The much-awaited schedule of World Cup 2019 has been announced by the ICC to be played from 30^th May to 14^th July. Top 8 teams qualified directly for the World Cup while West Indies and Afghanistan made it to prestigious 2019 tournament by reaching finals of ICC World Cup qualifiers held in March this year.

England will take on South Africa in the opening match on 30^th May. Each team will play nine matches with 4 teams qualifying for semi-finals stage. Australia is the defending Champions winning the World Cup in 2015.

48 matches
45 days
10 teams
1 trophy 🏆

The full fixtures for the 2019 @cricketworldcup have been announced!

📅 https://t.co/NuqazYbhv8#CWC19 pic.twitter.com/Yx51IGJU8y

— ICC (@ICC) April 26, 2018

There are 10 venues where the matches will be played including Old Trafford, Manchester, Edgbaston in Birmingham, Southampton, Lords, Oval both in London, Trent Bridge in Nottingham, Cardiff in Wales, Headingley in Leeds, County Ground, Bristol, County Ground, Taunton and Chester-le- street. It is a massive tournament with some big matches including England versus Australia, India versus Pakistan.

ICC chief executive Dave Richardson said:  “It’s always an exciting moment ahead of any major event to announce the schedule and for the ICC Cricket World Cup. Next summer fans around the world will be treated to compelling and competitive cricket as the best teams in the world go head to head in this round-robin format for the right to be crowned World Champions.”

Look at the complete schedule of ICC World Cup 2019: 

1. England vs. South Africa (The Oval, London) – 30^th May
2. Pakistan vs. West Indies (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)- 31^st May
3. New Zealand vs. Sri Lanka (Sophia Gardens, Cardiff)- 1^st June
4. Australia vs. Afghanistan (County Ground, Bristol)- 1^st June D/N
5. Bangladesh vs. South Africa (The Oval, London)- 2^nd June
6. England vs. Pakistan (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)- 3^rd June
7. Afghanistan vs. Sri Lanka (Sophia Garden’s, Cardiff)- 4^th June
8. India vs. South Africa (Rose Bowl, Southampton)- 5^th June
9. Bangladesh vs. New Zealand (The Oval, London)- 5^th June D/N
10. Australia vs. West Indies (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)- 6^th June
11. Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka (County Ground, Bristol)- 7^th June
12. England vs. Bangladesh (Sophia Garden’s, Cardiff)- 8^th June
13. Afghanistan vs. New Zealand (County Ground, Taunton)- 8^th June D/N
14. India vs. Australia (The Oval, London)- 9^th June
15. South Africa vs. West Indies (Rose Bowl, Southampton)- 10^th June
16. Bangladesh vs. Sri Lanka (County Ground, Bristol)- 11^th June
17. Australia vs. Pakistan ( County Ground, Taunton)-12^th June
18. India vs. New Zealand (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)- 13^th June
19. England vs. West Indies (Rose Bowl, Southampton)- 14^th June
20. Australia vs. Sri Lanka (The Oval, London)- 15^th June
21. Afghanistan vs. South Africa (Sophia Garden’s, Cardiff)- 15^th June D/N
22. India vs. Pakistan (Old Trafford, Manchester)- 16^th June
23. Bangladesh vs. West Indies (County Ground, Taunton)- 17^th June
24. England vs. Afghanistan (Old Trafford, Manchester)- 18^th June
25. New Zealand vs. South Africa (Edgbaston, Birmingham)- 19^th June
26. Australia vs. Bangladesh (Trent Bridge, Nottingham)- 20^th June
27. England vs. Sri Lanka (Headingley, Leeds)- 21^st June
28. Afghanistan vs. India (Rose Bowl, Southampton)- 22^nd June
29. New Zealand vs. West Indies (Old Trafford, Manchester)- 22^nd June D/N
30. Pakistan vs. South Africa (Lord, London)- 23^rd June
31. Afghanistan vs. Bangladesh (Rose Bowl, Southampton)- 24^th June
32. England vs. Australia (Lords, London)- 25^th June
33. New Zealand vs. Pakistan (Edgbaston, Birmingham)- 26^th June
34. India vs. West Indies (Old Trafford, Manchester)- 27^th June
35. South Africa vs. Sri Lanka (Riverside Ground, Chester-le- street)- 28^th June
36. Afghanistan vs. Pakistan (Headingley, Leeds)- 29^th June
37. Australia vs. New Zealand (Lords, London)- 29^th June D/N
38. England vs. India (Edgbaston, Birmingham)- 30^th June
39. Sri Lanka vs. West Indies (Riverside Ground, Chester-le- street)- 1^st July
40. Bangladesh vs. India (Edgbaston, Birmingham)- 2^nd July
41. England vs. New Zealand (Riverside Ground, Chester-le- street)- 3^rd July
42. Afghanistan vs. West Indies (Headingley, Leeds) – 4^th July
43. Bangladesh vs. Pakistan (Lords, London)- 5^th July
44. India vs. Sri Lanka (Headingley, Leeds)- 6^th July
45. Australia vs. South Africa (Old Trafford, Manchester)
46. Semifinals 1 (Old Trafford, Manchester)- 9^th July
47. Semifinals 2 (Edgbaston, Birmingham)- 11^th July
48. Finals (Lords, London)- 14^th July