Tuesday 30 July 2013

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 
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

Monday 29 July 2013

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)

Source: Sports.NDTV.Com