{"id":912507,"date":"2026-10-01T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/912507\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:00:09","slug":"2027-cricket-world-cup-draw-england-avoid-australia-india-in-group-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/912507\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 Cricket World Cup draw: England avoid Australia & India in group stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

England have avoided defending champions Australia and world number one-ranked side India in the group-stage draw for the 2027 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.<\/p>\n

India and Pakistan are, once again, placed in the same group, alongside Australia, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe and a qualifier.<\/p>\n

England, who won the trophy in 2019, are in the same group as co-hosts South Africa, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and a qualifier.<\/p>\n

Harry Brook’s side, who have enjoyed a resurgence in the 50-over format, begin their campaign against Bangladesh on 8 October, and Sri Lanka on 13 October in Windhoek, Namibia.<\/p>\n

They will come up against South Africa in Gqeberha on 16 October before travelling to Harare to face a qualifier on 20 October. They round off the group stage when they face New Zealand, again in Gqeberha, on 23 October.<\/p>\n

The visit to Zimbabwe is significant, with England having not played there since 2004.<\/p>\n

Political unrest in Zimbabwe under the regime of former president Robert Mugabe caused problems for England’s men’s team throughout the 2000s.<\/p>\n

England boycotted their fixture against Zimbabwe in Harare at the 2003 World Cup – a decision which ultimately derailed their campaign.<\/a><\/p>\n

Relations have improved in recent years, however, and BBC Sport reported in 2025 that the two cricket boards were discussing a potential England tour of the country in the next cycle of international cricket between 2027 and 2031.<\/p>\n

After three matches to decide the final two qualifiers, the tournament group stage will open with a repeat of the 2023 final when India and Australia face each other in Cape Town on 7 October.<\/p>\n

Arch-rivals India and Pakistan, who do not play each other outside tournaments, will meet in Johannesburg on 10 October.<\/p>\n

The top three, plus the best fourth-placed finisher, from the two groups progress to the Super 7 stage.<\/p>\n

From there, the top four teams will qualify for the semi-finals, which are scheduled for 17 and 18 November, before the final on 21 November in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England have avoided defending champions Australia and world number one-ranked side India in the group-stage draw for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-912507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}