2025 World Cup: Day 2 Preview of Fixtures

A preview of fixtures from day 2 of the tournament from Colombo, Sri Lanka, where you can watch, and where you can follow the action online.

Summary

After 23 matches were contested on the opening day of play yesterday, here is what you can look forward to as we enter day 2 of the tournament.

Open Men

Each team played twice yesterday, with a further five matches being held today, seeing each side appearing at least once. India, Australia and New Zealand won both of their opening contests, whilst England, UAE, South Africa and Sri Lanka Development all won a match apiece. The Proteas and the Kiwis will clash later this afternoon.

The home side, Sri Lanka, USA and Singapore are all still chasing their first win.

Fixtures - Day 2, 27 September 2025:

Court	Match	SRL Local Time
4	SRL vs SRL DEV	12:00am
1	USA vs UAE	1:45pm
3	SGP vs AUS	1:45pm
4	RSA vs NZL	1:45pm
4	IND vs ENG	5:15pm

Open Women

Six matches are scheduled today, after half the sides got in two matches yesterday. South Africa and Australia won their first two matches, with New Zealand also unbeaten in their only outing, and UAE taking one victory from their two contests.

Sri Lanka, England, Singapore and debutants India are yet to get on the board.

The day is highlighted by a clash between tournament favourites Australia and New Zealand on the broadcast court later this evening.

Fixtures - Day 2, 27 September 2025:

Court	Match	SRL Local Time
1	IND vs SGP	8:30am
3	NZL vs ENG	8:30am
1	SRL vs ENG	5:15pm
3	UAE vs SGP	5:15pm
1	NZL vs AUS	7:00pm
3	RSA vs IND	7:00pm

Under-22 Men

Each side got one match in yesterday, with Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the UAE all claiming wins.

Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Development, India and England all suffered losses, but will look for their first victories with each side playing twice on an eight-game schedule today.

Heavyweights New Zealand and Australia will clash later this evening on the broadcast court.

Fixtures - Day 2, 28 September 2025:

Court	Match	SRL Local Time
4	NZL vs ENG	8:30am
1	UAE vs RSA	10:15am
3	SRL vs AUS	10:15am
4	IND vs SRL DEV	10:15am
4	UAE vs SRL DEV	3:30pm
1	NZL vs AUS	8:45pm
3	RSA vs IND	8:45pm
4	SRL vs ENG	8:45pm

Under-22 Women

With *India having pulled out of the tournament, the number of daily fixtures in the division has reduced.

Four matches were held yesterday, with New Zealand winning both of their fixtures, whilst Australia won their only match. UAE also got a win on the board, whilst Sri Lanka and England lost their respective contests.

Five matches are scheduled in total today, with the previous World Cup finalists New Zealand and Australia will meet later this afternoon on the broadcast court.

Fixtures - Day 2, 28 September 2025:

Court	Match	SRL Local Time
1	SRL vs ENG	12:00pm
3	AUS vs UAE	12:00pm
1	NZL vs AUS	3:30pm
3	ENG vs UAE	3:30pm
4	SRL vs NZL	7:00pm

*India had previously entered a side, but have now pulled out of the competition. The division is now being contested with five sides, with the double round-robin format remaining.

Streaming

All matches will be live streamed via YouTube on the U-Pro Indoor Cricket Channel:

YouTube: U-Pro Indoor Cricket

There are live stream courts showing the following of each match from each session throughout the day:

Court	Location	Streaming
1	U-Pro Colombo	Broadcast
3	U-Pro Austasia	Fixed Camera
4	U-Pro Austasia	Fixed Camera

Court 1 at U-Pro Colombo provides full broadcast with commentary. Courts 3 and 4 at U-Pro Austasia will have a fixed camera stream operating. All courts are equipped with full on-screen graphics through Scored.