India not to feature in any of the day-night matches in 2019 World Cup

In fact, England, Sri Lanka and Pakistan will also not play any of the seven day-night matches, while New Zealand feature in four of them. India will take on Pakistan at Old Trafford in Manchester, which is set to host six matches, on June 16, while Bangladesh will feature in one of three matches at Taunton in Somerset.

England plays the first match of the tournament against South Africa at The Oval on May 30. Australia begins its title defence in a day-night match against Afghanistan on June 1 in Bristol. The tournament, which features 10 teams playing nine round-robin matches, runs from 30 May to 14 July. 

The England and Wales Cricket Board was considering high-capacity venues to host the 50-over competition in 2019, but the home of West Ham (London Stadium) is not one of the 11 grounds named. Lord’s will host the final on July 14, while the semi-finals will be played at Old Trafford and Edgbaston.

The 60,000-seat London Stadium is much larger than any UK cricket ground - Lord’s has the highest capacity of the World Cup venues with 30,000 seats. The former Olympic Stadium was considered at the request of the International Cricket Council (ICC), which wanted to replicate the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which saw games held at large stadiums.

Steve Elworthy, the tournament’s managing director, said they had done studies for 18 months to see what would be required to turn that venue into a cricket facility. “I think the unique elements of what cricket needs, and what cricket wants, is a step too far,” said Elworthy. 

“Cricket hasn’t been played there before. It was a tough decision but, I think, the right one. England one-day captain Eoin Morgan said London Stadium’s omission was “not terribly disappointing”. “We haven’t played there before, an element of unpredictability might have crept in with no previous record at the ground,” he said. 

More than 80,000 tickets are priced at £20, while children’s tickets for every match begin at £6. England has never won a global 50-over competition, although it was beaten finalist in 1979, 1987 and 1992. Afghanistan and West Indies beat Ireland and Scotland respectively to claim the final two places in next year’s tournament.

Venues: Bristol, Cardiff, Chester-le-Street, Edgbaston (Birmingham), Headingley (Leeds), Lord’s (London), Old Trafford (Manchester), The Oval (London), Taunton, Trent Bridge (Nottingham), Southampton. 

June 5: South Africa (Southampton); June 9: Australia (Oval); June 13: New Zealand (Nottingham); June 16: Pakistan (Manchester); June 22: Afghanistan (Southampton); June 27: West Indies (Manchester); June 30: England (Birmingham); July 2: Bangladesh (Birmingham); July 6: Sri Lanka (Leeds).