2019 Cricket World Cup — 12th edition of the premier international cricket competition
England won their first Cricket World Cup title in a dramatic final decided by boundary countback after both the match and Super Over ended level.
Key Facts
- Tournament edition
- 12th Cricket World Cup
- Host venues
- 10 in England, 1 in Wales
- Total attendance
- 752,000 spectators
- Group stage video views
- 2.6 billion views
- Competing teams
- 10 teams
- Final scores (both innings)
- 241 runs each; Super Over also tied
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The ICC organised the 12th edition of the Cricket World Cup, reducing the field from 14 to 10 teams and adopting a single round-robin format. England and Wales were selected as hosts for the fifth and third time respectively, with the tournament running from 30 May to 14 July 2019 across 11 venues.
Ten national teams competed in a round-robin group stage, with India, Australia, England, and New Zealand advancing to the knockouts. England and New Zealand won their semi-finals to meet in the final at Lord's, which ended in an unprecedented tie at 241 runs apiece, followed by a tied Super Over, with England ultimately declared winners on boundary countback.
England claimed their first-ever Cricket World Cup title through the boundary countback rule, a dramatic conclusion that prompted widespread debate about the fairness of the tiebreaker. The tournament became the most-watched cricket competition as of 2019, with group-stage videos alone accumulating over 2.6 billion views globally.
Result
at Lord's Cricket Ground, London