Fixtures for men’s and women’s Twenty20 World Cups in 2020 revealed

Sydney and Melbourne will play host to several of the marquee matches when the women's and men's Twenty20 World Cups are staged next year.

The International Cricket Council released the full fixture on Tuesday, with the women's stand-alone tournament to be held between February 21 and March 8.

The two women's semi finals will be held as a blockbuster double header at the SCG on March 5, with the final at the MCG on International Women's Day, when officials hope for more than 90,000 to attend, particularly if defending champions Australia make the play-off.

Meg Lanning’s Australians are the World T20 championsCredit:AP

The ICC Twenty20 World Cup organising committee says the final "presents an opportunity to set a world record attendance to a women's sporting fixture, which stands at 90,185".

At the official launch in Sydney, it emerged Australia have been grouped with India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and a qualifying nation. Australia's opening match will be a marquee clash against India at the Sydney Showgrounds – the first of five matches at that venue.

The redeveloped Junction Oval in Melbourne will host five matches, beginning with a clash between India and New Zealand. Australia will also take on the White Ferns there on March 2.

The MCG will host seven games, including the final, while Geelong's Kardinia Park will host six matches but none involving Australia. Sri Lanka will feature three times.

Canberra will host five matches played over three days, while WA will have what has been billed as a "three-day festival" with nine of the 10 teams competing there.

The men's World Cup will be staged from October 18 to November 15, with the final also at the MCG.

The West Indies celebrate their World T20 triumph in 2016Credit:AP

The men's team, ranked fourth on the ICC rankings and still with much work to do, will benefit from CA having scheduled more T20s in the lead-up to the even under the new Future Tours Program.

Full details to come.

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