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ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
File:2015 Cricket World Cup logo.png
Official Logo of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.
DatesFebruary – March
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)Australia Australia
New Zealand New Zealand
Participants14[1]
Official websiteCricketWorldCup.com
← 2011
2019 →

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 February 14 to March 29, 2015.[3] 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. [4]. 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.[5] 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 (although Pakistan subsequently lost its hosting rights due to a terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka 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.[6][7]

Host selection

Bids

The ICC originally announced the previous edition, the 2011 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 50–50 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, 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.[8] The New Zealand government had also assured that the Zimbabwean cricket 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, was the vote of the West Indies Cricket Board that 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 World Cup, which may have influenced the vote.[9] 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.[10]  

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.[11][12]

The format is the same as the 2011 edition. Fourteen teams would 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: 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship and 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

As per ICC regulations, ten Test playing nations will qualify automatically for the tournament. Four associate or affiliate member nations will participate in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.[13] Immediately after the 2011 edition of the tournament it was decided that the next World Cup would be reduced to 10 teams, allowing only the ICC's 10 full members to participate.[14] 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. The ICC Cricket Committee voted in May 2011 to support the calls for a qualification process.[15] During the ICC's annual conference in Hong Kong in June 2011, the ICC decided that 14 teams will participate in the 2015 World Cup, opening up four qualifying places. On 9 July 2013, as a result of a tie game with the Netherlands, Ireland became the first country to qualify for the 2015 World Cup. Ireland qualified to receive one of the two qualifying spots for the 2015 World Cup. [16]

At the ICC Chief Executives' Committee meeting in September 2011, the ICC decided on a new qualifying format. The top two teams of the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day will qualify for the 2015 World Cup, with the remaining six teams joining the third and fourth-placed teams of 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two and the top two teams of 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in a ten-team World Cup Qualifier to decide the remaining two places. The date and venue of the final qualifying event is yet to be decided.[17][18] Ireland became the first associate nation to qualify for the 2015 Cricket World Cup after a tie with the Netherlands Cricket team in the World Cricket League game held on 9 July 2013.

While the ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day will be held on a home and away basis, the ICC has decided to hold the 2013 World Cup Qualifier in Scotland. In another promising sign, the ICC re-branded the Intercontinental Cup One-Day and renamed it the ICC World Cricket League ODI Championship.[19]

The tournament will consist of the following 14 teams divided into two Pools:

Group A Group B
Rank Team Rank Team
Full Members
3  England 5  South Africa
2  Australia 1  India
4  Sri Lanka 6  Pakistan
9  Bangladesh 8  West Indies
7  New Zealand 10  Zimbabwe
Associate Members
12 Qualifier 2 11  Ireland
13 Qualifier 3 14 Qualifier 4

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,[20] James Strong named as chairman,[21] and Ralph Waters was named as the deputy chairman.[22]

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. The event has a potential viewing audience of 953 million people, with some 800 million of those in Asia alone. 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.[23]

Allocation of matches

When Australia and New Zealand bid for the 2011 Cricket World Cup in 2006, they said that it will see a 50–50 split in games with the final still up for negotiation, but the battle between Melbourne and Sydney had already begun to host the final.[24] On 29 July 2013 it was announced that Melbourne will host the final, with Sydney and Auckland hosting the semi-finals.[25]

Venues

Sydney, NSW Melbourne, VIC Adelaide, SA Brisbane, QLD Perth, WA
Sydney Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground Adelaide Oval Brisbane Cricket Ground WACA Ground
Capacity: 48,000

(upgraded)

Capacity: 100,016 Capacity: 53,500

(upgraded)

Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 24,500
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Hobart, TAS
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Venues in Australia
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Venues in New Zealand
 Canberra, ACT
Bellerive Oval Manuka Oval
Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 13,550
Auckland, NI Christchurch, SI
Eden Park Hagley Oval
Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: 12,000
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Hamilton, NI Napier, NI Wellington, NI Nelson, SI Dunedin, SI
Seddon Park McLean Park Westpac Stadium Saxton Oval University Oval
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 6,000
File:Seddon Park.jpg File:McLean Park.jpg File:Westpac Stadium.jpg File:Saxton Ovel.jpg
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University Ovel

Group stage

Pool A

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17 February
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18 February (D/N)
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21 February (D/N)
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Match 11
The Gabba, Brisbane
22 February
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23 February
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26 February
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28 February (D/N)
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Match 20
Eden Park, Auckland
4 March (D/N)
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Match 26
WACA Ground, Perth
5 March
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Match 27
Saxton Oval, Nelson
8 March
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TBD
Match 31
McLean Park, Napier
11 March (D/N)
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TBD
13 March (D/N)
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TBD
14 March (D/N)
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TBD

Pool B

Template:2015 Cricket World Cup Group B

15 February (D/N)
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15 February (D/N)
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16 February
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19 February
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21 February
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24 February (D/N)
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25 February (D/N)
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Match 16
The Gabba, Brisbane
28 February (D/N)
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Match 21
WACA Ground, Perth
1 March (D/N)
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Match 23
The Gabba, Brisbane
4 March (D/N)
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Match 25
McLean Park, Napier
6 March (D/N)
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Match 28
WACA Ground, Perth
7 March (D/N)
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Match 29
Eden Park, Auckland
7 March (D/N)
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10 March (D/N)
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12 March (D/N)
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14 March (D/N)
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Match 39
Eden Park, Auckland
15 March
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Match 41
McLean Park, Napier
15 March (D/N)
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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
A3  Sri Lanka 133
B2  South Africa 134/1
B2  South Africa 281/5
A1  New Zealand 299/6
A1  New Zealand 393/6
B4  West Indies 250
A1  New Zealand 183
A2  Australia 186/3
B3  Pakistan 213
A2  Australia 216/4
A2  Australia 328/7
B1  India 233
B1  India 302/6
A4  Bangladesh 193


Quarter-finals

18 March (D/N)
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A1
v
B4
1st Quarter-Final
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
19 March (D/N)
Scorecard
A2
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B3
20 March (D/N)
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A3
v
B2
3rd Quarter-Final
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
21 March (D/N)
Scorecard
A4
v
B1
4th Quarter-Final
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Semi-finals

24 March (D/N)
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD
1st Semi-Final
Eden Park, Auckland
26 March (D/N)
Scorecard
TBD
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TBD
2nd Semi-Final
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Final

29 March (D/N)
Scorecard
TBD
v
TBD

Broadcasting Rights

Broadcaster Channel Territory Notes
STAR Sports STAR Cricket  India
 Bangladesh		 Excluding Pakistan.
Pakistan Television Corporation PTV Sports
TEN Sports TEN Sports
Super Sport SuperSport 2  South Africa
 Zimbabwe
Sub-Saharan Africa
ESPN ESPN3  United States
Cricket West IndiesCaribbean
Sky TV SKY Sport 1  New Zealand

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Fixtures 2015 CWC". 30 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  3. ^ ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Schedule Announced
  4. ^ ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Launched
  5. ^ Next two world cups will be 10-team events
  6. ^ "Boards 'disappointed' with 2011 World Cup snub". ESPN Cricinfo. 30 April 2006.
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  8. ^ "Asia to host 2011 World Cup". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 16 May 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Asia promises spectacular World Cup". Dawn. 2 May 2005. Retrieved 2 May 2005.
  10. ^ "ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 - Australia and New Zealand | Official Website". Cricketworldcup.com. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  11. ^ Nayar, K.R. (29 June 2011). "International Cricket Council approves 14-team cup". Gulf News. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  12. ^ "ICC reinstates associates for 2015 Cricket World Cup".[unreliable source?]
  13. ^ "ICC annual conference: Associates included in 2015 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  14. ^ "ICC news: ICC confirms 10 teams for next two World Cups". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  15. ^ Irish handed further World Cup boost after ICC meeting
  16. ^ "Ireland become first team to qualify for the 2015 Cricket World Cup". Independent.ie. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  17. ^ "Results of the ICC Chief Executives' Committee meeting in London". 12 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  18. ^ "ICC spells out 2015 WC qualification plan". ESPNcricinfo. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  19. ^ ICC rebrands 50-Over League as the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Championship ICC Website. Retrieved 12 February 2012
  20. ^ John Harnden announced as ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 CEO ICC Official Website. Retrieved 26 January 2012
  21. ^ James Strong announced as ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Chairman ICC Official Website. Retrieved 26 January 2012
  22. ^ Ralph Waters announced as ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Deputy Chairman ICC Official Website. Retrieved 26 January 2012
  23. ^ Prime Ministers Gillard and Key open innings for CWC2015 ICC Official Website. Retrieved 28 January 2012
  24. ^ "Melbourne and Sydney will jostle for the right to host the final of the 2015 ICC Cricket". 14 June 2012.
  25. ^ "ICC World Cup 2015 : World Cup final returns to Melbourne | Cricket News | ICC Cricket World Cup 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
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