The reigning champions England will begin their title defense against the previous edition’s runners-up New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on October 5 in the 2023 World Cup. England recently defeated the Kiwis by 3-1 in a four-match ODI series and would want to carry the winning impetus against the Kane Williamson-led team.

The Three Lions have a potent team and they will enter the tournament as one of the biggest favorites. England is well known to play aggressively and they will be a team to look out for.

All of England’s matches will be day-night contests, barring their second match against Bangladesh. Furthermore, they will play all of their nine round-robin matches at nine different venues.

England’s schedule for ODI World Cup 2023:

Oct. 5: v New Zealand, Ahmedabad, 2:00 PM IST

Oct. 10: v Bangladesh, Dharamsala, 10:30 AM IST

Oct. 15: v Afghanistan, Delhi, 2:00 PM IST.

Oct. 21: v South Africa, Mumbai, 2:00 PM IST.

Oct. 26: v Sri Lanka, Bengaluru, 2:00 PM IST

Oct. 29: v India, Lucknow, 2:00 PM IST

Nov. 4: v Australia, Ahmedabad, 2:00 PM IST

Nov. 8: v Netherlands, Pune, 2:00 PM IST.

Nov. 11: v Pakistan, Kolkata, 2:00 PM IST.

England’s Probable XI for World Cup 2023: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk/captain), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran/David Willey/Reece Topley, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.

England’s full squad for ODI World Cup 2023: England squad: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes.