2015 Cricket World Cup

2015 Cricket World Cup

The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the 11th ICC Cricket World Cup, and will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. The location of the games will be evenly split, with the location of the final yet to be decided.

The hosting rights were awarded at the same time as those of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, which New Zealand and Australia had originally bid to host, and the 2019 ICC 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, in a 10 to 3 vote (although Pakistan subsequently lost its hosting rights due to a terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka 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.

The ICC unveiled the logo of the 2015 World Cup after the final of the 2011 World Cup on 2 April 2011.

Read more about 2015 Cricket World Cup:  Format, Qualification

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