ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Posted by Sas Lyon

The ICC Cricket World Cup is the flagship event of the international cricket calendar and takes place every four years, with matches contested in a 50-over format.

The 2015 edition will be the 11th of the tournament and will be jointly hosted by New Zealand and Australia. The two countries combined in 1992 to jointly host the tournament.

The tournament will be jointly held across Australia and New Zealand in February and March 2015. The first matches will be played in Christchurch and Melbourne on 14 February, with the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 March.

*14 competing teams
*Engaging one fifth of the world’s population
*Expected television audience of more than a billion people
*More than 400 accredited players and officials
*The first tournament took place in England in 1975 which was won by the West Indies.

The most recent event was held in 2011 which was won by India, who hosted the tournament along with Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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