Cricket World Cup 2015 Important Facts

The 2015 Cricket World Cup was the 11th Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015. Fourteen teams played 49 matches in 14 venues, with Australia staging 26 games at grounds in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney while New Zealand hosted 23 games in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson and Wellington.

    2015 Cricket World Cup Ambassador  - Sachin Tendulkar 

The final match of the tournament took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between co-hosts New Zealand and Australia in front of a record crowd of 93,013.


Champions      Australia (5th title)
Ruuner-up- New Zealand
Participants     14
Matches played     49
Opening match- New Zealand vs Sri Lanka (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Attendance     1,011,402 (20,641 per match)
Man of the Series     Australia Mitchell Starc
Man of the Match in Finals: James Faulkner
Most runs     New Zealand Martin Guptill (547)
Most wickets     Australia Mitchell Starc (22), New Zealand Trent Boult (22)

Retirements After Tournament
Shahid Afridi      Pakistan         
Michael Clarke      Australia         
Brad Haddin      Australia        
Mahela Jayawardene      Sri Lanka    
Khurram Khan      United Arab Emirates    
Misbah-ul-Haq      Pakistan
Kyle Mills      New Zealand    
Kumar Sangakkara      Sri Lanka    
Brendan Taylor      Zimbabwe         
Daniel Vettori      New Zealand    

The 2015 Cricket World Cup was the 11th Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015. Fourteen teams played 49 matches in 14 venues, with Australia staging 26 games at grounds in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney while New Zealand hosted 23 games in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson and Wellington.

    2015 Cricket World Cup Ambassador  - Sachin Tendulkar 

The final match of the tournament took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between co-hosts New Zealand and Australia in front of a record crowd of 93,013.


Champions      Australia (5th title)
Ruuner-up- New Zealand
Participants     14
Matches played     49
Opening match- New Zealand vs Sri Lanka (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Attendance     1,011,402 (20,641 per match)
Man of the Series     Australia Mitchell Starc
Man of the Match in Finals: James Faulkner
Most runs     New Zealand Martin Guptill (547)
Most wickets     Australia Mitchell Starc (22), New Zealand Trent Boult (22)

Retirements After Tournament
Shahid Afridi      Pakistan         
Michael Clarke      Australia         
Brad Haddin      Australia        
Mahela Jayawardene      Sri Lanka    
Khurram Khan      United Arab Emirates    
Misbah-ul-Haq      Pakistan
Kyle Mills      New Zealand    
Kumar Sangakkara      Sri Lanka    
Brendan Taylor      Zimbabwe         
Daniel Vettori      New Zealand