The 12th edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup is all set to take place in England and Wales from 30th May to 14th June 2019. International Cricket Council (ICC) has officially announced the entirescheduleof the tournament. The cricket extravaganza will be staged across 12 stadiums, with the hosts England locking horns with South Africa in the opening match of the tournament.
Total Teams:
The participating teams are reduced from 14 to 10. While eight teams - India, Australia, England (hosts), South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh directly qualified for the World Cup on the basis of ICC ODI rankings on 30th September 2017; West Indies and Afghanistan paved their way through ICC World Cup Qualifiers in March 2018.
The Cricket journey 2019 are going to be command in European country and Wales from could thirty to Gregorian calendar month fourteen. February nineteen (Tuesday) can mark the one hundred days to travel before the beginning of the quadrennial event. The cricket's biggest amusements are going to be command in European country and Wales for the primary time in twenty years. the foremost eminent team within the tournament's history is Australia, WHO have claimed the title 5 times, together with the foremost recent edition in 2015, beating their trans-Tasman rivals New island within the final.
In the piece de resistance event, the 10 participants can interact during a round-robin cluster stage.
The top four groups can then proceed to the semi-finals, with the winners meeting within the final at Lord's.
There will be forty eight matches in total across eleven venues in European country and Wales.
As the 100-day numeration is close to begin, allow us to take a glance the least bit facets the edges [the perimeters] enjoying the 50-overs a side event.
AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan have created large strides within the world of cricket since that includes within the 2015 tourney for the primary time. However, that they had to endure a suspensive qualifying competition in African nation to create the 2019 edition.
Nevertheless, they're to not be underrated. At the 2018 Asia Cup, they beat country and Bangladesh and tied against ultimate champions Bharat.
Leg-spinner Rashid Khan is going to be the playing card for Asian nation. The 20-year-old could be a wicket-taking bowler - he became the quickest to succeed in one hundred ODI wickets in forty four matches. Rashid will bowl within the power-play similarly as within the death overs.
AUSTRALIA
The defensive champions and five-time winners are the foremost eminent country within the tournament's history, beating New Zeland by seven wickets within the final on home turf in 2015. however they need struggled for type since the team was entangled during a ball-tampering scandal that rocked the sport last year.
They were beat by European country 9-1 across 2 series in 2018, and followed it up with series defeats over the house summer against African nation (2-1) and Bharat (2-1).
However, they force out huge guns sooner than the globe Cup by appointing immensely old Ricky Ponting, WHOvie at 5 World Cups and won at 3, as their assistant coach.
Steve Smith and David Warner are being seen as their saviors. They are each eligible once more in late March once their annual bans over the ball-tampering affair expire and are wide expected to fit straight into the facet. The expectations ar high for the 2 star batsmen WHO between them have vie 214 ODIs and scored seven,774 runs.
BANGLADESH
Perennial underachievers Bangladesh are going to be wanting to enhance on their 2015 quater-final end once some encouraging performances within the UK. They qualified for the semi-finals of the 2017 Champions Trophy from a gaggle that additionally featured hosts European country, Australia and New Zeland.
In 2018, Bangladesh won thirteen of their twenty ODI matches, behind solely European country and Bharat in terms of the quantity of wins. The Tigers can admit the expertise of key players like Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim WHO are all expected to play their fourth 50-over tourney.
At 35, Mashrafe continues to be the leader of Bangladesh's pace attack, however left-arm fast Mustafizur Rahman will create a robust impact in what's going to be his maiden tourney.
Mustafizur, the sole Bangladeshi to feature in ICC's 2018 ODI team of the year, along with his spirited pace and incisive swing may be handy in seaming English conditions. The country's board is making an attempt to safeguard the 23-year-old for the globe Cup by denying him permission to hitch the profitable Indian Premier League in March-April.
ENGLAND
Have featured in each tourney since the tournament was established in 1975 however have still to win it, with the last of their 3 losing appearances within the final back in 1992. associate degree embarrassing exit at the 2015 edition, culminating during a defeat by Bangladesh, saw European country leave within the cluster stage for the third time in 5 World Cups. Captained by former eire baseball player Eoin Morgan, European country have up to the highest of the 50-over rankings. Home advantage, however, might not be that a lot of facilitate. this can be the fifth time that European country have staged the globe Cup, their best performance on home turf returning after they were swamped by the West Indies within the 1979 final.
England have many well-tried match-winners in their facet however in wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler they need associate degree atrociously precocious shotmaker capable of 'scooping' sensible length balls from quick bowlers over his head for boundaries. The 28-year-old has scored six ODI tons of and boasts an outstanding strike rate of slightly below 117.
INDIA
Under Virat Kohli's leadership, heavyweights Bharat can enter the globe Cup as favourites aboard European country. The second-ranked one-day facets within the world are in fine type with recent series victories in Australia and New Zeland.
India had an outstanding 2018 with ODI wins in African nation (5-1), and Windies (3-1) and also the Asia Cup title within the UAE. European country additionally brings back happy recollections for the betray tourney champions WHO initial upraised the trophy at Lord's in 1983.
If Kohli are going to be key to India's possibilities within the 10-team tournament then new spin ace Kuldeep Yadav may lead the charge within the bowling department.
The 24-year-old Yadav claimed forty five wickets in nineteen ODI matches last year along with his left-arm wrist joint spin proving to be handful for opposition batsmen. Kohli meantime unbroken the runs going, averaging associate degree astounding 133.55 in fourteen ODIs in 2018.
NEW Zealand
The Blacks Caps hope to shed their tag because the World Cup's nearly men and claim the title once creating the semi-finals sixfold and also the final once -- in 2015 after they suffered an important loss to Australia.
While Kane Williamson has replaced Brendon McCullum as captain, the core of the team that power-driven New island to the 2015 decider remains, though a recent robust run of type was marred somewhat by a 4-1 series loss to Bharat in January.
Speedster Lockie Ferguson adds real pace to New Zealand's seam attack, frequently causation down {150|one hundred fifty|a hundred associate degreed fifty} km/h thunderbolts and distressing batsmen with an array of bouncers and blistering yorkers.
Ferguson has additional some much-needed consistency to his game and also the Black Caps are going to be searching for the 27-year-old to work up the aggression and provides them associate degree intimidation issue at his initial tourney.
PAKISTAN
It's bound that West Pakistan are going to be unpredictable. At the Champions Trophy in European country 2 years past, they were routed by Bharat by 124 runs within the gap match before thrashing their arch-rivals by a huge one hundred eighty runs within the final.
Under Sarfraz Ahmed, West Pakistan have some exciting talent - from Mahound ruler to Usman Shinwari to Hasan Ali. If their vulnerable batting comes sensible they may repeat the exploits of Imran Khan WHO light-emitting diode the team to their solely tourney in Australia in 1992.
Babar Azam, just 24, has been compared to Bharat star Virat Kohli. fictitious character has associate degree ODI average of over fifty one and has hit eight centuries and ten 50s.
SOUTH AFRICA
Ever since losing on a outre rain rule out the semi-finals of their initial tourney campaign in 1992, African nation have on the face of it been unlucky in knock-out matches. they need solely won one such match, a quarter-final in 2015, however are overwhelmed in four semi-finals and 2 quarter-finals, generally in circumstances that are sorrowful for his or her supporters.
The Proteas can head to the 2019 tournament with modest expectations, lacking the First Statepth of all-rounders that created them a formidable force within the late Nineties and early 2000s and hit by the retirements of star baseball player AB de Villiers and quick bowler Morne Morkel. they need won twelve and lost 10 ODIs since the beginning of 2018.
Hard-hitting left-hander David Miller could be a powerful baseball player capable of adjusting the course of a match and an excellent fielder. He was man of the series during a recent T20 series win against West Pakistan.
Breakout star may well be lungyi Ngidi, a 22-year-old quick bowler with the physique of a heavyweight boxer. He has lost most of this season with a knee injury however is back and bowling quickly in franchise cricket.
SRI LANKA
With allegations of match-fixing and corruption plaguing Sri Lankan cricket, the 1996 tourney champions don't seem to be a threat to high international sides despite their recent take a look at win in African nation. The islanders crashed out of the 2015 edition once a giant loss to African nation within the quarter-finals and have since witnessed a decline in their cricketing fortunes.
Sri Lanka hit a replacement low in 2017 once a visiting African nation team beat them 3-2 during a five-match ODI series and also the island nation has not won a bilateral rubber within the last 2 years. Performance apart, Sri Lankan cricket has been at the centre of allegations together with tried match-fixing sooner than a take a look at against European country last year. However their one-wicket convert African nation in urban center this weekend can provide them hope to cause a number of upsets within the tourney.
Old warhorse Lasith Malinga still remains country's best bet within the bowling department and key to any probability of Sri Lanka creating a control in European country and Wales. The 35-year-old pace man came back because the team's best with seven wickets in their recent 3-0 loss in New island. He was additionally captaining the facet.
With 318 wickets in 213 matches since creating his ODI debut in 2004, Malinga will still inspire a troubled Sri Lankan facet {with his|together along with his|along with his} expertise and his ability to stifle runs within the death overs with his throw yorkers.
WINDIES
Champions of the primary 2 World Cups in 1975 and 1979, the Windies seem doomed to endure a tortuous tournament despite their recent take a look at series convert European country on surroundings. didn't get past the quarter-finals in 2011 and 2015 and were forced to qualify for 2019.
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Chris Gayle, border nearer to his fortieth birthday, is that the man expected to supply the fireworks before he retires however it's 22-year-old Shimron Hetmyer WHO may well be the team's standout star.
Already attracting breathless comparisons to Brian Lara, the dashing left-hander from Co-operative Republic of Guyana has already created 3 centuries in his twenty ODIs with a strike rate even higher than the masterful Gayle. Hetmyer light-emitting diode West Indies to the globe under-19 title in 2016.
Ticket Information:
1 The tickets will be available in four categories: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Under 16 (Child) tickets will be available for purchase at every match in the Gold, Silver and Bronze categories, but must be purchased together with at least one Adult in the same price category.
2 Wheelchair-accessible tickets and tickets for alcohol-free areas are available to purchase at all matches within the Bronze price category. Wheelchair users who successfully purchase one wheelchair ticket shall receive one companion ticket completely free of charge.
3 There is a maximum number of tickets in each match for a single individual which will be clearly set out during the purchasing process.
4 Tickets are strictly non-transferable to any third-party, provided that fans will be given the opportunity to sell unwanted tickets via the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Official Resale Platform.
