15 things to look forward to at ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
- **Bowlers of all varieties:**Both Australia and New Zealand offer plenty of help to the pacers. With the likes of ICC Cricketer of the Year Mitchell Johnson, Dale Steyn, Adam Milne and Stuart Broad around, batsmen are likely to have it tough.
However, with the pitched offering good bounces for the spinners as well, the likes of R Ashwin, Daniel Vettori, Shahid Afridi and Rangana Herath will bank on the variations and bounce to be a vital cogs in the wheel of their teams.
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**Great Value Tickets:**To make the CWC more accessible for the fans, tickets have been priced at $5 for children and $20 for adults. With the tickets selling like hot cakes, and with plenty of fans flocking to Australia and New Zealand from overseas, the atmosphere is guaranteed to be electric.
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**The Most Social World Cup Ever!**The ICC has over 9.8 Million likes on Facebook and close 4.4 million likes on the CWC page. To add to that, 1.4 million followers on twitter and over 83,000 followers elsewhere, the ICC will reach out to the fans using social media with trivia, pictures, videos and an extensive coverage of the mega event. The official hashtag for the World Cup is #cwc15.
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**All Time Greats:**With less than two months to go for the tournament, ICC has launched ‘Your Greatest XI’, which will allow fans a unique chance to pick their Greatest All-Time Cricket World Cup XIs from the previous ten editions of the event.
The ICC database consists of over 100 of the greatest World Cup players of all time. A photo and a short profile that describes their World Cup records and their memorable impacts at the event is available for each player. The ICC also lists detailed World Cup statistics for each of the players.
The players fall under four different categories – batsmen, bowlers, all-rounders, and wicketkeepers. Each XI you choose should feature at least two batsmen, one all-rounder, one wicketkeeper and two bowlers. Mathew Hayden has already picked his Greatest XI.
You can pick your Greatest XI here.
- **Volunteers:**In this World Cup, more than 3000 volunteers would be deployed throughout the 14 host cities to welcome fans from around the world.
With more than a million people set to attend matches and more than a billion to watch on television around the world, the volunteers are going a play a huge role in making this tournament a success.
