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

ICC Cricket World Cup trophy
ICC Cricket World Cup trophy
  • The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Media Pack has information on all host cities, details of match officials and preview packs and stats for all games.
  • Online Media Zone to 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

27 June

Manchester

  • West Indies and India play match 34 of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 at Old Trafford 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

Durham

  • South Africawill train at The Riverside, Durham from 14h00 to 17h00. A player or official will be available for a media interaction at around 13h30.
  • Sri Lankawill train at The Riverside, Durham from 10h00 to 13h00. A player or official will be available for a media interaction at around 12h30.
  • For more information, contact: mary.godbeer@icc-cricket.com

Leeds:

Lord’s

  • Australiawill train at Lord’s from 14h00. Head coach Justin Langer will speak to the media prior to training at 13h45. For further information, please contact: sipokazi.sokanyile.ext@icc-cricket.com

28 June

Lord’s

  • Australiawill train at Lord’s from 18h00. Captain Aaron Finch will speak to the media prior to training at 17h30.
  • New Zealandwill train at Lord’s from 14h00 to 17h00. Captain Kane Williamson will hold a press conference prior to training at 13h00.
  • For further information, please contact: sipokazi.sokanyile.ext@icc-cricket.com

30 June

Birmingham

  • PLAYGROUND PUNDITS – KIDS ‘TAKING-OVER’ AT THE CRICKET WORLD CUP

#OneDay4Children is about celebrating children and fundraising to help children around the world live happy and healthy lives. As such, children will be in the driving seat of OD4C, throughout this week and on Sunday’s match day between England and India at Edgbaston on 30 June. The Playground Pundits will be covering PA announcements, social media take overs, broadcast interviews and much more. You can check out their first activity here, featuring Nasser Hussain, Eoin Morgan and our ‘Playground Pundits’ which went live today on ICC channels: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and CWC19 website

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

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