England World Cup Squad 2023, Players List, Schedule, Team List. England will aim to defend their title when they arrive in India for the ICC World Cup 2023. England is the defending champions of the tournament. They won the trophy in the previous edition by defeating New Zealand in the final.
ICC World Cup 2023 begins on October 5. India is the host of the tournament. The ICC campaign will observe a battle between 10 teams. England, India, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh are part of the tournament.
Other than England, the nine other teams in the ICC World Cup 2023 are India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Afghanistan, and the Netherlands. Afghanistan has emerged as one of the strongest teams in international cricket in the last few years.
England will play the tournament opener on October 5. The defending champion will clash with New Zealand in the match. Both were the finalists of the last edition.
England will play a total of 9 matches during the league stage of ICC World Cup 2023. Hence, they will face each team once before the semi-final. England will play their last match of the league stage against Pakistan on November 11.
England has only won the ODI WC title once in the previous 2019 edition. However, England has reached the final on many occasions in the past and hence they are one of the strongest teams in the ODI WC tournament.
England has already named their preliminary squad for the World Cup. Jos Buttler is set to lead the team in the tournament. England won the T20 World Cup last year in Australia. They will now aim to become the world champions in ODIs in the forthcoming tournament.
England Schedule for ICC World Cup 2023
Like every other team, England will play a total of 9 matches during the league stage of ICC World Cup 2023. England will play their first match against New Zealand on October 5, which is also the tournament opener.
Their last league clash is against Pakistan on November 11. Below we take a look at the complete schedule of England for ICC WC 2023.
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Date |
Match Details |
Venue |
Time (IST) |
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October 5 |
England vs New Zealand, 1st Match |
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
2:00 PM |
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October 10 |
England vs Bangladesh, 7th Match |
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala |
2:00 PM |
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October 15 |
England vs Afghanistan, 13th Match |
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
2:00 PM |
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October 21 |
England vs South Africa, 20th Match |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
2:00 PM |
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October 26 |
England vs Sri Lanka, 25th Match |
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
2:00 PM |
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October 29 |
England vs India, 29th Match |
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow |
2:00 PM |
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November 4 |
England vs Australia, 36th Match |
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
2:00 PM |
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November 8 |
England vs Netherlands, 40th Match |
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune |
2:00 PM |
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November 11 |
England vs Pakistan, 44th Match |
Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
2:00 PM |
England World Cup Squad 2023
England has named their preliminary squad for the tournament. Jos Buttler is the skipper of England in ODIs and will also lead the team in the tournament. Ben Stokes has recalled his ODI retirement and will play for England in the World Cup.
Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, and Jason Roy are a few key players in the England squad. Harry Brook, an emerging player for England, could not get a place in the preliminary squad. Below is the England squad for the ICC World Cup 2023.
England Preliminary Squad: Jos Buttler (Captain), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.
