2015 Cricket World Cup






































































ICC Cricket World Cup
2015 Australia & New Zealand

2015 Cricket World Cup Logo.svg
Official logo of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Dates 14 February–29 March
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format One Day International
Tournament format(s)
Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)
Australia Australia
New Zealand New Zealand
Champions
 Australia (5th title)
Runners-up
 New Zealand
Participants 14
Matches played 49
Attendance 1,016,420 (20,743 per match)
Player of the series
Australia Mitchell Starc
Most runs
New Zealand Martin Guptill (547)
Most wickets
Australia Mitchell Starc (22)
New Zealand Trent Boult (22)
Official website Cricket World Cup

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The 2015 Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Cricket World Cup 2015) was the 11th Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015. Australia defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets to win their fifth ICC Cricket World Cup. Fourteen teams played 49 matches in 14 venues, with Australia staging 26 games at grounds in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney while New Zealand hosted 23 games in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson and Wellington.[1]


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 (Pakistan later lost the co-hosting rights due to a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team). The International 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 was the second time the tournament was held in Australia and New Zealand, with the first being the 1992 Cricket World Cup.


India were the defending champions, having won the tournament in 2011. 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]


The final match of the tournament took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between co-hosts New Zealand and Australia in front of a record crowd of 93,013[5] while the average attendance throughout the tournament was 21,175 resulting from the cumulative tournament attendance of 1,016,420 and a washed out game between Australia and Bangladesh in Brisbane for which no attendance-figures were available.[6][7]


The 2015 Cricket World Cup is estimated to have been watched by over 1.5 billion people.[8] The most widely watched match during the tournament was India vs. Pakistan, which is estimated to have drawn over 1 billion viewers.[9][10]




Contents






  • 1 Host selection


    • 1.1 Bids




  • 2 Format


  • 3 Qualification


  • 4 Preparations


    • 4.1 Local organising committee


    • 4.2 Allocation of matches


    • 4.3 Visas


    • 4.4 Media and promotion


      • 4.4.1 Broadcasting rights






  • 5 Opening ceremony


  • 6 Prize money


  • 7 Venues


  • 8 Umpires


  • 9 Squads


  • 10 Warm-up matches


  • 11 Group stage


    • 11.1 Pool A


    • 11.2 Pool B




  • 12 Knockout stage


    • 12.1 Quarter-finals


    • 12.2 Semi-finals


    • 12.3 Final




  • 13 Statistics


    • 13.1 Most runs


    • 13.2 Most wickets




  • 14 Controversies


  • 15 See also


  • 16 References


  • 17 External links




Host selection


Bids


The ICC announced the hosts for the previous World Cup, the 2011 competition, on 30 April 2006. Australia and New Zealand had also bid for the tournament and a successful Australasian bid for the 2011 World Cup would have seen a 50–50 split in games, with the final still up for negotiation. The Trans-Tasman bid, Beyond Boundaries, was the only bid for 2011 delivered to the ICC headquarters at Dubai before the 1 March deadline. Considerable merits of the bid included the superior venues and infrastructure, and the total support of the Australian and New Zealand governments on tax and custom issues during the tournament, according to Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland.[11] The New Zealand government had also assured that the Zimbabwean team would be allowed to take part in the tournament after political discussions about whether their team would be allowed to tour Zimbabwe in 2005.[12]


ICC President Ehsan Mani said that the extra time required by the Asian bloc to hand over its bid had harmed the four-nation bid. However, when it came to the voting, the Asians won by seven votes to four; according to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), it was the vote of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) that turned the matter. It was reported in Pakistani newspaper Dawn that the Asian countries promised to hold fundraising events for West Indian cricket during the 2007 Cricket World Cup, which may have influenced the vote.[13] However, I.S. Bindra, chairman of the monitoring committee of the Asian bid, denied that, saying that it was their promise of extra profits of US$400 million that swung the vote their way.[14]


The ICC was so impressed by the efficiency of the Trans-Tasman bid that they decided to award the next World Cup, to be held in 2015, to them.[15]


Australia and New Zealand last jointly hosted the Cricket World Cup in 1992.


Format


The tournament featured 14 teams, the same number as the 2011 World Cup, giving associate and affiliate member nations a chance to participate.[16]


The format was 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 finished as a tie.[17][18]


Qualification




Highlighted are the countries to participate in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

  Qualified as full member of ICC

  Qualified via WCL or qualifier

  Participated in final stage of the qualifying process, but did not qualify




Per ICC regulations, the 10 ICC full member nations qualify for the tournament automatically. Immediately after the 2011 World Cup, it was decided that the next tournament would be reduced to only feature the 10 full members.[19] This was met with heavy criticism from a number of associate nations, especially from the Ireland cricket team, who had performed well in 2007 and 2011, including victories over Pakistan and England, both full member nations. Following support shown by the ICC Cricket Committee for a qualification process,[20] the ICC retracted their decision in June 2011 and decided that 14 teams would participate in the 2015 World Cup, including four associate or affiliate member nations.[21]


At the ICC Chief Executives' Committee meeting in September 2011, the ICC decided on a new qualifying format. The top two teams of the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship qualify directly. The remaining six teams join the third and fourth-placed teams of 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two and the top two teams of 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in a 10-team World Cup Qualifier to decide the remaining two places.[22][23]


On 9 July 2013, as a result of a tied match against the Netherlands, Ireland became the first country to qualify for the 2015 World Cup.[24] On 4 October 2013, Afghanistan qualified for their first Cricket World Cup after beating Kenya to finish in second place behind Ireland.[25]


Scotland defeated the United Arab Emirates in the final of the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier and both teams qualified for the last two spots in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[26]































































































































Team
Method of qualification
Past appearances
Last appearance
Previous best performance
Rank[nb 1]
Group

 England
Full members
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




  1. ^ Full members' ranks are based on the ICC ODI Championship rankings as of 31 December 2012.



Preparations


Local organising committee


In preparation for the 2015 Cricket World Cup, the organising committee of the tournament was finalised. John Harnden was named chief executive,[27] James Strong as chairman,[28] and Ralph Waters was named as the deputy chairman.[29]


Allocation of matches


When Australia and New Zealand bid for the 2011 Cricket World Cup in 2006, they said that it will see a 50–50 split in games. Finally, it was decided on 30 July 2013 that Australia would host 26 matches, while New Zealand got a share of 23 matches in the tournament. There was a tense battle between Melbourne and Sydney to host the final.[30] On 30 July 2013, it was announced that Melbourne would host the final, with Sydney and Auckland hosting the semi-finals.[31]


Visas


It was announced that spectators travelling to World Cup matches in New Zealand who would otherwise not be entitled to a visa waiver, would be able to enter New Zealand if they held an Australian visitor visa. This was a special Trans-Tasman Visa Arrangement for the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[32][33][34]


Media and promotion


The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament. The International Cricket Council has sold the rights for broadcasting of the 2015 Cricket World Cup for US$2 billion to ESPN Star Sports and Star Sports. According to Strong, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) wants to make the tournament the most fan-friendly event of its kind and take cricket to a wide range of communities throughout Australia and New Zealand.[35]


Sachin Tendulkar was named by the ICC as the World Cup Ambassador for the second time, after filling the role at the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[36]


Broadcasting rights


The following networks broadcast the tournament:[37]


































































































































Location Television broadcaster(s) Radio broadcaster(s) Web streaming

 Afghanistan

Cable/satellite Ariana Television Network, Lemar TV



 Australia




  • Cable/satellite (pay): Fox Sports[38]


  • Free-to-air: Nine Network (only Australia matches, both semi-finals and the final) [39]




ABC (ABC Local Radio, ABC Digital Extra, ABC radio app, Grandstand Digital, Online),[40]3AW

Fox Sports (Foxsports.com.au)[38]
Africa (except South Africa)

SuperSport



Arab World

Cable/satellite OSN Sports Cricket
OSN.com/PlayWavo.com
OSN, Play Wavo

 Bangladesh

Cable/satellite Bangladesh Television, Maasranga TV, Gazi Television and Star Sports

Bangladesh Betar

Star Sports

 Bhutan


Star Sports

 Canada

Cable/Satellite (pay): Sportsnet
Rogers Communications [41]

EchoStar

broadband (pay): Rogers Cable[41]

Central America

ESPN


Europe
(except UK and Ireland)


Star Sports

 Fiji

Fiji TV
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation(highlights only)

Star Sports

 India




  • Cable/satellite (pay): Star Sports (English and Hindi)[42]
    Asianet Movies (Malayalam)
    STAR Vijay (Tamil)
    Suvarna Plus (Kannada)
    Jalsha Movies (Bengali)[43]


  • Free-to-air: DD National (only India matches, semi-finals and the final)




All India Radio (only India matches, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final)
AIR FM Rainbow (hourly updates)[44]



  • Star Sports (http://www.starsports.com/cricket/index.html)



 United Kingdom and  Ireland




  • Cable/satellite (pay): Sky Sports 2 (renamed Sky Sports World Cup during tournament)[45][46]


  • Free-to-air: ITV and ITV4 – nightly highlights[47]
    Zee TV Hindi highlights




BBC Radio

BSkyB

 New Zealand




  • Cable/satellite (pay): Sky Sport[48]


  • Free-to-air: Prime (only the first game, semi-final and final)[49][50][48][51]





Sky Sport

 Pakistan




  • Cable/satellite (pay): TEN Sports


  • Cable/satellite (free-to-air): PTV Sports[52]





Star Sports

 Singapore

Star Cricket



 South Africa

Free-to-air: South African Broadcasting Corporation 30 matches
Cable/satellite: SuperSport

SABC

SuperSport

 Sri Lanka

Free-to-air: Channel Eye
Cable/satellite: Star Sports

Star Sports

 United Arab Emirates

OSN



 United States

Satellite (pay): ESPN


Broadband (pay): WatchESPN[53]

 West Indies

Free-to-air: CMC [54]
Satellite (pay): ESPN

CMC

CMC
Source:[37](unless otherwise stated)

Opening ceremony



The opening ceremonies were held separately in Christchurch, New Zealand and Melbourne, Australia, on 12 February 2015, two days before the first two matches.


Prize money


The International Cricket Council declared a total prize money pool of $10 million for the tournament, which was 20 percent more than the 2011 edition. The prize money was distributed according to the performance of the team as follows:[55]











































Stage Prize money (US$) Total
Winner $3,975,000 $3,975,000
Runner-up $1,750,000 $1,750,000
Losing semi-finalists $600,000 $1,200,000
Losing quarter-finalists $300,000 $1,200,000
Winner of each group match $45,000 $1,890,000
Teams eliminated in group stage $35,000 $210,000
Total $10,225,000

This means that if the winner had remained undefeated throughout the group stage of the tournament, they would have won a total of $4,245,000 (winner's prize plus $45,000 for each group stage win), while a team eliminated in the group stage without any wins would have gotten $35,000.


Venues


Each venue hosted 3 pool stage matches. The quarter-finals were in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Wellington, the semi-finals were played in Auckland and Sydney, and the final was played in Melbourne.












































































































Venue City Country Capacity Matches

Sydney Cricket Ground

Sydney

Australia
48,000
5 (quarter-final, semi-final)

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Melbourne

Australia
100,000
5 (quarter-final, final)

The 'Gabba

Brisbane

Australia
42,000
3

Adelaide Oval

Adelaide

Australia
53,500
4 (quarter-final)

WACA Ground

Perth

Australia
24,500
3

Bellerive Oval

Hobart

Australia
20,000
3

Manuka Oval

Canberra

Australia
13,550
3

Eden Park

Auckland

New Zealand
50,000
4 (semi-final)

Hagley Oval

Christchurch

New Zealand
20,000
3

Seddon Park

Hamilton

New Zealand
12,000
3

McLean Park

Napier

New Zealand
22,500
3

Wellington Regional Stadium

Wellington

New Zealand
37,000
4 (quarter-final)

Saxton Oval

Nelson

New Zealand
5,000
3

University Oval

Dunedin

New Zealand
6,000
3






























































































Sydney

Melbourne

Adelaide

Brisbane

Perth

Sydney Cricket Ground

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Adelaide Oval

The Gabba

WACA Ground

Capacity: 48,000 (upgraded)[56]
Capacity: 100,024
Capacity: 53,500 (upgraded)[57]
Capacity: 42,000
Capacity: 24,500

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Hobart



2015 Cricket World Cup is located in Australia

Perth

Perth



Melbourne

Melbourne



Sydney

Sydney



Hobart

Hobart



Brisbane

Brisbane



Adelaide

Adelaide



Canberra

Canberra




Venues in Australia





2015 Cricket World Cup is located in New Zealand

Auckland

Auckland



Christchurch

Christchurch



Dunedin

Dunedin



Hamilton

Hamilton



Napier

Napier



Nelson

Nelson



Wellington

Wellington




Venues in New Zealand



Canberra

Bellerive Oval

Manuka Oval
Capacity: 20,000 (upgraded)[58]
Capacity: 13,550

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Auckland

Christchurch

Eden Park

Hagley Oval
Capacity: 50,000
Capacity: 20,000

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Hamilton

Napier

Wellington

Nelson

Dunedin

Seddon Park

McLean Park

Wellington Regional Stadium

Saxton Oval

University Oval
Capacity: 12,000
Capacity: 22,500
Capacity: 37,000
Capacity: 5,000
Capacity: 6,000

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Source:[59](correct except for upgraded stadia, which have their own sources)

Umpires



The umpire selection panel selected 20 umpires to officiate at the World Cup: five each from Australia and England, five from Asia, two each from New Zealand and South Africa and one from the West Indies.[60]











Squads



The teams, after initially naming a provisional 30-member squad, were required to finalise a 15-member squad for the tournament on or before 7 January 2015.[61]


Warm-up matches


Fourteen non-ODI warm-up matches were played from 8 to 13 February.[62]



Warm-up matches




8 February 2015
14:00 (ACDT) (D/N)
Scorecard















Australia 
371 (48.2 overs)


v



 India
265 (45.1 overs)


Glenn Maxwell 122 (57)
Mohammed Shami 3/83 (9.2 overs)



Ajinkya Rahane 66 (52)
Pat Cummins 3/30 (6 overs)




Australia won by 106 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Attendance : 13,909
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Nigel Llong (Eng)





  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.







9 February 2015
11:00 (NZDT)
Scorecard















Sri Lanka 
279/7 (44.4 overs)


v



 South Africa
188/5 (24.3 overs)


Tillakaratne Dilshan 100 (83)
Kyle Abbott 3/37 (6.4 overs)



Quinton de Kock 66 (55)
Rangana Herath 3/22 (5 overs)




South Africa won by 5 wickets (D/L method)
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and S. Ravi (Ind)





  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.


  • Sri Lanka's innings ended after 44.4 overs and South Africa's target was reduced to 188 from 25 overs due to rain.








9 February 2015
11:00 (NZDT)
Scorecard















New Zealand 
157/7 (30.1 overs)


v



 Zimbabwe



Martin Guptill 100 (86)
Tinashe Panyangara 2/28 (5 overs)







No result
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL)





  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.


  • Match ended after New Zealand innings due to rain








9 February 2015
14:30 (AEDT) (D/N)
Scorecard















West Indies 
122 (29.3 overs)


v



 England
125/1 (22.5 overs)


Lendl Simmons 45 (55)
Chris Woakes 5/19 (7.3 overs)



Moeen Ali 46 (43)
Kemar Roach 1/31 (5 overs)




England won by 9 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)





  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.







9 February 2015
14:30 (AEDT) (D/N)
Scorecard















Bangladesh 
246 (49.5 overs)


v



 Pakistan
247/7 (48.1 overs)


Mahmudullah Riyad 83 (109)
Mohammad Irfan 5/52 (9.5 overs)



Sohaib Maqsood 93* (90)
Taskin Ahmed 2/41 (7 overs)




Pakistan won by 3 wickets
Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Joel Wilson (WI)





  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.







10 February 2015
14:30 (AEDT) (D/N)
Scorecard















Scotland 
296/6 (50 overs)


v



 Ireland
117 (27 overs)


Matt Machan 103 (108)
Max Sorensen 3/55 (10 overs)



Paul Stirling 37 (44)
Alasdair Evans 4/17 (5 overs)




Scotland won by 179 runs
Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Joel Wilson (WI)





  • Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.







10 February 2015
14:00 (ACDT) (D/N)
Scorecard















India 
364/5 (50 overs)


v



 Afghanistan
211/8 (50 overs)


Rohit Sharma 150 (122)
Hamid Hassan 1/49 (8 overs)



Nawroz Mangal 60 (85)
Ravi Jadeja 2/38 (10 overs)




India won by 153 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Attendance : 3,591
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Simon Fry (Aus)





  • India won the toss and elected to bat.







11 February 2015
11:00 (NZDT)
Scorecard















New Zealand 
331/8 (50 overs)


v



 South Africa
197 (44.2 overs)


Kane Williamson 66 (53)
Kyle Abbott 2/35 (6 overs)



JP Duminy 80 (98)
Trent Boult 5/51 (9.2 overs)




New Zealand won by 134 runs
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus)





  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.







11 February 2015
11:00 (NZDT)
Scorecard















Sri Lanka 
279/8 (50 overs)


v



 Zimbabwe
281/3 (45.2 overs)


Dimuth Karunaratne 58 (71)
Sean Williams 3/35 (10 overs)



Hamilton Masakadza 117* (119)
Nuwan Kulasekara 1/23 (5 overs)




Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets
Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)





  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.







11 February 2015
14:30 (AEDT) (D/N)
Scorecard















Australia 
304/8 (50 overs)


v



 United Arab Emirates
116 (30.1 overs)


Michael Clarke 64 (61)
Krishna Chandran 3/50 (9 overs)



Swapnil Patil 31 (45)
Xavier Doherty 2/3 (1.1 overs)




Australia won by 188 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance : 3,050
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng)





  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.







11 February 2015
14:30 (AEDT) (D/N)
Scorecard















England 
250/8 (50 overs)


v



 Pakistan
252/6 (48.5 overs)


Joe Root 85 (89)
Yasir Shah 3/45 (10 overs)



Misbah-ul-Haq 91* (99)
James Anderson 2/42 (10 overs)




Pakistan won by 4 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydneyin
Attendance : 5,769
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Steve Davis (Aus)





  • England won the toss and elected to bat.







12 February 2015
09:30 (AEDT)
Scorecard















West Indies 
313/9 (50 overs)


v



 Scotland
310/9 (50 overs)


Denesh Ramdin 88 (86)
Alasdair Evans 3/63 (10 overs)



Kyle Coetzer 96 (106)
Andre Russell 2/32 (8 overs)




West Indies won by 3 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)





  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.







12 February 2015
10:00 (AEDT)
Scorecard















Bangladesh 
189 (48.2 overs)


v



 Ireland
190/6 (46.5 overs)


Soumya Sarkar 45 (51)
Max Sorensen 3/31 (9.2 overs)



Andrew Balbirnie 63* (79)
Taijul Islam 2/29 (8 overs)




Ireland won by 4 wickets
Blacktown Olympic Park, Sydney
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL)





  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.







13 February 2015
10:00 (AEDT)
Scorecard















Afghanistan 
308/9 (50 overs)


v



 United Arab Emirates
294 (48.2 overs)


Samiullah Shenwari 58 (80)
Amjad Javed 4/39 (10 overs)



Khurram Khan 86 (70)
Aftab Alam 3/43 (6.2 overs)




Afghanistan won by 14 runs
Junction Oval, Melbourne
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Ian Gould (Eng)





  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.





Group stage


A total of 42 matches were played throughout the group stage of the tournament. The top four teams from each pool qualified for the quarter-finals. In the event that two or more teams are tied on points after six matches the team with the most number of wins was to be ranked higher. If tied teams also had the same number of wins then they had to be ranked according to net run rate.[63]


Pool A




The second match of the Cricket World Cup at the MCG between Australia and England




















































































Team

Pld

W

L

T

NR

NRR

Pts

 New Zealand
6 6 0 0 0 +2.564
12

 Australia
6 4 1 0 1 +2.257
9

 Sri Lanka
6 4 2 0 0 +0.371
8

 Bangladesh
6 3 2 0 1 +0.136
7

 England
6 2 4 0 0 −0.753
4

 Afghanistan
6 1 5 0 0 −1.853
2

 Scotland
6 0 6 0 0 −2.218
0


  •      Advanced to knockout stage.




14 February
Scorecard








New Zealand 
331/6 (50 overs)


v



 Sri Lanka
233 (46.1 overs)




New Zealand won by 98 runs
Hagley Oval, Christchurch







14 February (D/N)
Scorecard








Australia 
342/9 (50 overs)


v



 England
231 (41.5 overs)




Australia won by 111 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne







17 February
Scorecard








Scotland 
142 (36.2 overs)


v



 New Zealand
146/7 (24.5 overs)




New Zealand won by 3 wickets
University Oval, Dunedin







18 February (D/N)
Scorecard








Bangladesh 
267 (50 overs)


v



 Afghanistan
162 (42.5 overs)




Bangladesh won by 105 runs
Manuka Oval, Canberra







20 February (D/N)
Scorecard








England 
123 (33.2 overs)


v



 New Zealand
125/2 (12.2 overs)




New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington







21 February (D/N)
Scorecard








Australia 



v



 Bangladesh





Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane







22 February
Scorecard








Afghanistan 
232 (49.4 overs)


v



 Sri Lanka
236/6 (48.2 overs)




Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
University Oval, Dunedin







23 February
Scorecard








England 
303/8 (50 overs)


v



 Scotland
184 (42.2 overs)




England won by 119 runs
Hagley Oval, Christchurch







26 February
Scorecard








Scotland 
210 (50 overs)


v



 Afghanistan
211/9 (49.3 overs)




Afghanistan won by 1 wicket
University Oval, Dunedin







26 February (D/N)
Scorecard








Sri Lanka 
332/1 (50 overs)


v



 Bangladesh
240 (47 overs)




Sri Lanka won by 92 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne







28 February (D/N)
Scorecard








Australia 
151 (32.2 overs)


v



 New Zealand
152/9 (23.1 overs)




New Zealand won by 1 wicket
Eden Park, Auckland







1 March
Scorecard








England 
309/6 (50 overs)


v



 Sri Lanka
312/1 (47.2 overs)




Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington







4 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Australia 
417/6 (50 overs)


v



 Afghanistan
142 (37.3 overs)




Australia won by 275 runs
WACA Ground, Perth







5 March
Scorecard








Scotland 
318/8 (50 overs)


v



 Bangladesh
322/4 (48.1 overs)




Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
Saxton Oval, Nelson







8 March
Scorecard








Afghanistan 
186 (47.4 overs)


v



 New Zealand
188/4 (36.1 overs)




New Zealand won by 6 wickets
McLean Park, Napier







8 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Australia 
376/9 (50 overs)


v



 Sri Lanka
312 (46.2 overs)




Australia won by 64 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney







9 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Bangladesh 
275/7 (50 overs)


v



 England
260 (48.3 overs)




Bangladesh won by 15 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide







11 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Sri Lanka 
363/9 (50 overs)


v



 Scotland
215 (43.1 overs)




Sri Lanka won by 148 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart







13 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Bangladesh 
288/7 (50 overs)


v



 New Zealand
290/7 (48.5 overs)




New Zealand won by 3 wickets
Seddon Park, Hamilton







13 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Afghanistan 
111/7 (36.2 overs)


v



 England
101/1 (18.1 overs)




England won by 9 wickets (D/L method)
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney







14 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Scotland 
130 (25.4 overs)


v



 Australia
133/3 (15.2 overs)




Australia won by 7 wickets
Bellerive Oval, Hobart




Pool B




Pool B clash between India and South Africa




















































































Team

Pld

W

L

T

NR

NRR

Pts

 India
6 6 0 0 0 +1.827
12

 South Africa
6 4 2 0 0 +1.707
8

 Pakistan
6 4 2 0 0 −0.085
8

 West Indies
6 3 3 0 0 −0.053
6

 Ireland
6 3 3 0 0 −0.933
6

 Zimbabwe
6 1 5 0 0 −0.527
2

 United Arab Emirates
6 0 6 0 0 −2.032
0


  •      Advanced to knockout stage.




15 February (D/N)
Scorecard








South Africa 
339/4 (50 overs)


v



 Zimbabwe
277 (48.2 overs)




South Africa won by 62 runs
Seddon Park, Hamilton







15 February (D/N)
Scorecard








India 
300/7 (50 overs)


v



 Pakistan
224 (47 overs)




India won by 76 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide







16 February
Scorecard








West Indies 
304/7 (50 overs)


v



 Ireland
307/6 (45.5 overs)




Ireland won by 4 wickets
Saxton Oval, Nelson







19 February
Scorecard








United Arab Emirates 
285/7 (50 overs)


v



 Zimbabwe
286/6 (48 overs)




Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets
Saxton Oval, Nelson







21 February
Scorecard








West Indies 
310/6 (50 overs)


v



 Pakistan
160 (39 overs)




West Indies won by 150 runs
Hagley Oval, Christchurch







22 February (D/N)
Scorecard








India 
307/7 (50 overs)


v



 South Africa
177 (40.2 overs)




India won by 130 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne







24 February (D/N)
Scorecard








West Indies 
372/2 (50 overs)


v



 Zimbabwe
289 (44.3 overs)




West Indies won by 73 runs
Manuka Oval, Canberra







25 February (D/N)
Scorecard








United Arab Emirates 
278/9 (50 overs)


v



 Ireland
279/8 (49.2 overs)




Ireland won by 2 wickets
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane







27 February (D/N)
Scorecard








South Africa 
408/5 (50 overs)


v



 West Indies
151 (33.1 overs)




South Africa won by 257 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney







28 February (D/N)
Scorecard








United Arab Emirates 
102 (31.3 overs)


v



 India
104/1 (18.5 overs)




India won by 9 wickets
WACA Ground, Perth







1 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Pakistan 
235/7 (50 overs)


v



 Zimbabwe
215 (49.4 overs)




Pakistan won by 20 runs
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane







3 March (D/N)
Scorecard








South Africa 
411/4 (50 overs)


v



 Ireland
210 (45 overs)




South Africa won by 201 runs
Manuka Oval, Canberra







4 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Pakistan 
339/6 (50 overs)


v



 United Arab Emirates
210/8 (50 overs)




Pakistan won by 129 runs
McLean Park, Napier







6 March (D/N)
Scorecard








West Indies 
182 (44.2 overs)


v



 India
185/6 (39.1 overs)




India won by 4 wickets
WACA Ground, Perth







7 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Pakistan 
222 (46.4 overs)


v



 South Africa
202 (33.3 overs)




Pakistan won by 29 runs (D/L method)
Eden Park, Auckland







7 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Ireland 
331/8 (50 overs)


v



 Zimbabwe
326 (49.3 overs)




Ireland won by 5 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart







10 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Ireland 
259 (49 overs)


v



 India
260/2 (36.5 overs)




India won by 8 wickets
Seddon Park, Hamilton







12 March (D/N)
Scorecard








South Africa 
341/6 (50 overs)


v



 United Arab Emirates
195 (47.3 overs)




South Africa won by 146 runs
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington







14 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Zimbabwe 
287 (48.5 overs)


v



 India
288/4 (48.4 overs)




India won by 6 wickets
Eden Park, Auckland







15 March
Scorecard








United Arab Emirates 
175 (47.4 overs)


v



 West Indies
176/4 (30.3 overs)




West Indies won by 6 wickets
McLean Park, Napier







15 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Ireland 
237 (50 overs)


v



 Pakistan
241/3 (46.1 overs)




Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide




Knockout stage



While the dates and venues were fixed, which match-up they host was subject to change to accommodate the host countries should they qualify. Both hosts qualified for the quarter-finals; Australia played the match on 20 March in Adelaide, and New Zealand played the match on 21 March in Wellington. Since Sri Lanka, the next highest ranked team, progressed to the quarter-finals, they played in Sydney. If England had advanced, as they were the third-highest ranked team, they would have played in Melbourne.[64] As England failed to qualify for the quarter-finals, Bangladesh took their place.[65][66] The teams from each pool was paired based on the A1 v B4, A2 v B3, A3 v B2, A4 v B1 format.[64]


New Zealand's semi-final against South Africa was played on 24 March in Auckland while Australia's semi-final against India was played on 26 March in Sydney.[67][68] Both the host nations qualified for the final, where Australia defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets.








































































































































































Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
                 

A1

 New Zealand

393/6
B4

 West Indies
250
B2

 South Africa
281/5


A1

 New Zealand

299/6
A3

 Sri Lanka
133

B2

 South Africa

134/1
A1

 New Zealand
183


A2

 Australia

186/3
B3

 Pakistan
213

A2

 Australia

216/4

A2

 Australia

328/7

B1

 India
233

B1

 India

302/6
A4

 Bangladesh
193



Quarter-finals





18 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Sri Lanka 
133 (37.2 overs)


v



 South Africa
134/1 (18 overs)




South Africa won by 9 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney







19 March (D/N)
Scorecard








India 
302/6 (50 overs)


v



 Bangladesh
193 (45 overs)




India won by 109 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne







20 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Pakistan 
213 (49.5 overs)


v



 Australia
216/4 (33.5 overs)




Australia won by 6 wickets
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide







21 March (D/N)
Scorecard








New Zealand 
393/6 (50 overs)


v



 West Indies
250 (30.3 overs)




New Zealand won by 143 runs
Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington




Semi-finals





24 March (D/N)
Scorecard








South Africa 
281/5 (43 overs)


v



 New Zealand
299/6 (42.5 overs)




New Zealand won by 4 wickets (D/L method)
Eden Park, Auckland







26 March (D/N)
Scorecard








Australia 
328/7 (50 overs)


v



 India
233 (46.5 overs)




Australia won by 95 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney




Final






29 March (D/N)
Scorecard








New Zealand 
183 (45 overs)


v



 Australia
186/3 (33.1 overs)




Australia won by 7 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 93,013





Statistics



Most runs
























































































Player
Team

Mat

Inns
Runs

Ave

SR

HS

100

50

4s

6s

Martin Guptill

 New Zealand
9 9 547 68.37 104.58 237* 2 1 59
16

Kumar Sangakkara

 Sri Lanka
7 7 541 108.20 105.87 124 4 0 57 7

AB de Villiers

 South Africa
8 7 482 96.40 144.31 162* 1 3 43 21

Brendan Taylor

 Zimbabwe
6 6 433 72.16 106.91 138 2 1 43 12

Shikhar Dhawan

 India
8 8 412 51.50 91.75 137 2 1 48 9

Last updated: 29 March 2015[69]

Most wickets






































































Player
Team

Mat

Inns

Wkts

Ave

Econ

BBI

SR

Mitchell Starc

 Australia
8 8 22 10.18 3.50 6/28
17.40

Trent Boult

 New Zealand
9 9 22 16.86 4.36 5/27
23.10

Umesh Yadav

 India
8 8 18 17.83 4.98 4/31 21.40

Mohammed Shami

 India
7 7 17 17.29 4.81 4/35 21.50

Morné Morkel

 South Africa
8 8 17 17.58 4.38 3/34 24.00

Last updated: 29 March 2015[70]

Controversies



  • The Pool A match between Australia and England ended when James Anderson was run out straight after James Taylor was given out lbw. Because Taylor's decision was reviewed and overturned, the ICC later admitted that the ball should have been declared dead (according to Article 3.6a of Appendix 6 of the Decision Review System Playing Conditions), and so Anderson was incorrectly given out.[71]

  • During the Pool B match between Ireland and Zimbabwe, Sean Williams was caught by Ireland's John Mooney in a close run chase. Mooney was extremely close to the boundary and eight different television replays were inconclusive as to whether his foot had touched the boundary rope. Meanwhile, Williams had walked and the umpires signalled him out.[72]

  • During the second quarter-final match between India and Bangladesh, Rubel Hossain bowled a full toss to Rohit Sharma who was caught at square-leg. The umpire thought the ball was too high and declared it a no-ball, meaning the batsman was not out. Replays showed that the ball was waist height, and therefore a legal delivery.[73] The ICC's Bangladeshi President, Mustafa Kamal, later questioned the integrity of the umpire and threatened to resign in protest[74][75][76] and Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said India won the match because of umpiring errors.[77] However, ICC chief executive Dave Richardson claimed the accusations were baseless, and based on personal feelings of an individual. He said the incident was a 50–50 call and the decision belonged to the umpire.[78][79]


See also



  • List of Cricket World Cup centuries

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External links







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  • Cricket World Cup at icc-cricket.com

  • 2015 Cricket World Cup total attendance released by ICC












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