With just over a month left before the all the teams camp in Dhaka for the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014, the ICC has declared the schedule of warm-up matches as well as the match officials who will oversee the tournament that will be played from 16 March to 6 April.
The match referees’ for this prestigious ICC tournament will be David Boon, Ranjan Madugalle and Javagal Srinath from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees.
Meanwhile, the on-field who will oversee the matches are from the panel of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. They are Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Steve Davis, Marais Erasmus, Ian Gould, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Nigel Llong, Bruce Oxenford, Paul Reiffel and Rod Tucker, as well as Billy Bowden and S.Ravi.
In other big news, the ICC has also confirmed the schedule of warm-up matches.
There will be total of 16 warm-up matches which will be played in the men’s event, including eight ahead of the first round (or qualifiers) and another eight in the lead up to the Super 10 stage (which is dubbed as the tournament proper).
The following is the complete schedule of warm-up matches:
Warm-up matches ahead of first round
Wednesday 12 March, 2014
1. Bangladesh vs UAE (1530-1830), Fatullah.
2. Ireland v Nepal (1930-2230), Fatullah.
3. Afghanistan v Netherlands (1530-1830), ZACS, Chittagong.
4. Zimbabwe v Hong Kong (1930-2230), ZACS, Chittagong.
Friday 14 March, 2014
5. Nepal v UAE (1530-1830), Fatullah.
6. Bangladesh v Ireland (1930-2230), Fatullah.
7. Afghanistan v Zimbabwe (1530-1830), MA Aziz, Chittagong.
8. Hong Kong v Netherlands (1930-2230), MA Aziz, Chittagong.
Monday 17 March, 2014
9. New Zealand v Pakistan (1530-1830), Mirpur.
10. Sri Lanka v India (1930-2230), Mirpur.
Tuesday 18 March, 2014
11. West Indies v England (1530-1830), Fatullah.
12. South Africa v Bangladesh A (1930-2230), Fatullah.
Wednesday 19 March, 2014
13. Sri Lanka v West Indies (1530-1830), Mirpur.
14. England v India (1930-2230), Mirpur.
15. Australia v New Zealand (1530-1830), Fatullah.
16. South Africa v Pakistan (1530-1830), Fatullah.
