The 2009 Indoor Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the tournament and took place between 11 and 17 October 2009 in Brisbane, Australia."Indoor Cricket World Cup Draw", retrieved 22 September 2009. The event is notable as the first international indoor cricket event to take place there since the merger of Indoor Cricket Australia and Cricket Australia."Ian Healy heads for Indoor Cricket World Cup", retrieved 11 October 2009.
Australian Cricket hall of fame member and former test cricketer Ian Healy served as ambassador for the event.
The 2009 Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket took place alongside this event.
Host Selection The World Cup was awarded to Australia by the WICF at the conclusion of the previous World Cup. As a result, Australia became the second nation to host the World Cup twice, having hosted the 1998 Indoor Cricket World Cup at the Glass House in Melbourne."Indoor Cricket Queensland", retrieved 22 September 2009. Archived 26 September 2009.
As the national body for both traditional cricket and indoor cricket, Cricket Australia is the first unified national body to host an international indoor cricket event.
Venue Cricket Australia determined that Brisbane West Indoor Sports Centre in Darra, Brisbane would host all World Cup matches and Brisbane became the host city as a result. Cricket Australia relocated the 2009 Australian Open Indoor Cricket Championships from Campbelltown"Indoor Cricket News" , retrieved 12 February 2009. to Brisbane to serve as a test event for the new venue.
Media coverage
Television Cricket Australia has arranged for limited delayed telecast of the finals series on Fox Sports in Australia."Fox Sports Coverage" This represents the first mainstream television coverage of an Indoor Cricket event (international or otherwise) in a decade. Fox Sports will broadcast highlights packages for the finals series and will broadcast the Men's final in full approximately two weeks after the conclusion of the tournament.
Online Coverage Cricket Australia provided online coverage including news and results on the official World Cup Website."Indoor Cricket World Cup Official Website" Action Sports South Africa provided full results details (including scoresheets and statistics) on their website."Action Sports Results Website"
A number of players, officials and spectators also provided coverage for friends and members of the public via social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter."Indoor Cricket World Cup Coverage on Twitter"
Participants Men's Division Australia England New Zealand South Africa Sri Lanka
India and Pakistan were also entered in the Men's division but were forced to withdraw just days before the commencement of the tournament due to issues entering Australia. The withdrawal was at such short notice that the tournament program still contains the team listings and player photographs for both sides, and includes the original draw featuring their matches."World Cup Program", retrieved 11 October 2009
Women's Division Australia England New Zealand South Africa Wales
Round Robin tournament
Day One
The entirety of day one was a "ticketed session" in that only ticket holders were allowed into the venue. The theme for the day was "Trans Tasman Day" and featured Australia vs New Zealand in the evening match.
Men's Division
Ladder at conclusion of Day One
TeamPldWTLS%Pts South Africa22007333.7813 Australia22007221.3013 New Zealand21013116.136 England3003342.093 Sri Lanka100108.150
Women's Division
Ladder at conclusion of Day One TeamPldWTLS%Pts Australia22008482.2614 South Africa11004525.007 England2101246.395 Wales2002045.802 New Zealand1001032.120
Day Two
The evening session on was ticketed and in keeping with the theme of "Aussie Juniors Night" featured few matches from the open divisions and instead focused on the simultaneously run 2009 Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket. Most open matches therefore took place whilst free entry to the venue was permitted.
Men's Division
Ladder at conclusion of Day Two
TeamPldWTLS%Pts Australia330011224.8420 South Africa32017152.2813 England4103558.008 New Zealand21013116.136 Sri Lanka2002237.292
Women's Division
Ladder at conclusion of Day Two TeamPldWTLS%Pts Australia330012450.9821 South Africa330010239.4419 New Zealand3102699.719 England3102236.095 Wales4004236.552
Day Three
Day three featured both free and ticketed matches. The theme of "Ashes Night" saw Australia take on England in the ticketed evening session, whilst the daytime games were held during free admission periods.
Men's Division
Ladder at conclusion of Day Three
TeamPldWTLS%Pts Australia550018323.8633 South Africa530211151.2020 New Zealand430111166.9320 England5104649.559 Sri Lanka5005226.282
Women's Division
Ladder at conclusion of Day Three TeamPldWTLS%Pts Australia550019330.9634 South Africa540114176.8726 New Zealand420210112.2516 England5104236.825 Wales5005338.773
Day Four
Day four featured both free and ticketed matches. The theme of "Green and Gold Rivalry Night" saw Australia take on South Africa in the ticketed evening session, whilst the daytime games were during free admission periods.
Men's Division
Ladder at conclusion of Day Four
TeamPldWTLS%Pts Australia770025287.4646 New Zealand640213133.5625 South Africa730413125.2522 England72051159.8917 Sri Lanka5005226.282
Women's Division
Ladder at conclusion of Day Four TeamPldWTLS%Pts Australia770024330.9645 South Africa640216176.8728 New Zealand630315112.2524 Wales6105538.778 England7106436.827
Day Five
Day five featured both free and ticketed matches. The theme of "World Cup Men's Night" saw a full round of Men's matches played during the ticketed session, whilst the daytime Men's games and all Women's games were during free admission periods.
Men's Division
Ladder at conclusion of Day Five
TeamPldWTLS%Pts Australia880029261.1753 New Zealand853218144.0333 South Africa840416125.1328 England83051468.8823 Sri Lanka8008335.853
Women's Division
Ladder at conclusion of Day Five TeamPldWTLS%Pts Australia880028255.0452 South Africa850322143.3237 New Zealand850319129.7434 Wales8107647.049 England8107540.708
Finals
Semi finals Day six of the tournament featured all of the semi-finals from both divisions and followed a top four format. The first and second-placed sides contested the Major Semi-final with the winner progressing to the World Cup Final whilst the loser contested the Preliminary Final against the winner of the Minor Semi-final featuring the third and fourth-placed sides. All matches took place during ticketed sessions.
The semi finals saw both the Australian men and Australian women suffer their first losses of the tournament.
Men's Division
A: Major Semi-final (1v2)
B: Minor Semi-final (3v4)
Preliminary Final (Loser A v Winner B)
Women's Division
A: Major Semi-final (1v2)
B: Minor Semi-final (3v4)
Preliminary Final (Loser A v Winner B)
World Cup Final
The seventh and final day of the tournament featured the World Cup Finals. Both the Australian Men and Australian Women won their respective finals in close matches and kept Australia's flawless World Cup title record intact.
Men's Division
Women's Division
See also Indoor Cricket World Cup
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