T20 World Cup 2024 Group B: Schedule, venues and complete squads

The teams will play one another in a single-round robin format, with the top two teams in each group moving on to the tournament’s Super Eight stage

Written by FE News Desk

May 27, 2024 23:07 IST

The final match on June 29 will be played at the Kensington Oval in Barbados

The 20-team ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to get off on June 1 and Group B consists of defending champions England, Australia, Namibia, Scotland, and Oman. On June 2, the opening match of Group B will take place at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, between Oman and Namibia.

The teams will play one another in a single-round robin format, with the top two teams in each group moving on to the tournament’s Super Eight stage. The United States of America (USA) will co-host the major tournament, with all group B matches taking place only in the West Indies.

The Group B matches of the tournament are scheduled to be played at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia. However, the semifinals will be held at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy and Providence Stadium in Guyana on June 26 and 27, while the final match on June 29 will be played at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.

Who will play?

Let’s have a look at the players from each team:

England – Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, Mark Wood

Australia – Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa

Notedly, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matt Short will be reserve players.

Namibia – Gerhard Erasmus, Zane Green, Michael Van Lingen, Dylan Leicher, Ruben Trumpelmann, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, Tangeni Lungameni, Niko Davin, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, JP Kotze, David Wiese, Bernard Scholtz, Malan Kruger, PD Blignaut

Scotland – Richie Berrington, Matthew Cross, Brad Currie, Chris Greaves, Oli Hairs, Jack Jarvis, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Charlie Tear, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal

Oman – Aqib Ilyas, Zeeshan Maqsood, Kashyap Prajapati, Pratik Athavale, Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Naseem Khushi, Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Rafiullah, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmad, Khalid Kail

Notedly, Jatinder Singh, Samay Shrivastava, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra will be reserve players.