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2015 ICC Cricket World Cup

Official logo of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup
Dates	14 February – 29 March
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Australia New Zealand
Participants	14
Matches	49
Official website	Cricket World Cup
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The 2015 Cricket World Cup is the 11th Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015. Fourteen teams will play 49 matches in 14 venues, with Australia staging 26 games at grounds in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney while New Zealand hosts 23 games in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson and Wellington. The final match 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 Cricket World Cup, which Australia and New Zealand had originally bid to host, and the 2019 Cricket World Cup, which was awarded to England. 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. This is the second time that the tournament will be held in Australia and New Zealand, with the first being the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Sachin Tendulkar was named as the 2015 Cricket World Cup Ambassador by the ICC for the second time, after 2011 Cricket World Cup where he was the ambassador.

India are the defending champions, having won the tournament in 2011 when it was held in the Indian subcontinent, defeating Sri Lanka in the finals by 6 wickets. Tickets for the Pool B match between India and Pakistan, played on 15 February 2015, reportedly sold out within 12 minutes of going on sale.

Host selection

Bids

The ICC announced the hosts for the previous World Cup, the 2011 competition, on 30 April 2006. Australia and New Zealand had 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. The New Zealand government had also assured that the Zimbabwean team would be allowed to take part in the tournament after political discussions about whether their team would be allowed to tour Zimbabwe in 2005.

ICC President Ehsan Mani said that the extra time required by the Asian bloc 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; according to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), it was the vote of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) 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 Cricket World Cup, which may have influenced the vote. 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.

The ICC was so impressed by the efficiency of the Trans-Tasman bid that they decided to award the next World Cup, to be held in 2015, to them.

Australia and New Zealand last jointly hosted the Cricket World Cup in 1992.

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.

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.

On 29 January 2015, ICC reinstated the use of the Super Over for Cricket World Cup Final match if the match finishes as a tie.

Qualification

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. 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, including victories over Pakistan and England, both full member nations. Following support shown by the ICC Cricket Committee for a qualification process, 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.

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 World Cricket League Championship qualify directly. The remaining six teams join 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 10-team World Cup Qualifier to decide the remaining two places.

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. On 4 October 2013, Afghanistan qualified for their first Cricket World Cup after beating Kenya to finish in second place behind Ireland.

Scotland defeated the United Arab Emirates in the final of the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier and both teams qualified for the last two spots in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

Team	Method of qualification	Past appearances	Last appearance	Previous best performance	Rank	Group
England	Full member	10	2011	Runners-up (1979, 1987, 1992)	1	A
South Africa		6	2011	Semi-finals (1992, 1999, 2007)	2	B
India		10	2011	Champions (1983, 2011)	3	B
Australia		10	2011	Champions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007)	4	A
Sri Lanka		10	2011	Champions (1996)	5	A
Pakistan		10	2011	Champions (1992)	6	B
West Indies		10	2011	Champions (1975, 1979)	7	B
Bangladesh		4	2011	Super 8 (2007)	8	A
New Zealand		10	2011	Semi-finals (1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007, 2011)	9	A
Zimbabwe		8	2011	Super 6 (1999, 2003)	10	B
Ireland	WCL Championship	2	2011	Super 8 (2007)	11	B
Afghanistan		0	—	—	12	A
Scotland	World Cup Qualifier	2	2007	Group stage (1999, 2007)	13	A
United Arab Emirates		1	1996	Group stage (1996)	14	B

1. Full members' ranks are based on the ICC ODI Championship rankings as of 31 December 2012.

Preparations

Local organising committee

In preparation for the 2015 Cricket World Cup, the organising committee of the tournament was finalised. John Harnden was named chief executive, James Strong as chairman, and Ralph Waters was named as the deputy chairman.

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. 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. On 30 July 2013, it was announced that Melbourne will host the final, with Sydney and Auckland hosting the semi-finals.

Visas

It was announced that spectators travelling to World Cup matches in New Zealand who would otherwise not be entitled to a visa waiver, would be able to enter New Zealand if they held an Australian visitor visa. This was a special Trans-Tasman Visa Arrangement for the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

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 Sports. 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.

Sachin Tendulkar was named as the 2015 Cricket World Cup Ambassador by the ICC for the second time, after 2011 Cricket World Cup where he was the official event ambassador.

Broadcasting rights

Location	Television broadcaster(s)	Radio broadcaster(s)	Web streaming
Afghanistan	Cable/satellite Ariana Television Network, Lemar TV
Australia	Cable/satellite (pay): Fox Sports Free-to-air: Nine Network (only Australia matches, semi finals and the final)	ABC (ABC Local Radio, ABC Digital Extra, ABC radio app, Grandstand Digital, Online), 3AW	Fox Sports (Foxsports.com.au)
Africa (except South Africa)	SuperSport
Arab World	Cable/satellite OSN Sports Cricket
Bangladesh	Cable/satellite Bangladesh Television, Maasranga TV and Gazi Television	Bangladesh Betar	Star Sports
Bhutan			Star Sports
Canada	Cable/Satellite (pay): Rogers Communications Free-to-air: Omni Television (India vs Pakistan only)	EchoStar	broadband (pay): Rogers Cable
Central America	EchoStar
China	Star Sports		Star Sports
Europe (except UK and Ireland)			Star Sports
Fiji	Fiji TV		Star Sports
India	Cable/satellite (pay): Star Sports, Channel V Free-to-air: DD National (only India matches, semifinals and the final) Free-to-air: Asianet Movies (all matches)	All India Radio 4 FM frequencies 66 MW frequencies	Star Sports
United Kingdom and  Ireland	Cable/satellite (pay): Sky Sports 2 (renamed Sky Sports World Cup during tournament) Free-to-air: ITV and ITV4 – nightly highlights	BBC Radio	BSkyB
Jamaica	Television Jamaica
Maldives			Star Sports
Nepal	Star Sports
New Zealand	Cable/satellite (pay): Sky Sport Free-to-air: Prime (only the first game, unconfirmed semi-final and unconfirmed final)		Sky Sport
Norway	NRK 2
Pakistan	Cable/satellite (pay): TEN Sports Cable/satellite (free-to-air): PTV Sports	Hum FM	Star Sports
Singapore	Star Cricket
South Africa	South African Broadcasting Corporation	Cable/satellite: SuperSport	SuperSport
Sri Lanka	Free-to-air: Channel Eye Cable/satellite: Star Sports	Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation	Star Sports
United Arab Emirates		Hum FM
United States	Satellite (pay): Dish Network		Broadband (pay): WatchESPN
West Indies	Free-to-air: CMC	CMC	CMC

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremonies were held separately in Christchurch, New Zealand and Melbourne, Australia, on 12 February 2015, two days before the first two matches.

Prize money

The International Cricket Council has declared a total prize money pool of $10 million for the tournament, which is 20 percent more than the 2011 edition. The prize money will be distributed according to the performance of the team as follows:

This means that if the winner remains undefeated throughout the group stage of the tournament, they will win a total of $4,245,000 (winner's prize plus $45,000 for each group stage win), while a team which is eliminated in the group stage without any wins will be given $35,000.

Venues

Sydney	Melbourne	Adelaide	Brisbane	Perth
Sydney Cricket Ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Adelaide Oval	The Gabba	WACA Ground
Capacity: 48,000 (upgraded)	Capacity: 100,024	Capacity: 53,500 (upgraded)	Capacity: 42,000	Capacity: 24,500
Hobart	PerthMelbourneSydneyHobartBrisbaneAdelaideCanberraclass=notpageimage| Venues in Australia		AucklandChristchurchDunedinHamiltonNapierNelsonWellingtonclass=notpageimage| Venues in New Zealand	Canberra
Bellerive Oval				Manuka Oval
Capacity: 20,000 (upgraded)				Capacity: 13,550
Auckland				Christchurch
Eden Park				Hagley Oval
Capacity: 50,000				Capacity: 20,000
Hamilton	Napier	Wellington	Nelson	Dunedin
Seddon Park	McLean Park	Wellington Regional Stadium	Saxton Oval	University Oval
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 22,500	Capacity: 37,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 6,000
Source: (correct except for upgraded stadia, which have their own sources)

Umpires

The Umpire selection panel selected 20 umpires to officiate at the World Cup: five each from Australia and England, five from Asia, two each from New Zealand and South Africa and one from West Indies.

Squads

The teams, after initially naming a provisional 30-member squad, were required to finalise a 15-member squad for the tournament on or before 7 January 2015.

Warm-up matches

Fourteen non-ODI warm-up matches were played from 8 to 13 February.

Australia  371 (48.2 overs)	v	India 265 (45.1 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 122 (57) Mohammed Shami 3/83 (9.2 overs)		Ajinkya Rahane 66 (52) Pat Cummins 3/30 (6 overs)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Sri Lanka  279/7 (44.4 overs)	v	South Africa 188/5 (24.3 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 100 (83) Kyle Abbott 3/37 (6.4 overs)		Quinton de Kock 66 (55) Rangana Herath 3/22 (5 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Sri Lanka's innings ended after 44.4 overs and South Africa's target was reduced to 188 from 25 overs due to rain.

New Zealand  157/7 (30.1 overs)	v	Zimbabwe
Martin Guptill 100 (86) Tinashe Panyangara 2/28 (5 overs)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Match ended after New Zealand innings due to rain

West Indies  122 (29.3 overs)	v	England 125/1 (22.5 overs)
Lendl Simmons 45 (55) Chris Woakes 5/19 (7.3 overs)		Moeen Ali 46 (43) Kemar Roach 1/31 (5 overs)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

Bangladesh  246 (49.5 overs)	v	Pakistan 247/7 (48.1 overs)
Mahmudullah Riyad 83 (109) Mohammad Irfan 5/52 (9.5 overs)		Sohaib Maqsood 93* (90) Taskin Ahmed 2/41 (7 overs)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

Scotland  296/6 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 117 (27 overs)
Matt Machan 103 (108) Max Sorensen 3/55 (10 overs)		Paul Stirling 37 (44) Alasdair Evans 4/17 (5 overs)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.

India  364/5 (50 overs)	v	Afghanistan 211/8 (50 overs)
Rohit Sharma 150 (122) Hamid Hassan 1/49 (8 overs)		Nawroz Mangal 60 (85) Ravi Jadeja 2/38 (10 overs)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.

New Zealand  331/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 197 (44.2 overs)
Kane Williamson 66 (53) Kyle Abbott 2/35 (6 overs)		JP Duminy 80 (98) Trent Boult 5/51 (9.2 overs)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

Sri Lanka  279/8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 281/3 (45.2 overs)
Dimuth Karunaratne 58 (71) Sean Williams 3/35 (10 overs)		Hamilton Masakadza 117* (119) Nuwan Kulasekara 1/23 (5 overs)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia  304/8 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 116 (30.1 overs)
Michael Clarke 64 (61) Krishna Chandran 3/50 (9 overs)		Swapnil Patil 31 (45) Xavier Doherty 2/3 (1.1 overs)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

England  250/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 252/6 (48.5 overs)
Joe Root 85 (89) Yasir Shah 3/45 (10 overs)		Misbah-ul-Haq 91* (99) James Anderson 2/42 (10 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

West Indies  313/9 (50 overs)	v	Scotland 310/9 (50 overs)
Denesh Ramdin 88 (86) Alasdair Evans 3/63 (10 overs)		Kyle Coetzer 96 (106) Andre Russell 2/32 (8 overs)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

Bangladesh  189 (48.2 overs)	v	Ireland 190/6 (46.5 overs)
Soumya Sarkar 45 (51) Max Sorensen 3/31 (9.2 overs)		Andrew Balbirnie 63* (79) Taijul Islam 2/29 (8 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to field.

Afghanistan  308/9 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 294 (48.2 overs)
Samiullah Shenwari 58 (80) Amjad Javed 4/39 (10 overs)		Khurram Khan 86 (70) Aftab Alam 3/43 (6.2 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Group stage

A total of 42 matches will be played throughout the group stage of the tournament. The top four teams from each pool will qualify for the quarter-finals.

Pool A

Template:2015 Cricket World Cup Pool A

New Zealand  331/6 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 233 (46.1 overs)

Australia  342/9 (50 overs)

v

England 231 (41.5 overs)

Scotland  142 (36.2 overs)

v

New Zealand 146/7 (24.5 overs)

Bangladesh  267 (50 overs)

v

Afghanistan 162 (42.5 overs)

England  123 (33.2 overs)

v

New Zealand 125/2 (12.2 overs)

Australia

v

Bangladesh

Afghanistan  232 (49.4 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 236/6 (48.2 overs)

England  303/8 (50 overs)

v

Scotland 184 (42.2 overs)

Scotland  210 (50 overs)

v

Afghanistan 211/9 (49.3 overs)

Sri Lanka  332/1 (50 overs)

v

Bangladesh 240 (47 overs)

Australia  151 (32.2 overs)

v

New Zealand 152/9 (23.1 overs)

England  309/6 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 312/1 (47.2 overs)

Australia  417/6 (50 overs)

v

Afghanistan 142 (37.3 overs)

Scotland  318/8 (50 overs)

v

Bangladesh 322/4 (48.1 overs)

Afghanistan  186 (47.4 overs)

v

New Zealand 188/4 (36.1 overs)

Australia  376/9 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 312 (46.2 overs)

Bangladesh

v

England

Scotland

v

Sri Lanka

New Zealand

v

Bangladesh

Afghanistan

v

England

Australia

v

Scotland

Pool B

Template:2015 Cricket World Cup Pool B

South Africa  339/4 (50 overs)

v

Zimbabwe 277 (48.2 overs)

India  300/7 (50 overs)

v

Pakistan 224 (47 overs)

West Indies  304/7 (50 overs)

v

Ireland 307/6 (45.5 overs)

United Arab Emirates  285/7 (50 overs)

v

Zimbabwe 286/6 (48 overs)

West Indies  310/6 (50 overs)

v

Pakistan 160 (39 overs)

India  307/7 (50 overs)

v

South Africa 177 (40.2 overs)

West Indies  372/2 (50 overs)

v

Zimbabwe 289 (44.3 overs)

United Arab Emirates  278/9 (50 overs)

v

Ireland 279/8 (49.2 overs)

South Africa  408/5 (50 overs)

v

West Indies 151 (33.1 overs)

United Arab Emirates  102 (31.3 overs)

v

India 104/1 (18.5 overs)

Pakistan  235/7 (50 overs)

v

Zimbabwe 215 (49.4 overs)

South Africa  411/4 (50 overs)

v

Ireland 210 (45 overs)

Pakistan  339/6 (50 overs)

v

United Arab Emirates 210/8 (50 overs)

West Indies  182 (44.2 overs)

v

India 185/6 (39.1 overs)

Pakistan  222 (46.4 overs)

v

South Africa 202 (33.3 overs)

Ireland  331/8 (50 overs)

v

Zimbabwe 326 (49.3 overs)

India

v

Ireland

South Africa

v

United Arab Emirates

India

v

Zimbabwe

United Arab Emirates

v

West Indies

Ireland

v

Pakistan

Knockout stage

While the dates and venues are fixed, which match-up they host is subject to change to accommodate the host countries should they qualify. If Australia qualify for the quarter-finals, they will play in the match on 20 March in Adelaide. If Sri Lanka and England (the next two highest ranked teams) progress to the quarter-finals, they will play in Sydney and Melbourne respectively. Should Sri Lanka or England fail to qualify for the quarter-finals, the team that replaces them will take their place. The teams from each pool will be paired based on the A1 v B4, A2 v B3, A3 v B2, A4 v B1 format.

If Australia qualify for the semi-finals, they will play the game on 26 March in Sydney. If New Zealand qualifies, their semi-final will be played on 24 March in Auckland. In the event of an Australia v New Zealand semi-final, the team that finished higher in Pool A will have home advantage for the match.

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

New Zealand

v

B4

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	SR	HS	100	50	4s	6s
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	5	5	372	124.00	116.25	117*	3	0	41	3
AB de Villiers	South Africa	5	5	318	79.50	153.62	162*	1	1	29	16
Hashim Amla	South Africa	5	5	295	59.00	99.32	159	1	1	29	5
Brendan Taylor	Zimbabwe	5	5	295	59.00	100.00	121	1	1	28	7
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	5	5	291	72.75	96.03	161*	1	1	36	2
Last updated: 8 March 2015

Most wickets

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	SR
Trent Boult	New Zealand	5	5	13	13.69	3.86	5/27	21.20
Tim Southee	New Zealand	5	5	13	16.84	4.76	7/33	21.20
Mitchell Starc	Australia	4	4	12	10.16	3.77	6/28	16.10
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	5	5	12	11.33	3.00	4/18	22.60
Morné Morkel	South Africa	5	5	11	17.27	4.50	3/34	23.00
Last updated: 8 March 2015

Controversies

• During the group stage match between Australia and England, the match ended when James Anderson was run out straight after James Taylor was given out lbw. As Taylor's decision was reviewed and overturned, the ICC later admitted that the ball should have been declared dead (according to Article 3.6a of Appendix 6 of the Decision Review System Playing Conditions), and so Anderson was incorrectly given out.
• During the group stage match between Ireland and Zimbabwe, Sean Williams was given out, caught by Ireland's John Mooney while attempting a six. Replays suggested that Mooney's left leg had brushed the rope at the boundary. Zimbabwe's coach, Dav Whatmore, was livid with the decision after watching the replays.

See also

• List of Cricket World Cup centuries

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External links

• Official 2015 World Cup site
• Cricket World Cup at icc-cricket.com

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• 2014–15 Australian cricket season
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• 2015 Cricket World Cup
• 2015 in Australian cricket
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