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 ESSAY ON WORLD CUP 2019
The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 12th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day
International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by
the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted between 30 May to 14 July across eleven
venues in England and Wales with the tournament being the fifth time that England had hosted
the World Cup while for Wales it was their third.
The tournament was contested by 10 teams, a decrease from 14 teams the previous edition with
the format of the tournament changing to a single round-robin group with the top four teams
qualifying through to the knockout stage. After six weeks of the round-robin matches which saw
four games not have a result; India, Australia, England and New Zealand finished as the top four
with Pakistan missing out by net run rate.
In the knockout stage, England and New Zealand won their respective semi-finals to qualify for
the final, which was played at Lord's in London. The final which saw the first Super Over in an
ODI, ended in a tie after the match ended with both teams scoring 241. England took home their
first title by the boundary countback rule, which was later scrapped by the ICC. Overall,
approximately 2.6 billion people around the world watched the tournament, making it the most-
watched cricket competition as of 2019.[1]

HOSTING [EDIT]

The hosting rights were awarded in April 2006, after England and Wales withdrew their bid to
host the 2015 Cricket World Cup, which was played in Australia and New Zealand. It was the fifth
Cricket World Cup played in England, following the 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999 World Cups.
Wales also hosted matches at the 1983 and 1999 tournaments, the latter also seeing matches
played in Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands.[2][3]

QUALIFICATION [EDIT]

Highlighted are the countries that participated in the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

Qualified as host

Qualified via the ICC ODI Championship ranking

Qualified via the 2018 qualifier

Participated in the qualifier but failed to qualify

Main article: 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

The 2019 World Cup featured 10 teams, a decrease from previous World Cups in 2011 and 2015
which featured 14 teams.[4] The hosts (England) and the top seven other teams in the ICC One
Day International rankings on 30 September 2017 earned an automatic qualification.[5] Results
from 19 September 2017 confirmed that these teams were Australia, Bangladesh, England,
India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka.[6] The remaining two spots were
decided by the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[5]
At the time of the announcement of the qualification structure, ICC Associate and Affiliate
Members, who were guaranteed four spots in the previous two World Cup tournaments, could
now only be represented by at most two teams, and possibly none at all if they were beaten by
the lowest-ranked Full Members in the Qualifier.[5] It also meant that at least two of the ten Test-
playing nations at the time of the announcement would have to play in the qualifying tournament,
and could miss the World Cup finals entirely. Thus, this was the first World Cup to be contested
without all of the Full Member nations being present.[7]
The final stage of the tournament was a "Super Six" group, from which the top two teams
qualified for the 2019 World Cup. The West Indies were guaranteed a spot after
defeating Scotland in the penultimate round.[8] Afghanistan joined them after defeating Ireland in
the final over of their match.[9] This was the first time since 1983 that Zimbabwe had failed to
qualify for a World Cup.[10] Ireland also missed the competition for the first time since 2003,[11] and,
for the first time, no Associate nation participated.[12]

Means of qualification Date Venue Berth

Host nation 30 September 2006[14] — 1

ICC ODI Championship 30 September 2017 Various 7

2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier 23 March 2018 Zimbabwe 2

Total 10

VENUES [EDIT]

The fixture list for the tournament was released on 26 April 2018 after the completion of an ICC
meeting in Kolkata, India. London Stadium had been named as a possible venue in the planning
stages,[15][16] and in January 2017, the ICC completed an inspection of the ground, confirming that
the pitch dimensions would be compliant with the requirements to host ODI matches.[17] However,
when the fixtures were announced, London Stadium was not included as a venue.[18][19] All of the
venues used are in England except for Sophia Gardens, which is in Wales.

Birmingham Bristol Cardiff Chester-le-Street

Bristol County
Edgbaston Sophia Gardens Riverside Ground
Ground

Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 17,500 Capacity: 15,643 Capacity: 17,000

Matches: 5
(including semi- Matches: 3 Matches: 4 Matches: 3
final)

Leeds London

Headingley Lord's The Oval

Capacity: 18,350 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 24,500

Matches: 5
Matches: 4 Matches: 5
(including final)

Birmingham

Bristol
 Cardiff

Chester-le-Street

Leeds

Nottingham

Manchester

Lord's

The Oval

Southampton

Taunton

Venues in England and Wales

Manchester Nottingham Southampton Taunton

Old Trafford Trent Bridge Rose Bowl County Ground

Capacity: 26,000 Capacity: 17,500 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 12,500

Matches: 6
(including semi- Matches: 5 Matches: 5 Matches: 3
final)

SQUADS [EDIT]
Main article: 2019 Cricket World Cup squads

All the participating teams had to submit the names of their respective World Cup squads by 23
April 2019.[20] The teams were allowed to change players in their 15-man squad anytime up to
seven days before the start of the tournament.[21] New Zealand was the first team to announce
their World Cup squad.[22] The oldest player of the tournament was South African player Imran
Tahir, who was forty years old, while the youngest was Afghan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who
was eighteen.[23][24]

MATCH OFFICIALS [EDIT]

Main article: 2019 Cricket World Cup officials

In April 2019, the ICC named the officials for the tournament.[25] Ian Gould announced that he
would retire as an umpire following the conclusion of the tournament.[26]

UMPIRES [EDIT]
Australia England New Zealand

 Bruce Oxenford  Michael Gough  Chris Gaffaney

 Paul Reiffel  Ian Gould Pakistan
 Rod Tucker  Richard Illingworth
 Paul Wilson  Richard Kettleborough  Aleem Dar
India  Nigel Llong South Africa

 Sundaram Ravi  Marais Erasmus

REFEREES [EDIT]
The ICC also named six match referees for the tournament.[25]

 Chris Broad
 David Boon
 Jeff Crowe
 Ranjan Madugalle
 Andy Pycroft
 Richie Richardson

PRIZE MONEY [EDIT]

The International Cricket Council declared a total prize money pool of US$10 million for the
tournament, the same as the 2015 edition.[27] The prize money was allocated according to the
performance of the team as follows:[28]

Stage Prize money (US$) Total (US$)

Winner $4,000,000 $4,000,000

Runner-up $2,000,000 $2,000,000

 Losing semi-finalists $800,000 $1,600,000

Winner of each league stage match $40,000 $1,800,000

Teams that do not pass the league stage $100,000 $600,000

Total $10,000,000

WARM-UP MATCHES [EDIT]

Before the World Cup, the participating nations competed in 10 warm-up matches, which were
played from 24 to 28 May 2019. These matches did not have One Day International (ODI) status
as teams were allowed to field all 15 members of their squad.[29][A]
show

Warm-up matches

OPENING CEREMONY [EDIT]

Main article: 2019 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony

The opening ceremony took place on The Mall in central London during the evening of 29 May
2019, a day before the start of the World Cup.[33] Andrew Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness and Shibani
Dandekar hosted the event. A 60-second challenge took place among the 10 participating
'teams', with each side represented by two guest figures each, involving Viv Richards, Anil
Kumble, Mahela Jayawardene, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Kevin Pietersen, Farhan Akhtar, Malala
Yousafzai, Jaya Ahsan, Yohan Blake, Damayanthi Dharsha, Azhar Ali, Abdur Razzak, James
Franklin, Steven Pienaar, Chris Hughes, Sean Fitzpatrick and Pat Cash, while David Boon was
the umpire for the game. England won the game by scoring 74 points, and Australia came
second with 69 points.[34]
Michael Clarke, who captained Australia to the title in 2015, took the World Cup trophy to the
stage, accompanied by former England spin bowler Graeme Swann. The ceremony concluded
with the official World Cup song, "Stand By", performed by Loryn and Rudimental.[34]

GROUP STAGE [EDIT]

Main article: 2019 Cricket World Cup group stage

The initial stage of the tournament saw the ten teams grouped together for a single round-robin
in which each team played the other nine once for a total of 45 matches. Teams earned two
points for a win and one for a tie or no-result (a minimum of 20 overs per side was needed to
constitute a result).[35] Matches in this stage had no reserve day set aside in the event of bad
weather. After four games in seven days were rained off and complaints were made about the
lack of reserve days, the ICC chief executive, Dave Richardson, said that trying to include
reserve days "would significantly increase the length of the tournament and practically would be
extremely complex to deliver".[36]
The top four teams from the group stage progressed to the knockout stage. If teams were tied on
points, then the number of wins and then the net run rate was used to separate them. A similar
format was previously used in the 1992 Cricket World Cup, though that tournament featured nine
teams instead of ten.
Following the 2019 Pulwama attack, several former Indian players and the Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI) called for the boycott of the group match fixture between India and
Pakistan. They also wanted to have the Pakistan team banned from playing in the
tournament.[37][38][39] However, after conducting a board meeting in Dubai, the ICC rejected the
BCCI's proposal and confirmed that the scheduled match would go ahead as planned, despite
the ongoing standoff between the two nations.[40][41]

POINTS TABLE [EDIT]

Team

Pos Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Qualification

 v
 t
 e
]

1 India 9 7 1 0 1 15 0.809

2 Australia 9 7 2 0 0 14 0.868
Advance to semi-
finals
3 England (H) 9 6 3 0 0 12 1.152

4 New Zealand 9 5 3 0 1 11 0.175

5 Pakistan 9 5 3 0 1 11 −0.430

6 Sri Lanka 9 3 4 0 2 8 −0.919

7 South Africa 9 3 5 0 1 7 −0.030

Eliminated
8 Bangladesh 9 3 5 0 1 7 −0.410

9 West Indies 9 2 6 0 1 5 −0.225

10 Afghanistan 9 0 9 0 0 0 −1.322

Source: ICC, ESPNcricinfo

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Pre-
tournament seeding
(H) Host.
SUMMARY [EDIT]
WEEK 1 [EDIT]

Joe Root (pictured in 2014) was the first centurion of the tournament with a 107 against Pakistan.

The tournament began on 30 May at The Oval in London, between the host nation, England,
and South Africa. England batted first and, despite losing their first wicket to the second ball of
the tournament, went on to score 311/8, with Ben Stokes top-scoring with 89 runs. South Africa
were bowled out for 207, which included a collapse of eight wickets for 63 runs, to give England
a victory by 104 runs.[42] The next three matches were one-sided: in the first, the West
Indies bowled out Pakistan for just 105 before chasing the target down in only 13.4 overs.[43] The
first double-header of the group stage saw comfortable wins for New Zealand and Australia, as
they won by 10 and 7 wickets respectively over Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.[44][45]
At the Oval, in the fifth match of the group stage, Bangladesh made their highest score in an
ODI, with 330/6. Mushfiqur Rahim top-scored for Bangladesh with 78, as he and Shakib Al
Hasan had a 142-run partnership for the third wicket.[46] In reply, the South Africans could not
sustain a partnership with wickets falling regularly throughout their innings. Mustafizur
Rahman took three wickets for Bangladesh as South Africa fell short by 21 runs.[47] The following
day saw Pakistan cause an upset over one of the tournament favourites, as they beat England
by 14 runs at Trent Bridge. This was despite Joe Root (107) and Jos Buttler (103) both scoring
centuries in the chase, as they became the first and second batsmen to score hundreds at the
tournaments.[48]
Sri Lanka got off to a good start in their game against Afghanistan in Cardiff, reaching 144/1 in
the 21st over. This was before three wickets in five balls from Mohammad Nabi provided the
catalyst for a collapse that saw Sri Lanka bowled out for 201. Kusal Perera top-scored for Sri
Lanka with 78, while Nabi took another wicket to finish with four for the innings. Rain reduced
Afghanistan's innings to 41 overs, but by the 14th over, they had already fallen to 57/5. A
partnership of 64 from Najibullah Zadran (who top-scored with 43) and Gulbadin Naib steadied
the innings for Afghanistan, but it was not enough, with Nuwan Pradeep taking two quick wickets
as Afghanistan fell 34 runs short of their revised target.[49] Wednesday saw a double-header
being played at the Rose Bowl and The Oval. At the Rose Bowl, India started their campaign with
a six-wicket win over South Africa. Yuzvendra Chahal took four wickets as he helped restrict the
batsmen to a total of 227. In reply, Rohit Sharma scored 122 not out to help India chase the
target with 15 balls to spare.[50] The other match on the Wednesday saw Bangladesh give New
Zealand a scare, as the Black Caps went from 160/2 to 191/5 chasing 244, before getting home
with three overs to spare. Ross Taylor top-scored for New Zealand in the run-chase with 82,
while Matt Henry was the pick of the bowlers with four wickets.[51]
WEEK 2 [EDIT]
The second week began in Nottingham, with Australia having an early batting collapse to fall to
38/4 early in their innings against the West Indies. Half-centuries from Steve Smith and Nathan
Coulter-Nile helped Australia recover before they were bowled out for 288. In response, Chris
Gayle had two overturned decisions go his way before he was dismissed for 21. Despite a 68
from Shai Hope, Australia won by 15 runs off the back of a five-wicket haul by Mitchell
Starc.[52] After the Friday match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Bristol was abandoned due to
rain,[53] the Saturday matches were played in nearby Cardiff and Taunton. At Cardiff, Jason
Roy made the highest score of the tournament so far, with 153, as he was named man of the
match in England's 106-run victory over Bangladesh.[54] In Taunton, a five-wicket haul from Kiwi
bowler James Neesham led New Zealand to their third consecutive win, with a seven-wicket
victory over Afghanistan.[55]
The final completed match of the week saw India defeat Australia by 36 runs at The Oval. Batting
first, India targeted Marcus Stoinis and Adam Zampa's bowling with a combined total of 113 runs
coming from their 13 overs, as India scored 352/5. Shikhar Dhawan top-scored for India with
117, while Stoinis was the only bowler to take more than one wicket. In the run chase, Australia
were behind the required run rate for much of their innings, despite half-centuries from David
Warner, Steve Smith and Alex Carey, and were bowled out for 316, Bhuvneshwar
Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah taking three wickets each.[56] The following two games of the week
were washed out. Only 7.2 overs of play was possible in the fixture between South Africa and the
West Indies,[57] while the match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka was abandoned without
the toss taking place.[58] The following day at Taunton saw Australia open with a 146-run stand
between David Warner and Aaron Finch, with Warner going on to get a century. Pakistan fought
back into the innings, with Mohammad Amir taking five wickets, which restricted Australia to
307.[59] In response, Pakistan could not get a partnership established with regular wickets coming
from Australia; Pat Cummins finished his 10 overs with figures of 3/33. Sarfaraz
Ahmed and Wahab Riaz tried to get Pakistan the victory with a quick-fire 64-run partnership, but
it was not enough, with Starc taking two of the final three wickets in the 41-run victory.[60]
WEEK 3 [EDIT]
After a fourth wash-out came in Nottingham to open up the third week,[61] Joe Root scored his
second century of the tournament and took two wickets in England's eight-wicket victory over the
West Indies at Southampton.[62] However, the English victory was soured with Jason Roy missing
the next two games with a hamstring injury after going off after the eighth over.[63] South Africa
recorded their first win of the tournament at Cardiff against Afghanistan, with Imran Tahir taking
four wickets as Afghanistan were bowled out for 125. In reply, South Africa chased down their
target for the loss of just one wicket.[64] The other match on Saturday at The Oval saw Aaron
Finch and Mitchell Starc guide Australia to an 87-run victory over Sri Lanka that sent them to the
top of the table with eight points from five games.[65] The following day saw rivals India and
Pakistan face each other at Old Trafford. India scored 336/5 from their 50 overs, which included
a man-of-the-match performance of 140 runs from Rohit Sharma. In response, Pakistan got off to
a good start and were 117/1 at one stage before Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets in three
balls[B] to turn the tide for India, helping them to an 89-run victory via the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern
method.[66]
Monday saw Bangladesh defeat the West Indies by seven wickets at the County Ground in
Taunton. This was thanks to a century from Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who
scored 124 from 99 balls as they chased down the target of 322. In the West Indies' innings, Shai
Hope top-scored with 96 runs from 121 balls as he and Evin Lewis (70) got the West Indies to
321/8 from their 50 overs.[67] At Manchester, Eoin Morgan hit 17 sixes, a new world record in
ODIs, as he top-scored for England with 148, leading the hosts to a total of 397/6, the highest
total of the tournament so far. Afghanistan's Rashid Khan conceded 110 runs without taking any
wickets, the most expensive bowling spell in Cricket World Cup history.[68] Hashmatullah
Shahidi managed 76 in response for Afghanistan, but they were always behind the required rate
and fell 150 runs short, managing 247 from their 50 overs. Wednesday saw South Africa taking
on New Zealand at Edgbaston. With the match reduced to 49 overs each due to a wet outfield,
South Africa posted a total of 241/6 with some late hitting from Rassie van der Dussen, who was
unbeaten on 67, while Lockie Ferguson was the best of the bowlers with three wickets. In
response, New Zealand were 137/5 at one stage, before a partnership from Kane
Williamson (who went on to score a century) and Colin de Grandhomme guided New Zealand to
their fourth victory of the tournament.[69]
WEEK 4 [EDIT]
Week four saw David Warner score 166, aided by a score of 89 from Usman Khawaja in
Nottingham. Australia's total of 381/5 proved out of reach for Bangladesh,
despite Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim getting them within 48 runs of the target.[70] Friday
saw Lasith Malinga dismantle the English top order, as his four wickets helped Sri Lanka defend
a total of 232 for their second win of the tournament. Despite the best efforts of Stokes, who was
left stranded on 82*, England fell 20 short all out. Angelo Mathews top-scored for the Sri Lankans
with an unbeaten 85, while Mark Wood was the best of the English bowlers with 3/40.[71] The
Saturday games saw the first elimination of the tournament, with Afghanistan's loss to India
at Southampton meaning they could no longer qualify for the knockout stage. Despite limiting
India to 224 from their 50 overs, a Mohammed Shami hat-trick saw Afghanistan fall 11 runs
short.[72] The other match on the Saturday saw a close game between New Zealand and the West
Indies at Manchester. After New Zealand scored 291/8, including 148 from Kane Williamson,
they had the West Indies reeling at 164/7 after 27 overs. The momentum, though, was swung to
the West Indies, with Carlos Brathwaite making 101 (including five sixes and nine fours) as he
led them to within five runs of the target; however, his attempt to finish off the game with a six
saw him caught by Trent Boult at long on, as New Zealand won by only five runs.[73]
The following day saw South Africa eliminated from the World Cup after an 89-run performance
from Haris Sohail got Pakistan to 308/7 before Shadab Khan took three wickets in the South
African run chase to give Pakistan a 49-run victory.[74] Monday saw Bangladesh record their third
win of the tournament; a 62-run victory over Afghanistan at the Rose Bowl. The match also saw
Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan become the second player in World Cup history to take five
wickets and score a half-century in the same match.[C][76] Australia became the first team to qualify
for the semi-finals as a century from Aaron Finch, a five-wicket haul from Jason Behrendorff and
another four from Mitchell Starc guided them to a 64-run victory over England at Lord's, with only
Stokes (89) showing any resistance to Australia's bowling. The result left England needing to win
both of their remaining two games to guarantee qualification for the semi-finals.[77] Pakistan
caused New Zealand's first loss of the World Cup at Edgbaston with a Babar Azam century
guiding them to a victory by six wickets.[78]
WEEK 5 [EDIT]

Shakib Al Hasan (pictured in 2009) became the only cricketer in the World Cup history with 600 runs and
10 wickets.[79]

The fifth week of the tournament started with India demolishing the West Indies by 125 runs at
Old Trafford, with Mohammed Shami taking four wickets as they bowled the West Indies out for
only 143. The result also knocked the West Indies out of the World Cup.[80] The following day saw
play suspended in the match between South Africa and Sri Lanka when bees swarmed
the Riverside Ground pitch. Faf du Plessis and Hashim Amla led the run chase with a partnership
of 175 runs, taking South Africa to a nine-wicket victory.[81] Saturday saw two matches played.
At Lord's, Starc became the first player to get three five-wicket hauls at a World Cup as he
guided Australia to an 86-run victory over New Zealand. This was after Australia were 92/5 in the
22nd over before a century partnership between Khawaja and Carey got the total to 243/9. New
Zealand managed just 157 in response, with Kane Williamson top-scoring with 40.[82] The other
match, played at Headingley, saw Afghanistan set 228 against Pakistan, with Shaheen
Afridi taking four wickets. The run chase got off to a shaky start with Fakhar Zaman being bowled
for a duck. However, Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq made a partnership of 72, but Pakistan's
progress was once again throttled by regular wickets, leaving them needing 46 runs from the last
five overs. Imad Wasim immediately hit 18 runs in the 46th over, and despite losing Shadab
Khan to a run out in the 47th, Wasim and Wahab Riaz saw Pakistan home to a three-wicket
victory with only two balls to spare.[83]
The return of opener Jason Roy from injury helped England escape their slump as they emerged
victorious by 31 runs against the hitherto unbeaten India in a crucial must-win game for the
hosts. An opening partnership between Roy (66) and Jonny Bairstow (111) was the key factor in
the victory, while Stokes scored 79 runs off 54 balls for his third consecutive half-century, to help
England reach 337/7. The score proved too much for India, despite Rohit Sharma and Virat
Kohli scoring 102 and 66 respectively, while the returning England bowler Liam Plunkett took
3/55.[84] Sri Lanka won the dead rubber against the West Indies at Chester-le-Street, where
both Avishka Fernando and Nicholas Pooran scored their maiden ODI centuries.[85] Bangladesh's
Shakib Al Hasan made history against India, as he became the first man to score 500 runs and
take 10 wickets in a single World Cup.[86] This performance was not enough, though, with a Rohit
Sharma century leading India into the semi-finals at their opponents' expense.[87]
WEEK 6 [EDIT]
The final round started with England taking on New Zealand, with the winner guaranteed a semi-
final position. Another Jonny Bairstow hundred saw England win by 119 runs and qualify for the
semi-finals for the first time since 1992.[88] After the West Indies won the dead rubber against
Afghanistan at Leeds,[89] Pakistan needed to win their final match against Bangladesh by a record
margin of over 300 runs at Lord's. They won, but only by 94 runs, allowing New Zealand to take
the fourth and final semi-final berth.[90] Despite Bangladesh losing the match, Shakib Al
Hasan finished his tournament with 606 runs, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's record for the most
runs in the group stage of a World Cup. Shakib's record would very soon be surpassed by Rohit
Sharma and David Warner by the end of the group stage, with former top-scoring in the group
stage with 647 runs.[79]
The final two matches of the group stage were played on the Saturday to determine who would
finish top of the group. At Leeds, India cruised to a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka off the
back of centuries from K. L. Rahul and Rohit Sharma as they chased down a target of 265 runs
with seven wickets to spare. Angelo Mathews scored his third ODI century for Sri Lanka, all of
which had come against India.[91] With South Africa defeating Australia by 10 runs, India finished
top, sending Australia to a semi-final against England. A century from Faf du Plessis and a
further 95 from Rassie van der Dussen saw South Africa set the Australians a target of 326. In
response, Australia lost Usman Khawaja early on to a hamstring injury; he later returned but was
dismissed for 18, before being ruled out for the rest of the tournament. David Warner scored 122,
his third century of the tournament, and Alex Carey scored a career-best 85 but crucial wickets in
the middle of the innings gave South Africa the victory by only 10 runs.[92]

FIXTURES [EDIT]
The ICC released the fixture details on 26 April 2018.[93]
All times are in British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
 30 May 2019
Scorecard

England v South Africa

311/8 (50 overs) 207 (39.5 overs)

England won by 104 runs

The Oval, London

31 May 2019
Scorecard

Pakistan v West Indies

105 (21.4 overs) 108/3 (13.4 overs)

West Indies won by 7 wickets

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

1 June 2019
Scorecard

Sri Lanka v New Zealand

136 (29.2 overs) 137/0 (16.1 overs)

New Zealand won by 10 wickets

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

1 June 2019 (D/N)

Scorecard

Afghanistan v Australia
207 (38.2 overs) 209/3 (34.5 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
County Ground, Bristol

2 June 2019
Scorecard

Bangladesh v South Africa

330/6 (50 overs) 309/8 (50 overs)

Bangladesh won by 21 runs

The Oval, London

3 June 2019
Scorecard

Pakistan v England
348/8 (50 overs) 334/9 (50 overs)

Pakistan won by 14 runs

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

4 June 2019
Scorecard

Sri Lanka v Afghanistan

201 (36.5 overs) 152 (32.4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 34 runs (DLS method)

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

5 June 2019
Scorecard

South Africa v India

227/9 (50 overs) 230/4 (47.3 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Rose Bowl, Southampton

5 June 2019 (D/N)

Scorecard

Bangladesh v New Zealand

244 (49.2 overs) 248/8 (47.1 overs)

New Zealand won by 2 wickets

The Oval, London

6 June 2019
Scorecard

Australia v West Indies

288 (49 overs) 273/9 (50 overs)

Australia won by 15 runs

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

7 June 2019
Scorecard

Pakistan v Sri Lanka

Match abandoned
County Ground, Bristol

8 June 2019
Scorecard

England v Bangladesh
386/6 (50 overs) 280 (48.5 overs)
England won by 106 runs
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

8 June 2019 (D/N)

Scorecard

Afghanistan v New Zealand

172 (41.1 overs) 173/3 (32.1 overs)

New Zealand won by 7 wickets

County Ground, Taunton

9 June 2019
Scorecard

India v Australia
352/5 (50 overs) 316 (50 overs)

India won by 36 runs

The Oval, London

10 June 2019
Scorecard

South Africa v West Indies

29/2 (7.3 overs)

No result
Rose Bowl, Southampton

11 June 2019
Scorecard

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka

Match abandoned
County Ground, Bristol

12 June 2019
Scorecard

Australia v Pakistan
307 (49 overs) 266 (45.4 overs)

Australia won by 41 runs

County Ground, Taunton

13 June 2019
Scorecard

India v New Zealand

Match abandoned
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

14 June 2019
Scorecard

West Indies v England

212 (44.4 overs) 213/2 (33.1 overs)

England won by 8 wickets

Rose Bowl, Southampton

15 June 2019
Scorecard

Australia v Sri Lanka

334/7 (50 overs) 247 (45.5 overs)
Australia won by 87 runs
The Oval, London

15 June 2019 (D/N)

Scorecard

Afghanistan v South Africa

125 (34.1 overs) 131/1 (28.4 overs)

South Africa won by 9 wickets (DLS method)

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

16 June 2019
Scorecard

India v Pakistan
336/5 (50 overs) 212/6 (40 overs)

India won by 89 runs (DLS method)

Old Trafford, Manchester

17 June 2019
Scorecard

West Indies v Bangladesh

321/8 (50 overs) 322/3 (41.3 overs)

Bangladesh won by 7 wickets

County Ground, Taunton

18 June 2019
Scorecard
 England v Afghanistan
397/6 (50 overs) 247/8 (50 overs)

England won by 150 runs

Old Trafford, Manchester

19 June 2019
Scorecard

South Africa v New Zealand

241/6 (49 overs) 245/6 (48.3 overs)

New Zealand won by 4 wickets

Edgbaston, Birmingham

20 June 2019
Scorecard

Australia v Bangladesh
381/5 (50 overs) 333/8 (50 overs)

Australia won by 48 runs

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

21 June 2019
Scorecard

Sri Lanka v England

232/9 (50 overs) 212 (47 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 20 runs

Headingley, Leeds
 22 June 2019
Scorecard

India v Afghanistan
224/8 (50 overs) 213 (49.5 overs)

India won by 11 runs

Rose Bowl, Southampton

22 June 2019 (D/N)

Scorecard

New Zealand v West Indies

291/8 (50 overs) 286 (49 overs)

New Zealand won by 5 runs

Old Trafford, Manchester

23 June 2019
Scorecard

Pakistan v South Africa

308/7 (50 overs) 259/9 (50 overs)

Pakistan won by 49 runs

Lord's, London

24 June 2019
Scorecard

Bangladesh v Afghanistan
262/7 (50 overs) 200 (47 overs)
Bangladesh won by 62 runs
Rose Bowl, Southampton

25 June 2019
Scorecard

Australia v England
285/7 (50 overs) 221 (44.4 overs)

Australia won by 64 runs

Lord's, London

26 June 2019
Scorecard

New Zealand v Pakistan

237/6 (50 overs) 241/4 (49.1 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets

Edgbaston, Birmingham

27 June 2019
Scorecard

India v West Indies

268/7 (50 overs) 143 (34.2 overs)

India won by 125 runs

Old Trafford, Manchester

28 June 2019
Scorecard

Sri Lanka v South Africa

203 (49.3 overs) 206/1 (37.2 overs)
South Africa won by 9 wickets
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

29 June 2019
Scorecard

Afghanistan v Pakistan
227/9 (50 overs) 230/7 (49.4 overs)

Pakistan won by 3 wickets

Headingley, Leeds

29 June 2019 (D/N)

Scorecard

Australia v New Zealand

243/9 (50 overs) 157 (43.4 overs)

Australia won by 86 runs

Lord's, London

30 June 2019
Scorecard

England v India
337/7 (50 overs) 306/5 (50 overs)

England won by 31 runs

Edgbaston, Birmingham

1 July 2019
Scorecard
 Sri Lanka v West Indies
338/6 (50 overs) 315/9 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 23 runs

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

2 July 2019
Scorecard

India v Bangladesh
314/9 (50 overs) 286 (48 overs)

India won by 28 runs

Edgbaston, Birmingham

3 July 2019
Scorecard

England v New Zealand

305/8 (50 overs) 186 (45 overs)

England won by 119 runs

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

4 July 2019
Scorecard

West Indies v Afghanistan

311/6 (50 overs) 288 (50 overs)

West Indies won by 23 runs

Headingley, Leeds
 5 July 2019
Scorecard

Pakistan v Bangladesh
315/9 (50 overs) 221 (44.1 overs)

Pakistan won by 94 runs

Lord's, London

6 July 2019
Scorecard

Sri Lanka v India

264/7 (50 overs) 265/3 (43.3 overs)

India won by 7 wickets

Headingley, Leeds

6 July 2019 (D/N)

Scorecard

South Africa v Australia

325/6 (50 overs) 315 (49.5 overs)

South Africa won by 10 runs

Old Trafford, Manchester

KNOCKOUT STAGE [EDIT]

Main article: 2019 Cricket World Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage started with semi-finals at Old Trafford and Edgbaston, the winners of each
progressing to the final at Lord's. All three knockout games were allotted a reserve day.[94] If a
reserve day came into play, the match would not be restarted but instead resumed from the
previous day's play, if there was any.[95] In the event of no play on the scheduled day or the
reserve day, in the semi-finals, the team that finished higher in the group stage progressed to the
final, and if no play were possible in the final, the trophy would be shared.[95] If any match ended
in a tie, a Super Over would be used to determine the winner; each team would select three
batsmen and a bowler, with the full team available to field. There would be no penalty for the loss
of a wicket, but the loss of two wickets would end the Super Over. If the scores in the Super Over
were also tied, the winner would be determined by the two teams' overall boundary count,
including both the match itself and the Super Over.[95]
On 25 June 2019, Australia became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals after beating
England at Lord's.[77] India became the second team to qualify after they defeated Bangladesh
at Edgbaston on 2 July 2019.[87] The following day saw tournament hosts England become the
third team to qualify after they beat New Zealand at the Riverside Ground.[88] New Zealand were
the fourth and final team to qualify for the semi-finals after Pakistan were unable to increase
their net run rate sufficiently enough in their match against Bangladesh at Lord's.[96]
The first semi-final was played between India and New Zealand at Old Trafford, while the second
semi-final was played between Australia and England at Edgbaston.[97]

Semi-finals Final

9–10 July – Old Trafford, Manchester

India 221

14 July – Lord's, London

New Zealand 239/8

New Zealand 241/8

11 July – Edgbaston, Birmingham

England 241

Australia 223

England 226/2
SEMI-FINALS [EDIT]
The first semi-final between India and New Zealand was played at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Batting first, New Zealand lost opener Martin Guptill in the fourth over, having scored just one
run. However, the Indians found wickets hard to come by after that, as Kane Williamson
combined with Henry Nicholls and Ross Taylor for partnerships of 68 and 65 respectively.
Williamson managed 67 runs before he was the third man out in the 36th over, a score matched
by Taylor when rain stopped play in the 47th over with New Zealand at 211/5 following the
wickets of Neesham and De Grandhomme. No further play was possible on the day, so the
match went into its reserve day.[98] Taylor managed another seven runs to top-score for the Kiwis,
who managed to get the score to 239/8 at the end of their 50 overs. The Indian chase got off to a
poor start with India falling to 5/3 in the fourth over, with the top three batsmen all going for one
run each, then 24/4 after 10 overs. After a small partnership of 47 runs for the fifth wicket
between Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja was joined by MS Dhoni for a
century partnership for the seventh wicket that left India needing 37 runs from the final three
overs; however, a late-order collapse saw New Zealand take the last four wickets for just 13
runs, sending them into their second consecutive World Cup final.[99]
The second semi-final saw England take on Australia at Edgbaston. Australia won the toss and
chose to bat first, but lost three of their top four batsmen for single-figure scores, two of them
to Chris Woakes, to reduce them to 14/3 into the seventh over. Wicket-keeper Alex Carey was
promoted up the order due to his recent form, and, after getting his helmet knocked off by a Jofra
Archer bouncer,[100] he scored 46 before being caught by Adil Rashid. As wickets continued to
tumble at the other end, Steve Smith held his wicket to top-score with 85 as Australia were
bowled out for 223 with Woakes and Rashid being the best of the bowlers with three wickets
apiece.[101] England took their time to get going in the run chase but were soon making progress,
reaching 124 before Jonny Bairstow was trapped LBW by Starc for the first wicket. Quick-hitting
Jason Roy went two overs later to a controversial decision, caught behind off a bouncer that
appeared not to touch his bat, but England had already used their review on Bairstow's wicket,
and Roy departed for 85 off just 65 balls, including five sixes. Nevertheless, England were well
over halfway to their target by this point, and an unbroken partnership of 79 between Joe Root
and captain Eoin Morgan saw them home to an eight-wicket victory and their first World Cup final
since 1992.[102]

9–10 July 2019

Scorecard

New Zealand v India

239/8 (50 overs) 221 (49.3 overs)

New Zealand won by 18 runs

Old Trafford, Manchester

11 July 2019
Scorecard

Australia v England
223 (49 overs) 226/2 (32.1 overs)
England won by 8 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham

FINAL [EDIT]
Main article: 2019 Cricket World Cup Final

After New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first, Henry Nicholls' first half-century of the
tournament and a further 47 from wicket-keeper Tom Latham helped the Kiwis to a total of 241/8
from their 50 overs, as Chris Woakes and Liam Plunkett each secured three wickets for the
hosts.[103] Defending a middling score, the New Zealand bowlers bowled effectively, hampering
England's top order, with only Jonny Bairstow managing more than a start with 36. With the loss
of their top order, England fell to 86/4 in the 24th over, however, a century partnership between
Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler for the fifth wicket got them back into the game before Buttler was
caught on 59. However, with five overs to play, England still required another 46 runs, and the
bottom order were forced to bat more aggressively. Stokes managed to farm the strike and, more
crucially, score runs, leaving England needing 15 to win from the final over, two wickets still in
hand. After two dot balls, Stokes first planted a six into the stands at deep mid-wicket; on the
next ball, the fielder's throw deflected off Stokes' bat as he was coming back for a second run
and went to the boundary for an additional four; umpire Kumar Dharmasena awarded six runs for
that delivery, despite the Laws of Cricket saying only one of the batsmen's runs should have
counted towards the total as they had not crossed during the attempted second run at the
moment the fielder threw the ball in.[104] The final two deliveries of the over saw England get a run
each, but losing their last two wickets going for a second run each time, leaving the scores tied at
241 with Stokes left unbeaten with 84*.[105]
With the scores tied, the match went to a Super Over. England returned Stokes and Buttler to the
crease, and they handled Trent Boult's bowling to accumulate 15 runs without loss. For New
Zealand, Martin Guptill and James Neesham went in to face Jofra Archer needing at least 16
runs to claim the title. After Archer steady accumulation of runs which included a wide and a six,
left New Zealand needing two from the final delivery. Guptill hit the ball out to deep mid-wicket
and tried to scamper back for the winning run, but Roy's throw in to Buttler was a good one with
Guptill being well short of his crease. New Zealand finished with 15 runs to tie the Super Over,
but England's superior boundary count in the match and Super Over combined (26 to New
Zealand's 17) meant they claimed the World Cup title for the first time after three previous final
defeats in 1979, 1987 and 1992.[106] Ben Stokes was named man of the match; referring to the
controversial overthrows that deflected off his bat, he said he would be "apologising to [New
Zealand captain Kane Williamson] for the rest of [his] life", and later said England's first World
Cup victory was "written in the stars".[107]

14 July 2019
Scorecard

New Zealand v England

241/8 (50 overs) 241 (50 overs)

Match tied
Lord's, London
 Super Over: England 15/0, New Zealand 15/1.
 England won the match on the boundary count back rule (26–17).

STATISTICS [EDIT]

Main article: 2019 Cricket World Cup statistics

MOST RUNS [EDIT]

Runs Player Inns HS Ave SR 100 50 4s 6s

648 Rohit Sharma 9 140 81.00 98.33 5 1 67 14

647 David Warner 10 166 71.88 89.36 3 3 66 8

606 Shakib Al Hasan 8 124* 86.57 96.03 2 5 60 2

578 Kane Williamson 10 148 82.57 74.96 2 2 50 3

556 Joe Root 11 107 61.77 89.53 2 3 48 2

Last updated: 14 July 2019[108]

MOST WICKETS [EDIT]

Wkts Player Inns Ave Econ BBI SR

27 Mitchell Starc 10 18.59 5.43 5/26 20.5

21 Lockie Ferguson 9 19.47 4.88 4/37 23.9

Mustafizur Rahman 8 24.20 6.70 5/59 21.6

20

Jofra Archer 11 23.05 4.57 3/27 30.2

 Wkts Player Inns Ave Econ BBI SR

18 Jasprit Bumrah 9 20.61 4.42 4/55 28.0

Last updated: 14 July 2019[109]

TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT [EDIT]

The ICC announced its team of the tournament on 15 July 2019 with Kane Williamson being
named as player of the tournament and captain of the team.[110]

Player Role

Jason Roy Opening batsman

Rohit Sharma Opening batsman

Kane Williamson Top-order batsman / captain

Joe Root Top-order batsman

Shakib Al Hasan All-rounder (slow left-arm bowler)

Ben Stokes All-rounder (right-arm fast-medium bowler)

Alex Carey Wicket-keeper

Mitchell Starc Bowler (left-arm fast)

Jofra Archer Bowler (right-arm fast)

Lockie Ferguson Bowler (right-arm fast)

 Jasprit Bumrah Bowler (right-arm fast)

Trent Boult Bowler (left-arm fast-medium) / 12th man

BROADCASTING [EDIT]

The ICC agreed deals for broadcast and digital distribution on a range of platforms,
including television, radio and online streaming.[111] The in-house ICC TV served as host
broadcasters of the world feed, in collaboration with Sunset+Vine (as part of a new long-term
agreement covering all ICC events, excluding the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup and 2023 Cricket
World Cup in India).[112]
In the United Kingdom, live coverage of the tournament was exclusive to pay television
service Sky Sports, with free-to-air highlights packages sub-licensed to Channel 4. Sky later
agreed to sub-license a simulcast of the final to Channel 4 if England reached the final.[113] Sky
Sport (New Zealand) also decided to air the final on its co-owned free-to-air channel Prime.[114]
Hotstar held digital rights to the tournament in India and several other markets. Hotstar
surpassed 100 million daily users during the group match between India and Pakistan, and
reached a record 25.3 million concurrent viewers during the semi-final between India and New
Zealand.[115]

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

Cable/satellite Afghani
Afghanist
stan National Hotstar.com Hotstar
an
Television

Cable/satellite
(pay): Fox Sports ABC
Free-to-air: Nine Grandstand
foxsports.com.au
Australia Network (only Australia 1116 SEN Kayo
cricket.com.au
matches, selected Macquarie
matches, both semi- Sports Radio
finals and the final)

Bahrain
Israel Radio 4 89.1
Cable/satellite OSN Sp
Jordan FM & Gold OSN,
orts Cricket, Eleven OSN.com/PlayWavo.com
Kuwait FM 101.3 Wavo
Sports
Lebanon (UAE)
Oman
Qatar
 Saudi
Arabia
United
Arab
Emirates

Cable/satellite Banglad
Banglade Bangladesh Rabbithol
esh Television, Gazi Rabbitholebd.com
sh Betar e App
TV and Star Sports

Brunei
Star Cricket astrogo.astro.com.my Astro Go
Malaysia

Cable/Satellite
Canada Hotstar.com Hotstar
(pay): ATN Network

Belize
Costa
ESPN
Rica
Play
Mexico ESPN espn.co.uk Caribbean
Caribbea
Panama n
All Caribbean
islands

Azerbaija
n
Hotstar.com Hotstar
Kazakhst
an

Europe
(except UK and Hotstar.com Hotstar
Ireland)

Hong Now
Star Cricket nowtv.now.com
Kong TV App

Mainland Star Sports

China
 South
Korea

Cable/satellite (pay): Sk
United
y Sports
Kingdom BBC Radio Skysports.com Sky Go
Channel
Ireland
4 (highlights, final)

Cable/satellite (pay): St
India ar Sports
Terrestrial television
Nepal Sports Hotstar, J
and DD Free Dish: DD Hotstar.com, Jio.com
Maldives Flash[116] io
Sports (India matches,
Bhutan Semi-finals and Final
only)

Fiji
www.digicelplay.com.pg/Sp Digicel
Papua Digicel
orts/ Play
New Guinea

New Cable/satellite Radio New Sky.co.nz

Fan Pass
Zealand (pay): Sky Sport Zealand skygo.co.nz/livetv

Cable/satellite: Ten
Sports Hum FM Sonyliv.com Sony Liv
Pakistan
Pakistan & PTV 106.2 sportslive.ptv.com.pk Goonj
Sports

Philippin
Sky Cable
es

Singapor Starhub
Star Cricket Starhubgo.com
e Go

Star Sports, Dialog Channeleye.lk

Sri Lanka Hotstar
TV Hotstar.com
 Watch
Argentina ESPN
Brazil Brazil
ESPN
Chile ESPN.com
Play
Colombia ESPN.com/watch
South
Peru ESPN
Uruguay Play
North

Cable/satellite: SuperS SuperSp

Africa SuperSport.com
port ort App

Indonesi
a Fox Sports
Thailand

United
States
Puerto
Rico
Guam
Hotstar
US Virgin Willow TV[117] WillowTv.com
Willow
Islands Hotstar.com
TV App
American
Samoa
Northern
Mariana
Islands

Source: icc-cricket.com[118] (unless otherwise stated)