Welcome Back Everyone! Cricket is back, but not back to India, they have covid back, so we're headed to the UAE and Oman instead. We'll pause here so you can google "Oman cricket team"............. you back? Ok, so there is a tournament brewing. The T20 World Cup will begin October 17th. The last T20 World Cup was in 2016, West Indies beat England in the finals. For the Americans in the crowd, remember that a T20 match is a short form of the game, only 20 overs. The regular world cup is 50 overs for comparison. The tournament has been broken into 2 different sections. There are the qualifying rounds, and then the main tournament. There are eight teams in the qualifying rounds, they will compete in 12 matches. The top four teams from those matches will join the 8 teams in groups 1 and 2 in what is called the "Super 12's" Its a super name and teams will compete within their groups. Top two teams from each group will move onto 2 semifinal matches. Final match will be on November 14th.
Qualifying: Starts October 17th
Group A: Namibia, Ireland, Netherlands, Sri Lanka
Group B: Bangladesh, Oman, Scotland, Papa New Guinea
Main Tourney: Starts October 23rd
Group 1: England, South Africa, Australia, West Indies, ?, and ?
Group 2: Afghanistan, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, ?, and ?
So, go now to cricket web. Log on, and make your team. Cricket web will be emailing you an invite into our competition but you can also use the following key: 1633449970
Let me know if you have any questions.
Katy
