Huge Honour To Defend T20 World Cup Title In Front Of Home Fans: Aaron Finch

Australian T20I skipper Aaron Finch has the tough task of defending their T20 World Cup title later this year at home in October. The T20 World Cup 2022 will be played in Australia this time around between October-November. The India-Pakistan clash will be played in Melbourne on October 23. 

Australia won the T20 World Cup title by beating New Zealand in the final under Aaron Finch. Talking to reporters in Australia, Finch opened up on his plans to defend the title later this year at home. 

“The ICC T20 Men’s World Cup is going to be a great spectacle and a huge honour for us to defend the trophy in front of our home fans. There are so many great sides with the very best players in the world coming to Australia. It’s an amazing opportunity for Australian fans to see the world’s best,” Finch stated in an official release.

This is the first time that the ICC event will be played in Australia. Seven venues have been finalised by the ICC to stage the matches. The matches will be played in Adelaide, Brisbane, Geelong, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney.

“We’ve felt the power of home crowd support at the 2015 One-Day Cricket World Cup and the Women’s ICC T20 World Cup last year. It will be great to have the whole country behind us and make it another World Cup to remember. We will surely try our best” he added.

It Will Be Great To Have The Whole Country Behind Us: Aaron Finch

The qualifier games will be played in Geelong and Hobart featuring former champions West Indies and Sri Lanka, before hosts and defending champions Australia take on New Zealand in the opening match of the Super 12 at the SCG on Saturday 22 October in a rematch of the final. 

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Local Organising Committee CEO Michelle Enright said: “There’s nothing bigger in cricket than a World Cup and the T20 format is such a fun, energetic, vibrant celebration of cricket and culture – it really is a big time and that’s exactly what the campaign we are launching today is all about.”

Super 12 stage

Group 1: Australia, Afghanistan, England, New Zealand, A1, B2

Group 2: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South Africa, B1, A2

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