ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 ENGLAND AND WALES England and Wales host the tournament – now reduced to a 10-team round robin format – for the fifth time. England, currently the top-ranked One-Day International (ODI) team, are seeking their first World Cup title on home soil MAY 30 - JULY 14 England captain Eoin Morgan Roll Call of Champions Trophy created for 1999 World Cup by London jewellers Garrard 1975 West Indies bt Australia by 17 runs Host: England 1979 West Indies England 92 runs England 1983 India West Indies 43 runs England, Wales 1987 Australia England 7 runs India, Pakistan 1992 Pakistan England 22 runs Australia, New Zealand 1996 Sri Lanka Australia 7 wickets India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka 1999 Australia Pakistan 8 wickets England, Wales 2003 Australia India 125 runs South Africa 2007 Australia Sri Lanka 53 runs West Indies 2011 India Sri Lanka 6 wickets India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh 2015 Australia New Zealand 7 wickets Australia, New Zealand WINNING FEELING: Out of 20 teams which have played in World Cup, only seven have taken part in all 11 tournaments Australia 75.3% – Win ratio Tournament wins: 62 New Zealand 61.5% 48 India 62.8% 46 West Indies 58.6% 41 England 58.5% 41 Pakistan 58.0% 40 South Africa* 65.5% 35 Sri Lanka 50.0% 35 ENGLAND: WORLD CUP RECORD W41 L29 D1 Crashed out in group stage of 2015 World Cup, but now ranked No.1 after One-Day series victories over Australia, India and Sri Lanka Venues The Riverside Capacity: 14,000 Headingley 18,350 Old Trafford 24,600 Trent Bridge 17,000 Egdbaston 24,500 Cardiff Wales Stadium 15,200 Bristol County Ground 11,000 Lord’s 28,500 The Oval 25,000 County Ground Taunton 8,000 Rose Bowl 17,000 May 29: World Cup Opening Party held on London’s iconic Mall 0 ICC One-Day rank (Apr 2019) 1 England Best finish: Final x3 2015: Group stage 2 India Best: Winner x2 2015: Semi-final 3 New Zealand Best: Final 2015: Final 4 South Africa Best: Semi-final x4 2015: Semi-final 5 Australia Best: Winner x5 2015: Winner 6 Pakistan Best: Winner 2015: Quarter-final 7 Bangladesh Best: Quarter-final 2015: Quarter-final 8 Sri Lanka Best: Winner 2015: Quarter-final 9 West Indies Best: Winner x2 2015: Quarter-final 10 Afghanistan Best: Group stage 2015: Group stage Competition schedule 10 teams contest total of 48 matches, played at 11 venues, over six weeks Top four teams from round robin progress to semi-finals May / Jun / Jul 30 England - South Africa Oval 31 West Indies - Pakistan Trent Bridge 1 New Zealand - Sri Lanka Cardiff 1 Afghanistan - Australia Bristol 2 South Africa - Bangladesh Oval 3 England - Pakistan Trent Bridge 4 Afghanistan - Sri Lanka Cardiff 5 South Africa - India Rose Bowl 5 Bangladesh - New Zealand Oval 6 Australia - West Indies Trent Bridge 7 Pakistan - Sri Lanka Bristol 8 England - Bangladesh Cardiff 8 Afghanistan - New Zealand Taunton 9 India - Australia Oval 10 South Africa - West Indies Rose Bowl 11 Bangladesh - Sri Lanka Bristol 12 Australia - Pakistan Taunton 13 India - New Zealand Trent Bridge 14 England - West Indies Rose Bowl 15 Sri Lanka - Australia Oval 15 South Africa - Afghanistan Cardiff 16 India - Pakistan Old Trafford 17 West Indies - Bangladesh Taunton 18 England - Afghanistan Old Trafford 19 New Zealand - South Africa Edgbaston 20 Australia - Bangladesh Trent Bridge 21 England - Sri Lanka Headingley 22 India - Afghanistan Rose Bowl 22 West Indies - New Zealand Old Trafford 23 Pakistan - South Africa Lord’s 24 Bangladesh - Afghanistan Rose Bowl 25 England - Australia Lord’s 26 New Zealand - Pakistan Edgbaston 27 West Indies - India Old Trafford 28 Sri Lanka - South Africa Riverside 29 Pakistan - Afghanistan Headingley 29 New Zealand - Australia Lord’s 30 England - India Edgbaston 1 Sri Lanka - West Indies Riverside 2 Bangladesh - India Edgbaston 3 England - New Zealand Riverside 4 Afghanistan - West Indies Headingley 5 Pakistan - Bangladesh Lord’s 6 Sri Lanka - India Headingley 6 Australia - South Africa Old Trafford Semi-final FINAL Semi-final Jul 9 Old Trafford Jul 14 Lord’s, London Jul 11 Edgbaston Team ranked 1st Team ranked 2nd Team ranked 4th Team ranked 3rd KNOCK-OUT STAGE If semi-final scores are level after 50 overs, team with better group stage performance wins. If final is tied, Super Over – highest number of runs scored with only six balls – decides winner LORD’S – HOME OF CRICKET World’s oldest cricket ground, opened in 1814. Regarded as cricket’s spiritual home, it has hosted four World Cup finals including first showpiece in 1975 Players to watch Virat Kohli IND Aaron Finch AUS Trent Boult NZL Sam Curran ENG *Seven tournaments Sources: ICC, Cricinfo Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS