2015 Cricket World Cup
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The 2015 Cricket World Cup will be the 11th time this tournament has been held, 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 Cricket World Cup, which New Zealand and Australia had originally bidded to host, and the 2019 Cricket World Cup. That tournament was awarded to four Asian Test cricket playing countries India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in a 10 to 3 vote. The International Cricket Council were sufficiently impressed with the trans-Tasman bid that it was decided to award the next world cup to them.
[edit] Teams
The only automatic qualifiers are New Zealand and Australia.
[edit] Stadiums
The likely stadiums to be used are:
- MCG (Australia)
- SCG (Australia)
- Gabba (Australia)
- WACA (Australia)
- Adelaide Oval (Australia)
- Bellerive Oval (Australia)
- Eden Park (New Zealand) (or alternative if built for 2011 Rugby World Cup)
- Hagley Oval (New Zealand)
- McLean Park (New Zealand)
- Basin Reserve (New Zealand)
- Westpac Park (New Zealand)
- Queenstown Events Centre (New Zealand)
- University Oval (New Zealand)
[edit] References
- "NZ-Aust gets 2015 Cricket World Cup", The Press, 1 May 2006.
- "Boards 'disappointed' with 2011 World Cup snub", Cricinfo, 30 April 2006.
- "Asia to host 2011 World Cup", Cricinfo, 30 April 2006.
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