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DUBAI – The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Public Ballot has opened today,giving millions of fans the chance to apply for tickets to next year’sflagship tournament.
The Public Ballot will be open until 29 August and fans will be able toapply for each of the 48 fixtures, with tickets in each price band at everygame available.
Following the unprecedented demand during the Cricket Family Ballot, fansare encouraged to apply for a wide selection of matches as the 10-teamround robin stage provides plenty of opportunities for fans to see theirfavourite team.
To apply for tickets in the Public Ballot, applicants must register anaccount via the official Cricket World Cup Ticketing website. Thepre-registration phase started on 17 July.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Managing Director Steve Elworthy highlighted theimportance of this milestone in the application process, and hopes it hasthe same success as the recent Cricket Family Ballot.
‘‘August 1 is a day we’ve all been looking forward to as we welcome manypotential future cricket fans to the sport. This a great chance for anybodywho wants to attend the ICC Cricket World Cup and watch the most excitingand competitive cricket available, as the best teams in the world go headto head.
Old Trafford, Manchester, will host six matches, including the firstsemi-final Old Trafford, Manchester, will host six matches, including thefirst semi-final
‘’Being the third most-watched global sporting event, we know there will behuge interest in next year’s World Cup. The Cricket Family Ballot was arecent indicator to how popular we expect this tournament to be, when overone million tickets were applied for.
‘’What’s more, with our price structure for this tournament, which weconsulted on widely and used external experts, all games will be accessiblefor a large proportion of sports fans. Any revenue that we do make from thetournament will be invested back in the game as part of our commitment togrow cricket and engage with future generations.’’
Host nation England will open the tournament at The Oval on 30 May whenthey take on South Africa, while reigning champions Australia start theirtitle defence on 1 June against Afghanistan in a day/night match inBristol. The World Cup will concludes on Sunday 14 July at Lord’s.
Any remaining tickets from the Public Ballot will go on general sale on afirst-come, first-served basis later in 2018.