Schedule of press conferences, teams’ practice and matches for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019

• The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019Media Packhas information on all host cities, details of match officials and preview packs and stats for all games.
• Online Media Zoneto include unedited videos from pre and post-match press conferences, transcripts, columns and other articles, all of which are available for free editorial use giving credit to ICC ; media requiring OMZ access are advised to write to C. Rajshekhar Rao at rajshekhar.rao@icc-cricket.com

13 June

Nottingham

• IndiaandNew Zealandplay match 18 of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 at Trent Bridge from 10h30. After the game, both captains will hold their press conferences and players from both teams will be available for Mixed Zone interactions. Video and transcripts will be available on the Online Media Zone. For further information, please contact: rajshekhar.rao@icc-cricket.com

Southampton

• England will practise from 09h30 to 13h00 at the Hampshire Bowl. One squad member will hold a pre-match press conference at around 12h00.
• West Indieswill practise from 14h00 to 17h00 at the Hampshire Bowl. One squad member will hold a pre-match press conference at around 13h30.​
• For further information, please contact: sipokazi.sokanyile.ext@icc-cricket.commailto:sipokazi.sokanyile.ext@icc-cricket.com

Cardiff

• South Africa will train at Cardiff Wales Stadium from 18h00 to 21h00 there will be no media opportunities.
• Afghanistan will train at Cardiff Wales Stadium from 14h00 to 17h00 there will be no media opportunities.
• For further information, please contact: mary.godbeer@icc-cricket.com

ABOUT THE ICC MEN’S CRICKET WORLD CUP 2019

• The tournament will run from 30 May to 14 July. The semi-finals will be played at Old Trafford in Manchester and Edgbaston in Birmingham on 9 and 11 July respectively, while Lord’s will host the final on 14 July.
• 11 venues across England and Wales will be used, namely Cardiff Wales Stadium in Cardiff (four matches), Bristol County Ground in Bristol (three matches), County Ground Taunton in Taunton (three matches), Edgbaston in Birmingham (five matches, including the second semi-final), Hampshire Bowl in Southampton (five matches), Headingley in Leeds (four matches), Lord’s in London (five matches, including the final), Old Trafford in Manchester (six matches, including the first semi-final), The Oval in London (five matches, including the tournament opener), The Riverside Durham in Chester-le-Street (three matches) and Trent Bridge in Nottingham (five matches)
• The 10 teams in the tournament will play against each other in a single-league format, with the top four sides after 45 matches to qualify for the two semi-finals
• England and Wales have previously staged ICC Cricket World Cups in 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999
• Australia are the most successful team in the history of the World Cup, having won events in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015. The West Indies won the first two editions in 1975 and 1979, while India won in 1983 and 2011. Other winners are Pakistan in 1992 and Sri Lanka in 1996.

FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT

For general media questions please email ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Media Operations on mediaoperations@cwc19.co.uk

For top level questions or issues please email Jamie Fox (ICC Senior Manager – Media and Communications) on jamie.fox@icc-cricket.com