The ICC released the full Cricket World Cup 2027 fixtures on Thursday afternoon and opened the ticket ballot with it. Fifty-seven matches, 14 teams, 12 grounds, from Saturday 2 October to Sunday 21 November 2027, across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
The final is in Johannesburg on 21 November, with 22 November held as a reserve day. The semi-finals are in Cape Town on Wednesday 17 November and in Tshwane on Thursday 18 November, both with reserve days of their own. ESPNcricinfo has named the Wanderers as the Johannesburg ground. The ICC fixture page names the city.
South Africa are in Group B with New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England, Bangladesh and Qualifier B. They start against New Zealand at Newlands on Saturday 9 October.
Group A is India, Australia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe and Qualifier A. The group stage, not the tournament, opens with India against Australia at Newlands on Thursday 7 October, a rematch of the 2023 final. The tournament itself opens three days earlier, in Windhoek.
The Super 7 section of the Cricket World Cup 2027 fixtures is seeded. India are A1, Australia A2, Pakistan A3, England AB4, New Zealand B1, South Africa B2, Sri Lanka B3. If a non-seeded side finishes in a qualifying spot and a seeded side does not, the non-seeded side takes that slot and plays those dates.
How the Cricket World Cup 2027 fixtures fit together
The Cricket World Cup 2027 fixtures cover the 14th men’s ODI World Cup, the first in Africa since 2003, when South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya shared it. The ICC is running it under “Three Nations, One Heartbeat”. Eight grounds are in South Africa, three in Zimbabwe, one in Namibia.
Getting to the knockouts takes three stages: a three-team Super Series, a 12-team group stage of 30 matches, then a Super 7 of 21 matches. The top three in each group, plus the better of the two fourth-placed sides, make the Super 7. The top four there reach the semis.
Super Series, Windhoek
- Saturday 2 October: QF1 v QF3, Namibia Cricket Ground.
- Monday 4 October: QF1 v QF2, Namibia Cricket Ground.
- Wednesday 6 October: QF2 v QF3, Namibia Cricket Ground.
These are the three lowest-ranked of the 14 teams, the sides that finish second, third and fourth at the Qualifier. One goes through to the group stage. The other two go home. The Qualifier winner goes straight into the groups.
Group stage
- Thursday 7 October: India v Australia, Cape Town.
- Friday 8 October: Pakistan v Afghanistan, Tshwane.
- Friday 8 October: England v Bangladesh, Windhoek.
- Saturday 9 October: Zimbabwe v Qualifier A, Bulawayo.
- Saturday 9 October: South Africa v New Zealand, Cape Town.
- Sunday 10 October: India v Pakistan, Johannesburg.
- Sunday 10 October: Sri Lanka v Qualifier B, Windhoek.
- Monday 11 October: Zimbabwe v Afghanistan, Bulawayo.
- Tuesday 12 October: Australia v Qualifier A, Paarl.
- Tuesday 12 October: New Zealand v Bangladesh, KuGompo City.
- Wednesday 13 October: England v Sri Lanka, Windhoek.
- Wednesday 13 October: South Africa v Qualifier B, Paarl.
- Thursday 14 October: India v Afghanistan, Tshwane.
- Friday 15 October: Pakistan v Qualifier A, Bloemfontein.
- Friday 15 October: Zimbabwe v Australia, Harare.
- Saturday 16 October: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, Durban.
- Saturday 16 October: South Africa v England, Port Elizabeth.
- Sunday 17 October: India v Qualifier A, Bloemfontein.
- Sunday 17 October: New Zealand v Qualifier B, Harare.
- Monday 18 October: Australia v Afghanistan, KuGompo City.
- Tuesday 19 October: Zimbabwe v Pakistan, Harare.
- Tuesday 19 October: South Africa v Bangladesh, Durban.
- Wednesday 20 October: New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Johannesburg.
- Wednesday 20 October: England v Qualifier B, Harare.
- Thursday 21 October: Afghanistan v Qualifier A, KuGompo City.
- Friday 22 October: Australia v Pakistan, Paarl.
- Friday 22 October: South Africa v Sri Lanka, Johannesburg.
- Saturday 23 October: England v New Zealand, Port Elizabeth.
- Saturday 23 October: Bangladesh v Qualifier B, Tshwane.
- Sunday 24 October: Zimbabwe v India, Victoria Falls.
That is South Africa’s group: New Zealand in Cape Town on 9 October, Qualifier B in Paarl on 13 October, England in Port Elizabeth on 16 October, Bangladesh in Durban on 19 October, Sri Lanka in Johannesburg on 22 October.
Super 7
- Monday 25 October: A2 (Australia) v B3 (Sri Lanka), Johannesburg.
- Tuesday 26 October: B1 (New Zealand) v A3 (Pakistan), Port Elizabeth.
- Wednesday 27 October: B2 (South Africa) v AB4 (England), Tshwane.
- Thursday 28 October: A1 (India) v A2 (Australia), Victoria Falls.
- Friday 29 October: B1 (New Zealand) v B3 (Sri Lanka), KuGompo City.
- Saturday 30 October: A3 (Pakistan) v AB4 (England), Victoria Falls.
- Sunday 31 October: B2 (South Africa) v A1 (India), Johannesburg.
- Monday 1 November: A2 (Australia) v B1 (New Zealand), Victoria Falls.
- Tuesday 2 November: B3 (Sri Lanka) v AB4 (England), Cape Town.
- Wednesday 3 November: B2 (South Africa) v A3 (Pakistan), Durban.
- Thursday 4 November: A1 (India) v B1 (New Zealand), Paarl.
- Friday 5 November: A2 (Australia) v AB4 (England), Durban.
- Saturday 6 November: B2 (South Africa) v B3 (Sri Lanka), Bloemfontein.
- Sunday 7 November: A1 (India) v A3 (Pakistan), Cape Town.
- Monday 8 November: B1 (New Zealand) v AB4 (England), Durban.
- Tuesday 9 November: B2 (South Africa) v A2 (Australia), Port Elizabeth.
- Wednesday 10 November: A3 (Pakistan) v B3 (Sri Lanka), Bloemfontein.
- Thursday 11 November: A1 (India) v AB4 (England), Port Elizabeth.
- Friday 12 November: B2 (South Africa) v B1 (New Zealand), Cape Town.
- Saturday 13 November: A2 (Australia) v A3 (Pakistan), Bloemfontein.
- Sunday 14 November: A1 (India) v B3 (Sri Lanka), Durban.
If South Africa finish in the B2 slot, that is England in Tshwane on 27 October, India in Johannesburg on 31 October, Pakistan in Durban on 3 November, Sri Lanka in Bloemfontein on 6 November, Australia in Port Elizabeth on 9 November, and New Zealand in Cape Town on 12 November.
Knockouts
- Wednesday 17 November: Semi-final 1, Cape Town. Reserve day to follow.
- Thursday 18 November: Semi-final 2, Tshwane. Reserve day to follow.
- Sunday 21 November: Final, Johannesburg. Reserve day Monday 22 November.
The top side in the Super 7 plays the fourth. Second plays third.
🗣 “I have a feeling that this is the World Cup where South Africa is going to lose the choker label! We are going to win this one!” – 🎙️Jay
Entries for the 2027 World Cup ticket ballot are taken at tickets.cricketworldcup.com and close at 23:59 SAST on Saturday 21 November 2026. Entering costs nothing and no payment is taken at registration.
Each person may enter once per match, and where entries outstrip the seats on offer the successful ones are drawn at random. Indicative prices on the ICC fixture page run from USD 9.62 (R158) to USD 31.31 (R514), with family, student and pensioner pricing also listed.
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