Lord's to host World Cup finals

Semi-finals to take place at Old Trafford and Edgbaston


Afp December 18, 2014

LONDON: Lord's has been chosen to host the 2019 World Cup final and the 2017 Women's World Cup final, announced the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

The ECB also revealed the 2019 semi-finals will be held at Old Trafford in Manchester and Edgbaston in Birmingham.

The Oval, Taunton, Chester-le-Street, Headingley, Trent Bridge, Cardiff, Bristol and the Rose Bowl are all also due to host World Cup games, with all the venues subject to International Cricket Council (ICC) approval.

Lord's, the north London venue regarded as the spiritual home of cricket, staged the first three World Cup finals in 1975, 1979 and 1983, and also the finale to the 1999 event. The West Indies won the first two, while India were victorious in 1983 and Australia in 1999.

"The ICC Cricket World Cup attracts television audiences which have the potential to outstrip all other major international sporting events," said ECB chairman Giles Clarke.

"As chairman of the ICC's Financial and Commercial Affairs Committee I know that we are anticipating a global television audience of more than two billion for the final."

 

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