ICC 2015 Cricket World Cup - Full Schedule
The International Cricket Council launched the 2015 Cricket World Cup on Tuesday. The 14-team tournament will be staged in Australia and New Zealand from February 14 to March 29. Below is the full list of fixtures for the event: ICC World Cup 2015 Schedule Pool A: England, Australia (co-host), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, New Zealand (co-host), Qualifier 2 (TBD), Qualifier 3 (TBD) Pool B: South Africa, India, Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Qualifier 1 (Ireland), Qualifier 4 (TBD) Fixtures: ? Saturday 14 February -? Sri Lanka v New Zealand , Hagley Oval, Christchurch (day); England v Australia , Melbourne Cricket Ground (day/night) Sunday 15 Feb - South Africa v Zimbabwe, Seddon Park, Hamilton (d/n); India v Pakistan, Adelaide Oval (d/n) Monday 16 Feb - West Indies v Ireland, Saxton Oval, Nelson (d) Tuesday 17 Feb - New Zealand v Qualifier 3, University Oval, Dunedin (d) Wednesday 18 Feb - Bangladesh v Qualifier 2, Manuka Oval, Canberra (d/n) Thursday 19 Feb - Zimbabwe v Qualifier 4, Saxton Oval, Nelson (d) Friday 20 Feb - England v New Zealand, Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington (d/n) Saturday 21 Feb - Pakistan v West Indies, Hagley Oval, Christchurch (d); Australia v Bangladesh, Gabba, Brisbane (d/n)
Sunday 22 Feb - Sri Lanka v Qualifier 2, University Oval, Dunedin (d); South Africa v India, MCG, Melbourne (d/n) Monday 23 Feb - England v Qualifier 3, Hagley Oval, Christchurch (d) Tuesday 24 Feb - West Indies v Zimbabwe, Manuka Oval, Canberra (d/n) Wednesday 25 Feb - Ireland v Qualifier 4, Gabba, Brisbane (d/n) Thursday 26 Feb - Qualifier 2 v Qualifier 3, University Oval, Dunedin (d); Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, MCG, Melbourne (d/n) Friday 27 Feb - South Africa v West Indies, SCG, Sydney (d/n) Saturday 28 Feb - India v Qualifier 4, WACA, Perth (d/n); Australia v New Zealand, Eden Park, Auckland (d/n) Sunday 1 March - England v Sri Lanka, Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington (d); Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Gabba, Brisbane (d/n) Monday 2 March - Rest day Tuesday 3 March - South Africa v Ireland, Manuka Oval, Canberra (d/n) Wednesday 4 March - Pakistan v Qualifier 4, McLean Park, Napier (d/n); Australia v Qualifier 2, WACA, Perth (d/n) Thursday 5 March - Bangladesh v Qualifier 3, Saxton Oval, Nelson (d) Friday 6 March - India v West Indies, WACA, Perth (d/n)
Saturday 7 March -South Africa v Pakistan, Eden Park, Auckland (d/n); Zimbabwe v Ireland, Bellerive Oval, Hobart (d/n) Sunday 8 March - New Zealand v Qualifier 2, McLean Park, Napier (d); Australia v Sri Lanka, SCG, Sydney (d/n) Monday 9 March - England v Bangladesh, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (d/n) Tuesday 10 March - India v Ireland, Seddon Park, Hamilton (d/n) Wednesday 11 March - Sri Lanka v Qualifier 3, Bellerive Oval, Hobart (d/n) Thursday 12 March - South Africa v Qualifier 4, Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington (d/n) Friday 13 March - Bangladesh v New Zealand, Seddon Park, Hamilton (d/n); England v Qualifier 2, SCG, Sydney (d/n) Saturday 14 March - India v Zimbabwe, Eden Park, Auckland (d/n); Australia v Qualifier 3, Bellerive Oval, Hobart (d/n) Sunday 15 March - West Indies v Qualifier 4, McLean Park, Napier (d); Pakistan v Ireland, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (d/n) Monday 16 March - Rest day Tuesday 17 March - Rest day Wednesday 18 March - First quarter-final, SCG, Sydney (d/n) Thursday 19 March - Reserve day for first quarter-final; Second quarter-final, MCG (d/n) Friday 20 March - Reserve day for second quarter-final; third quarter-final, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (d/n) Saturday 21 March - Reserve day for third quarter-final; fourth quarter-final, Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington (d/n) Sunday 22 March - Reserve day for fourth quarter-final Mon 23 Mar - Rest day Tuesday 24 March - First semi-final, Eden Park, Auckland (d/n) Wednesday 25 March - Reserve day for first semi-final Thursday 26 March - Second semi-final, SCG, Sydney (d/n) Friday 27 March - Reserve day for second semi-final
Saturday 28 March - Rest day Sunday 29 March - Final, MCG, Melbourne (d/n) Monday 30 March - Reserve day for final Quarter-final line-up (If Australia and New Zealand qualify, then they'll play their quarter-finals in their countries. As such, final line-up, venues and dates to be confirmed after group stage matches): A1 v B4 A2 v B3 A3 v B2 A4 v B1 ? Semi-finals - If Australia and New Zealand meet in semi-finals, then the side that finished higher in the group stage points table will stage the match.