ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: A successful and record-breaking edition

Records have been tumbling down ever since the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 whether it is from the batsmen side or the bowlers. As one says, statistics never lie and so International Cricket Council (ICC) ahead of the final, released stats from the tournament.

The 2015 edition has numerous records been broken over the past one and a half months. The tournament has seen two double-centuries being scored along with seven scores in excess of 150 and 38 centuries in all from the batsmen. To go with that, the bowlers have picked up 28 four-wicket hauls which include two hat-tricks as well.

From the attendance point of view, the India-South Africa game at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) saw over 86,000 people in the stadium. The match didn’t involve the participation of any of the host side and still managed to bring in such huge numbers. 

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Not only fans have been coming in the stadium but the television ratings have been great as well. The tournament is been broadcasted by 44 licensees, in seven languages across 220 territories. The India-Pakistan match drew an approximate television audience of more than 288 million in India alone while the Australia-England match was watched by 2.1 million people in Australia.

 Along with the television broadcast, there are 10 radio licensees broadcasting the World Cup matches live into 80 territories. The new media which is the online viewing, the website has attracted 26.25 million unique visitors accumulating an incredible 227 million page views, which is a significant increase on any previous ICC event. And the tournament app has so far been downloaded 3.6 million times and has been the number-one sports app in no fewer than 48 countries.

 ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said, “These numbers provide a tangible measure of the success of the event – this cricket World Cup has been the most followed and best attended cricket event in history. All over the world, hundreds of millions of fans have been enthralled by the quality of cricket on show, the exploits of the world’s top players and the colour of the festival across both host nations.”

 “We are delighted with how the tournament has gone so far. It is a tribute to the hard work of many people and, of course, the way the teams have delivered on the field of play. It has been great to see so many travelling fans from all competing teams but the way the people of Australia and New Zealand have embraced the event so wholeheartedly has been extremely gratifying and enhances their countries’ reputations as great sporting nations,” added Richardson.

“With nearly 1,400 members of the media attending the event, it’s fair to say that, all in all, the cricket-loving public around the world have been very well served. And we now look forward to a fitting finale on 29 March – hopefully another special occasion for the game,” concluded Richardson.

Indeed some mind-bobbling numbers for the tournament. It certainly says a lot and how fans have embraced the event.