PDP is reporting Canada will play Nepal as one of their T20 WC warm-up matches. This is news because the ICC prefer sitting on their hands rather than announcing the warm-up fixtures. I hope Canada's other preparatory match is against a Test nation. Warm-up or not, a match against one of the Full Members is extremely rare and may be exactly what our new sponsors would like - being able to associate their products with Canada when large numbers of domestic cricket fans are paying attention. (Though said fans are supporting the opponent). We'll probably get Zimbabwe. Oh well, at least Pakistan and India await in the tournament proper. Those matches alone might justify the investment for sponsors.
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Edit: Warm-up fixtures officially announced
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/warm-u ... d-cup-2024
May 27: Canada vs Nepal
May 30: Canada vs Netherlands
Many teams like South Africa, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Pakistan not involved.
It seems South Africa would rather play an intra-squad match than play an Associate
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More eyes are likely to be on June 1st Bangladesh/India warm-up than the actual USA/Canada tournament start the same day. Thanks, ICC.