ICC World Cup 2019

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Sport:	Cricket
Country:	England
Founding year:	1975
Teams:	10

The 2019 edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup for men will be played between May and July 2019 and the top 10 teams in the world will feature in this tournament. If you are looking at any kind of information around the ICC Cricket World Cup, including its live streaming options, predictions, squads, schedule for the next event or how to purchase tickets for the tournament, we have it all laid out for you below.

Previous ICC Cricket World Cup Story:

The ICC Men’s World Cup used to played over 60-overs a side, that mirrored the international cricket featured at that time, and this happened over the first three editions in 1975, 1979 and 1983. West Indies won the first two tournaments and would have made it three victories in a row had it not been for India’s stunning showing in the final of the 1983 edition.

After beating Australia and England respectively in the first two editions, West Indies failed to chase down India’s 183 in the final of the third. All these tournaments were played in England.

The fourth edition was held in India and Pakistan, the first time it was played outside of the UK and the hosts were favourites to make it to the final. Instead, Australia beat India and England beat Pakistan in the final to qualify for the title-decider in which the Aussies came up trumps.

In 1992, a competition held in Australia and New Zealand, Pakistan overcame a difficult start and with the help of some luck, overturned things to go on to win the title. They beat England in the final.

The 1996 edition was held in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka became the first host nation to win the title, beating the Aussies in the final. They also won the World Cup by going through the tournament without defeat, beating India twice in India in the process.

Following this, Australia went on a three-tournament long title-winning streak. In 1999, they had their issues but like Pakistan in 1992, they completed a brilliant comeback to beat Pakistan in the final. This was followed by the 2003 edition in which they beat India in the final and then crushed Sri Lanka in the 2007 final to register their fourth title overall and third in a row.

India bucked this Aussie trend by winning the 2011 World Cup, beating Australia in the quarter-finals, Pakistan in the semi-finals and Sri Lanka in the final. This was their second title, joining West Indies and Australia as the only sides to have won the title more than once.

The previous World Cup was co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand in 2015. New Zealand beat Australia in the league stage of the tournament but Australia bounced back to rout New Zealand in the final to win their fifth World Cup title.

Previous Winners:

• 1975: West Indies
• 1979: West Indies
• 1983: India
• 1987: Australia
• 1992: Pakistan
• 1996: Sri Lanka
• 1999: Australia
• 2003: Australia
• 2007: Australia
• 2011: India
• 2015: Australia

Current ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Format & Schedule

Ten teams will participate in the 2019 World Cup. Seven of these 10 teams along with the eighth, hosts England, were given a direct entry into the World Cup based on their rankings while two others, Afghanistan and West Indies came through a qualifying tournament to make it through to the World Cup main.

In a format that closely resembles the 1992 edition of the competition, the 2019 World Cup will see each of the 10 teams take on each other in a round-robin format. Yes, every team will face the nine other sides in the round-robin stage of the competition with only the top four at the end of that phase going through to the semi-finals.

The ICC was criticised for its handling of the format, given there were nine teams that participated in the 1992 edition, 12 in 1996, 14 in 1999 and 2003, 16 in 2007, and 14 in 2011 and 2015 before deciding to go back down to 10 to reduce participation from the previous years. What’s interesting to note is that the 2023 World Cup will continue to have just 10 teams play in the tournament.

Teams Participating in the 2019 World Cup:

Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, West Indies, Afghanistan, England.

ICC Men’s World T20 Schedule for 2019:

May 30, Thu, England vs South Africa, Match 1 at Kennington Oval, London

09:30 AM GMT

May 31, Fri, Windies vs Pakistan, Match 2 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham

09:30 AM GMT

Jun 01, Sat, New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, Match 3 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

09:30 AM

Jun 01, Sat, Afghanistan vs Australia, Match 4 at County Ground, Bristol

12:30 PM

Jun 02, Sun South Africa vs Bangladesh, Match 5 at Kennington Oval, London

09:30 AM

Jun 03, Mon, England vs Pakistan, Match 6 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham

09:30 AM

Jun 04, Tue, Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka, Match 7 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

09:30 AM

Jun 05, Wed, South Africa vs India, Match 8 at The Rose Bowl, Southampton

09:30 AM

Jun 05, Wed, Bangladesh vs New Zealand, Match 9 at Kennington Oval, London

12:30 PM

Jun 06, Thu, Australia vs Windies, Match 10 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham

09:30 AM

Jun 07, Fri, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Match 11 at County Ground, Bristol

09:30 AM

Jun 08, Sat, England vs Bangladesh, Match 12 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

09:30 AM

Afghanistan vs New Zealand, Match 13 at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

12:30 PM

Jun 09, Sun, India vs Australia, Match 14 at Kennington Oval, London

09:30 AM

Jun 10, Mon, South Africa vs Windies, Match 15 at The Rose Bowl, Southampton

09:30 AM

Jun 11, Tue, Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Match 16 at County Ground, Bristol

09:30 AM

Jun 12, Wed, Australia vs Pakistan, Match 17 at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

09:30 AM

Jun 13, Thu, India vs New Zealand, Match 18 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham

09:30 AM

Jun 14, Fri, England vs Windies, Match 19 at The Rose Bowl, Southampton

09:30 AM

Jun 15, Sat, Sri Lanka vs Australia, Match 20 at Kennington Oval, London

09:30 AM

South Africa vs Afghanistan, Match 21 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

12:30 PM

Jun 16, Sun, India vs Pakistan, Match 22 at Old Trafford, Manchester

09:30 AM

Jun 17, Mon, Windies vs Bangladesh, Match 23 at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

09:30 AM

Jun 18, Tue, England vs Afghanistan, Match 24 at Old Trafford, Manchester

09:30 AM

Jun 19, Wed, New Zealand vs South Africa, Match 25 at Edgbaston, Birmingham

09:30 AM

Jun 20, Thu, Australia vs Bangladesh, Match 26 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham

09:30 AM

Jun 21, Fri, England vs Sri Lanka, Match 27 at Headingley, Leeds

09:30 AM

Jun 22, Sat, India vs Afghanistan, Match 28 at The Rose Bowl, Southampton

09:30 AM

Windies vs New Zealand, Match 29 at Old Trafford, Manchester

12:30 PM

Jun 23, Sun, Pakistan vs South Africa, Match 30 at Lord’s, London

09:30 AM

Jun 24, Mon, Bangladesh vs Afghanistan, Match 31 at The Rose Bowl, Southampton

09:30 AM

Jun 25, Tue, England vs Australia, Match 32 at Lord’s, London

09:30 AM

Jun 26, Wed, New Zealand vs Pakistan, Match 33 at Edgbaston, Birmingham

09:30 AM

Jun 27, Thu, Windies vs India, Match 34 at Old Trafford, Manchester

09:30 AM

Jun 28, Fri, Sri Lanka vs South Africa, Match 35 at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

09:30 AM

Jun 29, Sat, Pakistan vs Afghanistan, Match 36 at Headingley, Leeds

09:30 AM

New Zealand vs Australia, Match 37 at Lord’s, London

12:30 PM

Jun 30, Sun, England vs India, Match 38 at Edgbaston, Birmingham

09:30 AM

Jul 01, Mon, Sri Lanka vs Windies, Match 39 at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

09:30 AM

Jul 02, Tue, Bangladesh vs India, Match 40 at Edgbaston, Birmingham

09:30 AM

Jul 03, Wed, England vs New Zealand, Match 41 at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

09:30 AM

Jul 04, Thu, Afghanistan vs Windies, Match 42 at Headingley, Leeds

09:30 AM

Jul 05, Fri, Pakistan vs Bangladesh, Match 43 at Lord’s, London

09:30 AM

Jul 06, Sat, Sri Lanka vs India, Match 44 at Headingley, Leeds

09:30 AM

Australia vs South Africa, Match 45 at Old Trafford, Manchester

12:30 PM

Jul 09, Tue, TBC vs TBC, 1st Semi-Final (1 v 4) at Old Trafford, Manchester

09:30 AM

Jul 11, Thu, TBC vs TBC, 2nd Semi-Final (2 v 3) at Edgbaston, Birmingham

09:30 AM

Jul 14, Sun, TBC vs TBC, Final at Lord’s, London

09:30 AM

How to watch the 2019 ICC World Cup Live Streaming & other Broadcast Options?

Star Sports is the official broadcaster of all ICC events and they are also the host broadcaster for Indian cricket. They will be telecasting the 2019 World Cup live in India on TV while if you are looking at online streaming options then you could look at the Hotstar app to watch it live in India.

More information on the live streaming and TV options for other countries will be revealed shortly.

2019 ICC World Cup Predictions

We will update the match by match predictions for the 2019 ICC World Cup here before the start of the tournament.

2019 ICC World Cup Squads

The squads for all the 10 teams will be revealed closer to the start of the tournament. 30-man probable squads will be named to begin with and that will be followed by pruning them down to 15 members.

Australia squad for World Cup:

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South Africa squad for World Cup:

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India squad for World Cup:

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New Zealand squad for World Cup:

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England squad for World Cup:

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Sri Lanka squad for World Cup:

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Pakistan squad for World Cup:

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West Indies squad for World Cup:

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Bangladesh squad for World Cup:TBA

Afghanistan squad for World Cup:

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ICC World Cup Tickets for the 2019 edition:

The tickets for the next edition of the Cricket World Cup can be found at the official cricket website, ICC-Cricket.com. As things currently stand, most of the tickets have been sold out over three rounds of ticket sales and whatever tickets that remain can be found here.