US$10mn on offer in ICC World Cup 2019, winner to earn $4mn
The tournament will run from May 30 to July 14.
DUNYA (Dunya News) – Winner of the ICC Men s Cricket World Cup 2019 will earn a purse of US$4 million, the highest prize money to date, along with the trophy that the victorious team will lift at the Lord s on July 16.
The total prize pot, which sits at $10 million, will see the runners-up assured of $2 million and the losing semi-finalists $800,000 each at the end of the 46-day tournament being played across 11 venues.
The tournament will run from May 30 to July 14. The semi-finals will be played at Old Trafford in Manchester and Edgbaston in Birmingham on July 9 and 11 respectively, while the Lord s will host the final on July 14.
The 10 teams in the tournament will play against each other in a single-league format, with the top four sides after 45 matches to qualify for the two semi-finals. There are prizes for each league match won, in what promises to be a competitive tournament with the world s best playing each other in a round-robin format.
