Cricket World Cup 2015

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The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 , which took place in Australia and New Zealand from February 14th to March 29th, 2015 , was the 11th edition of the Cricket World Cup , in which the most important trophy in cricket is played. The World Cup will be played in the One-Day International format, with each team playing one innings over a maximum of 50 overs . In the Melbourne final , Australia beat New Zealand with 7 wickets .

Choice of hosts

The ICC awarded the three world championships in 2011 , 2015 and 2019 on April 30, 2006. The joint applications from Australia and New Zealand initially lost in the 2011 World Championship with 3 to 10 votes against the joint applications from Bangladesh , India , Pakistan and Sri Lanka . In the further course of the meeting, Australia and New Zealand were awarded the contract for the 2015 event, after which England had only applied for 2019 .

Qualifications and participants

The participants of the Cricket World Cup 2015 are highlighted.

Qualified as a full member of the ICC

Qualified via the ICC World Cricket League 2009-14 or the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2014

Participation in the final qualification process without qualification

In addition to the ten test nations, another four participants were to be determined by the ICC World Cricket League 2009-14 and the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2013 . However, this was suspended by the ICC, as only the ten test nations should take part in this tournament. The ICC revised the decision at the end of June 2011 due to the protest of the associated members, so that another four teams could qualify. In addition to the current ten test nations, four other teams started. Two teams qualified as top of the ICC World Cricket League Championship 2011-2013 . Two other teams were determined in a 2014 qualifying tournament in New Zealand.

The field of participants thus consisted of the following teams:

Australia Bangladesh England India New Zealand

Pakistan South Africa Zimbabwe Sri Lanka West Indies

In addition, there were the two best-placed teams in the ICC World Cricket League Championship 2011–2013 :

Afghanistan

Ireland

Furthermore, the two teams that qualified at the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2014 in New Zealand .

Scotland

Ver. Arab. Emirates

Venues

Adelaide Brisbane Canberra Hobart Melbourne Perth Sydney

Australia hosted the 2015 Cricket World Cup

Auckland Christchurch Dunedin Hamilton Napier Nelson Wellington

New Zealand hosted the 2015 Cricket World Cup

14 stadiums were selected as the venues, seven each in Australia and New Zealand.

city	country	Stadion	capacity
Adelaide	Australia	Adelaide oval	53,500
Brisbane	Australia	The gabba	42,000
Canberra	Australia	Manuka oval	13,550
Hobart	Australia	Bellerive oval	20,000
Melbourne	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	100.024
Perth	Australia	WACA Ground	24,500
Sydney	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	48,000
Auckland	New Zealand	Eden Park	46,000
Christchurch	New Zealand	Hagley Oval	20,000
Dunedin	New Zealand	University oval	6,000
Hamilton	New Zealand	Seddon Park	12,000
Napier	New Zealand	McLean Park	20,000
Nelson	New Zealand	Saxton oval	5,000
Wellington	New Zealand	Wellington Regional Stadium	33,000

referee

The ICC announced the tournament officials on December 2, 2014. They selected five referees from the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, twelve umpires from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and eight umpires from the International Panel of ICC Umpires. The match officials selected are:

Surname	country	Function / panel
David Boon	Australia	Referee
Chris Broad	England	Referee
Jeff Crowe	New Zealand	Referee
Ranjan Madugalle	Sri Lanka	Referee
Roshan Mahanama	Sri Lanka	Referee
Aleem Dar	Pakistan	Elite umpire
Billy Bowden	New Zealand	Elite umpire
Bruce Oxenford	Australia	Elite umpire
Ian Gould	England	Elite umpire
Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka	Elite umpire
Marais Erasmus	South Africa	Elite umpire
Nigel Llong	England	Elite umpire
Paul Reiffel	Australia	Elite umpire
Richard Illingworth	England	Elite umpire
Richard Kettleborough	England	Elite umpire
Rod Tucker	Australia	Elite umpire
Steve Davis	Australia	Elite umpire
Johan Cloete	South Africa	International umpire
Simon Fry	Australia	International umpire
Chris Gaffaney	New Zealand	International umpire
Michael Gough	England	International umpire
Ranmore Martinesz	Sri Lanka	International umpire
Richira Palliyaguru	Sri Lanka	International umpire
S. Ravi	India	International umpire
Joel Wilson	Trinidad and Tobago	International umpire

Warm up games

As usual before major tournaments, warm-up games were held for the participants before the World Cup so that they have the opportunity to adapt to the conditions. In these, each team played two games. These games do not have ODI status.

February 8 scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 371 (48.2)	-	India 265 (45.1)
		Australia wins with 106 runs

February 9 scorecard	Lincoln	New Zealand 157-7 (30.1)	-	Zimbabwe
		No result

February 9 scorecard	Christchurch	Sri Lanka 279-7 (44.4)	-	South Africa 188-5 (24.3 / 25)
		South Africa wins with 5 wickets ( D / L method )

February 9 scorecard	Sydney	Bangladesh 246 (49.5)	-	Pakistan 247-7 (48.1)
		Pakistan wins with 3 wickets

February 9 scorecard	Sydney	West Indies 122 (29.3)	-	England 125-1 (22.5)
		England wins with 9 wickets

February 10 scorecard	Adelaide	India 364-5 (50)	-	Afghanistan 211-8 (50)
		India wins with 153 runs

February 10 scorecard	Sydney	Scotland 296-6 (50)	-	Ireland 117 (27.0)
		Scotland wins with 179 runs

February 11th scorecard	Christchurch	New Zealand 331-8 (50)	-	South Africa 197 (44.2)
		New Zealand wins with 134 runs

February 11th scorecard	Lincoln	Sri Lanka 279-8 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 281-3 (45.2)
		Zimbabwe wins with 7 wickets

February 11th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 304-8 (50)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 116 (30.1)
		Australia wins with 188 runs

February 11th scorecard	Sydney	England 250-8 (50)	-	Pakistan 252-6 (48.5)
		Pakistan wins with 4 wickets

February 12 scorecard	Sydney	Bangladesh 189 (48.2)	-	Ireland 190-6 (46.5)
		Ireland wins with 4 wickets

February 12 scorecard	Sydney	West Indies 313-9 (50)	-	Scotland 310-9 (50)
		West Indies wins by 3 runs

February 13 scorecard	Melbourne	Afghanistan 308-9 (50)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 294 (48.2)
		Afghanistan wins with 14 runs

Preliminary round

In the event of a tie in the table, the following criteria apply: 1. Number of wins, 2. Net run rate (NRR), 3. Direct comparison (first points, then NRR from these games), 4. Seeding list.

Group A

In Group A, the two host nations, New Zealand and Australia, clearly prevailed. In the places behind Sri Lanka first managed to gain the upper hand when they beat England. In the decisive match for qualifying for the quarter-finals, Bangladesh was finally able to secure the remaining place in the quarter-finals, also against England. With the Associates, Afghanistan scored its first ever World Cup victory when it first appeared.

table

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
New Zealand	6th	6th	0	0	12	+2,564
Australia	6th	4th	1	1	9	+2,257
Sri Lanka	6th	4th	2	0	8th	+0.371
Bangladesh	6th	3	2	1	7th	+0.136
England	6th	2	4th	0	4th	−0.753
Afghanistan	6th	1	5	0	2	−1,853
Scotland	6th	0	6th	0	0	−2,218

Games

February 14th scorecard	Christchurch	New Zealand 331-6 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 233 (46.1)
		New Zealand wins with 98 runs

February 14th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 342-9 (50)	-	England 231 (41.5)
		Australia wins with 111 runs

February 17th scorecard	Dunedin	Scotland 142 (36.2)	-	New Zealand 146-7 (24.5)
		New Zealand wins with 3 wickets

February 18 scorecard	Canberra	Bangladesh 267 (50)	-	Afghanistan 162 (42.5)
		Bangladesh wins with 105 runs

February 20 scorecard	Wellington	England 123 (33.2)	-	New Zealand 125-2 (12.2)
		New Zealand wins with 8 wickets

February 21 scorecard	Brisbane	Australia	-	Bangladesh
		Not carried out (due to heavy rainfall)

February 22nd scorecard	Dunedin	Afghanistan 232 (49.4)	-	Sri Lanka 236-6 (48.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 4 wickets

February 23 scorecard	Christchurch	England 303-8 (50)	-	Scotland 184 (42.2)
		England wins with 119 runs

February 26 scorecard	Dunedin	Scotland 210 (50)	-	Afghanistan 211-9 (49.3)
		Afghanistan wins with 1 wicket

February 26 scorecard	Melbourne	Sri Lanka 332-1 (50)	-	Bangladesh 240 (47.0)
		Sri Lanka wins with 92 runs

February 28 scorecard	Auckland	Australia 151 (32.2)	-	New Zealand 152-9 (23.1)
		New Zealand wins with 1 wicket

March 1st scorecard	Wellington	England 309-6 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 312-1 (47.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 9 wickets

March 4th scorecard	Perth	Australia 417-6 (50)	-	Afghanistan 142 (37.3)
		Australia wins with 275 runs

March 5 scorecard	Nelson	Scotland 318-8 (50)	-	Bangladesh 322-4 (48.1)
		Bangladesh wins with 6 wickets

March 8 scorecard	Napier	Afghanistan 186 (47.4)	-	New Zealand 188-4 (36.1)
		New Zealand wins with 6 wickets

March 8 scorecard	Sydney	Australia 376-9 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 312-9 (46.2)
		Australia wins with 64 runs

March 9 scorecard	Adelaide	Bangladesh 275-7 (50)	-	England 260 (48.3)
		Bangladesh wins with 15 runs

March 11th scorecard	Hobart	Sri Lanka 363-9 (50)	-	Scotland 215 (43.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 148 runs

March 13 scorecard	Hamilton	Bangladesh 288-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 290-7 (48.5)
		New Zealand wins with 3 wickets

March 13 scorecard	Sydney	Afghanistan 111-7 (36.2 / 36.2)	-	England 101-1 (18.1 / 25)
		England wins with 9 wickets ( D / L method )

March 14th Scorecard	Hobart	Scotland 130 (25.4)	-	Australia 133-3 (15.2)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

Group B

In Group B, India alone was the team that could clearly prevail. South Africa, qualifying second for the quarter-finals, managed to get more than 400 runs twice but lost to Pakistan. Behind them Ireland, Pakistan and the West Indies fought a close race for the remaining two quarter-finals. First Ireland managed to prevail against the West Indies, but the clear defeat against South Africa led to a poor net run rate. Pakistan's victory over South Africa resulted in the decisive final group match between Pakistan and Ireland. In this Pakistan could finally qualify for the quarter-finals and Ireland was eliminated due to its poor net run rate compared to the West Indies.

table

Group B	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
India	6th	6th	0	0	12	+1,827
South Africa	6th	4th	2	0	8th	+1,707
Pakistan	6th	4th	2	0	8th	−0.085
West Indies	6th	3	3	0	6th	−0.053
Ireland	6th	3	3	0	6th	−0.933
Zimbabwe	6th	1	5	0	2	−0.527
Ver. Arab. Emirates	6th	0	6th	0	0	−2.032

Games

February 15 scorecard	Hamilton	South Africa 339-4 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 277 (48.7)
		South Africa wins with 62 runs

February 15 scorecard	Adelaide	India 300-7 (50)	-	Pakistan 224 (47.0)
		India wins with 76 runs

February 16 scorecard	Nelson	West Indies 304-7 (50)	-	Ireland 307-6 (45.5)
		Ireland wins with 4 wickets

February 19th scorecard	Adelaide	Ver. Arab. Emirates 285-7 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 286-6 (48.0)
		Zimbabwe wins with 4 wickets

February 21 scorecard	Christchurch	West Indies 310-6 (50)	-	Pakistan 160 (39.0)
		West Indies wins by 150 runs

February 22nd scorecard	Melbourne	India 307-7 (50)	-	South Africa 177 (40.2)
		India wins with 130 runs

February 24th scorecard	Canberra	West Indies 372-2 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 289 (44.3 / 48)
		West Indies wins with 73 runs ( D / L method )

February 25 scorecard	Brisbane	Ver. Arab. Emirates 278-9 (50)	-	Ireland 279-8 (49.2)
		Ireland wins with 2 wickets

February 27 scorecard	Sydney	South Africa 408-5 (50)	-	West Indies 151 (33.1)
		South Africa wins with 257 runs

February 28 scorecard	Perth	Ver. Arab. Emirates 102 (31.3)	-	India 104-1 (18.5)
		India wins with 9 wickets

March 1st scorecard	Brisbane	Pakistan 235-7 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 215 (49.4)
		Pakistan wins with 20 runs

March 3 scorecard	Canberra	South Africa 411-4 (50)	-	Ireland 210 (45.0)
		South Africa wins with 201 runs

March 4th scorecard	Napier	Pakistan 339-6 (50)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 210-8 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 129 runs

March 6th scorecard	Perth	West Indies 182 (44.2)	-	India 185-6 (39.1)
		India wins with 4 wickets

March 7th scorecard	Auckland	Pakistan 222 (46.4 / 47)	-	South Africa 202 (33.3 / 47)
		Pakistan wins with 29 runs ( D / L method )

March 7th scorecard	Hobart	Ireland 331-8 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 326 (49.3)
		Ireland wins with 5 runs

March 10 scorecard	Hamilton	Ireland 259 (49.0)	-	India 260-2 (36.5)
		India wins with 8 wickets

March 12 scorecard	Wellington	South Africa 341-6 (50)	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates 195 (47.3)
		South Africa wins with 146 runs

March 14th Scorecard	Auckland	Zimbabwe 287 (48.5)	-	India 288-4 (48.4)
		India wins with 6 wickets

March 15 scorecard	Napier	Ver. Arab. Emirates 175 (47.4)	-	West Indies 176-4 (30.3)
		West Indies win with 6 wickets

March 15 scorecard	Adelaide	Ireland 237 (50)	-	Pakistan 241-3 (46.1)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

Quarter finals

The group winners competed against the fourth, the second placed against the third of the other group.

While the venues and their dates were fixed, the pairings played there depend on the results of preliminary group A. If Australia should qualify, it was determined that they play their quarter-finals in Adelaide. The same was stipulated for New Zealand in Wellington, England in Melbourne and Sri Lanka in Sydney.

In the event of a tie, a game canceled or a no result, the team that had reached the better position in the preliminary round would have moved into the semi-finals. For all games from the quarterfinals onwards, there was an additional day on which the game could be ended.

March 18 scorecard	Sydney	Sri Lanka 133 (37.2)	-	South Africa 134-1 (18.0)
		South Africa wins with 9 wickets

In the first quarter-finals, South Africa was the favorite thanks to its performance in the preliminary round. However, in the past, the team had failed to win an elimination match at a Cricket World Cup in four attempts. Sri Lanka won the coin toss and initially chose to play as a batting team. There they quickly lost two wickets, which led to a low run rate for the time being . The latter then stabilized on four runs via over when Kumar Sangakkara and Lahiru Thirimanne took over. From the 20th over the wickets of Sangakarra's partners fell and so the bowler Imran Tahir with four wickets and Jean-Paul Duminy , who managed a hat trick , played a major role in the fact that Sri Lanka had lost all wickets after 37.2 overs. In South Africa's response, the run rate quickly settled with 6 runs per over. Although managed Lasith Malinga still a wicket, but it was Quinton de Kock , who earned a majority of the Sri Lankan template with his 78 runs, which South Africa eventually equalized after 18 overs.

March 19 scorecard	Melbourne	India 302-6 (50)	-	Bangladesh 193 (45.0)
		India wins with 109 runs

Bangladesh played the first elimination game of a world championship in this game. After the coin tossed, India decided to strike and started out cautiously. With its bowling, Bangladesh managed to keep India for a long time at a run rate of around 5 over runs. However, they only got three wickets up to the 28th over and so there was an opportunity for the starting batsmen Rohit Sharma and the newly arriving Suresh Raina to increase the risk. Together they achieved a partnership of 122 runs before Raina was eliminated with 65 runs. A ball hit by Sharma but caught by Bangladesh was not recognized as a wicket due to a controversial no ball in the 40th over, so Sharma was able to increase his run number to 137. After 50 overs, India had reached a total of 302 runs. The response from Bangladesh was initially able to keep up with the response from India. However, they lost several wickets when they tried to increase their run rate significantly. The resulting increased pressure led to further mistakes and so in the 45th over the innings of Bangladesh ended with the fall of the last wicket and 109 runs.

March 20 scorecard	Adelaide	Pakistan 213 (49.5)	-	Australia 216-4 (33.5)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

Pakistan decided to start hitting after the coin toss, but lost its two starting batsmen early on. With the following batsmen, Haris Sohail and Misbah-ul-Haq , the game stabilized and together they built a partnership with 73 runs. From then on, the run rate remained constant at around 5 runs per over, but no batsmen could subsequently achieve high run numbers. The hosts' best bowler was Josh Hazlewood with four wickets. Australia tried to achieve a higher run rate than Pakistan early on. When the starting batsmen were eliminated early on, it was Steven Smith and Shane Watson , who each contributed more than 60 runs to the victory. Pakistan failed to make a breakthrough on several occasions when they missed several chances to catch the ball. After Smith was eliminated, it was Glenn Maxwell who secured victory with his 44 runs.

March 21 scorecard	Wellington	New Zealand 393-6 (50)	-	West Indies 250 (3/30)
		New Zealand wins with 143 runs

Host New Zealand was considered a favorite and decided to start as the batting team after the coin toss. There Martin Guptill started as a starting batsmen and dominated the innings of the New Zealanders. The West Indies were able to remove his partner with their bowlers Jerome Taylor and Andre Russell , but Guptill managed 237 runs without losing his wicket. The innings ended with 393 runs for New Zealand. The West Indies response initially started at a higher run rate than New Zealand. Chris Gayle scored 61 runs as the starting batsmen, but the other West Indian batsmen lost their wickets early. It was mainly Trent Boult who increased the pressure on the West Indies with his four wickets. The innings ended after 30 overs and the West Indies were missing 143 runs to remain in the tournament.

Semifinals

In the semifinals, too, preliminary determinations were made if certain nations should qualify. In the case of New Zealand qualifying, they played the semi-finals in Auckland, in the case of Australia in Sydney. If both teams had met, the team that had the better preliminary round placement in Group A would have home rights. In the event of a tie, a game canceled or a no result, the team that had reached the better position in the preliminary round would have moved into the final.

March 24th scorecard	Auckland	South Africa 281-5 (43/43)	-	New Zealand 299-6 (42.5 / 43)
		New Zealand wins with 4 wickets ( D / L method )

In the first semifinals, New Zealand and South Africa faced each other and both wanted to move into a World Cup final for the first time. South Africa won the coin toss and chose to start as a batting team. The two starting batsmen already lost their wickets after 8 overs by bowler Trent Boult and the run rate was initially low. Only when Rilee Rossouw lost the third wicket for the South Africans in the 26th over and AB de Villiers came into play, he and Faf du Plessis were able to significantly increase the run rate. Both achieved more than 60 runs each. After the 37th over, the game was interrupted due to rain. When it could be resumed, the number of overs for both teams was reduced to 43 overs. Du Plessis lost his wicket shortly afterwards and South Africa had a total of 281 runs by the end of the inning. To correct for the New Zealanders' knowledge of the reduced over number at the start of their innings, the goal was set at 298 runs using the Duckworth-Lewis Method . The New Zealanders started at a much higher run rate with Brendon McCullum hitting 59 runs in 26 balls before losing his wicket in the 6th over. By the fourth wicket, which fell in the 21st over, New Zealand had scored 149 runs. The now following partnership with Grant Elliott and Corey Anderson managed to stabilize the game. With the fall of Anderson's wicket, which was bowler Morne Morkel's third wicket , New Zealand still had 46 runs in 5 overs. This was mainly achieved by Elliot, the later Man of the Match , who was able to reach the goal with a boundary two balls to go.

March 26 scorecard	Sydney	Australia 328-7 (50)	-	India 233 (46.5)
		Australia wins with 95 runs

After the coin toss, Australia decided to start at the strike. They started with a high run rate but lost their opening batsman David Warner in the 3rd over . The following partnership between Aaron Finch and Steven Smith was able to stabilize the game and together scored 182 runs. When Smith was eliminated in the 34th over, he had scored 105 runs and increased the run rate to about 6 runs per over. As a result, no Australian batsmen managed to get a large number of runs and the wickets fell at short intervals (no partnership lasted more than 5 overs). Nevertheless, the team was able to achieve a total of 328 runs by the end of their 50 overs. The best bowler of the Indian team was Umesh Yadav with 4 wickets. India's response started promisingly but suffered a setback when Shikhar Dhawan's first wicket fell in the 12th over. Then the run rate fell and several batsmen from the Indian team were eliminated very early. Only Ajinkya Rahane with 44 and captain MS Dohni with 65 runs could make significant contributions. When the latter was eliminated in the 44th over with the fall of the 7th wicket after a run out, it only took 14 balls until the other three wickets had also fallen. India was eliminated from the tournament after 233 runs after 46.5 overs.

final

Contrary to the original plan, the world champion would have been determined by Super Over in the event of a tie .

March 29 scorecard	Melbourne	New Zealand 183 (45)	-	Australia 186-3 (33.1)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

The two host nations New Zealand and Australia met in the final. For New Zealand it was the first final after failing six times in the semifinals of a World Cup. Australia was aiming for the fifth title. New Zealand won the coin toss and decided to start the strike. Australia made their first breakthrough early on when Mitchell Starc scored the first of two wickets against New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum . The run rate initially stayed low, dropping to 3 runs per over when New Zealand lost Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson's wickets two and three in 12th and 13th overs. Then Ross Taylor and Grant Elliott managed to stabilize the game. The run rate rose to four runs per over and together they made a partnership of 112 runs. In the 36th over Australia applied for their batting power play and with the first ball James Faulkner made his breakthrough with Taylor's wicket. Two balls later he scored another wicket, and when the following Over Starc scored the 6th wicket overall, New Zealand came under heavy pressure. Elliott, who was still in the game, tried Daniel Vettori to calm the game down again, but when their two wickets fell in the 41st and 42nd over, New Zealand lost the chance of a good assist. In the 45th over the last two wickets had fallen and New Zealand had to be content with 183 runs. Australia started their response calmly and Aaron Finch was removed from the game in the 2nd over by Trent Boult . As a result, his batsmen, David Warner, who opened with him, played more aggressively and increased the run rate to 7 runs per over for a short time. When he dropped his wicket after 45 runs in the 13th over, he had created a good starting point for Australia. Now it was Steven Smith and Captain Michael Clark , who had announced his withdrawal from one-day cricket shortly before the game, who controlled the game. Together they achieved a partnership of 112 runs until Clark lost his wicket after 74 runs in the 32nd over. The remaining 8 runs were now achieved in 12 balls by the two Australians Smith and Shane Watson . The final point was set by Smith with a boundary to the 186th run with three fallen wickets. This was the fifth time that Australia was world champion. James Faulkner was chosen as the Man of the Match .

statistics

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	9	9	547	68.37	237 *	2	1
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	7th	7th	541	108.20	124	4th	0
AB de Villiers	South Africa	8th	7th	482	96.40	162 *	1	3
Brendan Taylor	Zimbabwe	6th	6th	433	72.16	138	2	1
Shikhar Dhawan	India	8th	8th	412	51.50	137	2	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Mitchell Starc	Australia	8th	63.5	22nd	10.18	6/28	1	0
Trent Boult	New Zealand	9	85.0	22nd	16.86	5/27	1	0
Umesh Yadav	India	8th	64.2	18th	17.83	4/31	0	0
Mohammed Shami	India	7th	61.0	17th	17.29	4/35	0	0
Morne Morkel	South Africa	8th	68.1	17th	17.58	3/34	0	0
Jerome Taylor	West Indies	7th	57.3	17th	19.29	3/15	0	0

Web links

• Official 2015 Cricket World Cup website (English)
• Cricket World Cup 2015 - CricInfo (English)
• Cricket World Cup 2015 - Live Streaming - Starsports.com (English)

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24. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Smith, Hazlewood book semi-final berth ( English ) Cricinfo. March 20, 2015. Accessed March 22, 2015.
25. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Guptill's 237 drives New Zealand into semi-final ( English ) Cricinfo. March 21, 2015. Accessed March 22, 2015.
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27. ^ Andrew McGlashan: New Zealand hold nerve to leave SA heartbroken ( English ) Cricinfo. March 23, 2015. Accessed March 27, 2015.
28. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Smith ton sets up trans-Tasman finale ( English ) Cricinfo. March 26, 2015. Accessed March 27, 2015.
29. ↑ Both teams play another over. They can nominate three batsmen as the batting team and one bowler as the field team.
30. ↑ ICC Board Meeting ( English ) ICC. January 29, 2015. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 31, 2015. 
31. ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Majestic Australia win fifth World Cup ( English ) Cricinfo. March 29, 2015. Accessed March 29, 2015.
32. ↑ ICC Cricket World Cup, 2014/15 / Records / Most Runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Accessed in 2019/06/01.
33. ↑ ICC Cricket World Cup, 2014/15 / Records / Most Wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Accessed in 2019/06/01.