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International Cricket Council announced the team pools, venues and schedule for Cricket World Cup 2015 on Monday that will be played in February and March 2015 in two countries jointly Australia and New Zealand.

12 teams will take part in 2015 World cup divided into two groups A and B. Pakistan and India both are in Group B which means they will also face each other in a group match.

Here are the Pools:




First match of World Cup will be played on 14th February 2015 between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Christchurch.  on same day England will face their historic rivals Australia in Melbourne.

Pakistan and India will face each other on 15th February that will be opening match of the World Cup for both the teams. this is the big match which everyone will love to watch.

Group matches will continue till 15th March. every team will play 5 group matches. after group stage four quarter finals will take place between 8 qualifying teams. from their 4 teams will reach Semi Finals and in the end two teams will play final on 29th March 2015 in Melbourne. It is the same ground where World Cup 1992 Final was played between Pakistan and England.


Australian pitches always helps fast bowlers so whichever team will be having quality fast bowlers will have edge in this World Cup. currently Pakistan and South Africa are having best fast bowers. Indians are defending Champions of World Cup as they won World Cup 2011. they will be strong candidates even in 2015. Indian batting is more strong than any other team. they also got some good spin bowlers like Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin.

First Cricket World Cup was played in 1975 which was won by West Indies. in 2015 it will be World Cup no. 11. Australia has won title of World Cup four times more than any other team. India and West Indies won this title twice each. Pakistan and Sri Lanka won it once each.

Some Important Matches of WC 2015 will  be following:

Saturday Feb 14 Pool A – Australia v England.

Sunday Feb 15 Pool B – India v Pakistan.

Sunday Feb 22 Pool B – India v South Africa.

Sunday Mar 1 Pool A – England v Sri Lanka.

Saturday Mar 7 Pool B – Pakistan v South Africa.

Sunday Mar 8 Pool A – Australia v Sri Lanka.

 

Misbah ul Haq played captain innings of 93 runs for his team in CLT20 2013 against Maroons. It was the amazing hitting from him who played the stunning innings. It was the marvelous batting from Faisalabad Captain who played all the matches in full form.
Watch Misbah 93 runs batting highlights against Maroons in CLT20 2013 on September 20, 2013. Misbah 93 runs save his team from the big disaster at the end of the league for qualifying in CLT20. Misbah 93 runs includes six fours and fives massive sixes out of the fence. It was the marvelous hitting from him and made the unique wave in the ground after his splendid batting.

The team, captained by Pakistan Test skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, arrived on Saturday after finally getting the visas to travel to India to play in the event starting on Tuesday.

But they were forced to shift out of their hotels here to the clubhouse of Punjab Cricket Association stadium at Mohali due to visa issues.

"The PCA will accommodate them in the clubhouse for today (Sunday) and the BCCI is in touch with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Home Ministry to see that they get visas for Chandigarh also. We are hopeful that it will be done by Monday and they will be shifted back to the Chandigarh hotel," PCA Joint Secretary GS Walia told reporters

Mon Oct 14 - Fri Oct 18  10:00 local | 06:00 GMT 11:00 PKT	1st Test - South Africa v Pakistan Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Wed Oct 23 - Sun Oct 27  10:00 local | 06:00 GMT 11:00 PKT	2nd Test - South Africa v Pakistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Wed Oct 30            15:00 local | 11:00 GMT 16:00 PKT	1st ODI - South Africa v Pakistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Fri Nov 1            15:00 local | 11:00 GMT 16:00 PKT	2nd ODI - South Africa v Pakistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Wed Nov 6            15:00 local | 11:00 GMT 16:00 PKT	3rd ODI - South Africa v Pakistan Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Fri Nov 8            15:00 local | 11:00 GMT 16:00 PKT	4th ODI - South Africa v Pakistan Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Mon Nov 11            15:00 local | 11:00 GMT 16:00 PKT	5th ODI - South Africa v Pakistan Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Wed Nov 13            20:00 local | 16:00 GMT 21:00 PKT	1st T20I - South Africa v Pakistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Fri Nov 15            20:00 local | 16:00 GMT 21:00 PKT	2nd T20I - South Africa v Pakistan Dubai International Cricket Stadium

 

Colombo: Sri Lanka on Friday turned down a request from Pakistan to play day-night Tests in the upcoming series in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where both countries have loyal fans.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said it decided against playing day-night Tests "since the national team players have not practised under lights and with the new pink ball".

The challenge facing such Tests has been to find a ball that is clearly visible in both sunshine and floodlights, and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said it had sent the Sri Lankan board a dozen balls of pink and orange colour for them to examine.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) had approved the day-night matches under floodlights as a way to stem dwindling interest in Tests in many countries.

The UAE has a large expatriate Pakistani community but few show up to watch Test matches, in part because they are played during the day when most are at work.

No country has yet tried the new format and the ICC has left it to individual boards to decide when and how to experiment.

Pakistan has been forced to play its "home" internationals at neutral venues, mainly in the UAE, since militants attacked the Sri Lankan team during a Test in Lahore in 2009.

Pakistan host Sri Lanka for three Tests, five one-day internationals and two Twenty20s in December and January in the UAE and Sarwar had thought that the conditions were right to experiment.

The first Test starts in Dubai on December 31. The other two Tests are in Abu Dhabi (January 8-12) and Sharjah (January 16-20).