ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Schedule

With the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup set to get underway in Australia and New Zealand in a few months’ time, the 14 participating teams have started preparing in full swing for the quadrennial event. The tournament kicks off with co-hosts New Zealand taking on Sri Lanka at Christchurch on February 14, 2015.

There are 42 group matches in all before we head to the business part of the tournament. The four quarter-finals will be played from March 18-21, after which there is a two-day break before the two semi-finals. The date of the all-important final is March 29, which will see the two top teams battling it out for the ultimate prize in front of 100,000 spectators at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne.

Here is the full schedule of the 2015 ICC World Cup:

Group matches         

Date	Match	Venue
Sat Feb 14	Match 1, Pool A – New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Sat Feb 14	Match 2, Pool A – Australia v England	MCG
Sun Feb 15	Match 3, Pool B – South Africa v Zimbabwe	Seddon Park, Hamilton
Sun Feb 15	Match 4, Pool B – India v Pakistan	Adelaide Oval
Mon Feb 16	Match 5, Pool B – Ireland v West Indies	Saxton Oval, Nelson
Tue Feb 17	Match 6, Pool A – New Zealand v Scotland	University Oval, Dunedin
Wed Feb 18	Match 7, Pool A – Afghanistan v Bangladesh	Manuka Oval, Canberra
Thu Feb 19	Match 8, Pool B – UAE v Zimbabwe	Saxton Oval, Nelson
Fri Feb 20	Match 9, Pool A – New Zealand v England	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sat Feb 21	Match 10, Pool B – Pakistan v West Indies	Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Sat Feb 21	Match 11,  Pool A - Australia v Bangladesh	The Gabba, Brisbane
Sun Feb 22	Match 12, Pool A – Afghanistan v Sri Lanka	University Oval, Dunedin
Sun Feb 22	Match 13, Pool B – India v South Africa	MCG
Mon Feb 23	Match 14, Pool A – England v Scotland	Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Tue Feb 24	Match 15, Pool B – West Indies v Zimbabwe	Manuka Oval, Canberra
Wed Feb 25	Match 16, Pool B – Ireland v UAE	The Gabba, Brisbane
Thu Feb 26	Match 17, Pool A – Afghanistan v Scotland	University Oval, Dunedin
Thu Feb 26	Match 18, Pool A – Bangladesh v Sri Lanka	MCG
Fri Feb 27	Match 19, Pool B – South Africa v West Indies	Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)
Sat Feb 28	Match 20, Pool B – India v UAE	Eden Park, Auckland
Sat Feb 28	Match 21, Pool A – New Zealand v Australia	WACA, Perth
Sun Mar 1	Match 22, Pool A – England v Sri Lanka	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Sun Mar 1	Match 23, Pool B – Pakistan v Zimbabwe	The Gabba, Brisbane
Tue Mar 3	Match 24, Pool B – Ireland v South Africa	Manuka Oval, Canberra
Wed Mar 4	Match 25, Pool B – Pakistan v UAE	McLean Park, Napier
Wed Mar 4	Match 26, Pool A – Australia v Afghanistan	WACA, Perth
Thu Mar 5	Match 27, Pool A – Bangladesh v Scotland	Saxton Oval, Nelson
Fri Mar 6	Match 28, Pool B – India v West Indies	WACA, Perth
Sat Mar 7	Match 29, Pool B – Pakistan v South Africa	Eden Park, Auckland
Sat Mar 7	Match 30, Pool B – Ireland v Zimbabwe	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Sun Mar 8	Match 31, Pool A – New Zealand v Afghanistan	McLean Park, Napier
Sun Mar 8	Match 32, Pool A – Australia v Sri Lanka	SCG
Mon Mar 9	Match 33, Pool A – England v Bangladesh	Adelaide Oval
Tue Mar 10	Match 34, Pool B – India v Ireland	Seddon Park, Hamilton
Wed Mar 11	Match 35, Pool A – Scotland v Sri Lanka	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Thu Mar 12	Match 36, Pool B – South Africa v UAE	Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Fri Mar 13	Match 37, Pool A – New Zealand v Bangladesh	Seddon Park, Hamilton
Fri Mar 13	Match 38, Pool A – Afghanistan v England	SCG
Sat Mar 14	Match 39, Pool B – India v Zimbabwe	Eden Park, Auckland
Sat Mar 14	Match 40, Pool A – Australia v Scotland	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Sun Mar 15	Match 41, Pool B – UAE v West Indies	McLean Park, Napier
Sun Mar 15	Match 42, Pool B – Ireland v Pakistan	Adelaide Oval

   Quarter Finals (QF)

Date	Match	Venue
Wed Mar 18	QF 1 – TBC v TBC (A1 v B4)	SCG
Thu Mar 19	QF 2 – TBC v TBC (A2 v B3)	MCG
Fri Mar 20	QF 3 – TBC v TBC (A3 v B2)	Adelaide Oval
Sat Mar 21	QF 4 – TBC v TBC (A4 v B1)	Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Semi Finals (SF)

Date	Match	Venue
Tue Mar 24	SF 1 – TBC v TBC	Eden Park, Auckland
Thu Mar 26	SF 2 – TBC v TBC	SCG

Final

Date	Match	Venue
Sun Mar 29	TBC v TBC	MCG