ICC Announces Travel-Ticket Packages for 2015 Cricket World Cup

The Cricket World Cup 2015 will feature 49 matches in 44 days across 14 host cities.

The International Cricket Council has announced the details of the travel packages and ticket prices of the Cricket World Cup 2015.

According to Sport24, Australia and New Zealand will jointly host the event, which will run from February 14 to March 29, 2015.

The Cricket World Cup 2015 will feature 49 matches in 44 days across 14 host cities, the report said.

The opening match of the tournament will be played in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the final will be played in Melbourne, Australia, the report added.

The individual tickets will go on sale from February 14, 2014, exactly a year before the first ball is bowled in the ICC's flagship event, but fans can register their interest for tickets that will be available for pre-sale at www.cricketworldcup.com, the report further said.

Source: DNA

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Tickets to Go on Sale Next Year

Dubai: The tickets for the 2015 cricket World Cup, to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, will go on sale from February 14 next year and more than two third of them have been priced at USD 50 or less.

The organisers are expecting more than a million people to attend matches and more than a billion to watch on television.

"Children's tickets are available for every match in the tournament including the Final. All children's tickets for the pools stage are USD 5. Prices for adults start from just USD 20, meaning that a family of four can attend this once in a generation event from just USD 50," the ICC said in a statement.

"Tickets go on general sale from February 14 next year, but fans who want a chance to buy before then can register at www.cricketworldcup.com to have access to a pre-sale. Travel packages for the tournament, which runs from 14 February to 29 March 2015, are on sale from today at www.icctravel.net."

John Harnden, Chief Executive of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, said he wants as many people as possible to experience the event.

"Australia and New Zealand last hosted the tournament in 1992 and since then it has become one of the biggest sporting events in the world," Harnden said.

"We've made sure the event is affordable with more than two thirds of all tickets USD 50 or under. This is a great opportunity to see the world's best cricketers right here in our own backyard.

"Fans can buy any combination of tickets and have the flexibility to build their own World Cup experience," he added.

The World Cup will feature 49 matches in 44 days across 14 Host Cities throughout. The opening match of the tournament will be played in Christchurch and the final will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

"We expect high demand for tickets and we're operating on a first come first served basis. Fans are encouraged to register early so they can get the seats they want," Harnden said.

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ICC World Cup 2015 Schedule with Match Time Table

Pool-A Teams:
 
England, Australia (co-host), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, New Zealand (co-host), Qualifier 2 (TBD*), Qualifier 3 (TBD*)
 
Pool-B Teams:
 
South Africa, India, Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Qualifier 1 (Ireland), Qualifier 4 (TBD*)
 
[*TBD - To Be Decided]

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Schedule:

S.No.	DATE	DAY	MATCH	POOL	VENUE
1	14-Feb	Saturday	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	A	Hagley Oval, Christchurch
2	14-Feb	Saturday	England vs Australia	A	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
3	15-Feb	Sunday	South Africa vs Zimbabwe	B	Seddon Park, Hamilton
4	15-Feb	Sunday	India vs Pakistan	B	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
5	16-Feb	Monday	West Indies vs Ireland	B	Saxton Oval, Nelson
6	17-Feb	Tuesday	New Zealand vs Qualifier 3	A	University Oval, Dunedin
7	18-Feb	Wednesday	Bangladesh vs Qualifier 2	A	Manuka Oval, Canberra
8	19-Feb	Thursday	Zimbabwe vs Qualifier 4	B	Saxton Oval, Nelson
9	20-Feb	Friday	England vs New Zealand	A	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
10	21-Feb	Saturday	Pakistan vs West Indies	B	Hagley Oval, Christchurch
11	21-Feb	Saturday	Australia vs Bangladesh	A	The Gabba, Brisbane
12	22-Feb	Sunday	Sri Lanka vs Qualifier 2	A	University Oval, Dunedin
13	22-Feb	Sunday	South Africa vs India	B	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
14	23-Feb	Monday	England vs Qualifier 3	A	Hagley Oval, Christchurch
15	24-Feb	Tuesday	West Indies vs Zimbabwe	B	Manuka Oval, Canberra
16	25-Feb	Wednesday	Ireland vs Quallifier 4	B	The Gabba, Brisbane
17	26-Feb	Thursday	Qualifier 2 vs Qualifier 3	A	University Oval, Dunedin
18	26-Feb	Thursday	Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh	A	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
19	27-Feb	Friday	South Africa vs West Indies	B	Sydney Cricket Ground
20	28-Feb	Saturday	Australia vs New Zealand	A	Eden Park, Auckland
21	28-Feb	Saturday	India vs Qualifier 4	B	WACA, Perth
22	1-Mar	Sunday	England vs Sri Lanka	A	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
23	1-Mar	Sunday	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe	B	The Gabba, Brisbane
24	3-Mar	Tuesday	South Africa vs Ireland	B	Manuka Oval, Canberra
25	4-Mar	Wednesday	Pakistan vs Qualifier 4	B	McLean Park, Napier
26	4-Mar	Wednesday	Australia vs Qualifier 2	A	WACA, Perth
27	5-Mar	Thursday	Bangladesh vs Qualifier 3	A	Saxton Oval, Nelson
28	6-Mar	Friday	India vs West Indies	B	WACA, Perth
29	7-Mar	Saturday	South Africa vs Pakistan	B	Eden Park, Auckland
30	7-Mar	Saturday	Zimbabwe vs Ireland	B	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
31	8-Mar	Sunday	New Zealand vs Qualifier 2	A	McLean Park, Napier
32	8-Mar	Sunday	Australia vs Sri Lanka	A	Sydney Cricket Ground
33	9-Mar	Monday	England vs Bangladesh	A	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
34	10-Mar	Tuesday	India vs Ireland	B	Seddon Park, Hamilton
35	11-Mar	Wednesday	Sri lanka vs Qualifier 3	A	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
36	12-Mar	Thursday	South Africa vs Qualifier 4	B	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
37	13-Mar	Friday	Bangladesh vs New Zealand	A	Seddon Park, Hamilton
38	13-Mar	Friday	England vs Qualifier 2	A	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
39	14-Mar	Saturday	India vs Zimbabwe	B	Eden Park, Auckland
40	14-Mar	Saturday	Australia vs Qualifier 3	A	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
41	15-Mar	Sunday	West Indies vs Qualifier 4	B	McLean Park, Napier
42	15-Mar	Sunday	Pakistan vs Ireland	B	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
	Quarter-Finals
43	18-Mar	Wednesday	QF1		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
44	19-Mar	Thursday	QF2		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
45	20-Mar	Friday	QF3		Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
46	21-Mar	Saturday	QF4		Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
	Semi-finals
47	24-Mar	Tuesday	SF1		Eden Park, Auckland
48	26-Mar	Thursday	SF 2		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
	Final
49	29-Mar	Sunday	Final		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

ICC World Cup 2015 Launched: Australia and New Zealand Co-hosts

[An Indian-Pakistan match is always eagerly awaited and this time - in the ICC World Cup 2015 - the arch rivals will battle each other on the second day (15-Feb, 2015) of the tournament.]

Melbourne: Co-hosts of the 2015 Cricket World Cup, Australia and New Zealand, have been drawn in the same group for the tournament, while title-holders India will face off against long-time rival Pakistan, it was announced on Tuesday.

The first match of the prestigious one-day tournament will be held in Christchurch, the New Zealand city devastated by an earthquake in 2011, when the locals take on Sri Lanka on February 14.

The day-night final match will be at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 29.

Australia and New Zealand are grouped with England, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and two qualifiers.

Title-holders India are pooled with Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland and one other qualifying team.

The top four sides from each pool will go through to the knockout stage.

Forty-nine matches will be played in 14 venues across the two host nations, with Australia staging 26 games at grounds in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. New Zealand will host 23 games in seven cities, including Christchurch where international cricket is set to return for the first time since the 6.3-magnitude quake which killed 185 people in 2011.

Other New Zealand cities to host games are Auckland, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson and Wellington.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum said he was encouraged by the draw.

"We've had recent success over both Sri Lanka and England in one-dayers, so to face them and a qualifying team in the first three matches is certainly an encouraging draw for us," he said.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who launched the tournament in Melbourne, said the contest would likely be watched by a global television audience of one billion.

"When it comes to 2015, I don't think you're going to be able to keep anyone away," Rudd said. "This is going to be a great, great world series."

Pool-A:

England, Australia (co-host), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, New Zealand (co-host), Qualifier 2 (TBD), Qualifier 3 (TBD)

Pool-B

South Africa, India, Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Qualifier 1 (Ireland), Qualifier 4 (TBD)

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