THE ICC Cricket World Cup trophy is heading to Taunton next month.

The cup will be on display in the Orchard Shopping Centre on Sunday, March 3, from 10.30am to 4.30pm.

The competition on home soil starts at the end of May.

Three games are being staged at Somerset County Cricket Ground's HQ The Cooper Associates County Ground, in Taunton.

The fixtures are Afghanistan v New Zealand, on Saturday June 8, a day/night game that will see the new floodlights in operation for the first time in an international clash in the town; Pakistan v Australia, Wednesday June 12; and West Indies v Bangladesh, on Monday June 17.