<a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/australia-cricket/" target="_blank">Australia </a>will attempt to defend the <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/cricket/2021/11/14/australia-crush-new-zealand-to-lift-maiden-t20-world-cup-title-in-dubai/" target="_blank">trophy they won in Dubai</a> last year when they host the T20 World Cup this month. The competition will begin with first-round group matches in Geelong and Tasmania, starting on October 16. The two teams who top those two groups of four will advance to play alongside the top-ranking sides in the Super 12 phase. For just the second time in history, <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/cricket/2022/10/06/uae-set-to-compete-in-two-cricket-world-cups-at-same-time-in-australia/" target="_blank">the UAE will be part of the competition.</a> Back in 2014, the national team lost all their matches in the preliminary round of the World T20 in Sylhet in Bangladesh. They will be hoping for better this time having been pitched into a group with <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/cricket/2022/09/13/sri-lanka-celebrate-asia-cup-title-as-sport-unites-troubled-nation/" target="_blank">Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka</a>, Netherlands and Namibia. A – Sri Lanka (8), UAE (13), Netherlands (18), Namibia (14) B – West Indies (7), Scotland (15), Ireland (12), Zimbabwe (11) <b>Super 12</b> 1 – Afghanistan (10), Australia (6), New Zealand (5), England (2), A1, B2 2 – Bangladesh (9), India (1), Pakistan (4), South Africa (3), B1, A2 <b>India: </b>Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh <b>England: </b><a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/cricket/2022/10/08/jos-buttler-fit-for-englands-t20-series-opener-against-australia/" target="_blank">Jos Buttler </a>(captain), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Alex Hales <b>South Africa: </b>Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Reeza Hendricks, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Rillee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs <b>Pakistan:</b> Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Usman Qadir <b>New Zealand:</b> Kane Williamson (captain), Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips, Jimmy Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, Martin Guptill, Lachlan Ferguson, Devon Conway, Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell, Trent Boult, Finn Allen <b>Australia:</b> Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa <b>West Indies:</b> Nicholas Pooran (captain), Rovman Powell, Yannic Cariah, Johnson Charles, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Kyle Mayers, Obed Mccoy, Raymon Reifer, Odean Smith, Shamarh Brooks <b>Sri Lanka: </b>Dasun Shanaka (captain), Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka, Pramod Madushan <b>Bangladesh:</b> Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Afif Hossain, Mossadek Hossain, Litton Das, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Najmul Hossain, Nasum Ahmed <b>Afghanistan:</b> Mohammad Nabi (captain), Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Qais Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Salim Safi, Usman Ghani. <b>Zimbabwe:</b> Craig Ervine (captain), Ryan Burl, Regis Chakabva, Tendai Chatara, Bradley Evans, Luke Jongwe, Clive Madande, Wessly Madhevere, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Sikandar Raza, Milton Shumba, Sean Williams <b>Ireland: </b>Andrew Balbirnie (captain), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Fionn Hand, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Conor Olphert, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young <b>UAE: </b>CP Rizwan (captain), Vriitya Aravind, Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Basil Hameed, Aryan Lakra, Zawar Farid, Kashif Daud, Karthik Meiyappan, Ahmed Raza, Zahoor Khan, Junaid Siddique, Sabir Ali, Alishan Sharafu, Aayan Afzal Khan <b>Namibia:</b> Gerhard Erasmus (captain), JJ Smit, Divan la Cock, Stephan Baard, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Jan Frylinck, David Wiese, Ruben Trumpelmann, Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni, Michael van Lingen, Ben Shikongo, Karl Birkenstock, Lohan Louwrens, Pikki Ya France <b>Scotland:</b> Richard Berrington (captain), George Munsey, Michael Leask, Bradley Wheal, Chris Sole, Chris Greaves, Safyaan Sharif, Josh Davey, Matthew Cross, Calum MacLeod, Hamza Tahir, Mark Watt, Brandon McMullen, Michael Jones, Craig Wallace <b>Netherlands: </b>Scott Edwards (captain), Colin Ackermann, Shariz Ahmed, Logan van Beek, Tom Cooper, Brandon Glover, Timm van der Gugten, Fred Klaassen, Bas de Leede, Paul van Meekeren, Roelof van der Merwe, Stephan Myburgh, Teja Nidamanuru, Max O’Dowd, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh Matches will be shown live on Starzplay in the UAE. Subscriptions are available at Dh24.99 a month. The national team’s opening round matches will start at 12pm UAE time. Hindi-language commentary on the matches is available in Dubai on Radio 4. Winners: $1.6 million Runners-up: $800,000 Losing semi-finalists: $400,000 Super 12 wins: $40,000 Super 12 exit: $70,000 First round wins: $40,000 First Round exit: $40,000