No. of Teams: 14
POOLS
Pool A: England, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Scotland
Pool B: South Africa, India, Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland, United Arab Emirates
ICC RANKINGS (at the start of the tournament)
Team: 1. Australia, 2. India, 3. South Africa, 4. Sri Lanka, 5. England, 6. New Zealand, 7. Pakistan, 8. West Indies, 9. Bangladesh, 10. Zimbabwe, 11. Afghanistan, 12. Ireland
No. of Players: 210 (15 in each squad)
MOST EXPERIENCED PLAYER OF THE CUP
Sri Lanka veteran Mahela Jayawardene will play his fifth World Cup, having played 33 matches in the showpiece event so far.
Top-ranked ODI batsman: AB de Villiers (South Africa)
Top-ranked ODI bowler: Dale Steyn (South Africa) after Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal was barred due to suspect action and West Indies' Sunil Narine opted out.
Top ranked ODI allrounder: Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
No. of matches: 49
No. of Days: 44 (Feb 14 - March 29,2015)
No. of host cities: 14 (7 each in Australia and New Zealand)
VENUES
Australia: Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney
New Zealand: Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson, Wellington
No. of teams making WC debut: 1 (Afghanistan)
FORMAT
Teams finishing in top four positions from each group qualify for the quarter-finals.
Reserve days will be in place only for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final.
The following point system will apply during the pool stage:
Win: 2 points
Tie, No result or abandoned game: 1 point
Loss: 0 points
PRIZE MONEY (US$)
Winners: $3,250,000
Runners-up: $1,500,000
Semi-finalists: $500,000
Quarter-finalists: $250,000
Team finishing top of each group: $30,000
Teams exiting after league phase: $35,000
Total: $8,010,000
The DRS will be used in all 49 matches.
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