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2015 Cricket World Cup
 Greatness is Contagious | |
| Dates | 14 February – 29 March 2015 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) |  Australia New Zealand |
| Champions | Australia (5th title) |
| Runners-up | New Zealand |
| Participants | 14 |
| Matches | 49 |
| Attendance | 1,016,420 (20,743 per match) |
| Player of the series | Mitchell Starc |
| Most runs | Martin Guptill (547) |
| Most wickets | Mitchell Starc (22) Trent Boult (22) |
| Official website | Official website |
The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 11th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015, and was won by Australia, defeating New Zealand by 7 wickets in the final. This was the second time the tournament was held in Australia and New Zealand, the first having been the 1992 Cricket World Cup. India were the defending champions having won the previous edition in 2011, but they were eliminated by eventual champions Australia in the semi-finals.
The tournament consisted of 14 teams, which were split into two pools of seven, with each team playing every other team in their pool once. The top four teams from each pool progressed to the knockout stage, which consisted of quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final.
The final was between the co-hosts Australia and New Zealand. Australia won by seven wickets, to win their fifth Cricket World Cup.[1]
The total attendance was 1,016,420, with an average of 21,175 per game.[2][3] The final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground had a crowd of 93,013, a record one-day cricket crowd for Australia[4] In India, the largest television rating was for the Australia–India semi-final, 15% of television-viewing households.[5]
- ^ Fernando, Andrew Fidel (29 March 2015). "Majestic Australia win fifth World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 gives economic boost to Australia and New Zealand". ICC. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016.
- ^ "Attendances of CWC15". Austadiums.
- ^ "Your invite to Australia's party". cricket.com.au.
- ^ "India-Australia semi most watched match in ICC WC 2015". Business Standard. 3 April 2015.
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