Cricket World Cup 2019: 46 days, 10 teams and 1 trophy

By Muhammad YaseenPublished On 06 Jan 2023

In the history of cricket, the first One-Day International match was played in Melbourne on January 5th, 1971 between one of the most debatable rivalries England and Australia. An interesting fact about this match was that the innings consists of 40 overs respectively, where each bowler had to bowl 8 balls per over.

Four years later in 1975, England hosted the first ever cricket World Cup tournament where every match was played for a total of 120 overs (60 overs per inning). Including Pakistan and India, 8 teams were made a part of this tournament. All the eight teams wore white kits during the matches.

During the tournament, West Indies and Australia were able to make into the final. West Indies hit the top gear against Australia and crowned themselves with the title of the first ever Cricket World Cup Champions by defeating the Kangaroos with a margin of 17 runs.

Australia has the honour of becoming the most successful team in the history of One-Day International cricket by winning the title of World Cup Champions five times. However, West Indies and India are following the ladder by becoming World Champions twice whereas, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, both have been able to achieve this honour once.

According to the policies of International Cricket Council, after every four years, the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament is organized and this time, England has the honours of hosting the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, where the 10 best teams from all over the world will be taking part.

All of the security arrangements, SOPs, and policies have already been finally structured to achieve efficiency and to avoid any sort of mishap during the tournament.

Pakistan will officially start its World Cup campaign from May 31 by playing against West Indies, who have already crowned themselves with the title of World Champions twice.

1992 World Cup Format

This year, ICC has kept the format of the World Cup same as that of 1992. A team has to play a match against other teams once. After finishing the league matches, the tournament will proceed towards the semi-finals and then the final.

The first semi-final of the World Cup will be played on July 9 at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester where the team with the highest points will compete against the fourth-ranked team of the standings table.

The second semi-final of the World Cup will be played on July 11 at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham where the second and the third-ranked teams of the points-table will face one another.

On July 14 at the ground of Lord’s, the winning teams of the first and the second semi-final will play a final game, putting in all efforts and dedication to get hands on the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 trophy and become the World Champions 2019. For more latest news Pakistan, visit 9newshd.tv