ICC cricket World Cup 2019 Schedule and Teams playing.

Introduction:

Hello cricket lovers round the globe,kudos, the International Cricket Council has confirmed the schedule for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, which will be staged in England and Wales from 30 May to 14 July 2019.

England will open the tournament at The Oval on 30 May when they will take on South Africa

India, the 1983 and 2011 world champions who also won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013 in England and Wales, will play their first match on 5 June against South Africa at the Hampshire Bowl in Southampton. Their feature match against traditional rivals Pakistan will be at Old Trafford in Manchester on 16 June.

Old Trafford in Manchester and Edgbaston in Birmingham will stage the two semi-finals on 9 and 11 July, while Lord’s will play host to a World Cup final for the fifth time, on 14 July. All these three matches will have reserve days.

Eleven world-class venues will be used in the 46-day tournament in which each side will play the other once in a single-league format with the top four sides after 45 matches progressing to the semi-finals.

Old Trafford in Manchester will host maximum six matches, while Edgbaston in Birmingham, Hampshire Bowl in Southampton, Lord’s and The Oval (both in London), and Trent Bridge in Nottingham will stage five matches each. Cardiff Wales Stadium in Cardiff and Headingley in Leeds have been allocated four matches each and County Ground Bristol in Bristol, County Ground Taunton in Taunton and The Riverside in Chester-le-Street have got three matches each.

TEAMS PLAYING ICC WC 2019: 

 (as per their ODI rankings)

1. England
2. India
3. South Africa
4. New Zealand
5. Australia
6. Pakistan
7. Bangladesh
8. Sri Lanka
9. West Indies
10. Afghanistan

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 venues:

1. Cardiff Wales Stadium, Cardiff
2. County Ground Bristol, Bristol
3. County Ground Taunton, Taunton 
4. Edgbaston, Birmingham
5. Hampshire Bowl, Southampton
6. Headingley, Leeds
7. Lord’s, London
8. Old Trafford, Manchester
9. The Oval, London
10. The Riverside, Chester-le-Street
11. Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Day Night matches:

Most of the matches are day played at 15:00 IST (9:30 am GMT). But seven matches are played as day/night 18:00 IST(12:30pm GMT), they are listed as below:

1. Afghanistan Vs Australia, 1 June , County Ground Bristol, Bristol
2. Bangladesh Vs New Zealand, 5 June, The Oval, London
3. Afghanistan Vs New Zealand, 8 June, County Ground Taunton, Taunton
4. South Africa Vs Afghanistan, 15 June , Cardiff Wales Stadium, Cardiff
5. West Indies Vs New Zealand, 22 June , Old Trafford, Manchester
6. New Zealand Vs Australia, 29 June , Lord’s, London
7. South Africa Vs Australia, 6 July , Old Trafford, Manchester

Schedule:

Date	Match	Venue
Thursday, May 30	England vs South Africa	The Oval, London
Friday, May 31	West Indies vs Pakistan	Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Saturday, June 1	New Zealand vs Sri Lanka	Cardiff Wales Stadium, Cardiff
	Afghanistan vs Australia (D/N)	Bristol County Ground, Bristol
Sunday, June 2	South Africa vs Bangladesh	The Oval, London
Monday, June 3	England vs Pakistan	Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Tuesday, June 4	Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka	Cardiff Wales Stadium, Cardiff
Wednesday, June 5	South Africa vs India	Hampshire Bowl, Southampton
	Bangladesh vs New Zealand (D/N)	The Oval, London
Thursday, June 6	Australia vs West Indies	Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Friday, June 7	Pakistan vs Sri Lanka	Bristol County Ground, Bristol
Saturday, June 8	England vs Bangladesh	Cardiff Wales Stadium, Cardiff
	Afghanistan vs New Zealand	County Ground, Taunton
Sunday, June 9	India vs Australia	The Oval, London
Monday, June 10	South Africa vs West Indies	Hampshire Bowl, Southampton
Tuesday, June 11	Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka	Bristol County Ground, Bristol
Wednesday, June 12	Australia vs Pakistan	County Ground, Taunton
Thursday, June 13	India vs New Zealand	Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Friday, June 14	England vs West Indies	Hampshire Bowl, Southampton
Saturday, June 15	Sri Lanka vs Australia	The Oval, London
	South Africa vs Afghanistan (D/N)	Cardiff Wales Stadium, Cardiff
Sunday, June 16	India vs Pakistan	Old Trafford, Manchester
Monday, June 17	West Indies vs Bangladesh	County Ground, Taunton
Tuesday, June 18	England vs Afghanistan	Old Trafford, Manchester
Wednesday, June 19	New Zealand vs South Africa	Edgbaston, Birmingham
Thursday, June 20	Australia vs Bangladesh	Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Friday, June 21	England vs Sri Lanka	Headingley, Leeds
Saturday, June 22	India vs Afghanistan	Hampshire Bowl, Southampton
	West Indies vs New Zealand (D/N)	Old Trafford, Manchester
Sunday, June 23	Pakistan vs South Africa	Lord's, London
Monday, June 24	Bangladesh vs Afghanistan	Hampshire Bowl, Southampton
Tuesday, June 25	England vs Australia	Lord's, London
Wednesday, June 26	New Zealand vs Pakistan	Edgbaston, Birmingham
Thursday, June 27	West Indies vs India	Old Trafford, Manchester
Friday, June 28	Sri Lanka vs South Africa	The Riverside, Durham
Saturday, June 29	Pakistan vs Afghanistan	Headingley, Leeds
	New Zealand vs Australia (D/N)	Lord's, London
Sunday, June 30	England vs India	Edgbaston, Birmingham
Monday, July 1	Sri Lanka vs West Indies	The Riverside, Durham
Tuesday, July 2	Bangladesh vs India	Edgbaston, Birmingham
Wednesday, July 3	England vs New Zealand	The Riverside, Durham
Thursday, July 4	Afghanistan vs West Indies	Headingley, Leeds
Friday, July 5	Pakistan vs Bangladesh	Lord's, London
Saturday, July 6	Sri Lanka vs India	Headingley, Leeds
	Australia vs South Africa (D/N)	Old Trafford, Manchester
Tuesday, July 9	Semi-Final (1 vs 4)	Old Trafford, Manchester
Wednesday, July 10	Reserve Day
Thursday, July 11	Semi-Final (2 vs 3)	Edgbaston, Birmingham
Friday, July 12	Reserve Day
Sunday, July 14	Final	Lord's, London
Monday, July 15	Reserve Day

Highlights:

The Oval to host the tournament opener between England and South Africa on 30 May 2019.

Old Trafford and Edgbaston to stage the two semi-finals on 9 and 11 July respectively; Lord’s to host the final on 14 July 2019.


Note: Remember to put reminder on 16th June 2019 for this world cup season. Because its a match between two big rivals, it's India Vs Pakistan 

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