England to face West Indies and Pakistan in World Cup warm-ups in February
Tuesday 2 December 2014 16:47, UK
England will take on the West Indies and Pakistan in World Cup warm-up games.
England will face the Windies in Sydney on February 9 and Pakistan in the same city two days later, ahead of the tournament itself which begins on Valentine’s Day.
South Africa will face Sri Lanka and New Zealand and Australia will host reigning champions India.
A total of 14 games will be played at Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Christchurch from February 8-13 ahead of the tournament proper, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
The matches are not official one-day internationals and will operate under slightly different rules, with up to 15 players able to be used but no more than 11 players at any one time.
"The public will be welcome to attend warm-up matches which will be ticketed but free of charge," said the International Cricket Council.
Warm-up schedule:
February 8: India v Australia at Adelaide
February 9: South Africa v Sri Lanka at Christchurch; New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Christchurch; England v West Indies at Sydney, Pakistan v Bangladesh at Sydney
February 10: Ireland v Scotland at Sydney; India v Afghanistan at Adelaide
February 11: New Zealand v South Africa at Christchurch; Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Christchurch; Australia v UAE at Melbourne; England v Pakistan at Sydney
February 12: West Indies v Scotland at Sydney, Ireland v Bangladesh at Sydney
February 13: Afghanistan v UAE at Sydney
