2025 World Cup - Day 5: Preview of Fixtures

Summary

We are at the halfway stage of the tournament, with the second phase of play approaching for each division. Here is what you can expect to see to as we enter Day 5 of the tournament.

Open Men

Australia continue to dominate and remain unbeaten, though they have an intriguing clash against India tonight. The Indian side were underwhelming and overpowered by New Zealand last night, and will be needing some points from the game to stay in top four contention.

UAE have underperformed thus far, underlined by their loss to Sri Lanka last night, and it gets no easier when they face the Kiwis in the last session of the day following an earlier fixture with England. With Sri Lanka a good chance of taking maximum points from South Africa, the Emiratis will need to put up a statement performance as they battle with the hosts for fourth spot.

Fixtures - Day 5, 1 October 2025:

Open Women

The Open Women will play their last round-robin matches today, following which the second phase of play (Cup phase, top four positions; and Plate phase, bottom four positions) will commence.

With Australia, unbeaten thus far, New Zealand and South Africa all assured of a Cup-phase spot, attention turns to the afternoon’s match between England and the UAE, with the winner advancing to take the fourth Cup spot. England currently have a slender one-point advantage over the Emiratis.

Points will be carried over so performances in the last game of the round-robin are just as important now.

Fixtures - Day 5, 1 October 2025:

Under-22 Men

The Under-22 Men will be the first division to move into the second phase of the competition later tonight, with their final round-robin matches being held this morning. The top four have been locked in - unbeaten Australia, along with South Africa, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Each of these teams will be looking to gain as many points from their final fixtures to carry over into the next round.

Sri Lanka against South Africa could prove to be an interesting match up, with the hosts fighting hard and the Proteas proving they can match it with heavyweights Australia and New Zealand thus far.

On the Plate side of the draw, the other teams will be looking to do the same, which will feature the UAE, India, Sri Lanka Development and England.

Fixtures - Day 5, 1 October 2025:

*Under-22 Women

With India pulling out before the tournament commenced, the division has moved to a triple round-robin format featuring 12 matches. As such, the Under-22 Women will move to their third round-robin matches later today.

The top qualifier goes straight into the final, whilst second and third will play in the preliminary final. New Zealand are ruling the division at the moment, unbeaten after seven matches, and with Australia in a clear second from third-placed UAE.

The Kiwis have two very winnable games today, against Sri Lanka and the UAE, with Australia also expected to come away with wins when they meet England and the hosts.

Fixtures - Day 5, 1 October 2025:

*India had previously entered a side, but pulled out before the start 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 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.

Live Scoring

All live scoring is available via www.indoorcricket.news

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