Proteas to play New Zealand, Bangladesh in T20 World Cup warm-ups

The Proteas will play in two official warm-up fixtures against New Zealand and Bangladesh ahead of next month's T20 World Cup in Australia.

All 16 tournament nations will play their two warm-up fixtures in Brisbane and Melbourne. 

First round teams will commence their preparations in Melbourne, with matches split between the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Junction Oval from 10-13 October.

Teams starting in the Super 12 stage will play all warm-up fixtures over two match days in Brisbane on 17 and 19 October. 

As per previous ICC events, the warm-up fixtures will not carry official T20 International status.

Warm-up fixtures will not be open to spectators with the tournament set to get under way on 16 October. 

The Proteas on Tuesday named their 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia with Temba Bavuma set to lead the side in Australia.

South Africa are in Group 2 alongside India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and two qualifiers.

Proteas T20 World Cup squad:

Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs

Travelling Reserves: Bjorn Fortuin, Marco Jansen, Andile Phehlukwayo

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 warm-up fixtures (All times are local):

10 Oct - West Indies v UAE, Junction Oval, 11:00

10 Oct - Scotland v Netherlands, Junction Oval, 15:00

10 Oct - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, MCG, 19:00

11 Oct - Namibia v Ireland, MCG, 19:00

12 Oct - West Indies v Netherlands, MCG, 19:00

13 Oct - Zimbabwe v Namibia, Junction Oval, 11:00

13 Oct - Sri Lanka v Ireland, Junction Oval, 15:00

13 Oct - Scotland v UAE, MCG, 19:00

17 Oct - Australia v India, The Gabba, 14:00

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