The 2019 Cricket World Cup (officially ICC Cricket World Cup 2019) is scheduled to be hosted by England and Wales,[1][2] from 30 May to 15 July 2019.[3] This will be the 12th Cricket World Cup competition, and the fifth time it will be held in England and Wales, following the 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999 World Cups.
| File:ICC CWC 2019 Logo.jpg Official Logo for ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 | |
| Dates | 30 May – 15 July |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) |  England Wales |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 48 |
The hosting rights were awarded in April 2006, after England and Wales withdrew from the bidding to host the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, which was held in Australia and New Zealand. The first match will be played at The Oval while the final will be played at Lord's. The 10-team-tournament has gained much criticism due to the lack of associate teams in the tournament and given the increase of the test playing nations from 10 to 12 with the admission of Ireland and Afghanistan in June 2017 it will be the first World Cup to be contested without all of the test playing nations being present, but the ICC plan to keep the competition at just 10 teams.[4] Australia are the defending champions.
Qualification
The 2019 World Cup will feature 10 teams, a decrease from previous World Cups in 2011 and 2015 which featured 14 teams.[5][6] The hosts England, and the top seven other teams in the ICC rankings (comprising the twelve full members.), as of 30 September 2017, will earn automatic qualification with the remaining two spots being decided by the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[7][8] This means that ICC Associate and Affiliate members, which had previously been guaranteed four spots through the Qualifier, can be represented by at most two teams and possibly none at all if they are beaten by the other four Full Members in the Qualifier.[7] This also means that 4 Test playing nations will play in the qualifying tournament and therefore for the first time at least two Test nations will miss the World Cup. The format for the tournament will have just one group so each team will play 9 group games before 2 semi finals and a final.[9] However, a decision made in June 2017 to grant both Ireland and Afghanistan full Test status meant that all the teams in qualification were now Test sides.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | England
| ||
| ICC ODI Championship | 30 September 2017 | 7 |  Australien Bangladesch Indien Neuseeland  Pakistan  Südafrika1 other qualifier still to be decided based on upcoming games | |
| 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier | 1 March – 4 April 2018 | TBD | 2 | |
| Total | 10 | |||
Current ranking table
| PLAYER | Matches | Points | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indien |
45 | 5,298 | 118 | |
| Australien |
34 | 3,936 | 116 | |
| Südafrika |
30 | 3,357 | 112 | |
| Pakistan |
26 | 2,762 | 106 | |
| Neuseeland |
33 | 3,349 | 101 | |
 Sri Lanka |
50 | 4,825 | 97 | |
| England |
28 | 2,672 | 95 | |
| Bangladesch |
40 | 3,453 | 86 | |
 Afghanistan |
31 | 2,477 | 80 | |
 West Indies |
32 | 2,205 | 69 | |
 Scotland |
28 | 1,450 | 52 | |
 Irland |
22 | 1,091 | 50 | |
 Simbabwe |
24 | 1,181 | 49 | |
 Niederlande |
38 | 1,791 | 47 | |
 Namibia |
24 | 756 | 32 | |
 Nepal |
35 | 1,095 | 31 | |
 Oman |
24 | 581 | 24 | |
 Vereinigte Staaten |
24 | 555 | 23 | |
 Kanada |
13 | 253 | 19 | |
 Vereinigte Arabische Emirate |
30 | 345 | 12 | |
| Reference: ICC ODI rankings, Last updated 21 August 2024 | ||||
| Matches is the number of matches played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that. See points calculations for more details. | ||||
Venues
| Venue | City | County team | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgbaston Cricket Ground | Birmingham | Warwickshire | 25,000 |
| County Cricket Ground | Bristol | Gloucestershire | 17,500 |
| Sophia Gardens | Cardiff | Glamorgan | 15,643 |
| Riverside Ground | Chester-le-Street | Durham | 20,000 |
| Headingley | Leeds | Yorkshire | 17,500 |
| Lord's | London | Middlesex | 28,000 |
| The Oval | London | Surrey | 23,500 |
| Old Trafford | Manchester | Lancashire | 26,000 |
| Trent Bridge | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | 17,500 |
| Rose Bowl | Southampton | Hampshire | 25,000 |
| County Ground | Taunton | Somerset | 12,500 |
| Olympic Stadium | London | TBC | 66,000 |
The fixture list for this event has not been released. However, on 17 December 2014, the ECB indicated that the final would be held at Lord's, and the semi-finals at Old Trafford and Edgbaston Cricket Ground. In addition, the opening match of the tournament will be held at The Oval.[10]
London Olympic Stadium could also be added to the list of venues pending the result of a feasibility test.[11][12] In January 2017, the International Cricket Council (ICC) completed an inspection of the ground, confirming that the pitch dimensions would be compliant with the requirements to host ODI matches.[13]
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indien
|
9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.809 | Advanced to semi-finals |
| 2 | Australien
|
9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.868 | |
| 3 | England (H)
|
9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.152 | |
| 4 | Neuseeland
|
9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0.175 | |
| 5 | Pakistan
|
9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | −0.430 | Eliminated |
| 6 | Sri Lanka
|
9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | −0.919 | |
| 7 | Südafrika
|
9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.030 | |
| 8 | Bangladesch
|
9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.410 | |
| 9 | West Indies
|
9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −0.225 | |
| 10 | Afghanistan
|
9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.322 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Pre-tournament seeding
(H) Host
The format for the group stage is to have all ten teams play each other in a single group. This means a total of 45 matches will be played with each team playing a total of nine matches. The top four teams from the group will then progress to the knockout stage. A similar format was previously used in the 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Knockout stage
The knockout stage will see two semi-finals, with the winners of each progressing to the final at Lord's.
References
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- ^ "England awarded 2019 World Cup". espncricinfo. Retrieved 2006-04-30.
- ^ "OUTCOMES FROM ICC BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS". ICC. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ "ICC's Richardson wants more teams in World T20".
- ^ "ICC limit 2019 Cricket World Cup to 10 teams". 16 April 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup 2019 to stay at only 10 teams". BBC Sport. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Afghanistan and Ireland receive opportunity to qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 with Full Members". icc-cricket.com.
- ^ totalsportek2. "ICC World Cup 2019 10 Team Format & Qualifying Method". TOTAL SPORTEK.
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- ^ "Lord's set to stage 2019 World Cup final". 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "London Stadium could stage 2019 Cricket World Cup matches". 6 December 2016.
- ^ Wigmore, Exclusive by Tim (5 December 2016). "ECB considering using Olympic Stadium to host 2019 Cricket World Cup games". Retrieved 23 January 2017 – via The Guardian.
- ^ "London Olympic Stadium gets ICC approval". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2017.