Cricket is the 2nd most popular sport in the world after Soccer. This is evident as ICC Cricket World Cup is the 2nd most popular tournament after FIFA. And with four months of the year 2019 already gone, people can’t wait for 2019 Cricket World Cup.

ICC Cricket World Cup Format

ICC World Cup (Mens, Cricket) is the most viewed tournament across the globe. It is organized once in every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament.

The 12th edition of men’s ICC CWC, World Cup 2019, will be played between the top 10 teams as per the ICC world rankings. The top 10 ICC teams, starting from 1st to 10th are England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and Afghanistan.

World Cup (Cricket) & England Connection

England was the host for the very first ICC Cricket World Cup, which was held in June 1975. The first three ICC CWC were hosted by England(1975 ,1979, 1983). Then it hosted the ICC CWC in 1999.

From 1987 onwards, different countries started approaching ICC to host the cricket tournament. After so many years, in 2019, the ICC CWC will be hosted by England again.

England is going to host the tournament for the 5th time and surprisingly, they had not been on the winning side in any of these years. However, hosting the ICC CWC would be an added advantage to the England team.

The top 10 teams according to the ICC ODI rankings have to announce their 15 players squad, before 23rd April, 2019. Although the teams can continue making adjustments for eventualities such as injury to players until 23 May, 2019, they have to declare their team list for playing the ICC World Cup 2019.

Below are the top 10 teams list (as per ICC ODI rankings):

ICC Cricket World Cup Format

World Cup (Cricket) & England Connection

Afghanistan Cricket Team

ICC ODI Ranking:10

Afghanistan Cricket Team:

Sri Lanka Cricket Team

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ICC ODI Ranking:9

Sri Lanka Cricket Team:

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West Indies Cricket Team

ICC ODI Ranking:8

West Indies Cricket Team:

Bangladesh Cricket Team

ICC ODI Ranking:7

Bangladesh Cricket Team :

Pakistan Cricket Team

ICC ODI Ranking:6

Pakistan Cricket Team:

Australia Cricket Team

ICC ODI Ranking:5

Australia Cricket Team :

New Zealand Cricket Team

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ICC ODI Ranking:4

New Zealand Cricket Team:

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South Africa Cricket Team

ICC ODI Ranking:3

Team South Africa :

Indian Cricket Team

ICC ODI Ranking:2

India Cricket Team:

England Cricket Team

ICC ODI Ranking:1

England Cricket Team:

ICC CWC 2019 Matches/Fixtures:

ICC CWC 2019 Warm-Up Matches:

ICC CWC 2019 Tournament Matches:

ICC CWC Previous Champions Year-wise:

1975: West Indies1979: West Indies1983: India1987: Australia1992: Pakistan1996: Sri Lanka1999: Australia2003: Australia2007: Australia2011: India2015: Australia

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

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Kane Williamson (c)
Ross Taylor
Tom Latham (wk)
Tom Blundell (wk)
Mitchell Santner
Colin de Grandhomme
Lockie Ferguson
Tim Southee
Trent Boult
Colin Munro
Ish Sodhi
Henry Nicholls
Martin Guptill
Matt Henry
Jimmy Neesham

1975: West Indies
1979: West Indies
1983: India
1987: Australia
1992: Pakistan
1996: Sri Lanka
1999: Australia
2003: Australia
2007: Australia
2011: India
2015: Australia

ICC World Cup 2019 Teams, Final Squad List & Match Fixtures Are Out!