The jargon of World Cup Cricket Venues
The 2015 , 11th ICC Cricket World Cup, One of the World’s largest international sports tournaments with 14 competing teams and over 400 accredited cricketers and officials taking part in it.
The tournament is scheduled to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand for the second time ( first being the 1992 Cricket World Cup), from 14 February to 29 March 2015. 49 matches will be played in 14 venues with Australia staging 26 games at grounds in Australia are Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. In New Zealand the co-hosts 23 games in Aukland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson and Wellington. The final match of the tournament will take place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Sachin Tendulkar has been 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 who won the tournament in 2011 by beating Sri Lanka in the finals by 6 wickets, are the defending champions, when it was held in the Indian subcontinent. Tickets for the Pool B match between India and Pakistan scheduled on 15 February 2015, were reportedly sold out in less than 12 minutes.
According to The International Cricket Council (ICC) General Manager (Cricket) Geoff Allardice, the venue allocation for the quarter-finals of the World Cup which will be held from Feb 14 to March 29.
If Sri Lanka and England, qualify in Pool A for the quarters, Sri Lanka will play in Sydney March 18 and England will play in Melbourne March 19, irrespective of where in the top-4 these teams finish.
If World Cup co-hosts Australia and New Zealand were to qualify from Pool A, they will play their quarter-finals in Adelaide and Wellington March 20 and 21, respectively. The ICC normally assign venues to the higher ranked teams with the prediction that they will progress through pool stage. ICC allows the hosts the opportunity to play knock-outs at home where possible during the World Cup.However, if any one of the two hosts or the two next highest ranked Pool A teams fail to reach the last eight, then the team that qualifies will play at the venue that was allocated to the side that did not qualify.
If World Cup co-hosts Australia and New Zealand were to qualify from Pool A, they will play their quarter-finals in Adelaide and Wellington March 20 and 21, respectively. The ICC normally assign venues to the higher ranked teams with the prediction that they will progress through pool stage. ICC allows the hosts the opportunity to play knock-outs at home where possible during the World Cup.However, if any one of the two hosts or the two next highest ranked Pool A teams fail to reach the last eight, then the team that qualifies will play at the venue that was allocated to the side that did not qualify.
For example, if Sri Lanka fail to reach the quarters, the Pool A team that qualifies instead of Sri Lanka will play in Sydney March 18.
The venues for quarter-finalists from Pool B will be determined by their Pool A opponents on the basis of their finishing positions in the group stage.
If defending champions India top Pool B in position B1, they will play against the Pool A team that finishes in position A4. Therefore, if Sri Lanka finish in position A4 then India will play Sri Lanka in Sydney March 18.
As far as semi-finals are concerned, if Australia and New Zealand qualify, they will play at home unless they are scheduled to meet each other. In this case, the side that finished higher in Pool A will host the match.
Once it is known whether Australia and New Zealand can meet in a semi-final (at the end of the pool stage), the semi-final venue allocations will be confirmed.
If both the hosts fail to reach the quarter-finals, the winner of the Wellington quarter-final will play its semi-final in Sydney.
Quarter-final matches:
Quarter-final 1 – A1 v B4
Quarter-final 2 – A2 v B3
Quarter-final 3 – A3 v B2
Quarter-final 4 – A4 v B1
A1 means the side that tops Pool A while B4 means the side that finishes fourth in Pool B
Quarter-final dates and venues:
March 18 at Sydney Cricket Ground
March 19 at Melbourne Cricket Ground
March 20 at Adelaide Oval
March 21 at Wellington Stadium
Semi-final matches:
Semi-final 1 – winner QF1 (A1 v B4) v winner QF3 (A3 v B2)
Semi-final 2 – winner QF2 (A2 v B3) v winner QF4 (A4 v B1)
Semi-final dates and venues:
March 24 at Eden Park, Auckland
March 26 at Sydney Cricket Ground
Final date and venue:
March 29 at Melbourne Cricket Ground
The International Cricket Council’s £6.75 million prize money for the tournament, which is 20 percent more than the 2011.
| Stage | Prize money (GBP) | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | £2, 622,931.58 | £2, 622,931.58 |
| Runner-up | £1, 154,749.75 | £1, 154,749.75 |
| Losing semi-finalists | £ 395, 914.20 | £ 791,828.40 |
| Losing quarter-finalists | £ 197,957.10 | £ 791,828.40 |
| Winner of each group match | £ 29,693.57 | £ 1, 247,129.73 |
| Teams eliminated in group stage | £ 23,095.00 | £ 138,569.97 |
| Total | £6, 747,037.83 |
Ultimately, if the winner remains undefeated throughout the group stage of the tournament, they will win a total prize money of £2,801,092.97 (winner’s prize plus £29,694 for each group stage win), while a team which is eliminated in the group stage without any wins will be given £23,095.
Pool A
| England |
| Australia |
| Sri Lanka |
| Bangladesh |
| New Zealand |
| Afghanistan |
| Scotland |
Pool B
| South Africa |
| India |
| Pakistan |
| West Indies |
| Zimbabwe |
| Ireland |
| United Arab Emirates |