Birmingham has been awarded five of the greatest fixtures in next year’s ICC Cricket world cup in England and Wales, with the city’s Edgbaston stadium playing hold to four marquee group games and a semi-final.
Staged between 30 may and 14 July, the 10-team, 48-game ICC Cricket world cup will get underway in Birmingham on Wednesday 19 June when 2015 finalists new Zealand handle South Africa. new Zealand return to Edgbaston a week later to deal with Pakistan on 26 June, before the England team arrive to handle 2011 champions India on Sunday 30 June.
India play a second game at Edgbaston against Bangladesh on Tuesday 2 July in the penultimate round of group games, with the second of the semi-finals being played in Birmingham on Thursday 11 July.
Neil Snowball, Chief executive of Warwickshire county Cricket Club, said:
There’s no bigger competition in the game than the ICC Cricket world cup and next year will be the first time that it’s been held in England and Wales for 20 years.
Edgbaston as a stadium, and Birmingham as a city, have both experienced major redevelopment considering that the 1999 competition and we are now one of the very best equipped and a lot of experienced destinations in the united kingdom to hold global sporting events. These five games will be incredible events that will be celebrated across the city, particularly England’s game against Camiseta Real Betis Balompie India, which is one of the headline games of the tournament.
As hosts, England have a terrific record and like playing at ‘Fortress Edgbaston’, having Camiseta FC Utrecht won their last seven games in Birmingham across all three formats. However, it was India who took the spoils in the last meeting between the nations in an ICC global event in Birmingham, by protecting the ICC Champions Trophy in the 2013 final by just five runs. We’re extremely ecstatic to play such an important role in, what will be, a momentous period for cricket in England and Wales.
Edgbaston held three games in the 1999 ICC Cricket World, including the legendary connected semi-final between Australia and South Africa, but it also played a lead role in both recent ICC Champions Trophy tournaments, in 2013 and 2017.
Steve Hollingworth, service director for sport at Birmingham City Council, said:
We have a extremely enthusiastic and experienced cricket audience here in Birmingham, it’s terrific that we continue to attract international cricket to the city at the Edgbaston Stadium. events like the ICC Cricket world cup showcase the very best of Birmingham to a global audience.
Hosts England will open the 2019 ICC Cricket world cup by dealing with South Africa at The Oval in London, on Thursday 30 May.
The competition will then be played across 11 England and Wales cricket venues, including Edgbaston, each of the 10 teams will play each other in in the group stages, with the four teams that top the groups progressing to the semi-final and subsequently the final at Lord’s, London, on Sunday 14 July.
Speaking about yesterday’s announcement, Steve Elworthy, Managing director of the ICC Cricket world cup 2019, said:
Today’s statement of the routine is another important moment in the build-up to the ICC Cricket world cup 2019 – the moment that the competition pertains to life for teams and cricket enthusiasts across the world. This is the flagship event in someday cricket.
There are some amazing head to head fixtures at Edgbaston – England v India right away springs to mind. As organisers we can promise the teams and fans we will work hard with Edgbaston to provide the perfect stage for this event. Because of the UK’s diverse population, every contending team will also be guaranteed a ‘home crowd’ whenever they play at a few of the most famous cricket grounds in the world.
The Cricket world cup is the third a lot of enjoyed global event and has substantial interest and appeal amongst cricket fans. Our aspiration is to grow the game and deliver the greatest ever cricket celebration and keeping that in mind we have extremely carefully established our ticket prices. The costs have been checked with countless fans over the last six months, we have utilized external professionals and consulted commonly to ensure that they are good value vs other Camiseta Atletico Madrid global sporting events. The costs balance accessibility with providing the investment needed to deliver a world class event. All revenue is invested back in the game to grow cricket.
Source & images, courtesy: Edgbaston Stadium/Warwickshire CCC
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