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ICC World Cup 2015 chairman James Strong dies

Prominent Australian businessman and the chairman of the organizing committee for the 2015 cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand James Strongjames-strong-icc-world-cup-2015 has died aged 68 in Sydney on Sunday after complications following surgery, his family said on Monday.

“James possessed a passion and vision for the tournament that set the tone for the entire organisation,” the ICC World Cup organising committee said in a statement.

ICC World Cup chief executive John Harnden, who worked with Strong for almost 20 years, praised his contribution to corporate and sporting life in Australia and New Zealand.

“We will continue the work he began on the World Cup and deliver a tournament in 2015 that would make him proud,” he said.

ICC World Cup 2015 Schedule

Cricket World Cup 2015 Schedule or Fixtures of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 and Time Table. The Schedule of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 announced by ICC (International Cricket Council) on July 30, 2013. Generally ICC announced the schedule of Cricket World Cup almost one year before the main event so that the venue’s get enough time to prepared their stadium and other associated infrastructure before the main event starts.

For 2011 Cricket World Cup ICC announced the scheduled in November 2009 and gave the organizer enough time for preparation.

All the matches of Cricket World Cup 2015 will be played in Australia and New Zealand. They will divide the number of matches between themselves. There is no official information available to us on which match will be hosted by which country. We will update the Cricket World Cup 2015 Schedule here when ICC declare the schedule.

The first match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will be played at Christchurch, New Zealand and the final of Cricket World Cup 2015 will be played at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne, Australia.