How to watch 2024 Cricket T20 World Cup

Friday 31 May 2024 by Jonathan Victoria  Guides

The Cricket T20 World Cup is here, bringing together many of the world's top T20 sides and players to compete for the coveted silver trophy.

With the latest edition set to start this weekend, find out the key information such as when and where it is, the teams involved, and most importantly, how to watch the 2024 Cricket T20 World Cup.

How to watch 2024 Cricket T20 World Cup

The Cricket T20 World Cup will be shown live in its entirety exclusively on Sky Sports.

Sky Sports holds the rights to broadcasting rights to ICC cricket, having retained the rights in a deal made back in January 2023 but didn’t start until 2024 and will run until 2031.

The deal means that all men’s and women’s ICC events, such as the T20 World Cups and ICC Cricket World Cups (ODI format) will be hosted exclusively on Sky Sports.

Cricket T20 World Cup on Sky Sports Cricket & Main Event

Sky Sports has its own dedicated cricket channel, Sky Sports Cricket, which will primarily be the home of the tournament.

A select number of games will also be available to watch on Sky Sports Main Event, such as the final.

In order to access these channels, you must have a valid Sky Sports subscription, for which you need Sky TV first.

If you are not a Sky customer already, you can opt for a package that puts Sky Sports and Sky TV’s basic package, Sky Entertainment & Netflix, together for ease.

For existing customers with Sky TV but without Sky Sports, you can amend your existing package and add Sky Sports, either on a rolling 30-day or 18-month contract.

Cricket T20 World Cup on NOW TV

NOW TV offers a Sports Membership which gives you access to all 12 Sky Sports channels in full HD.

The membership is available with no contract options, with a day membership and flexible month membership available, or a cheaper six-month saver membership which comes with a minimum term of six months.

Cricket T20 World Cup on other devices

Sky Sports is available as a TV channel on Sky Stream, Sky Glass and Sky Q, but is also available online via the Sky Sports website/web app, as well as via the Sky Sports apps that are available on devices such as mobile, tablet and console. 

You may also access Sky Sports via Sky GO on any device that has the app installed.

When is the cricket T20 World Cup?

The 2024 Cricket T20 World Cup begins this weekend on Sunday 2nd June, with the tournament's hosts kicking things off.

Where is the cricket T20 World Cup?

The West Indies and United States will be collaborating to host this year's T20 World Cup.

The West Indies will take the brunt of the competition, with six venues from six nations. The US will then have a further three stadiums, with the three also having played host to a number of the warmup matches.

The United States isn’t exactly known for its cricketing prowess, and this is indeed their first-ever T20 World Cup appearance. As for the West Indies, they are somewhat cricket royalty, having won the T20 World Cup twice as well as the ICC World Cup twice.

2024 Cricket T20 World Cup venues

West Indies

• Kensington Oval, Barbados – 9 matches (Final)
• Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua & Barbuda – 8 matches
• Providence Stadium, Guyana – 6 matches (Semi-final 2)
• Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Saint Lucia – 6 matches
• Arnos Vale Stadium, St. Vincent & the Grenadines – 5 matches
• Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad & Tobago – 5 matches (Semi-final 1)

United States

• Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York – 8 matches
• Central Broward Park, Florida – 4 matches
• Grand Prarie Stadium, Texas – 4 matches

Cricket T20 World Cup teams

There are 20 teams involved in this year’s competition, with the field comprised of some debutants as well as seasoned veteran teams who are certified favourites every edition.

Here is the full list of teams:

• West Indies (H)
• United States (H, D)
• South Africa
• England
• India
• Australia
• New Zealand
• Pakistan
• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Ireland
• Scotland
• Netherlands
• Sri Lanka
• Uganda (D)
• Namibia
• Oman
• Papa New Guinea
• Nepal
• Canada (D)

Key: (H) = Host of the tournament, (D) = cricket T20 World Cup debutant.

Cricket T20 World Cup format

Three stages make up the tournament: the Group stage, the Super Eight stage and the Knockout stage.

Group stage

The Group stage consists of four groups of five teams, with each team playing four games.

The top two teams from each group will then go through to the Super Eights. 

Super Eight stage

In the Super Eight stage, the remaining eight teams will once again be split into groups, this time two groups of four.

Each team will then play another three games to determine the top two of their group, who will then go on to the Knockout stage.

Knockout stage

The Knockout stage consists of two Semi-finals, where the winner of each will then go through to the Final.

Cricket T20 World Cup schedule

The Cricket T20 World Cup gets underway this Sunday starting with the Group stage which will last from 2nd - 18th June. There will be at least one game every day between that time, with at most four games on in a day.

Then it will be the Super Eight stage, which lasts from 19th - 25th June. The proceeding teams from that stage will enter the Semi-finals, with two games on the 27th June, with the winners going through to the Final.

Here is the full schedule for the competition up until the Final:

Cricket T20 World Cup final

The Final will take place on Saturday 29th June at 3:30pm BST at the Kensington Oval.

Cricket T20 World Cup groups 

Group stage

Group A – India, Pakistan, Ireland, Canada, USA

Group B – Australia, England, Namibia, Oman, Scotland

Group C – Afghanistan, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Uganda, West Indies

Group D – Bangladesh, Netherlands, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka

The top two teams will be designated 1 and 2, according to who finished 1st and 2nd. For example, the top two in Group A will be A1 and A2.

Super Eight Stage

The top two teams from each group will be put into either Group 1 or Group 2, with no two teams from the same group in the Group stage being put together.

Group 1 – A1, B2, C1, D2

Group 2 – A2, B1, C2, D1

Like with the Group stage, the top two teams of these groups will then go through to the Knockout stage.

Cricket T20 World Cup history 

The cricket T20 World Cup is still a relatively young tournament, having only played its first edition in 2007.

The tournaments have been played every two years since then with some exceptions:

2010 – The 2010 edition came a year after the 2009 due to security concerns from the 2008 Champions Trophy that was due to be played in Pakistan. That tournament was postponed and moved to 2010, when they decided that the Champions Trophy that year, which was to be played in the West Indies, would be changed to a T20 format, thus making it the next edition of the T20 World Cup.

2018 – The 2018 edition was cancelled as no venue/host nation was decided upon, and the ICC thought there were too many bilateral series happening between member nations.

2021 & 2022 – The COVID-19 pandemic postponed the tournaments that were due to take place in 2020 and 2021.

Cricket T20 World Cup winners

From the eight editions of the World Cup so far, there have been six winners. Only the West Indies and England have won the competition twice.

Here is the list of winners:

2007 – India

2009 – Pakistan

2010 – England 

2012 – West Indies

2014 – Sri Lanka

2016 – West Indies (2)

2021 – Australia

2022 – England (2)