ISLAMABAD: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced the venue allocation criteria for the quarter finals of the World Cup 2015 to be staged from February 14 to March 29.
As has been previously announced if the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 co hosts Australia and New Zealand were to qualify from Pool A they will play their quarter finals
By APP
January 19, 2015
ISLAMABAD: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced the venue allocation criteria for the quarter finals of the World Cup 2015 to be staged from February 14 to March 29.
As has been previously announced if the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 co hosts Australia and New Zealand were to qualify from Pool A they will play their quarter finals in Adelaide and Wellington on March 20 and 21 respectively says a press release issued here.
Aside from the hosts the current Reliance ICC ODI Championship table lists the two next highest ranked teams in Pool A as Sri Lanka and England. If these teams qualify for the quarter finals then Sri Lanka will play in Sydney on March 18 and England will play in Melbourne on March 19 irrespective of where in the top four these teams finish in their pool.
Explaining the quarter final venue allocations ICC General Manager Cricket Geoff Allardice said it is customary for the ICC to afford the hosts the opportunity to play knock out matches at home where possible during the World Cup.
It is also usual for the ICC to assign venues to the higher ranked teams on the assumption they will progress through the pool stage. This is done to assist teams and spectators with their planning by giving them greater certainty.
On this basis the ICC has allocated quarter final venues to the next two highest ranked teams from Pool A he said.
However if any one of the two hosts or the two next highest ranked Pool A teams fail to reach the quarter finals then the team that qualifies instead will play at the venue that was allocated to the side that did not quality.
For example if Sri Lanka fails to reach the quarter final stage then the Pool A team that qualifies instead of Sri Lanka will play its quarter final in Sydney on 18 March.
The venues for quarter finalists from Pool B will be determined by their Pool A opponents which will be determined by their respective finishing positions in the pool stage.
For example if India tops Pool B in position B1 then it will play against the Pool A team that finishes in position A4. Therefore if Sri Lanka finishes in position A4 then India will play Sri Lanka in Sydney on 18 March. (APP)
