T20 World Cup Super 8s: When do England play, who else has qualified and how does the format work?

England squeezed into the Super 8s of the T20 World Cup to keep their title defense alive.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of round two in the Caribbean, including when and where England play, the full fixture list and how the format works.

Who are these “Super 8” and what’s next?

Apart from England, the teams remain in Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, South Africa, USA and the West Indies, with the eight sides divided into two groups of four.

• Group 1 – India, Australia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh
• Group 2 – USA, West Indies, South Africa, England

In the Super 8s, each side plays the others in their pool once and the top two in each group reach the semi-finals.

The winners of Group 1 will play the runners-up of Group 2 in the semi-finals and vice versa.

Which Super 8 group teams advanced to was predetermined to help with scheduling.

Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New Zealand were the three seeded teams that did not qualify for the second round, beaten to places by the United States, Bangladesh and Afghanistan respectively.

When and where do England play?

Thursday 20 June: vs West Indies – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (01.30am)
Friday, June 21: vs South Africa – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (3.30pm)
Sunday, June 23: vs USA – Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)

All times are UK and Ireland.

England scraped into the Super 8s, you say?

They certainly did.

A rain-off against Scotland in Barbados – a match in which their opponents pounced on bowling and fielding errors to reach 90-0 from 10 overs before the weather had the final say – was followed by a 36-run defeat against Australia at the same venue as they dropped in as many as 70 runs in the first five overs.

Jos Buttler’s side’s hopes of progressing to the next stage hung by the proverbial thread, but they then dismantled Oman – thrashing the Associated Nation for 47 before ending the chase in just 19 balls to, crucially, take their net run rate above Scotland’s.

They then managed to beat the rain and Namibia in Antigua on Saturday, comfortably winning a 10-over-a-side encounter by 41 runs at DLS after initially fearing the tournament would be over, before attention turned to Australia against Scotland in St Lucia hours later.

An Australian win and England were over. Anything else and they were out.

Buttler’s boys would have been nervous when Scotland posted 180-5, even more so when Australia needed 89 runs from the final seven overs, but the 2021 champions then went into overdrive, with Travis Head (68 off 49), Marcus Stoinis (59 off) . 29) and Tim David (24no off 14) took Australia to victory with two balls to spare.

After many shocks, England had advanced.

What is the full Super 8 playlist?

Voila! 👇

Wednesday, June 19

• USA vs South Africa – North Sound, Antigua (3.30pm)

Thursday 20 June

• West Indies vs England – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (01.30)
• Afghanistan vs India – Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)

Friday, June 21

• Australia vs Bangladesh – North Sound, Antigua (1.30am)
• England vs South Africa – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (3.30pm)

Saturday, June 22

• West Indies vs USA – Bridgetown, Barbados (1.30am)
• India vs Bangladesh – North Sound, Antigua (3.30pm)

Sunday, June 23

• Afghanistan vs Australia – Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1.30am)
• USA vs England – Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)

Monday 24 June

• West Indies vs South Africa – North Sound, Antigua (1.30am)
• Australia vs India – Gros Islet, Saint Lucia (3.30pm)

Tuesday, June 25

• Afghanistan vs Bangladesh – Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1.30am)

How can I follow the action on Sky Sports?

Every match is live on Sky Sports Cricketwhile there will also be live blogs of all matches at 3.30pm on skysports.com and the Sky Sports app.

Sky Sports’ digital platforms will also provide match reports, reactions, analysis and video highlights.

When are the semifinals and finals?

Thursday 27 June

• Semi-Final #1 – Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago (01.30)
• Semifinal #2 – Providence, Guyana (3:30 p.m.)

Saturday, June 29

• Final – Bridgetown, Barbados (3.30pm)

If India reach the last four, they will play in the second semi-final as it is at a friendlier time (8 pm India) for their country’s television audience than the first semi-final (6 am India).

Watch all the T20 World Cup matches, including the final in Barbados on Saturday 29 June, live on Sky Sports.

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