2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Guide & Highlights

The eighth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup will take place in 2022. Australia will host the game from October 16 through November 13, 2022. The International Cricket Council (ICC) was getting ready to move the tournament from 2020 to 2021. Yet, the COVID-19 epidemic forced them to postpone the event from 2020 to 2021.

The T20 World Cup will now occur in the UAE and Oman in 2021 instead of India, as originally planned. In August 2020, officials said Australia would host the rescheduled tournament in 2022.

2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Guide & Highlights

Bit of a Background

In April 2018, the ICC said this event would replace the ICC Champions Trophy. That tournament was supposed to happen in 2021. The International Cricket Council (ICC) gave full international status to Twenty20 matches. This applies to matches between its member teams. This change took effect on January 1, 2019.

The ICC reported in October 2019 that the T20 World Cup Qualifier, which grants entry to the T20 World Cup, was in jeopardy. Four teams from the qualifiers and twelve teams from the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup will move on to the T20 World Cup.

The ICC certified the entire information about tournament qualification on January 23, 2020. In May 2020, the ICC told the BCCI that it might take away India's hosting rights. This came after the BCCI couldn't get a tax exemption from the Indian government for the event.

In July 2020, Earl Eddings, Cricket Australia’s chairman, looked back at the last tournament due to COVID-19. He said Australia might host the event in October 2021. He also mentioned that India could hold it a year later, in 2022.

The ICC noted that Australia or India would host the events. They were set for 2020 and 2021, respectively.

Qualifications and Teams

The 12 countries that made it to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Super 12 in 2021 automatically qualified for the 2022 tournament. As of November 15, 2021, the rankings of these teams reflected their 2021 performance:

• Afghanistan

• Australia

• Bangladesh

• England

• India

• Pakistan

• New Zealand

• South Africa

These rankings determine their direct qualification for the Super 12 stage.

The group stage of the competition included Namibia, Scotland, Sri Lanka, and the West Indies. The top two teams from each of the two Global Qualifiers filled the final four spots. Sixteen teams took part in the Global Qualifiers.

This included eight teams that moved on from the Regional Finals. The bottom four teams from the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup are:

• Ireland

• Netherlands

• Oman

• Papua New Guinea

The next four top T20I teams are Zimbabwe, Nepal, the United Arab Emirates, and Singapore. Finally, the top four teams from the Global Qualifier A competition are part of this group. Ireland was placed in Group B of the T20 World Cup. This followed their loss to the UAE in the Global Qualifier A.

Low Ranked Teams

The Global Qualifiers featured four teams from the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup with the lowest rankings. It also had four top teams that hadn’t qualified. It included eight teams from regional qualifiers.

On March 24, 2020, the ICC postponed all qualifying tournaments set before June 30, 2020. This was due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ICC changed its qualification procedure in December 2020 due to disruptions from the pandemic.

In August 2021, the ICC said the COVID-19 pandemic caused the EAP qualifier to be canceled. The Philippines, the top-ranked team in the EAP region, went on to the Global Qualifiers. The pandemic led to the cancellation of Group B in the Asia qualifier in October 2021. Hong Kong advanced as the top-ranked team.

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Jersey won their first four games in the Regional Final of the European qualifier. This secured their spot in the Global Qualifiers. Germany finished second and moved on from the European group, beating Italy on net run rate. Bahrain finished barely ahead of Qatar on net run rate to take first place in Group A of the Asia qualifier.

The United States won its first five games in the Americas qualification. This made them the first team from that division to reach the Global Qualifiers.

Canada, which placed second in the qualification group for the Americas, joined them. After winning the Regional Final of the Africa qualifier, Uganda took the final spot in the Global Qualifiers.

Venue

On November 15, 2021, the ICC announced the match venues for the competition. The host cities are Adelaide, Brisbane, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney. The Sydney Cricket Ground and the Adelaide Oval will host the semi-finals. Then, the Melbourne Cricket Ground will hold the final.