.
Eight nations will compete in the World Indoor Cricket Federation tournament between 8 and 15 October.
Men’s and women’s senior and U22 teams from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, England, India, Sri Lanka, UAE and Singapore will compete for the respective trophies.
Australia is hoping to continue its Indoor Cricket World Cup dominance with all four teams defending the titles they won in Dubai in 2017.
Nicole Martin and Lyle Teske will captain the Australian women’s and men’s senior teams while Katrina Dixon and Jonathan D’Rozario will lead the U22 women’s and men’s teams.
Australian men’s indoor cricket coach, Brenton Brien said the broadcasting partnership would help broaden the game to a wider audience.
“We are so excited to be back playing at international level, especially a World Cup at home in Australia,” Mr Brien said.
“We have played the past two national tournaments at Casey Stadium which is a first-class facility for players and spectators.
“We would like to thank the Victorian Government, the City of Casey for their support of indoor cricket and for hosting the World Cup.”
The opening day of the tournament will feature a Trans-Tasman triple-header between the Australian and New Zealand women, U22 women’s and men’s teams, on Saturday 8 October.
The 2022 World Cup marks the return of international indoor cricket after the 2020 World Cup was postponed due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
The tournament is hosted by Cricket Australia with the support of the Victorian Government as well as the venue host, the City of Casey.
City of Casey chair of administrators Noelene Duff PSM said the council was honoured to host the tournament, following the success of the Indoor Cricket National and Masters Championships and the Indoor Cricket Australian Masters Championship earlier this year.
“The eight-day event is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect the indoor cricket community from across the world,” Ms Duff said.
“We look forward to welcoming the competing countries to our state-of-the-art indoor cricket facility at Casey Stadium.
“I encourage all sports lovers, in particular the cricketing community, to come along and watch some first-class indoor cricket.”
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