2019 Cricket World Cup
The 2019 Cricket World Cup (officially designated 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup) is the 12th edition of the Cricket World Cup, which will be held in England and Wales [1] [2] from May 30 to July 14, 2019. [3]
Accommodation rights were awarded in April 2006, after England and Wales withdrew from the bid to host the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, which took place in Australia and New Zealand. The first match will take place at The Oval and the final at Lord's. This is the fifth time the Cricket World Cup will be held in England and Wales after the 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999 World Cups.
The format of the tournament will consist of a single group of 10 teams, each team playing the other nine once, and the first four at the end of the group stage qualifying for the semi-finals. The 10-team tournament has received a lot of criticism due to the lack of teams associated with the tournament. With the increase in the number of test nations from 10 to 12 and the admission of Ireland and Afghanistan in June 2017, it will be the first World Cup to be contested without the presence of all nations testers [4] and after. the elimination of all teams associated with the qualifying tournament, it will also be the first World Cup to have no associated members.
After the Pulwama attack in 2019, several former Indian players and the Indian Cricket Control Council (BCCI) called for a boycott of the India-Pakistan meeting, with the aim of banning the team. Pakistani cricket to participate in the tournament. 5] [6] [7] However, after a meeting with the press in Dubai, the International Cricket Council (ICC) rejected BCCI's statement regarding Pakistan's ban on taking part in the World Cup and assured that the planned match would go as planned, despite the current stalemate between the two nations. [8] [9] CHECKOUT http://icccricketworldcup2019fixtures.com/
The 2019 World Cup will feature 10 teams, down from previous 2011 and 2015 World Cups with 14 teams. [10] The hosts, England and the other seven best teams in the ICC One Day International standings on September 30, 2017 won the automatic qualifying, with the remaining two places being determined by qualifying for the 2018 Cricket World Cup. [11] ].
At the time of the announcement of the qualifying structure, the associated and affiliated members of the CIC, who were guaranteed four places in the previous two World Cup tournaments, could be represented by up to two teams, or none at all. were beaten by the club. the least ranked members in the qualification. [11] It also meant that at least two of the ten nations testing players at the time of the announcement should play in the qualifying tournament and possibly miss the World Cup final.
Following recent successes, Ireland and Afghanistan have been promoted to the ICC's ODI championship and since then have also been promoted to ICC full membership, becoming the newest member of the cricket nations. test. However, they still had to qualify for the World Cup via the current process.
Afghanistan won the qualifying tournament by beating the West Indies in the final. Both teams qualified for the World Cup, while Zimbabwe, despite organizing the qualifying tournament, failed to reach the final and will miss the World Cup for the first time since 1983. [12] Ireland, a newly appointed full member, will also miss the World Cup for the first time since 2007 and for the first time no associated country will be competing in the World Cup. [13]
