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2015 Cricket World Cup

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The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the 11th ICC Cricket World Cup,[2] and will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand and is scheduled to take place from 14 February to 29 March 2015. 49 matches will be played in 14 venues with Australia staging 26 games at grounds in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney while New Zealand hosting 23 games in seven cities, including Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson and Wellington.[3] The final of the tournament will take place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The hosting rights were awarded at the same time as those of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, which Australia and New Zealand had originally bid to host, and the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, which was awarded to England.[4] The 2011 tournament was awarded to the four Asian Test cricket playing countries, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, in a 10 to 3 vote (Pakistan later lost the co-hosting rights due to a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team). The International Cricket Council were sufficiently impressed with the trans-Tasman bid that it was decided to award the next World Cup to Australia and New Zealand.[5][6]
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
Official logo of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Dates 14 February 29 March
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council Cricket format One Day International Round-robin and Knockout Australia New Zealand 14[1]
Contents
1 Host selection 1.1 Bids 2 Format 3 Qualification 4 Preparations 4.1 Local organising committee 4.2 Media and promotion 4.2.1 Television 4.3 Allocation of matches 4.4 Corruption issues 5 Venues 6 Group stage 6.1 Pool A 6.2 Pool B 7 Knockout stage 7.1 Quarter-finals 7.2 Semi-finals 7.3 Final 8 See also 9 References 10 External links
Tournament format(s) Host(s) Participants
Official website CricketWorldCup.com (http://www.cricketworldcup.com) 2011 2019
Host selection
Bids
The ICC originally announced the previous edition, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup hosts on 30 April 2006. Australian and New Zealand and also bid for the tournament and a successful Australasian bid for the 2011 World Cup would have seen a 5050 split in games, with the final still up for negotiation. The Trans-Tasman bid, Beyond Boundaries, was the only bid for 2011 delivered to the ICC headquarters at Dubai before 1 March deadline. Considerable merits of the bid included the superior venues and infrastructure,
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and the total support of the Australian and New Zealand governments on tax and custom issues during the tournament, according to Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland.[7] The New Zealand government had also assured that the Zimbabwean team will be allowed to take part in the tournament after political discussions about whether their team would be allowed to tour Zimbabwe in 2005.[citation needed ] ICC President Ehsan Mani said that the extra time required by the Asian block to hand over its bid had harmed the four-nation bid. However, when it came to the voting, the Asians won by seven votes to four, which according to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), was the vote of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) hat turned the matter. It was reported in Pakistani newspaper Dawn that the Asian countries promised to hold fund-raising events for West Indian cricket during the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, which may have influenced the vote.[8] However, I.S. Bindra, chairman of the monitoring committee of the Asian bid denied that, saying that it was their promise of extra profits of US$400 million, that swung the vote in their way.[citation needed ] The ICC was so impressed by the efficiency of the Trans-Tasman bid, that they decided to award the very next World Cup, to be held in 2015, to them.[citation needed ] The 2015 World Cup will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand in February and March 2015. Australia and New Zealand last jointly hosted the ICC Cricket World Cup in 1992. The 2015 World Cup is expected to be the largest international sporting event for both countries in 2015.[9]
Format
The tournament will feature 14 teams, the same number as the 2011 World Cup, giving associate and affiliate member nations a chance to participate.[10][11] The format is the same as the 2011 edition: 14 teams will take part in the initial stages, divided into two groups of seven; the seven teams play each other once before the top four teams from each group qualify for the quarter-finals. The format ensures that each team gets to play a minimum of six matches even if they exit in the group stage.[citation needed ]
Qualification
Main articles: 201113 ICC World Cricket League Championship and 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Per ICC regulations, the 10 ICC full member nations qualify for the tournament automatically. Immediately after the 2011 World Cup, it was decided that the next tournament would be reduced to only feature the 10 full members.[12] This was met with heavy criticism from a number of associate nations, especially from the Ireland cricket team, who had performed well in 2007 and 2011. Following support shown by the ICC Cricket Committee for a qualification process,[13] the ICC retracted their decision in June 2011 and decided that 14 teams will participate in the 2015 World Cup, including four associate or affiliate member nations.[14] At the ICC Chief Executives' Committee meeting in September 2011, the ICC decided on a new qualifying format. The top two teams of the 201113 ICC World Cricket League Championship qualify directly. The remaining six teams join the third and fourthplaced teams of 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two and the top two teams of 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in a 10-team World Cup Qualifier to decide the remaining two places.[15][16] On 9 July 2013, as a result of a tied match against Netherlands, Ireland became the first country to qualify for the 2015 World Cup.[17] On 4 October 2013, Afghanistan qualified for their first Cricket World Cup after beating Kenya to finish in second place behind Ireland.[18]
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Team
Method of qualification
World Cup appearances 10 6 10 10 10 10 10 4 10 8 2 0
Last appearance 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
Previous best performance
Rank[nb 1]
Group A B B A A B B A A B B A A B
England Full member South Africa India Australia Sri Lanka Pakistan West Indies Bangladesh New Zealand Zimbabwe Ireland Full member Full member Full member Full member Full member Full member Full member Full member Full member WCL Championship
Runners-up (1979, 1987, 1992) 1 Semifinals (1992, 1999, 2007) Champions (1983, 2011) Champions (1987, 1999,
2003, 2007)
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Champions (1996) Champions (1992) Champions (1975, 1979) Super 8 (2007) Semifinals (1975, 1979, 1992,
1999, 2007, 2011)
Super Six (1999, 2003) Super 8 (2007)
WCL Afghanistan Championship Qualifier 3 Qualifier 4 World Cup Qualifier World Cup Qualifier
1. ^ Full members' ranks are based on the ICC ODI Championship rankings as of 31 December 2012.
Preparations
Local organising committee
As preparations for the 2015 Cricket World Cup, the organising committee of the tournament was finalised. John Harnden was named chief executive,[19] James Strong named as chairman,[20] and Ralph Waters was named as the deputy chairman.[21]
Media and promotion

The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament. The International Cricket Council has sold the rights for broadcasting of the 2015 Cricket World Cup for US$2 billion to ESPN Star Sports and Star Cricket. According to Strong, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) wants to make the tournament the most fan-friendly event of its kind and take cricket to a wide range of communities throughout Australia and New Zealand.[22] Television
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Country/Continent Australia New Zealand United Kingdom Ireland
Broadcaster(s)
Free-to-air: Nine Network (Only Australia matches and the final) Cable/satellite (pay): Fox Sports[23] Cable/satellite (pay): Sky Sport[24] Cable/satellite (pay): Sky Sports[25]
Allocation of matches
When Australia and New Zealand bid for the 2011 Cricket World Cup in 2006, they said that it will see a 5050 split in games. Finally, it was decided on 30 July 2013 that Australia would host 26 matches, while New Zealand got a share of 23 matches in the tournament. There was a tense battle between Melbourne and Sydney to host the final.[26] However on 30 July 2013, it was announced that Melbourne will host the final, with Sydney and Auckland hosting the semi-finals.[27]
Corruption issues
In the light of several spot fixing scandals, the ICC would work with law enforcement agencies in both countries to avoid the World Cup being afflicted by such scandals, according to Chief Executive Dave Richardson.[28]
Venues
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Sydney, NSW Sydney Cricket Ground Capacity: 48,000

(upgraded)
Melbourne, VIC Melbourne Cricket Ground Capacity: 100,016
Adelaide, SA Adelaide Oval Capacity: 53,500

(upgraded)
Brisbane, QLD Brisbane Cricket Ground Capacity: 42,000
Perth, WA WACA Ground Capacity: 24,500
Hobart, TAS Bellerive Oval Capacity: 20,000

(upgraded)
Canberra, ACT Manuka Oval Capacity: 13,550

Auckland Hamilton Napier Brisbane Nelson Wellington Christchurch Dunedin Venues in New Zealand
Auckland Eden Park Capacity: 60,000
Perth
Adelaide
Sydney Canberra Melbourne Hobart
Christchurch Hagley Oval Capacity: 12,000
Venues in Australia
Hamilton Seddon Park Capacity: 12,000
Napier McLean Park Capacity: 20,000
Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium Capacity: 33,000
Nelson Saxton Oval Capacity: 5,000
Dunedin University Oval Capacity: 6,000
Group stage
Pool A
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Team England Australia Sri Lanka Bangladesh New Zealand Afghanistan Qualifier 3 14 February
Scorecard (http://www.espncric info.com/ci/engine/m atch/656399.html)
Pld W L
T NR NRR Pts
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Match 1
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
14 February (D/N)
Australia
England
Match 2
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
17 February
New Zealand
v Qualifier 3
Match 6
University Oval, Dunedin
18 February (D/N)
Bangladesh
Afghanistan
Match 7
Manuka Oval, Canberra
20 February (D/N)
New Zealand
England
Match 9
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
21 February (D/N)
Australia
Bangladesh
Match 11
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
22 February
Scorecard (http://www.espncric info.com/ci/engine/m
Sri Lanka
Afghanistan
Match 12
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23 February
England
v Qualifier 3
Match 14
26 February
Afghanistan
v Qualifier 3
Match 17
26 February (D/N)
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Match 18
28 February (D/N)
New Zealand
Australia
Match 20
Eden Park, Auckland
1 March
England
Sri Lanka
Match 22
4 March (D/N)
Australia
Afghanistan
Match 26
WACA Ground, Perth
5 March
Bangladesh
v Qualifier 3
Match 27
Saxton Oval, Nelson
8 March
New Zealand
Afghanistan
Match 31
McLean Park, Napier
8 March (D/N)
Scorecard (http://www.espncric info.com/ci/engine/m
Australia
Sri Lanka
Match 32
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
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9 March (D/N)
England
Bangladesh
Match 33
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
11 March (D/N)
Sri Lanka
v Qualifier 3
Match 35
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
13 March (D/N)
New Zealand
Bangladesh
Match 37
Seddon Park, Hamilton
13 March (D/N)
England
Afghanistan
Match 38
14 March (D/N)
Australia
v Qualifier 3
Match 40
Pool B
Team South Africa India Pakistan West Indies Zimbabwe Ireland Qualifier 4 15 February (D/N)
Pld W L
T NR NRR Pts
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Match 3
15 February (D/N)
Scorecard
India
Pakistan
Match 4
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16 February
Ireland
West Indies
Match 5
Saxton Oval, Nelson
19 February
Zimbabwe
v Qualifier 4
Match 8
Saxton Oval, Nelson
21 February
Pakistan
West Indies
Match 10
22 February (D/N)
India
South Africa
Match 13
24 February (D/N)
West Indies
Zimbabwe
Match 15
25 February (D/N)
Ireland
v Qualifier 4
Match 16
27 February (D/N)
South Africa
West Indies
Match 19
28 February (D/N)
India
v Qualifier 4
Match 21
WACA Ground, Perth
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1 March (D/N)
Pakistan
Zimbabwe
Match 23
3 March (D/N)
Ireland
South Africa
Match 24
4 March (D/N)
Pakistan
v Qualifier 4
Match 25
McLean Park, Napier
6 March (D/N)
India
West Indies
Match 28
WACA Ground, Perth
7 March (D/N)
Pakistan
South Africa
Match 29
Eden Park, Auckland
7 March (D/N)
Ireland
Zimbabwe
Match 30
10 March (D/N)
India
Ireland
Match 34
12 March (D/N)
South Africa
v Qualifier 4
Match 36
14 March (D/N)
India
Zimbabwe
Match 39
Eden Park, Auckland
15 March
West Indies
v Qualifier 4
Match 41
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McLean Park, Napier
15 March (D/N)
Ireland
Pakistan
Match 42
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals A1 B4 B1 A4 A2 B3 B2 A3 Semi-finals Final
Quarter-finals
18 March (D/N)
A1 v B4
1st quarter-final
19 March (D/N)
A2 v B3
2nd quarter-final
20 March (D/N)
A3 v B2
3rd quarter-final
21 March (D/N)
A4 v B1
4th quarter-final
Semi-finals
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24 March (D/N) Winners of 1st quarter-final v Winners of 4th quarter-final 1st semi-final
Scorecard (http://www.espncric info.com/ci/engine/m atch/656491.html) Eden Park, Auckland
26 March (D/N) Winners of 2nd quarter-final v Winners of 3rd quarter-final 2nd semi-final
Scorecard (http://www.espncric info.com/ci/engine/m atch/656493.html) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Final
29 March (D/N)
1st Semi-Finalist v 2nd Semi-Finalist
Final
See also
List of Cricket World Cup records Politics and sports
References
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External links
Official 2015 World Cup site (http://www.cricketworldcup.com) ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 (http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/content/series/509587.html) at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_Cricket_World_Cup&oldid=589990047" Categories: Cricket World Cup 2015 in cricket 2015 in Australian sport 2015 in New Zealand sport Scheduled sports events Sports festivals in Australia Sports festivals in New Zealand 2015 Cricket World Cup New Zealand in international cricket Australia in international cricket AustraliaNew Zealand relations This page was last modified on 9 January 2014 at 22:37. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
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ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Tournament format(s) Host(s) Participants

Official website CricketWorldCup.com (http://www.cricketworldcup.com) 2011 2019

2015 Cricket World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2015 Cricket World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

World Cup appearances 10 6 10 10 10 10 10 4 10 8 2 0

Previous best performance

Super Six (1999, 2003) Super 8 (2007)

Media and promotion

2015 Cricket World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Country/Continent Australia New Zealand United Kingdom Ireland

2015 Cricket World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sydney, NSW Sydney Cricket Ground Capacity: 48,000

Melbourne, VIC Melbourne Cricket Ground Capacity: 100,016

Adelaide, SA Adelaide Oval Capacity: 53,500

Brisbane, QLD Brisbane Cricket Ground Capacity: 42,000

Perth, WA WACA Ground Capacity: 24,500

Hobart, TAS Bellerive Oval Capacity: 20,000

Canberra, ACT Manuka Oval Capacity: 13,550

Auckland Eden Park Capacity: 60,000

Sydney Canberra Melbourne Hobart

Christchurch Hagley Oval Capacity: 12,000

Hamilton Seddon Park Capacity: 12,000

Napier McLean Park Capacity: 20,000

Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium Capacity: 33,000

Nelson Saxton Oval Capacity: 5,000

Dunedin University Oval Capacity: 6,000

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McLean Park, Napier

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