CRICKET

World Cup Cricket 2019

World Cup of Cricket is one of the largest cricketing tournaments followed all over the world. This tournament is the grandest of all where all team fights each other for claiming the title of being the best in 50 overs cricket. The tournament will be recurring to the land of its origin in the year 2019. England will be performing as the hosts to the world cup tournament.

The schedule of the tournament is still undecided but the opening match will be on 30/05/2019 and the ending cricket world cup match will be on 15/07/2019.

Only 10 teams will be eligible for the 2019 world cup after a pronouncement was taken to reduce in size the size of the tournament. In 2011 and in 2015 the tournament had 14 teams but ICC has decided few nations will make for an­ enhanced competition. England will be eligible automatically because they are hosting, as will the top seven one day international nations according to the latest ICC rankings 6 months proceeding to the tournament. All test playing nations plus the two most flourishing associate members Afghanistan and Ireland will be eligible to qualify this way.