DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced the fixtures of the 2015 World Cup, to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) will host the final of the 2015 cricket World Cup, with New Zealand’s Christchurch to kick off the one-day tournament four years after being devastated by an earthquake.
The March 29 final at the MCG comes 23 years after a bumper crowd saw Imran Khan’s Pakistan defeat England for their maiden World Cup at Melbourne’s 100,000-seat coliseum.
The semi-finals will be at the Sydney Cricket Ground and Auckland’s Eden Park.
Fixtures for the cricket World Cup that will be jointly held by Australia and New Zealand from Feb. 14-March 29, 2015:
Feb 14 Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Christchurch
England v Australia, Melbourne
Feb 15 South Africa v Zimbabwe, Hamilton
India v Pakistan, Adelaide
Feb 16 West Indies v Ireland, Nelson
Feb 17 New Zealand v Qualifier 3, Dunedin
Feb 18 Bangladesh v Qualifier 2, Canberra
Feb 19 Zimbabwe v Qualifier 4, Nelson
Feb 20 England v New Zealand, Wellington
Feb 21 Pakistan v West Indies, Christchurch
Australia v Bangladesh, Brisbane
Feb 22 Sri Lanka v Qualifier 2, Dunedin
South Africa v India, Melbourne
Feb 23 England v Qualifier 3, Christchurch
Feb 24 West Indies v Zimbabwe, Canberra
Feb 25 Ireland v Qualifier 4, Brisbane
Feb 26 Qualifier 2 v Qualifier 3, Dunedin
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, Melbourne
Feb 27 South Africa v West Indies, Sydney
Feb 28 Australia v New Zealand, Auckland
India v Qualifier 4, Perth
March 1 England v Sri Lanka, Wellington
Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Brisbane
March 3 South Africa v Ireland, Canberra
March 4 Pakistan v Qualifier 4, Napier
Australia v Qualifier 2, Perth
March 5 Bangladesh v Qualifier 3, Nelson
March 6 India v West Indies, Perth
March 7 South Africa v Pakistan, Auckland
Zimbabwe v Ireland, Hobart
March 8 New Zealand v Qualifier 2, Napier
Australia v Sri Lanka, Sydney
March 9 England v Bangladesh, Adelaide
March 10 India v Ireland, Hamilton
March 11 Sri Lanka v Qualifer 3, Hobart
March 12 South Africa v Qualifier 4, Wellington
March 13 Bangladesh v New Zealand, Hamilton
England v Qualifier 2, Sydney
March 14 India v Zimbabwe, Auckland
Australia v Qualifier 3, Hobart
March 15 West Indies v Qualifier 4, Napier
Pakistan v Ireland, Adelaide
March 18 Quarter-final 1, Sydney
March 19 Quarter-final 2, Melbourne
March 20 Quarter-final 3, Adelaide
March 21 Quarter-final 4, Wellington
March 24 Semi-final 1, Auckland
March 25 Semi-final 2, Sydney
March 29 Final, Melbourne
