All you need to know about the ICC World Cup 2019

After the big wait of four years, the ICC World Cup 2019 will finally commence from 30th of May with some of the best cricketing nations fighting it out for the ultimate glory. The 12th edition of the world’s biggest cricket tournament will be hosted by England and Wales for the first time since 1999. The ICC World Cup 2019 will be played over a span of 46 days from May 30 to July 14. The finals will be played in the ‘Home of Cricket’, Lords Cricket Ground, London.

History

The inaugural ICC World Cup, then known as the Prudential Cup, was held at England back in 1975 with 8 participating nations . Since then, 10 editions have been played. The last edition of the tournament, held in 2015, was won by hosts Australia. In fact, Australia is also the most successful team in the tournament’s history, winning the tournament for a record 5 times including 4 times in the last 5 editions.

Traditionally the West Indies have been a dominant force of the competition, having won on the first two occasions. India have also won the glazing trophy twice. First, back in 1983 under the leadership of legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev. The men in blue repeated the history in 2011 and became the first team to the win finals on home soil. Ironically, the game’s inventors – England – have yet to open their account in spite of hosting the mega event on four different occasions. Could this be their year?

No groups this time

Only 10 teams will be participating in the ICC World Cup 2019, instead of the usual 14. Besides having a lower number of team, another important change in the tournament will see a Round-robin League fixtures being followed instead of the traditional Round-robin‎ and ‎Knockout format.

This means that the teams will not be divided into different groups like the previous editions. Instead, a team will play one match against every opponent in the tournament and the table’s top four sides will then proceed to the knockouts.

A total of 45 matches will be played in this fashion. Furthermore, the no.1 seeded team will play with the 4th seeded side with the 2nd seeded outfit playing against the 3rd positioned side. Winners of both the semi-finals will go on to meet on 14th July in the Lord’s Cricket Ground, competing for the title of ICC World Cup 2019.

Teams

Being the host nation, England had the privilege of automatic qualification for the ICC World Cup 2019. 7 spots were further filled by other nations in top 10 ICC ODI rankings as of 30 September 2017. Bangladesh and West Indies qualified in the Qualification tournament held in Zimbabwe. It was for the first time that a qualification tournament was conducted for the final 2 berths.

Also, it is for the first time that a test playing nation will be missing the tournament. The final list of teams and their 15 member squad playing in the tournament are:

India

Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (WK), Hardik Pandya, Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Dinesh Karthik (wk), KL Rahul.

Also Read | Complete Analysis of India’s World Cup Squad

England

Eoin Morgan (C), Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow (WK), Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler (VC & WK), Chris Woakes, Joe Denly, Alex Hales, Tom Curran, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Ben Stokes, Jason Roy, David Willey, Mark Wood.

Australia

Aaron Finch (C), Alex Carey (VC & WK), Usman Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Marcus Stoinis, Nathan Coulter-Nile, David Warner, Jason Behrendorff, Adam Zampa, Shaun Marsh, Jhye Richardson, Steve Smith.

New Zealand

Kane Williamson (C), Tim Southee (VC), Ross Taylor, Tom Blundell (WK), Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham (WK), Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Matt Henry, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi, Henry Nicholls.

South Africa

Faf du Plessis (C), Quinton de Kock (VC & WK), JP Duminy, Rassie van der Dussen, Hashim Amla, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn, Lungi Ngidi, Dwaine Pretorius, Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Aiden Markram.

Sri Lanka

Dimuth Karunaratne (C), Kusal Perera (WK), Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Suranga Lakmal, Kusal Mendis (WK), Milinda Siriwardana, Avishka Fernando, Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeevan Mendis, Isuru Udana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Pradeep.

Bangladesh

Mashrafe Mortaza (C), Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Saifuddin, Liton Das, Mohammad Mithun (WK), Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah Riyad, Shakib Al Hasan (VC), Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, Mehidy Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Jayed.

Pakistan

Sarfaraz Ahmed (C & WK), Imam-ul-Haq, Abid Ali, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik (vc), Fakhar Zaman, Junaid Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Hasnain.

West Indies

Jason Holder (C), Evin Lewis, Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Nicholas Pooran Sheldon, Oshane Thomas, Shai Hope (WK), Fabien Allen, Carlos Brathwaite, Cottrell, Kemar Roach, Ashley Nurse, Shannon Gabriel.

Afghanistan

Gulbadin Naib (C), Mohammad Shahzad (WK), Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Noor Ali Zadran, Hamid Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Hazratullah Zazai, Asghar Afghan, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam and Hashmatullah Shahidi.

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Venues

England and Wales will be hosting the ICC World Cup 2019 for record 5th time since its inception in 1975. All the 48 matches of the tournament will be held in 10 different venues in England and 1 venue Wales. The venues are – Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Cardiff, Old Trafford Manchester, Nottingham, Lord’s, Leeds, Taunton, Southampton and Chester-le-Street and the Oval.

The 2 semifinals will be held in Old Trafford, Manchester and Edgbaston, Birmingham. And the finals will be held in the ‘home of cricket’, Lord’s Cricket Ground.

Schedule

Awards and Recognitions

Man of the tournament

Most runs scored

Top Wicket-taker in each World Cup

Prize Money

Broadcasters

Broadcasting rights in India are owned by Star India and DD National (Only India matches, Semi-finals and Finals).

Star Sports: Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 2 HD, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 HD Hindi, Star Sports SELECT 1, Star Sports SELECT 1 HD, Star Sports 1 Tamil.

Sponsors

Commercial Partners

Nissan, OPPO, MRF, Booking.com, Emirates, MoneyGram, Bira91, Uber Coca Cola, GoDaddy, Hublot, Wolf-Blass, UBP, ROYAL STAG, THATCHERS, DREAM 11, Games, Golootlo, Britannia, Veuve Cliequot.

Broad Partners

Star Sports

Social Responsibility

ICC Cricket for good, UNICEF.

ICC World Cup 2019 Tickets

The tickets for the ICC World Cup 2019 are available at the official website of ICC.