ICC CWC League 2 2026 USA Pakistan Canada Leg Fixtures Broadcast

The North American leg of ICC CWC League 2 2026 is shaping up as the most consequential American hosting window of the cycle. USA, Pakistan A and Canada will play out a six-match round robin across Florida and Texas, with the first ball indicatively scheduled for the third week of May 2026. The leg matters: League 2 standings here will swing seedings for the CWC Qualifier, and Pakistan A's squad is expected to feature several fringe national-team prospects looking for ODI mileage.

The fixture grid

The fixture window is projected as a tight nine-day block to keep travel costs low for Pakistan's touring party. Below is the indicative grid based on USA Cricket's host calendar.

Match	Indicative Date	Teams	Venue	Broadcast
1	18 May 2026	USA vs Pakistan A	Central Broward Park, Lauderhill	Willow TV / FanCode
2	20 May 2026	Canada vs Pakistan A	Central Broward Park, Lauderhill	Willow TV / FanCode
3	22 May 2026	USA vs Canada	Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas	Willow TV / FanCode
4	24 May 2026	Pakistan A vs USA	Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas	Willow TV / FanCode
5	26 May 2026	Pakistan A vs Canada	Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas	Willow TV / FanCode
6	28 May 2026	Canada vs USA	Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas	Willow TV / FanCode

Both venues are familiar to international cricket. Lauderhill seats around 20,000 in expanded mode, Grand Prairie roughly 7,200 in its standard fit-out.

Day 1 timings across zones

USA opens the leg against Pakistan A in a 10:30 a.m. EDT start to give a clean five-hour buffer for an ODI without late-evening dew. The multi-zone clock looks like this for Day 1.

Zone	Start time
EDT (Lauderhill)	10:30 a.m.
GMT	14:30
IST	20:00
PKT	19:30
AEST	00:30 (next day)
NZT	02:30 (next day)

Probable XIs

Squads have not been finalised, but the projected XIs read as follows.

USA: Monank Patel (c, wk), Steven Taylor, Andries Gous, Aaron Jones, Nitish Kumar, Corey Anderson, Harmeet Singh, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ali Khan, Jasdeep Singh, Nosthush Kenjige.

Pakistan A: Mohammad Haris (wk), Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Aamer Jamal, Faheem Ashraf (c), Mehran Mumtaz, Akif Javed, Zaman Khan.

Canada: Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal (c), Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva (wk), Saad Bin Zafar, Junaid Siddiqui, Dilon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, Jeremy Gordon, Dilpreet Bajwa.

Broadcast and streaming

Willow TV holds North American rights, and FanCode is expected to carry the leg into India. Pakistan viewers should look out for PTV Sports and Tamasha for the Pakistan A fixtures. ICC.tv may host the lower-tier games as a free fallback for non-broadcast markets. Sky Sports has historically not picked up CWC League 2.

Tickets and venue logistics

Lauderhill ticketing opens through USA Cricket's portal, with general-admission lawn seats projected at $20 and premium pavilion at $75. Grand Prairie sells through SeatGeek and Ticketmaster, with the Texas leg likely scheduling weekend day games to lift the gate. Parking at both venues is paid; rideshare drop zones are well marked.

What this leg means

The leg carries direct CWC Qualifier seeding weight. Pakistan A leads the points table and would likely lock its qualifier slot with four wins from six. USA needs three to stay alive at the top end; Canada is fighting to avoid the playoff bracket. For Pakistan's national set-up the leg also doubles as a live audition window for Saim Ayub at the top of the order and Akif Javed's left-arm seam, both of whom are knocking on the senior side.

For broader pathway context, see the final-leg fixtures and broadcast piece, which sets up the cycle's closing window. Readers tracking USA's broader 2026 calendar should also look at the T20 World Cup 2026 East Asia-Pacific qualifier fixtures.

Expect the official ICC release within the next ten days, after which ticketing windows will lock in. The North American leg is short but it is unusually high-stakes, and it gives Pakistan A a rare chance to play meaningful ODIs on neutral soil before the senior side's next white-ball assignment.