Watch: Ngidi and Pollock look ahead to Africa’s 2027 Cricket World Cup

Lungi Ngidi and Shaun Pollock look towards the return of the men’s Cricket World Cup to Africa in this official ICC video. The governing body published the feature on 17 October as part of its tournament ticket-ballot coverage.

South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia will jointly host the 2027 event. The ICC’s wider tournament update outlines fourteen teams, 57 matches and twelve venues, making this a continental competition rather than a single-country hosting project.

The feature is a promotional conversation about the coming tournament, not footage of a World Cup match already played. Its value lies in the players’ perspective on the event returning to the region.

Supporters should distinguish registering for a ballot from purchasing or receiving a ticket. The ICC says ballot entry is free and does not itself confirm a seat. The official ticket site supplies the applicable process and conditions.

Watch the original ICC production above. The accompanying source report gives additional hosting and venue context, while Montage Africa’s cricket section separately follows Zimbabwe’s preparation work and other African cricket developments.

Original video: ICC on YouTube. Source date 2026-10-17.

Read the accompanying source report.