Press Release
SABC3 will provide live television coverage of the ICC Cricket World Cup matches on the forthcoming tournament.
SABC3 will carry 30 of the matches including two Quarter Finals, one Semi final and the Final. The ICC Cricket World Cup Tournament is being played between 13 February and 29 March 2015.
As a result of some of the cricket matches continuing from the previous evening or starting at 5am our feel good breakfast show
Expresso will not be aired on those days. The morning repeat soapie and retro slot will also be affected.
Where matches end at 1.30pm or 2pm the
News @ 1 and
Africa News Update will not be broadcast. Popular soapies such as
Days of Our Lives (5pm),
The Bold and the Beautiful (6pm) and
Isidingo (7pm) will not be affected during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Tournament and will air as usual.
Overnight properties that are regularly aired from 23:30 will not be broadcast on evenings when live cricket matches are being broadcast.
Coverage of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Tournament matches commence at 23:30 and 5am respectively.
The matches below will be covered live on SABC3:
| DATE |
TIME |
MATCH |
| 13 February |
23:30 |
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka |
| 15 February |
05:00 |
South Africa vs Zimbabwe |
| 15 February |
23:30 |
Ireland vs West Indies |
| 16 February |
23:30 |
New Zealand vs Scotland |
| 18 February |
05:00 |
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan |
| 18 February |
23:30 |
Zimbabwe vs United Arab Emirates |
| 20 February |
23:30 |
Pakistan vs West Indies |
| 22 February |
05:00 |
South Africa vs India |
| 22 February |
23:30 |
England vs Scotland |
| 25 February |
05:00 |
Ireland vs United Arab Emirates |
| 25 February |
23:30 |
Afghanistan vs Scotland |
| 27 February |
05:00 |
South Africa vs West Indies |
| 28 February |
05:00 |
India vs United Arab Emirates |
| 1 March |
05:00 |
Pakistan vs Zimbabwe |
| 3 March |
05:00 |
South Africa vs Ireland |
| 4 March |
05:00 |
Pakistan vs United Arab Emirates |
| 4 March |
23:30 |
Bangladesh vs Scotland |
| 7 March |
05:00 |
South Africa vs Pakistan |
| 8 March |
05:00 |
Australia vs Sri Lanka |
| 9 March |
05:00 |
England vs Bangladesh |
| 10 March |
05:00 |
India vs Ireland |
| 11 March |
05:00 |
Sri Lanka vs Scotland |
| 12 March |
05:00 |
South Africa vs United Arab Emirates |
| 13 March |
05:00 |
Bangladesh vs New Zealand |
| 14 March |
05:00 |
Australia vs Scotland |
| 14 March |
23:30 |
West Indies vs United Arab Emirates |
| 18 March |
05:00 |
First Quarter Final |
| 20 March |
05:00 |
Third Quarter Final |
| 24th March |
05:00 |
First Semi Final |
| 29 March |
05:00 |
Final |