Over the next six weeks, India will host a cricket extravaganza with England hoping to successfuly defend the trophy despite a horrific start against New Zealand.
This year’s 50-over tournament will once again see an opening-round group stage featuring all 10 teams playing each other in a round-robin format before the top four graduate through to the knockouts.
The semi-finals will take place in mid-November before a final at the huge 132,000-seater Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
After a frankly dismal perfromance in qualifying, two-time champions West Indies will miss the World Cup for the first time. Hosts India are the team to beat, but don’t rule out the likes of South Africa, New Zealand and Pakistan while Australia are eyeing a record fifth title.
Cricket World Cup 2023 fixtures and results
All times BST unless stated
Group stage
Thursday, October 5
New Zealand bt England by nine wickets
Friday, October 6
Pakistan bt Netherlands by 81 runs
Saturday, October 7
Bangladesh bt Afghanistan by six wickets
South Africa bt Sri Lanka by 102 runs
Sunday, October 8
India bt Australia by six wickets
Monday, October 9
New Zealand vs Netherlands (9.30am, Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Tuesday, October 10
England vs Bangladesh (6am, HPCA Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (9.30am, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Sky Sports Mix)
Wednesday, October 11
India vs Afghanistan (9.30am, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Thursday, October 12
Australia vs South Africa (9.30am, BRSABVE Cricket Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Friday, October 13
New Zealand vs Bangladesh (9.30am, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Saturday, October 14
India vs Pakistan (9.30am, Narendra Modi Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Sunday, October 15
England vs Afghanistan (9.30am, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Monday, October 16
Australia vs Sri Lanka (9.30am, BRSABVE Cricket Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Tuesday, October 17
South Africa vs Netherlands (9.30am, HPCA Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Wednesday, October 18
New Zealand vs Afghanistan (9.30am, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Thursday, October 19
India vs Bangladesh (9.30am, MCA International Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Friday, October 20
Australia vs Pakistan (9.30am, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Saturday, October 21
Netherlands vs South Africa (6am, BRSABVE Cricket Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
England vs South Africa (9.30am, Wankhede Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Sunday, October 22
India vs New Zealand (9.30am, HPCA Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Monday, October 23
Pakistan vs Afghanistan (9.30am, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Tuesday, October 24
South Africa vs Bangladesh (9.30am, Wankhede Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Wednesday, October 25
Australia vs Netherlands (9.30am, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Thursday, October 26
England vs Sri Lanka (9.30am, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Friday, October 27
Pakistan vs South Africa (9.30am, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Saturday, October 28
Australia vs New Zealand (6am, HPCA Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Netherlands vs Bangladesh (9.30am, Eden Gardens, Sky Sports Mix)
Sunday, October 29
India vs England (8.30am, BRSABVE Cricket Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Monday, October 30
Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka (8.30am, MCA International Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Tuesday, October 31
Pakistan vs Bangladesh (8.30am, Eden Gardens, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Wednesday, November 1
New Zealand vs South Africa (8.30am, MCA International Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Thursday, November 2
India vs Sri Lanka (8.30am, Wankhede Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Friday, November 3
Netherlands vs Afghanistan (8.30am, BRSABVE Cricket Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Saturday, November 4
New Zealand vs Pakistan (5am, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
England vs Australia (8.30am, Narendra Modi Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Sunday, November 5
India vs South Africa (8.30am, Eden Gardens, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Monday, November 6
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka (8.30am, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Tuesday, November 7
Australia vs Afghanistan (8.30am, Wankhede Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Wednesday, November 8
England vs Netherlands (8.30am, MCA International Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Thursday, November 9
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka (8.30am, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Friday, November 10
South Africa vs Afghanistan (8.30am, Narendra Modi Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Saturday, November 11
Australia vs Bangladesh (5am, MCA International Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
England vs Pakistan (8.30am, Eden Gardens)
Sunday, November 12
India vs Netherlands (8.30am, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Semi-finals
Wednesday, November 15
1st place vs 4th place (8.30am, Wankhede Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Thursday, November 16
2nd place vs 3rd place (8.30am, Eden Gardens, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Final
Sunday, November 19
Winner semi-final 1 vs winner semi-final 2 (8.30am, Narendra Modi Stadium, Sky Sports Main Event/Cricket)
Cricket World Cup 2023 odds
India – 2/1
England – 11/4
Australia – 9/2
Pakistan – 6/1
South Africa – 8/1
New Zealand – 10/1
Sri Lanka – 25/1
Bangladesh – 100/1
Afghanistan – 100/1
Netherlands – 500/1
Cricket World Cup 2023 venues
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad – 132,000 capacity
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – 40,000 capacity
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai – 50,000 capacity
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi – 41,842 capacity
HPCA Stadium, Dharamshala – 23,000 capacity
Eden Gardens, Kolkata – 66,000 capacity
BRSABVE Cricket Stadium, Lucknow – 50,000 capacity
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai – 32,000 capacity
MCA Stadium, Pune – 37,406 capacity
Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad – 55,000 capacity
