2025 World Cup - Day 6: Preview of Fixtures

Summary

We are building towards the business end of the tournament with three days remaining. The round-robin phase is concluding and finals cricket is on the horizon. Here is what you can expect to see to as we enter Day 6 of the tournament.

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2025 World Cup: Explaining the second stage of the tournament

Open Men

With one round remaining for most of the sides, Australia remain unbeaten and will claim the top spot and a place in the Major Semi-Final. Their opposition will be New Zealand, provided they get past the USA in their fixture today.

Sri Lanka have a game in hand, one of them being against the US, and should secure one of the two minor semi-final spots alongside India. The intriguing match-up of the day will see the two Asian countries play against each other, with the winner taking confidence into their Minor Semi-Final match up, a repeat from 2022.

UAE play Singapore but it is a case of too little too late for the Emirates, and they will likely finish fifth and take an automatic semi-final spot in the Plate draw. England take on South Africa with the winner of that match securing sixth and the other automatic semi-final Plate spot.

Fixtures - Day 6, 2 October 2025:

Open Women

The Open Women will start the second stage of the competition, split into the Cup phase with the top four sides (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and England) and the Plate phase (Sri Lanka, Singapore, India and UAE) playing each other once more.

New Zealand meet Australia in a marquee clash early this afternoon, whilst the Australians will also take on South Africa later in the day.

Fixtures - Day 6, 2 October 2025:

Under-22 Men

The second stage commenced yesterday with the Cup phase featuring Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and New Zealand; and the Plate phase featuring UAE, India, Sri Lanka Development and England.

Matches will continue early this morning, with New Zealand vs South Africa a key clash.

Fixtures - Day 6, 2 October 2025:

*Under-22 Women

The end of the triple round-robin format is nearing, with the majority of the fixtures being completed today.

New Zealand and Australia the third time round looms as an important fixture, not only for the top spot and automatic qualification for the Grand Final, but for the confidence of either side, with the Kiwis currently 2-0 so far. England take on the UAE this afternoon, which will be important in deciding who takes third place and entry into the Preliminary Final.

Fixtures - Day 6, 2 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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