The 11th ODI cricket World Cup 2015 will be played in Australia and New Zealand and now ICC has also announced its schedule. There are total 49 matches in this tournament to be played. 26 of them will be hosted by Australia while the remaining 23 will be hosted by their neighbors New Zealand. Australia has won the title 4 times before this world cup while New Zealand has yet to win this title.
The final match of this ICC world cup will be played at Melbourne Cricket Ground (Australia). After football, cricket is the 2nd most liked game in the world. It is the second occasion that Australia and New Zealand are hosting the world cup. In 1992, they hosted it for the first time and Pakistan under the captaincy of Imran Khan won that tournament.
There are two pools, pool A and pool B, for the 14 participating teams of this world cup 2015. It is the debut world cup for Afghanistan while all the other teams have already appeared in world cup once or more.
Cricket World Cup Schedule 2015:
14, February 2015 | Group A – NZ vs SL | Christchurch, NZ |
14, February 2015 | Group A – Aus vs Eng | Melbourne |
15, February 2015 | Group B – SA vs Zim | Hamilton |
15, February 2015 | Group B - Pak vs Ind | Adelaide |
16, February 2015 | Group B - Ire vs WI | Saxton Oval, Nelson |
17, February 2015 | Group A - NZ vs Sct | Dunedin |
18, February 2015 | Group A - Afg vs BD | Canberra |
19, February 2015 | Group B - Zim vs UAE | Saxton Oval, Nelson |
20, February 2015 | Group A - NZ vs Eng | Wellington |
21, February 2015 | Group B - Pak vs WI | Christchurch |
21, February 2015 | Group A - Aus vs BD | Brisbane |
22, February 2015 | Group A - Afg vs SL | Dunedin |
22, February 2015 | Group B - Ind vs SA | Melbourne |
23, February 2015 | Group A - Eng vs Sct | Christchurch |
24, February 2015 | Group B - WI vs Zim | Canberra |
25, February 2015 | Group B - Ire vs UAE | Brisbane |
26, February 2015 | Group A - Afg vs Sct | Dunedin |
26, February 2015 | Group A - BD vs SL | Melbourne |
27, February 2015 | Group B - SA vs WI | Sydney |
28, February 2015 | Group A - NZ vs Aus | Auckland |
28, February 2015 | Group B – Ind vs UAE | Perth |
01, March 2015 | Group A – Eng vs SL | Wellington |
01, March 2015 | Group B – Pak vs Zim | Brisbane |
03, March 2015 | Group B - Ire vs SA | Canberra |
04, March 2015 | Group B - Pak vs UAE | Napier |
04, March 2015 | Group A – Aus vs Afg | Perth |
05, March 2015 | Group A - BD vs Sct | Saxton Oval, Nelson |
06, March 2015 | Group B - Ind vs WI | Perth |
07, March 2015 | Group B - Pak vs SA | Auckland |
07, March 2015 | Group B - Ire vs Zim | Hobart |
08, March 2015 | Group A – NZ vs Afg | Napier |
08, March 2015 | Group A - Aus vs SL | Sydney |
09, March 2015 | Group A - Eng vs Ban | Adelaide |
10, March 2015 | Group B - Ind vs Ire | Hamilton |
11, March 2015 | Group A - SL vs Sct | Hobart |
12, March 2015 | Group B - SA vs UAE | Wellington |
13, March 2015 | Group A - NZ vs Ban | Hamilton |
13, March 2015 | Group A - Afg vs Eng | Sydney |
14, March 2015 | Group B - Ind vs Zim | Auckland |
14, March 2015 | Group A - Aus vs Sct | Hobart |
15, March 2015 | Group B – WI vs UAE | Napier |
15, March 2015 | Group B - Ire v Pak | Adelaide Oval |
18, March 2015 | 1st Quarter-Final SA v SL | Sydney |
19, March 2015 | 2nd Quarter-Final Ind v Ban | Melbourne |
20, March 2015 | 3rd Quarter-Final Pak v Aus | Adelaide |
21, March 2015 | 4th Quarter-Final NZ v WI | Wellington |
24, March 2015 | 1st Semi-Final | Auckland |
26, March 2015 | 2nd Semi-Final | Sydney |
29, March 2015 | THE WORLD CUP 2015 FINAL | Melbourne |