The ten Test match playing countries and Kenya qualified for this World Cup automatically, and 5 further teams qualified via the 2005 ICC Trophy, thus gaining ODI status. The field of sixteen teams is the largest ever for the Cricket World Cup. Mello, the friendly cat is the mascot of the tournament.
Participating Teams
Australia, South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, India, West Indies, England , Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Bermuda, Netherlands.
Matches
Day matches will be held from 9:30 to 17:15
The matches will be One Day Internationals. They will be operating through normal ODI rules. All matches are 50 overs a side unless stated otherwise by the umpires or match referee. A bowler can only bowl a maximum of 10 overs per match. In the occurrence of bad weather, each side must have batted and bowled a minimum of 20 overs each otherwise the match will be declared a no-result. If each side has batting and bowled over twenty overs, the Duckworth-Lewis Method will apply in order to gain a result or modify a target.
The Laws are intended to apply to all two innings matches; the International Cricket Council has implemented “Standard Playing Conditions for Test Matches” and “Standard Playing Conditions for One Day Internationals” to augment the Laws of Cricket. Similarly, each cricketing country has implemented Playing Conditions to govern domestic cricket. Note that the Laws do not provide for One Day or Limited Overs cricket; these modifications have been made by the Playing Conditions for One Day Internationals. Teams may agree to alter some of the rules for particular games. Other rules supplement the main laws and change them to deal with different circumstances. In particular, there are a number of modifications to the playing structure and fielding position rules that apply to one innings games that are restricted to a set number of fair deliveries.