A quiet game of croquet on a sunny Sunday evening might not have been on the agenda of campus cricketers, but that was how the draw for Red Bull Campus Cricket World Finals was decided.
A few knocks on the lawns of the Wormsley Cricket Ground helped the eight teams from five continents decide whom they’d be playing in the group stages. Supervised by two former Test opening batsmen in UK Sports Director Chris Broad and the International Ambassadorial Sporting Director Brendon Kuruppu, the draw ceremony was a typical English experience for the team captains.
As the stroke of the mallet would have it, Group A was split along regional lines with India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka all being grouped together along with Australia. Group B will see West Indies, South Africa, Bangladesh and hosts England compete for a place in the last four.
With games being played between Monday, 21st July to Wednesday, 23rd July, at the Wormsley Cricket Ground and Aston Rowant Cricket Ground, the eight university teams will play three games each in a round robin format.
With the semis and finals due to be played at the Kia Oval in London on the 26th of July, there’s everything to play for at the Red Bull Campus Cricket World Finals.
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The participating countries will be represented by the following institutions:
United Kingdom: Leeds Bradford MCC
Australia: University of New South Wales
Bangladesh: University of Liberal Arts
India: Rizvi College
Pakistan: Karachi University
South Africa: University of Pretoria
Sri Lanka: International College of Business and Technology
West Indies: Jamaica Intercollegiate
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| GROUP 1 | GROUP2 |
| Sri Lanka | South Africa |
| India | Bangladesh |
| Pakistan | England |
| Australia | West Indies |
