ICC World Cup 2015: Schedule, Fixture and Time Table

the 2015 Cricket World Cup to be held in Australia and New Zealand from 14 February 2015 to 29 March 2015.

This will be the second time in cricket history that Australia and New Zealand will be hosting a World Cup tournament. Last time they hosted 1992 World Cup which was lifted by Pakistan.

14 teams will be taking part in 2015 World Cup. It includes 10 Full members and 4 qualifying team to be selected by qualifiers.

All the teams are divided in two pools: Pool A and Pool B.

Pool A	Pool B
England	India
Australia	Pakistan
Sri Lanka	South Africa
Bangladesh	West Indies
New Zealand	Zimbabwe
Qualifier 2	Ireland
Qualifier 3	Qualifier 4

A total of 49 matches will be played in the 44-day tournament across 14 venues in the two countries.

Australia will play host to 26 matches in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.

New Zealand will host 23 matches in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson and Wellington.

All 14 teams will play round robin match and top four sides from each pool will qualify for the quarter-finals.

Quarter finals and Semifinals will be a knock-out stage. All the knock-out matches will have reserve days.

Remaining four teams in the qualifier will play the two semi-finals.

Final of the 2015 World Cup will be played on 29 March 2015 at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne.

India won the last World Cup in 2011. Sri Lanka was the Runner-up. India was the first team in cricket history that played the host and won the World Cup. It will be interesting to see if Australia or New Zealand does the same.

New Zealand has never won the world cup while Australia has won the World Cup four times in 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007.

Following is the complete ICC World Cup 2015 time table and match schedule:

Match	Pool	Team	Stadium, Place	Date
Match 1	Pool A	Sri Lanka V New Zealand	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	Feb 14 (D)
Match 2	Pool A	England V Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Feb 14 (N)
Match 3	Pool B	South Africa V Zimbabwe	Seddon Park, Hamilton	Feb 15 (D)
Match 4	Pool B	India V Pakistan	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Feb 15 (N)
Match 5	Pool B	West Indies V Ireland	Saxton Oval, Nelson	Feb 16
Match 6	Pool A	New Zealand V Qualifier 3	University Oval, Dunedin	Feb 17
Match 7	Pool A	Bangladesh V Qualifier 2	Manuka Oval, Canberra	Feb 18
Match 8	Pool B	Zimbabwe V Qualifier 4	Saxton Oval, Nelson	Feb 19
Match 9	Pool A	England V New Zealand	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	Feb 20
Match 10	Pool B	Pakistan V West Indies	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	Feb 21 (D)
Match 11	Pool A	Australia V Bangladesh	The Gabba, Brisbane	Feb 21 (N)
Match 12	Pool A	Sri Lanka V Qualifier 2	University Oval, Dunedin	Feb 22 (D)
Match 13	Pool B	South Africa V India	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Feb 22 (N)
Match 14	Pool A	England V Qualifier 3	Hagley Oval, Christchurch	Feb 23
Match 15	Pool B	West Indies V Zimbabwe	Manuka Oval, Canberra	Feb 24
Match 16	Pool B	Ireland V Qualifier 4	The Gabba, Brisbane	Feb 25
Match 17	Pool A	Qualifier 2 V Qualifier 3	University Oval, Dunedin	Feb 26 (D)
Match 18	Pool A	Sri Lanka V Bangladesh	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Feb 26 (N)
Match 19	Pool B	South Africa V West Indies	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Feb 27
Match 20	Pool A	Australia V New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	Feb 28 (D)
Match 21	Pool B	India V Qualifier 4	WACA, Perth	Feb 28 (N)
Match 22	Pool A	England V Sri Lanka	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	March 1 (D)
Match 23	Pool B	Pakistan V Zimbabwe	The Gabba, Brisbane	March 1 (N)
Match 24	Pool B	South Africa V Ireland	Manuka Oval, Canberra	March 3
Match 25	Pool B	Pakistan V Qualifier 4	McLean Park, Napier	March 4 (D)
Match 26	Pool A	Australia V Qualifier 2	WACA, Perth	March 4 (N)
Match 27	Pool A	Bangladesh V Qualifier 3	Saxton Oval, Nelson	March 5
Match 28	Pool B	India V West Indies	WACA, Perth	March 6
Match 29	Pool B	South Africa V Pakistan	Eden Park, Auckland	March 7 (D)
Match 30	Pool B	Zimbabwe V Ireland	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	March 7 (N)
Match 31	Pool A	New Zealand V Qualifier 2	McLean Park, Napier	March 8 (D)
Match 32	Pool A	Australia V Sri Lanka	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	March 8 (N)
Match 33	Pool A	England V Bangladesh	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	March 9
Match 34	Pool B	India V Ireland	Seddon Park, Hamilton	March 10
Match 35	Pool A	Sri Lanka V Qualifier 3	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	March 11
Match 36	Pool B	South Africa V Qualifier 4	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	March 12
Match 37	Pool A	Bangladesh V New Zealand	Seddon Park, Hamilton	March 13 (D)
Match 38	Pool A	England V Qualifier 2	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	March 13 (N)
Match 39	Pool B	India V Zimbabwe	Eden Park, Auckland	March 14 (D)
Match 40	Pool A	Australia V Qualifier 3	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	March 14 (N)
Match 41	Pool B	West Indies V Qualifier 4	McLean Park, Napier	March 15 (D)
Match 42	Pool B	Pakistan V Ireland	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	March 15 (N)
Match 43		Quarterfinal 1	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	March 18
Match 44		Quarterfinal 2	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	March 19
Match 45		Quarterfinal 3	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	March 20
Match 46		Quarterfinal 4	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	March 21
Match 47		Semi-final 1	Eden Park, Auckland	March 24
Match 48		Semi-final 2	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	March 26
Match 49		FINAL	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	March 29

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