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| opponents following their tour in February and March | | | | April 27 |
| - on April 28 at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, the | | | | Windward XI v Pakistan, Beausejour Cricket Ground, |
| same venue that will stage their clash with South | | | | St Lucia, 9.30am local time |
| Africa the following day. | | | | Barbados XI v Bangladesh, Kensington Oval, |
| The men's teams - with the exception of India, who | | | | Barbados, 1.30pm |
| have opted against warm-up matches - will take on | | | | Australia v Zimbabwe, Beausejour Cricket Ground, St |
| the other competing nations or Caribbean host XIs in | | | | Lucia, 1.30pm |
| 12 contests over three days in Barbados, St Lucia | | | | Ireland v New Zealand, Guyana National Stadium, |
| and Guyana. | | | | Guyana, 1.30pm |
| The opening day of the tournament proper on April | | | | West Indies v Afghanistan, Guyana National Stadium, |
| 30 sees clashes between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, | | | | Guyana, 5pm |
| and West Indies and Ireland - England's group D | | | | April 28 |
| opponents - in Guyana. | | | | Sri Lanka v South Africa, Kensington Oval, Barbados, |
| England, who will be led by Paul Collingwood, begin | | | | 9.30am |
| their World Twenty20 campaign against the hosts in | | | | Bangladesh v England, Kensington Oval, Barbados, |
| Guyana on May 3. | | | | 1.30pm |
| England women, the reigning World Twenty20 | | | | Ireland v Afghanistan, Guyana National Stadium, |
| champions, meet India and South Africa on May 2 | | | | Guyana, 1.30pm |
| and 3 respectively, two of the eight warm-up games | | | | West Indies v New Zealand, Guyana National |
| that will take place in St Kitts over those two days. | | | | Stadium, Guyana, 5pm |
| Australia provide the opposition in England's first | | | | April 29 |
| competitive match in St Kitts on May 5, while the | | | | Windward XI v Australia, Beausejour Cricket Ground, |
| final of the men's and women's events are set on | | | | St Lucia, 9.30am |
| May 16. | | | | England v South Africa, Kensington Oval, Barbados, |
| None of the men's or women's warm-up encounters | | | | 1.30pm |
| - for which admission is free - will carry Twenty20 | | | | Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Beausejour Cricket Ground, St |
| international status. | | | | Lucia, 1. |