BRISTOL: The ICC World Cup 2019 is just a week away and the teams will play their warm-up matches, starting from Friday (today), before hitting the field to play for the mega title.
The ten participating teams will get to play two warm-up matches each and the players would look to get a whiff of how the playing conditions in various stadiums would be in the month-long intense battle starting from May 30.
The warm-up fixtures are scheduled to be hosted at four official ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 venues.
The four venues include; the Bristol County Ground, Cardiff Wales Stadium, Hampshire Bowl and The Oval.The warm-up matches campaign will start with a match between Pakistan and Afghanistan on May 24 while the second match of the day will be played between Sri Lank and Bangladesh.
After Muhammad Amir and Shadab Khan, fast bowler Wahab Riaz has also joined the team while big-hitter Asif Ali will rejoin the national side in England in a few days.
Coaches are working hard on the players ahead of World Cupp for which they conducted exercises related to improve catching, direct hits and running between the wickets at Bath Cricket Club, Bristol.
Pakistan will begin their World Cup campaign against West Indies on May 31.