ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 represented the 12th installment of the tournament, bringing together the top men’s national teams to compete in the sport’s most prestigious One Day International (ODI) event under the supervision of the ICC.

Organized by

International Cricket Council (ICC)

Host

England & Wales

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Champions

England (1st title)

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Participants

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	30 September 2006	—	1	England
ICC ODI Championship	30 September 2017	Various	7	Australia  Bangladesh  India  New Zealand  Pakistan  South Africa  Sri Lanka
2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier	23 March 2018	Zimbabwe	2	Afghanistan  West Indies
Total			10

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Venues

Venue Name	City	Capacity	Key Matches Hosted
Lord’s Cricket Ground	London	28,000	The Final (England vs New Zealand)
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	26,000	Semi-Final 1, India vs Pakistan
Edgbaston Stadium	Birmingham	25,000	Semi-Final 2, England vs India
The Kia Oval	London	25,500	Tournament Opener (England vs South Africa)
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	17,500	Pakistan vs West Indies
Utilita Bowl (The Rose Bowl)	Southampton	25,000	India vs South Africa
Headingley	Leeds	18,300	England vs Sri Lanka
Sophia Gardens	Cardiff (Wales)	15,643	New Zealand vs Sri Lanka
Riverside Ground	Chester-le-Street	19,000	Sri Lanka vs South Africa
County Ground	Bristol	17,500	Afghanistan vs Australia
County Ground	Taunton	8,500	Pakistan vs Australia

Official ICC team rankings 2019

Rank	Team	Points	Rating
1	England	6,730	125
2	India	6,402	121
3	South Africa	5,397	115
4	New Zealand	4,872	113
5	Australia	4,453	109
6	Pakistan	4,711	94
7	Bangladesh	4,220	90
8	West Indies	3,743	77
9	Sri Lanka	3,366	76
10	Afghanistan	2,484	63

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Format

Round-robin and Knockout

Fixtures

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

9–10 July 2019

New Zealand  239/8 (50 overs)	v	India 221 (49.3 overs)
Ross Taylor 74 (90) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/43 (10 overs)		Ravindra Jadeja 77 (59) Matt Henry 3/37 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 18 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Matt Henry (NZ)

11 July 2019

Australia  223 (49 overs)	v	England 226/2 (32.1 overs)
Steve Smith 85 (119) Chris Woakes 3/20 (8 overs)		Jason Roy 85 (65) Pat Cummins 1/34 (7 overs)

England won by 8 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Chris Woakes (Eng)

Final

14 July 2019

New Zealand  241/8 (50 overs)	v	England 241 (50 overs)
Henry Nicholls 55 (77) Chris Woakes 3/37 (9 overs)		Ben Stokes 84* (98) James Neesham 3/43 (7 overs)

Match & Super Over tied (England won on boundary count) Lord’s, London Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Ben Stokes (Eng)

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Statistics

Most runs

Runs	Player	Team
648	Rohit Sharma	India
647	David Warner	Australia
606	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh
578	Kane Williamson	New Zealand
556	Joe Root	England

Most wickets

Wickets	Player	Team
27	Mitchell Starc	Australia
21	Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand
20	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh
20	Jofra Archer	England
18	Jasprit Bumrah	India
18	Mark Wood	England

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Interesting Facts

Tied Final and Super Over: The final between England and New Zealand ended in a tie after 50 overs and a subsequent Super Over, with England winning on boundary count.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Player of the Tournament

The Player of the Tournament for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 was New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, who scored 578 runs at an average of 82.57.

Tournament Innovations and Quirks

Return of the Round-Robin Format: The 2019 World Cup revived the single round-robin format for the first time since 1992, with all 10 participating teams playing one another once during a demanding 45-match league stage before the knockout rounds.
Revised DRS ‘Umpire’s Call’ Rule: The tournament featured an updated Decision Review System (DRS) regulation under which teams retained their review if the decision was returned as “Umpire’s Call”, preventing them from being penalized for marginal reviews.
Controversial Boundary Count Rule: The dramatic final between England and New Zealand remained tied even after the Super Over. England were declared champions because they had scored more boundaries (fours and sixes) during the match, a rule that sparked widespread criticism and was later removed from ICC playing conditions.
The Ben Stokes Overthrow Incident: One of the final’s most debated moments occurred when a throw from the field accidentally deflected off Ben Stokes’ bat and crossed the boundary. The incident awarded six runs—two completed runs plus four overthrows—playing a crucial role in the match’s unforgettable finish.

Bizarre and Memorable Matches

Two-Day Thriller: Rain pushed the match into its reserve day.
Run Out Magic: Direct hits from Martin Guptill (running out MS Dhoni) and Ravindra Jadeja sealed India’s heartbreaking exit.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 squads

Afghanistan

• Gulbadin Naib (Captain)
• Rashid Khan (Vice-Captain)
• Mohammad Shahzad (Wicketkeeper)
• Asghar Afghan
• Rahmat Shah
• Hashmatullah Shahidi
• Najibullah Zadran
• Noor Ali Zadran
• Hazratullah Zazai
• Mohammad Nabi
• Samiullah Shinwari
• Dawlat Zadran
• Aftab Alam
• Hamid Hassan
• Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Australia

• Aaron Finch (Captain)
• Alex Carey (Wicketkeeper)
• David Warner
• Steve Smith
• Usman Khawaja
• Shaun Marsh
• Glenn Maxwell
• Marcus Stoinis
• Mitchell Starc
• Pat Cummins
• Jason Behrendorff
• Nathan Coulter-Nile
• Adam Zampa
• Nathan Lyon
• Kane Richardson (replaced Jhye Richardson due to injury)

Bangladesh

• Mashrafe Mortaza (Captain)
• Shakib Al Hasan (Vice-Captain)
• Mushfiqur Rahim (Wicketkeeper)
• Tamim Iqbal
• Soumya Sarkar
• Liton Das
• Mahmudullah
• Mohammad Mithun
• Sabbir Rahman
• Mosaddek Hossain
• Mohammad Saifuddin
• Mehidy Hasan Miraz
• Rubel Hossain
• Mustafizur Rahman
• Abu Jayed

England

• Eoin Morgan (Captain)
• Jos Buttler (Wicketkeeper)
• Jonny Bairstow
• Joe Root
• Jason Roy
• Ben Stokes
• Moeen Ali
• Chris Woakes
• Adil Rashid
• Jofra Archer
• Mark Wood
• Liam Plunkett
• Tom Curran
• James Vince
• Liam Dawson

India

• Virat Kohli (Captain)
• Rohit Sharma (Vice-Captain)
• MS Dhoni (Wicketkeeper)
• Lokesh Rahul
• Shikhar Dhawan
• Kedar Jadhav
• Vijay Shankar
• Hardik Pandya
• Ravindra Jadeja
• Dinesh Karthik (Wicketkeeper)
• Yuzvendra Chahal
• Kuldeep Yadav
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar
• Jasprit Bumrah
• Mohammed Shami
  (Note: Rishabh Pant and Mayank Agarwal were later drafted into the tournament squad as injury replacements for Shikhar Dhawan and Vijay Shankar respectively).

New Zealand

• Kane Williamson (Captain)
• Tom Latham (Vice-Captain & Wicketkeeper)
• Martin Guptill
• Ross Taylor
• Henry Nicholls
• Colin Munro
• Tom Blundell (Wicketkeeper)
• James Neesham
• Colin de Grandhomme
• Mitchell Santner
• Ish Sodhi
• Trent Boult
• Tim Southee
• Matt Henry
• Lockie Ferguson

Pakistan

• Sarfaraz Ahmed (Captain & Wicketkeeper)
• Babar Azam
• Fakhar Zaman
• Imam-ul-Haq
• Haris Sohail
• Shoaib Malik
• Mohammad Hafeez
• Asif Ali
• Imad Wasim
• Shadab Khan
• Hasan Ali
• Shaheen Afridi
• Mohammad Amir
• Wahab Riaz
• Mohammad Hasnain

South Africa

• Faf du Plessis (Captain)
• Quinton de Kock (Vice-Captain & Wicketkeeper)
• Hashim Amla
• Aiden Markram
• David Miller
• Rassie van der Dussen
• Jean-Paul Duminy
• Andile Phehlukwayo
• Dwaine Pretorius
• Chris Morris (replaced Anrich Nortje due to injury)
• Kagiso Rabada
• Lungi Ngidi
• Imran Tahir
• Tabraiz Shamsi
• Beuran Hendricks (replaced Dale Steyn during the tournament)

Sri Lanka

• Dimuth Karunaratne (Captain)
• Kusal Perera (Wicketkeeper)
• Kusal Mendis
• Avishka Fernando
• Lahiru Thirimanne
• Angelo Mathews
• Dhananjaya de Silva
• Thisara Perera
• Isuru Udana
• Jeevan Mendis
• Milinda Siriwardana
• Lasith Malinga
• Suranga Lakmal
• Nuwan Pradeep
• Jeffrey Vandersay

West Indies

• Jason Holder (Captain)
• Chris Gayle
• Shai Hope (Wicketkeeper)
• Evin Lewis
• Darren Bravo
• Shimron Hetmyer
• Nicholas Pooran
• Carlos Brathwaite
• Andre Russell
• Fabian Allen
• Ashley Nurse
• Sheldon Cottrell
• Kemar Roach
• Shannon Gabriel
• Oshane Thomas
  (Note: Sunil Ambris later joined the squad as an official injury replacement for Andre Russell).