The fixtures for the upcoming ICC World Cup 2015 have been announced. The tournament will have a total of 49 matches, starting from February 14, 2014 and the final match to be played on March 29, 2014. Australia and New Zealand will be the joint hosts for this Cup, with the final to be played at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Pool A: England, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, New Zealand, two qualifier teams. Pool B: South Africa, India, Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland, one qualifier. Full Schedule : http://www.cricschedule.com/tournament/6/cricket-world-cup.html
I am glad that the ICC has allowed 4 non-test playing nations to compete in this tournament (Earlier they had said that they'll allow only the full test nations). But still 14 is a very small number. You can't call a tournament "World Cup" when only 14 countries are participating. I think 16 teams will be allowed from 2019 onward.
Well... the duration of the tournament can be reduced even with 16 teams. For examples, if there are four groups of 4 teams each, then there will be only 24 matches in the group stage. On the other hand, if there are 2 groups of 7 teams each, then there will be 42 matches in the group stage.
I think that is cool watching Pakistan Against India & every time in main event Pakistan fall. This is good for India where sad thing for Pakistani Cricket fans and both country fans are aggressive against their cricket.. Best of Luck ..