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49 Games 44 Days 14 teams 1 billion anticipated viewers , Cricket Biggest Spectacle, Cricket World Cup 2015  will be from Feb 14 – Mar 29 . An overview of the ICC World Cup 2015, prize money of ICC World Cup 2015 and of from 2007 to 2015, Schedule of World Cup, Cricket World Cup Winners, Leading Run getters, Bowlers,Wicket keepers etc.

Format of the ICC Cricket World Cup

14 teams will take part in the initial stages, divided into two groups of seven; the seven teams play each other once before the top four teams from each group qualify for the quarter-finals. This ensures that each team gets to play a minimum of six matches even if they exit in the group stage.

Group A : Australia, New Zealand, England and Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Scotland.

Group B : South Africa, India and Pakistan,West Indies, United Arab Emirates,Zimbabwe and Ireland .

Official site of ICC World Cup 

ICC Cricket World Cup Prize Money

Prize money for ICC World Cup 2015 is given below (Ref Times of India)

Prize money of Cricket World Cup 2015

Prize money of Cricket World Cup 2015

  • If a team remains unbeaten i.e wins the Cricket world cup 2015 without losing even one match in the event, then the team champion will be rewarded with $4.6m whereas the champion team who lost in the previous matches, might get $4.3m  in reward.
  • Winner of group matches can get $52,000 per match.

As per Wikipedia Cricket World Cup 2015 prize money is as follows , a $1.5m less than the given earlier.

Stage Prize money (US$) Total
Winner $3,975,000 $3,975,000
Runner-up $1,750,000 $1,750,000
Losing semi-finalists $600,000 $1,200,000
Losing quarter-finalists $300,000 $1,200,000
Winner of each group match $45,000 $1,890,000
Teams eliminated in group stage $35,000 $210,000
Total $10,225,00

This ICC world cup prize money  from 2003-2015 are given below.

Year Winners Runners-up Semifinal (2 losers) Quarterfinals (4 losers) Total
2015 $4.3m $2m $692,000 $346,000 $11.5m
2011 $3.2m $1.5m $7500,000 $370,000 $10m
2007 $2.4m $1m $500,000 $250,000 $5m
2003 $2m $800,000 $400,000 $200,000 $4.5m

 Schedule of the 2015 Cricket World Cup

Schedule of 2015 Cricket World Cup is given in image below (Click on image to enlarge) . Schedule of India matches is given in Table below. All matches are Day & Night matches starting around 8:30 am IST

Date Against Match Num Location
15 February India vs Pakistan Match 4 Adelaide Oval
22 February India vs South Africa Match 13 Melbourne Cricket Ground
28 February India vs UAE Match 21 WACA Ground, Perth
6 Mar India vs West Indies Match 28 WACA Ground, Perth
10 Mar India vs Ireland Match 34 Seddon Park, Hamilton
14 Mar India vs Zimbabwe Match 39 Eden Park, Auckland
2015 Cricket World Cup Schedule

2015 Cricket World Cup Schedule

A Trip down the road

Some information about the World Cup is given below : Cricket World Cup Winners from 1975-

Cricket World Cup Winners

Cricket World Cup Winners

Top Run Getters, Wicket Keepers, Fielders .

Cricket World Cup Top Run getters, Top Bowlers and Top Fielders

Cricket World Cup Top Run getters, Top Bowlers and Top Fielders

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