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2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup
Official Logo
Dates5 October 2023 – 19 November 2023
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s) India
Participants10
Matches48
Official websiteOfficial website
← 2019
2027 →

The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup will be the 13th edition of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by 10 teams and organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is scheduled to be hosted by India with the tournament running from 5 October to 19 November 2023,[1] though the ICC previously announced that the final would be on 26 November.[2] It will be the first time the competition is held entirely in India; three previous editions were partially hosted there – 1987, 1996, and 2011.

Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be played from 9 February to 26 March 2023;[3][4] but in July 2020 it was announced that the tournament would be delayed to an October–November window,[5] following the disruption of the qualification schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]This will be the first time that ICC delayed the announcement of the Schedule for 2023 Cricket World Cup. While The schedule for the 2019 ODI World Cup in England and Wales was released on April 26, 2018, 13 months before the opening game, while the schedule for the 2015 tournament in Australia and New Zealand was released on July 30, 2013 - a full 18 months before the first match.

England are the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2019, defeating New Zealand in the final. This will be the last time the tournament has only 10 teams; an increase to 14 teams is planned for the 2027 tournament.

Background

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had threatened to boycott the 2023 World Cup in India after host BCCI had refused to send its team to the 2023 Asia Cup scheduled in Pakistan.[6][7] However, in March 2023 a resolution was brokered.[8] However, PCB chairman Najam Sethi expressed his unwillingness to play any group league matches at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad except the knockout matches, subject to clearance from the government of Pakistan. He also wished to have all their matches played in Bengaluru, Chennai or Kolkata.[9]

Qualification

Main article: 2023 Cricket World Cup qualification

The tournament will feature ten teams, like the previous edition. The main route for qualification will be the 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League tournament.[10]

The top seven sides plus the hosts (India) from the thirteen competitors in the Super League will qualify for the World Cup. The remaining five teams, along with five Associate sides, will play in the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, from which two teams will go through to the final tournament.[11][12]

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation — — 1  India
2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League 30 July 2020 – 14 May 2023 Various 7  Afghanistan
 Australia
 Bangladesh
 England
 New Zealand
 Pakistan
 South Africa
2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier 18 June – 9 July 2023  Zimbabwe 2 TBD
TBD
Total 10

Group stage

Points table

Each team will play the other nine teams once in the group stage, for a total of 45 matches.

Pos Team
 Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  India (H) 9 9 0 0 0 18 2.570 Advanced to the semi-finals and
qualified for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy
2  South Africa 9 7 2 0 0 14 1.261
3  Australia (C) 9 7 2 0 0 14 0.841
4  New Zealand 9 5 4 0 0 10 0.743
5  Pakistan 9 4 5 0 0 8 −0.199 Qualified for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy
6  Afghanistan 9 4 5 0 0 8 −0.336
7  England 9 3 6 0 0 6 −0.572
8  Bangladesh 9 2 7 0 0 4 −1.087
9  Sri Lanka 9 2 7 0 0 4 −1.419
10  Netherlands 9 2 7 0 0 4 −1.825
Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) Champions; (H) Host


Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
1 1st Placed Team
4 4th Placed Team
Winner of Semi-final 1
Winner of Semi-final 2
2 2nd Placed Team
3 3rd Placed Team

Semi-finals

1st Placed Team
v
4th Placed Team
2nd Placed Team
v
3rd Placed Team

Final

Main article: 2023 Cricket World Cup final
19 November 2023
Winner of Semi-final 1
v
Winner of Semi-final 2

Controversies

Pakistan Cricket Board had threatened to boycott the 2023 Cricket World Cup if India Didn't participate in Asia cup 2023. The chairman of Pakistan’s Cricket Board is demanding his side’s World Cup games are moved out of host country India if their arch rivals refuse to travel to Pakistan for September’s Asia Cup.

There is a “very real possibility” that Pakistan will boycott 2023 cricket World Cup in India if they lose hosting rights to the Asia Cup, the chairman of the country’s cricket board Najam Sethi told Reuters. India, citing safety concerns, have ruled out travelling to Pakistan for the Asia Cup in September and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has offered to let them play their matches in the United Arab Emirates in what has been dubbed a “hybrid model”

While the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has yet to deliver a formal response to the offer, Sethi said India wanted the entire tournament moved out of Pakistan.

That could have serious ramifications for the 50-overs World Cup in India this year as well as the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan

References

  1. ^ "World Cup 2023 likely to start on October 5 and end on November 19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "ICC postpones T20 World Cup due to Covid-19 pandemic yes". ESPNcricinfo. 20 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Outcomes from ICC Annual Conference week in London". International Cricket Council. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  4. ^ "IPL now has window in ICC Future Tours Programme". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Men's T20 World Cup postponed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Pakistan could boycott 2023 50-over World Cup over India's Asia Cup stance". 19 October 2022.
  7. ^ "India-Pakistan spat threatens Cricket World Cup". 11 April 2023.
  8. ^ "2023 Asia Cup likely in Pakistan and one other overseas venue for India games". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Najam Sethi to ICC bosses: Pakistan don't want to play in Ahmedabad unless they are in WC final". ThePrint. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  10. ^ "ICC launches the road to India 2023". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  11. ^ "New cricket calendar aims to give all formats more context". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  12. ^ "The road to World Cup 2023: how teams can secure qualification, from rank No. 1 to 32". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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