Where to Watch the Cricket World Cup in United States

Yes, for the biggest games. Every India fixture, both semi-finals and the final are free on DD Sports. The full tournament is on Star Sports and streams on JioHotstar, which you need for the games that don't involve India, such as a Pakistan or Australia group fixture.

Willow is the World Cup channel for the US and Canada, and Cricbuzz streams it. South Africa is six hours ahead of New York in October and seven after the clocks change in November, so most matches start in the early morning on the East Coast and before dawn in California.

Every World Cup game is on Sky Sports in Britain and Ireland, and NOW carries the same channels for homes without a satellite dish. South Africa is only an hour or two ahead of London during the event, so most games fit neatly into the British day, with day-night matches finishing in the evening.

Yes. PTV Sports and Geo Super share the TV coverage in Pakistan, and Myco, Tamasha and Tapmad stream the matches. Pakistan is three hours ahead of South Africa, so a game that starts in the South African afternoon runs through the Pakistani evening.

Yes. Prime Video has the Cricket World Cup in Australia, so the defending champions are on streaming rather than free TV. Sydney is eight or nine hours ahead of South Africa in October and November, so many matches run through the Australian evening and late into the night.

Yes, in a large number of countries. ICC.tv streams matches free wherever no local broadcaster holds the rights, which includes Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and the Philippines. In Sri Lanka, TV Supreme shows matches free-to-air, and DD Sports does the same for the biggest games in India.

STARZPLAY streams the Cricket World Cup in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco and nearby countries through its CricLife Max cricket add-on. It is the route for the region's large South Asian communities, and the South African afternoon arrives two hours later in Dubai.

South Africa and Zimbabwe qualify as hosts, along with the top eight sides in the ODI rankings at the cut-off date. The last four places go through a qualifying tournament, which Namibia must play despite co-hosting, because it is not a full member of the ICC. Matches are 50 overs a side, ending with semi-finals and a final.

Yes, with a VPN. JioHotstar, Sky Go, Prime Video and Willow only stream inside their own countries, so they stop on a trip abroad. Pick a server in India, Britain, Australia or the US and the stream plays as normal; NordVPN works with both Hotstar and Sky Go.