For the second time in cricket history, South Africa and Zimbabwe will host the highly anticipated ICC Cricket World Cup (2027). Both countries previously hosted the tournament in 2003, which left an unforgettable memories for cricket fans worldwide. However, it is the first time Namibia has been given the opportunity to host the Cricket World Cup tournament.

Talking about the confirmed venues in South Africa Eight well-known cricket stadiums in South Africa, including Wanderers in Johannesburg, Kingsmead in Durban, St George’s Park in Gqeberha, Boland Park in Paar,l Centurion Park in Pretoria and Newlands in Cape Town, have been formally named as locations along with Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein and Buffalo Park in East London for the 2027 ICC ODI World Cup, according to news published by News24 on Wednesday.

The exercise (of choosing the venues) was a scientific one and also included the number of hotel rooms and the availability of an airport. If there was disappointment, it was also tempered by the reality that was based on the venues that were chosen," Said Pholetsi Moseki the chief executive officer of Cricket South Africa (CSA)

He further added "We do indeed have 11 ICC-accredited venues, so it was hard to leave out three, but a whole lot of things were taken into consideration. There's also the important matter of training venues outside of the ones available at the venue."

The top eight teams in the ICC ODI rankings with host South Africa and Zimbabwe are guaranteed spots in the World Cup but Namibia will have to go through the African qualifiers.

14 teams are set to to play World Cup 2027 There will be two groups of seven teams each in the competition. The top three teams from each group advance to the Super Six round