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The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament. [dubious – discuss] The International Cricket Council has sold the rights for broadcasting of the 2015 Cricket World Cup for US$2 billion to ESPN Star Sports and Star Sports. According to Strong, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) wants to make the tournament the most fan ...
South Africa's score of 408/5 was the highest score in any ODI in Australia, and the second highest World Cup score. [15] South Africa's 257 run victory was the joint-biggest by runs in a World Cup match, equaling India's defeat of Bermuda in 2007. [16]
The knockout stage of the 2015 Cricket World Cup, following the group stage, was held from 18 to 29 March 2015.The top four teams from Pool A and Pool B advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament.
The 50-over World Cup is far older and has been competed for since back in 1975. Australia are the record winners having run out victorious on five occasions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015).
Australia's score of 417/6 is the second highest in World Cup history. [55] Dawlat Zadran (Afg) became the third bowler in World Cup matches to concede 100 runs or more in an innings. [55] Australia's victory margin of 275 runs is the third highest in World Cup history. [56]
Tim Southee of New Zealand had the best bowling figures of this World Cup with 7–33 (9). This is a list of statistics for the 2015 Cricket World Cup . Each list contains the top-five records except for the partnership records.
In February 2015, Gayle became the fourth cricketer (and the first ever non-Indian) to score a double century in ODIs, and the first ever to do so in World Cup history, when he made 215 during a pool game against Zimbabwe in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup in Canberra.
The final of the 2015 Cricket World Cup took place on 29 March 2015 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia. It was played between the tournament's two co-hosts, New Zealand and Australia. Australia went into the game as favourites [2] [3] and won by 7 wickets for a fifth World Cup triumph. The match was played in front of ...