World Cup Fever 2015
BY : KANWAR
The 2015 Cricket World Cup is the 11th Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted byAustralia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015. Fourteen teams will play 49 matches in 14 venues, with Australia staging 26 games at grounds in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth andSydney while New Zealand hosts 23 games in Auckland, Christchurch,Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson and Wellington.[1] The final match of the tournament will take place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The hosting rights were awarded at the same time as those of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, which Australia and New Zealand had originally bid to host, and the 2019 Cricket World Cup, which was awarded to England. The 2011 tournament was awarded to the four Asian Test cricket playing countries, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, in a 10 to 3 vote (Pakistan later lost the co-hosting rights due to a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team). TheInternational Cricket Council were sufficiently impressed with the trans-Tasman bid that it was decided to award the next World Cup to Australia and New Zealand.[2][3] This is the second time that the tournament will be held in Australia and New Zealand, with the first being the 1992 Cricket World Cup.Sachin Tendulkar was named as the 2015 Cricket World Cup Ambassador by the ICC for the second time, after 2011 Cricket World Cup where he was the ambassador.
India are the defending champions, having won the tournament in 2011 when it was held in the Indian subcontinent, defeating Sri Lanka in the finals by 6 wickets. Tickets for the Pool B match between India and Pakistan, played on 15 February 2015, reportedly sold out within 12 minutes of going on sale.[4]
Format
The tournament features 14 teams, the same number as the 2011 World Cup, giving associate and affiliate member nations a chance to participate.[10]
The format is the same as the 2011 edition: 14 teams take part in the initial stages, divided into two groups of seven; the seven teams play each other once before the top four teams from each group qualify for the quarter-finals.
On 29 January 2015, ICC reinstated the use of the Super Over for Cricket World Cup Final match if the match finishes as a tie.[11][12]
| Team | Method of qualification | Past appearances | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Rank[nb 1] | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England | Full member | 10 | 2011 | Runners-up (1979, 1987,1992) | 1 | A |
 South Africa | 6 | 2011 | Semi-finals (1992, 1999,2007) | 2 | B | |
 India | 10 | 2011 | Champions (1983, 2011) | 3 | B | |
 Australia | 10 | 2011 | Champions (1987, 1999,2003, 2007) | 4 | A | |
 Sri Lanka | 10 | 2011 | Champions (1996) | 5 | A | |
 Pakistan | 10 | 2011 | Champions (1992) | 6 | B | |
 West Indies | 10 | 2011 | Champions (1975, 1979) | 7 | B | |
 Bangladesh | 4 | 2011 | Super 8 (2007) | 8 | A | |
 New Zealand | 10 | 2011 | Semi-finals (1975, 1979,1992, 1999, 2007, 2011) | 9 | A | |
 Zimbabwe | 8 | 2011 | Super 6 (1999, 2003) | 10 | B | |
 Ireland | WCL Championship | 2 | 2011 | Super 8 (2007) | 11 | B |
 Afghanistan | 0 | — | — | 12 | A | |
 Scotland | World Cup Qualifier | 2 | 2007 | Group stage (1999, 2007) | 13 | A |
 United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1996 | Group stage (1996) | 14 | B |
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