{"id":31305,"date":"2023-12-11T21:19:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T19:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=31305"},"modified":"2023-12-11T21:19:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T19:19:29","slug":"schedule-for-the-u19-icc-world-cup-in-south-africa-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=31305","title":{"rendered":"Schedule for the u19 ICC World Cup in South Africa confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Teeger PHOTO: Morgan Piek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Five-time champions India will commence their 2024 ICC u19 Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup campaign against 2020 winners Bangladesh in Bloemfontein, while hosts South Africa take on the West Indies in the tournament opener on January 19.<\/p>\n

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The ICC released the schedule for the 16-team event on Monday, with five venues across South Africa to host a total of 41 matches over more than three weeks in January and February in the 15th edition of the u19 showcase.<\/p>\n

India prevailed in the last edition of the tournament in the West Indies in 2022 and are placed in Group A with Bangladesh, Ireland and the USA as they attempt to claim a record sixth Under 19 title.<\/p>\n

Group B consists of England, South Africa, West Indies and Scotland. Group C features Australia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Namibia, while Group D is made up of Afghanistan, Pakistan, New Zealand and Nepal.<\/p>\n

The top three sides from each group progress to the Super Six phase of the event ahead of the semi-finals and final in Benoni.<\/p>\n

It will be the third time that South Africa has hosted the Under 19 World Cup \u2013 after previous editions in 1998 and 2020 \u2013 and ICC Head of Events Chris Tetley believes the country is well placed to build on the success of holding two recent tournaments over the last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past 12 months we have seen South Africa successfully deliver two milestone events for the sport \u2013 the inaugural ICC U19 Women\u2019s T20 World Cup last year, and the groundbreaking ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup that immediately followed,\u201d Tetley said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe relocation of the U19 Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup 2024 to South Africa allows us the opportunity to build on this momentum and welcome the best young cricketers on the planet to five notable international venues.\u201d<\/p>\n

All teams will play two warm-up fixtures in South Africa between January 13-17.<\/p>\n

ICC u19 Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup Groups:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Group A:<\/strong>\u00a0India, Bangladesh, Ireland, USA
\nGroup B:<\/strong>\u00a0England, South Africa, West Indies, Scotland
\nGroup C:<\/strong>\u00a0Australia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Namibia
\nGroup D:<\/strong>\u00a0Afghanistan, Pakistan, New Zealand, Nepal<\/p>\n

The Fixtures | Pool Stages<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, 19 January 2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ireland vs USA (Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein)
\nSouth Africa vs West Indies (JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom)<\/p>\n

Saturday, 20 January 2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bangladesh vs India (Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein)
\nScotland vs England (JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom)
\nPakistan vs Afghanistan (Buffalo Park, East London)<\/p>\n

Sunday, 21 January 2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe (Kimberley Oval, Kimberley)
\nNew Zealand vs Nepal (Buffalo Park, East London)<\/p>\n

Monday, 22 January 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bangladesh vs Ireland (Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein)
\nAustralia vs Namibia (Kimberley Oval, Kimberley)<\/p>\n

Tuesday, 23 January 2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Africa vs England (JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom)
\nNew Zealand vs Afghanistan (Buffalo Park, East London)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, 24 January 2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sri Lanka vs Namibia (Kimberley Oval, Kimberley)
\nWest Indies vs Scotland (JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom)
\nNepal vs Pakistan (Buffalo Park, East London)<\/p>\n

Thursday, 25 January 2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

India vs Ireland (Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein)
\nZimbabwe vs Australia (Kimberley Oval, Kimberley)<\/p>\n

Friday, 26 January 2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

USA vs Bangladesh (Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein)
\nEngland vs West Indies (JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom)
\nAfghanistan vs Nepal (Buffalo Park, East London)<\/p>\n

Saturday, 27 January 2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zimbabwe vs Namibia (Kimberley Oval, Kimberley)
\nSouth Africa vs Scotland (JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom)
\nPakistan vs New Zealand (Buffalo Park, East London)<\/p>\n

Sunday, 28 January 2024\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

India vs USA (Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein)
\nAustralia vs Sri Lanka (Kimberley Oval, Kimberley)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Five-time champions India will commence their 2024 ICC u19 Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup campaign against 2020 winners Bangladesh in Bloemfontein, while hosts South Africa take on the West Indies in the tournament opener on January 19. The ICC released the schedule for the 16-team event on Monday, with five venues across South Africa to host […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}