2019 Cotabato earthquakes, Reactions, Domestic
The Island Garden City of Samal Government also went to Cotabato Province to give relief goods and drinking water. The Bangsamoro Government also went to the affected areas to give relief goods. The municipality of Datu Saudi Ampatuan Government also went to the area to share donations to help the affected people. Among other institutions that immediately helped where banks, malls, universities and schools in Soccsksargen and Davao Region to assist their fellow Mindanaoans in crisis.


2019 Cotif Women's Tournament
The 2019 L'Alcúdia International Football Tournament is a football competition which is being held from 1 August to 8 August 2019 at Els Arcs de, Alcúdia.


2019 Cotif Women's Tournament, Participating nations
All the five teams will play each other in a round robin phase and the top two teams will play the final.


2019 Cotswold District Council election
The 2019 Cotswold District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of Cotswold District Council, as part of the United Kingdom local elections. The Conservatives had controlled the council since 2003 but lost ten seats. The Liberal Democrats won overall control of the council for the first time since local government reorganisation in 1973.


2019 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 2019 Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2019, with kickoff at 12:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m. local CST) on ESPN. It was the 84th edition of the Cotton Bowl Classic, and was one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, the game was officially known as the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.


2019 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams
The participants were selected by the College Football Playoff selection committee on December 8, 2019. This was the first meeting between the Memphis and Penn State programs.


2019 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, Memphis Tigers
Memphis entered the game with a 12–1 record (7–1 in conference), ranked 15th in the AP Poll. The Tigers tied with Navy for first place of the West Division of the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Due to their win over Navy during the regular season, Memphis advanced to the AAC Championship Game, where they defeated Cincinnati, 29–24.


2019 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, Memphis Tigers
Memphis was selected to the Cotton Bowl as the highest-ranked team from the Group of Five conferences, a spot they secured by winning the AAC championship. This was Memphis' first Cotton Bowl Classic, as well as their first New Year's Six game overall. At the time the Tigers received their bowl invitation, the status of head coach Mike Norvell was unclear, as he had accepted an offer to become the new head coach of the Florida State Seminoles. On December 9, Norvell announced that he would not coach Memphis in the bowl, allowing interim head coach Ryan Silverfield to do so. On December 13, it was announced that the interim tag would be removed and that Silverfield was being hired as the new head coach of Memphis.


2019 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, Penn State Nittany Lions
Penn State entered the game ranked 13th in the AP Poll, with a 10–2 record (7–2 in conference). The Nittany Lions finished second in the Big Ten's East Division. They split their four games against ranked opponents, defeating Iowa and Michigan while losing to Minnesota and Ohio State.


2019 Cotton Bowl Classic, Teams, Penn State Nittany Lions
Penn State was selected to the Cotton Bowl as the highest-ranked team not already selected to a New Year's Six bowl. This was Penn State's fourth Cotton Bowl Classic; the Nittany Lions have a 2–0–1 record in the game, most recently their 1974 team winning the 1975 Cotton Bowl Classic over Baylor, 41–20.


2019 County Championship
The 2019 County Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 Specsavers County Championship, was the 120th cricket County Championship season. As in 2018, Division One had eight teams and Division Two had ten teams. The first round of matches began on 5 April and the final round of matches ended on 26 September. Surrey were the defending champions. At the end of the 2019 season only one team was relegated with three promoted. Therefore, from 2020 onwards, Division One would feature ten teams and Division Two would feature eight.


2019 County Championship, Results
Fixtures for the 2019 County Championship were announced on 26 November 2018, with the previous season's champions Surrey beginning the defence of their title against Essex at The Oval.


2019 County Championship, Standings
Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 5 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.


2019 Coupe de Calédonie
The 2019 Coupe de Calédonie (also known as New Caledonia Cup) was the 64th edition of the national cup in New Caledonian football. AS Magenta were the defending champions.


2019 Coupe de Calédonie
Hienghène Sport won the title, beating AS Lössi in the final, and earned the right to represent New Caledonia in the 2019–20 Coupe de France, entering at the seventh round.


2019 Coupe de Calédonie, Teams
Sixteen teams compete for the cup, being the ten teams of the 2019 New Caledonia Super Ligue and six teams which qualified from provincial competitions (two each from Loyalty Islands Province, North Province and South Province).


2019 Coupe de Calédonie, Round of 16
Games in the round of 16 took place on 14 September 2019.


2019 Coupe de Calédonie, Quarter-finals
Games in the quarter-finals took place on 21 September 2019.


2019 Coupe de Calédonie, Semi-finals
Games in the semi-finals were played on 28 September 2019, back-to-back at Stade Numa-Daly Magenta.


2019 Coupe de Calédonie, Final
The final was played on 19 October 2019 at Stade Numa-Daly Magenta.


2019 Coupe de France Final
The 2019 Coupe de France Final was a football match between Rennes and Paris Saint-Germain to decide the winner of the 2018–19 Coupe de France, the 102nd season of the Coupe de France. Rennes won the cup, their first since 1971, after a penalty shoot-out following a 2–2 draw in extra time.


2019 Coupe de France Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Guillaume DébartJulien PacelliFourth official:Jérôme MiguelgorryVideo assistant referee:Clément TurpinAssistant video assistant referee:Thomas Léonard


2019 Coupe de la Ligue Final
The 2019 Coupe de la Ligue Final was the final of the 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue, the 25th edition of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, contested by the 44 teams that the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) manages. The final took place on 30 March 2019 at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d'Ascq and was contested by Strasbourg and Guingamp.


2019 Coupe de la Ligue Final
Strasbourg won the final 4–1 on penalties, following a 0–0 draw after extra time, for their fourth Coupe de la Ligue title.


2019 Coupe de la Ligue Final, Route to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2019 Coupe de la Ligue Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Stéphan LuziAurélien DrouetFourth official:Johan HamelVideo assistant referee:Jérôme BrisardAssistant video assistant referee:Hakim Ben El Hadj


2019 Coventry City Council election
The 2019 Coventry City Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Coventry City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2019 Coventry City Council election
Residents in Allesley, Finham and Keresley areas of the City had the opportunity to elect Parish Councillors.


2019 Coventry City Council election, Current Council seats
The table below shows a summary of the make-up of the City Council before the 2 May 2019 elections.


2019 Coventry City Council election, Key dates
All electors who are currently registered and are eligible to vote on Thursday 2 May should receive their polling card by 7 April.


2019 Craven District Council election
The 2019 Craven District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Craven District Council in England.


2019 Crawley Borough Council election
The 2019 Crawley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council in West Sussex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The entire council was up for election after ward boundaries changed and the Labour Party retained control of the council.


2019 Cricket World Cup
The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 12th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted between 30 May to 14 July across 10 venues in England and a single venue in Wales with the tournament being the fifth time that England had hosted the World Cup while for Wales it was their third.


2019 Cricket World Cup
The tournament was contested by 10 teams, a decrease from 14 teams in the previous edition, with the format of the tournament changing to a single round-robin group with the top four teams qualifying through to the knockout stage. After six weeks of round-robin matches, which saw four games not have a result, India, Australia, England and New Zealand finished as the top four, with Pakistan missing out on net run rate.


2019 Cricket World Cup
In the knockout stage, England and New Zealand won their respective semi-finals to qualify for the final, which was played at Lord's in London. The final ended in a tie after the match ended with both teams scoring 241 runs, followed by the first Super Over in an ODI; England won the title, their first, on the boundary countback rule after the Super Over also finished level. The total attendance throughout the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was 752,000. Overall, videos of the group stages amassed over 2.6 billion views from around the world, making it the most-watched cricket competition as of 2019.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Hosting
The hosting rights were awarded in April 2006, after England and Wales withdrew their bid to host the 2015 Cricket World Cup, which was played in Australia and New Zealand. It was the fifth Cricket World Cup played in England, following the 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999 World Cups. Wales also hosted matches at the 1983 and 1999 tournaments, the latter also seeing matches played in Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Qualification
The 2019 World Cup featured 10 teams, a decrease from previous World Cups in 2011 and 2015, which each featured 14 teams. The hosts (England) and the top seven other teams in the ICC One Day International rankings on 30 September 2017 earned an automatic qualification. Results from 19 September 2017 confirmed that these teams were Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka. The remaining two spots were decided by the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Qualification
At the time of the announcement of the qualification structure, ICC Associate and Affiliate Members, who were guaranteed four spots in the previous two World Cup tournaments, could now only be represented by at most two teams, and possibly none at all if they were beaten by the lowest-ranked Full Members in the Qualifier. It also meant that at least two of the ten Test-playing nations at the time of the announcement would have to play in the qualifying tournament, and could miss the World Cup finals entirely. Thus, this was the first World Cup to be contested without all of the Full Member nations being present.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Qualification
The final stage of the tournament was a "Super Six" group, from which the top two teams qualified for the 2019 World Cup. The West Indies were guaranteed a spot after defeating Scotland in the penultimate round. Afghanistan joined them after defeating Ireland in the final over of their match. This was the first time since 1983 that Zimbabwe had failed to qualify for a World Cup. Ireland also missed the competition for the first time since 2003, and, for the first time, no Associate nation participated.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Venues
The fixture list for the tournament was released on 26 April 2018 after the completion of an ICC meeting in Kolkata, India. London Stadium had been named as a possible venue in the planning stages, and in January 2017, the ICC completed an inspection of the ground, confirming that the pitch dimensions would be compliant with the requirements to host ODI matches. However, when the fixtures were announced, London Stadium was not included as a venue. All of the venues used are in England except for Sophia Gardens, which is in Wales. The final was scheduled for 14 July 2019 at Lord's in London.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Squads
All the participating teams had to submit the names of their respective World Cup squads by 23 April 2019. The teams were allowed to change players in their 15-man squad anytime up to seven days before the start of the tournament. New Zealand was the first team to announce their World Cup squad. The oldest player of the tournament was South African player Imran Tahir, who was 40 years old, while the youngest was Afghan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who was 18.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Match officials
In April 2019, the ICC named the officials for the tournament. Ian Gould announced that he would retire as an umpire following the conclusion of the tournament.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Match officials, Referees
The ICC also named six match referees for the tournament.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Prize money
The International Cricket Council declared a total prize money pool of US$10 million for the tournament, the same as the 2015 edition. The prize money was allocated according to the performance of the team as follows:


2019 Cricket World Cup, Warm-up matches
Before the World Cup, the participating nations competed in 10 warm-up matches, which were played from 24 to 28 May 2019. These matches did not have either One Day International (ODI) status or List A status as teams were allowed to field all 15 members of their squad.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony took place on The Mall in central London during the evening of 29 May 2019, a day before the start of the World Cup. Andrew Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness and Shibani Dandekar hosted the event. Prior to the opening ceremony, the 10 captains met at Buckingham Palace where they were greeted by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Harry.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Opening ceremony
A 60-second challenge took place among the 10 participating 'teams', with each side represented by two guest figures, including Viv Richards, Anil Kumble, Mahela Jayawardene, Jacques Kallis, Brett Lee, Kevin Pietersen, Farhan Akhtar, Malala Yousafzai, Yohan Blake, Damayanthi Dharsha, Azhar Ali, Abdur Razzak, James Franklin and Steven Pienaar, while David Boon was the umpire for the game. England won the game by scoring 74 points, and Australia came second with 69 points.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Opening ceremony
Michael Clarke, who captained Australia to the title in 2015, took the World Cup trophy to the stage, accompanied by former England spin bowler Graeme Swann. The ceremony concluded with the official World Cup song, "Stand By", performed by Loryn and Rudimental.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage
The initial stage of the tournament saw the 10 teams grouped together for a single round-robin, in which each team played the other nine once for a total of 45 matches. Teams earned two points for a win and one for a tie or no-result (a minimum of 20 overs per side was needed to constitute a result). Matches in this stage had no reserve day set aside in the event of bad weather. After four games in seven days were rained off and complaints were made about the lack of reserve days, the ICC chief executive, Dave Richardson, said that trying to include reserve days "would significantly increase the length of the tournament and practically would be extremely complex to deliver".


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage
The top four teams from the group stage progressed to the knockout stage. If teams were tied on points, then the number of wins and then the net run rate was used to separate them. A similar format was previously used in the 1992 Cricket World Cup, though that tournament featured nine teams instead of ten.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage
Following the 2019 Pulwama attack, several former Indian players and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) called for the boycott of the group match fixture between India and Pakistan. They also wanted to have the Pakistan team banned from playing in the tournament. However, after conducting a board meeting in Dubai, the ICC rejected the BCCI's proposal and confirmed that the scheduled match would go ahead as planned, at Old Trafford in Manchester, despite the ongoing standoff between the two nations.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 1
The tournament began on 30 May at The Oval in London, between the host nation, England, and South Africa. England batted first and, despite losing their first wicket to the second ball of the tournament, went on to score 311/8, with Ben Stokes top-scoring with 89 runs. South Africa were bowled out for 207, following a collapse of eight wickets for 63 runs, to give England a victory by 104 runs. The next three matches were one-sided: in the first, the West Indies bowled Pakistan out for just 105, which was the lowest score of the tournament. The target of 106 was chased down in only 13.4 overs, the quickest successful run chase in the tournament. The first double-header of the group stage saw comfortable wins for New Zealand and Australia, as they won by 10 and 7 wickets respectively over Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 1
At The Oval, in the fifth match of the group stage, Bangladesh made their highest score in an ODI, with 330/6. Mushfiqur Rahim top-scored for Bangladesh with 78, as he and Shakib Al Hasan had a 142-run partnership for the third wicket. In reply, the South Africans could not sustain a partnership with wickets falling regularly throughout their innings. Mustafizur Rahman took three wickets for Bangladesh as South Africa fell short by 22 runs. The following day saw Pakistan cause an upset over one of the tournament favourites, as they beat England by 14 runs at Trent Bridge. This was despite Joe Root (107) and Jos Buttler (103) both scoring centuries in the chase, as they became the first and second batsmen to score hundreds at the tournaments.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 1
In Cardiff, three wickets in five balls from Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi provided the catalyst for a Sri Lankan collapse, as they fell from 144/1 to 201 all out. Kusal Perera top-scored for Sri Lanka with 78, while Nabi took another wicket to finish with four for the innings. After rain reduced Afghanistan's innings to 41 overs, they were unable to reach the revised target of 187 as they lost by 34 runs. Najibullah Zadran top-scored for Afghanistan with 43, while Sri Lanka's Nuwan Pradeep took four wickets. Wednesday saw a double-header being played at the Rose Bowl and The Oval.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 1
At the Rose Bowl, India started their campaign with a six-wicket win over South Africa. Yuzvendra Chahal took four wickets as he helped restrict the batsmen to a total of 227. In reply, Rohit Sharma scored 122 not out to help India chase the target with 15 balls to spare. The other match on the Wednesday saw Bangladesh give New Zealand a scare, as the Black Caps went from 160/2 to 191/5 chasing 245, before getting home with three overs to spare. Ross Taylor top-scored for New Zealand with 82, while Matt Henry was the pick of the bowlers with four wickets.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 2
The second week began with Australia having an early batting collapse to fall to 38/4 in their innings against the West Indies at Nottingham. Half-centuries from Steve Smith and Nathan Coulter-Nile helped Australia recover before they were bowled out for 288. In response, Chris Gayle had two overturned decisions go his way before he was dismissed for 21. Despite a 68 from Shai Hope, Australia won by 15 runs off the back of a five-wicket haul by Mitchell Starc.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 2
After the Friday match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Bristol was abandoned due to rain, the Saturday matches were played in nearby Cardiff and Taunton. At Cardiff, Jason Roy made the highest score of the tournament so far, with 153, as he was named man of the match in England's 106-run victory over Bangladesh. In Taunton, a five-wicket haul from Kiwi bowler James Neesham led New Zealand to their third consecutive win, with a seven-wicket victory over Afghanistan.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 2
The final completed match of the week saw India defeat Australia by 36 runs at The Oval. Batting first, India targeted Marcus Stoinis and Adam Zampa's bowling with a combined total of 113 runs coming from their 13 overs, as India scored 352/5. Shikhar Dhawan (pictured) top-scored for India with 117, while Stoinis was the only bowler to take more than one wicket.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 2
In the run chase, Australia were behind the required run rate for much of their innings, despite half-centuries from David Warner, Steve Smith and Alex Carey, and were bowled out for 316, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah taking three wickets each. The following two games of the week were washed out. Only 7.2 overs of play was possible in the fixture between South Africa and the West Indies, while the match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka was abandoned without the toss taking place.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 2
The following day at Taunton saw Australia open with a 146-run stand between David Warner and Aaron Finch, with Warner going on to get a century. Pakistan fought back into the innings, with Mohammad Amir taking five wickets, which restricted Australia to 307. In response, Pakistan could not get a partnership established with regular wickets coming from Australia; Pat Cummins finished his 10 overs with figures of 3/33. Sarfaraz Ahmed and Wahab Riaz tried to get Pakistan the victory with a quick-fire 64-run partnership, but it was not enough, with Starc taking two of the final three wickets in the 41-run victory.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 3
After a wash-out of the match between India and New Zealand in Nottingham to open up the third week, the fourth wash-out in the World Cup,  Joe Root scored his second century of the tournament and took two wickets in England's eight-wicket victory over the West Indies at Southampton. However, the English victory was soured as Jason Roy had to leave the field in the eighth over with hamstring injury that ruled him out of the next two games.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 3
South Africa recorded their first win of the tournament at Cardiff against Afghanistan, with Imran Tahir taking four wickets as Afghanistan were bowled out for 125. In reply, South Africa chased down their target for the loss of just one wicket. The other match on Saturday at The Oval saw Aaron Finch and Mitchell Starc guide Australia to an 87-run victory over Sri Lanka that sent them to the top of the table with eight points from five games. The following day saw rivals India and Pakistan face each other at Old Trafford.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 3
India scored 336/5 from their 50 overs, which included a man-of-the-match performance of 140 runs from Rohit Sharma. In response, Pakistan got off to a good start and were 117/1 at one stage before Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets in three balls to turn the tide for India, helping them to an 89-run victory via the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 3
Monday saw Bangladesh beat the West Indies by seven wickets at the County Ground in Taunton. In the West Indies' innings, Shai Hope top-scored with 96 runs from 121 balls as he and Evin Lewis (70) got the West Indies to 321/8 from their 50 overs. In the run chase, Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan scored 124 from 99 balls as aided Bangladesh in chasing the target of 322 and recording Bangladesh highest successful run chase in their ODI history.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 3
At Manchester, Eoin Morgan hit 17 sixes, a new world record in ODIs, as he top-scored for England with 148, leading the hosts to a total of 397/6, the highest total of the tournament. Afghanistan's Rashid Khan conceded 110 runs without taking any wickets, the most expensive bowling spell in Cricket World Cup history, and the second-most expensive of all time. Hashmatullah Shahidi managed 76 in response for Afghanistan, but they were always behind the required rate and fell 151 runs short, managing 247 from their 50 overs. Wednesday saw South Africa taking on New Zealand at Edgbaston.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 3
With the match reduced to 49 overs each due to a wet outfield, South Africa posted a total of 241/6 with some late hitting from Rassie van der Dussen, who was unbeaten on 67, while Lockie Ferguson was the best of the bowlers with three wickets. In response, New Zealand were 137/5 at one stage, before a partnership from Kane Williamson (who went on to score a century) and Colin de Grandhomme guided New Zealand to their fourth victory of the tournament.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 4
Week four saw David Warner score 166, the highest individual score of the tournament, as Australia's total of 381/5 proved out of reach for Bangladesh, despite Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim getting them within 48 runs of the target. Friday saw Lasith Malinga dismantle the English top order, as his four wickets helped Sri Lanka defend a total of 232 for their second win of the tournament. Despite the best efforts of Stokes, who was left stranded on 82 not out, England fell 21 short.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 4
Angelo Mathews top-scored for the Sri Lankans with an unbeaten 85, while Mark Wood was the best of the English bowlers with 3/40. The Saturday games saw the first elimination of the tournament, with Afghanistan's loss to India at Southampton meaning they could no longer qualify for the knockout stage. Despite limiting India to 224 from their 50 overs, a Mohammed Shami hat-trick saw Afghanistan fall 12 runs short. The other match on the Saturday saw a close game between New Zealand and the West Indies at Manchester.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 4
After New Zealand scored 291/8, including 148 from Kane Williamson, they had the West Indies reeling at 164/7 after 27 overs. The momentum, though, was swung to the West Indies, with Carlos Brathwaite making 101 (including five sixes and nine fours) as he led them to within six runs of the target; however, his attempt to finish off the game with a six saw him caught by Trent Boult at long on, as New Zealand won by five runs.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 4
The following day saw South Africa eliminated from the World Cup after an 89-run performance from Haris Sohail got Pakistan to 308/7 before Shadab Khan took three wickets in the South African run chase to give Pakistan a 49-run victory. Monday saw Bangladesh record their third win of the tournament; a 62-run victory over Afghanistan at the Rose Bowl. The match also saw Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan become the second player in World Cup history to take five wickets and score a half-century in the same match.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 4
Australia became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals as a century from Aaron Finch, a five-wicket haul from Jason Behrendorff and another four from Mitchell Starc guided them to a 64-run victory over England at Lord's, with only Stokes (89) showing any resistance to Australia's bowling. The result left England needing to win both of their remaining two games to guarantee qualification for the semi-finals. Pakistan caused New Zealand's first loss of the World Cup at Edgbaston with a Babar Azam century guiding them to a victory by six wickets.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 5
The fifth week of the tournament started with India defeating the West Indies by 125 runs at Old Trafford, with Mohammed Shami taking four wickets as they bowled the West Indies out for 143. The result also knocked the West Indies out of the World Cup. The following day saw play suspended in the match between South Africa and Sri Lanka when bees swarmed the Riverside Ground pitch. Faf du Plessis and Hashim Amla led the run chase with a partnership of 175 runs, taking South Africa to a nine-wicket victory. Saturday saw two matches played.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 5
At Lord's, Starc became the first player to take three five-wicket hauls at a World Cup as he guided Australia to an 86-run victory over New Zealand. This was after Australia were 92/5 in the 22nd over before a century partnership between Usman Khawaja and Alex Carey got the total to 243/9. New Zealand managed 157 in response, with Kane Williamson top-scoring with 40. The other match, played at Headingley, saw Afghanistan set 227 against Pakistan, with Shaheen Afridi taking four wickets. The run chase got off to a shaky start with Fakhar Zaman being bowled for a duck.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 5
However, Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq made a partnership of 72, but Pakistan's progress was once again throttled by regular wickets, leaving them needing 46 runs from the last five overs. Imad Wasim immediately hit 18 runs in the 46th over, and despite losing Shadab Khan to a run out in the 47th, Wasim and Wahab Riaz saw Pakistan home to a three-wicket victory with two balls to spare.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 5
The return of opener Jason Roy from injury helped England escape their slump as they emerged victorious by 31 runs against the hitherto unbeaten India in a crucial must-win game for the hosts. An opening partnership between Roy (66) and Jonny Bairstow (111) was the key factor in the victory, while Stokes scored 79 runs off 54 balls for his third consecutive half-century, to help England reach 337/7. The score proved too much for India, despite Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli scoring 102 and 66 respectively, while the returning England bowler Liam Plunkett took 3/55.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 5
Sri Lanka won the dead rubber against the West Indies at Chester-le-Street, where both Avishka Fernando and Nicholas Pooran scored their maiden ODI centuries. Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan made history against India, as he became the first man to score 500 runs and take 10 wickets in a single World Cup. This performance was not enough, though, with a Rohit Sharma century leading India into the semi-finals at their opponents' expense.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 6
The final round started with England taking on New Zealand, with the winner guaranteed a semi-final position. Another Jonny Bairstow hundred saw England win by 119 runs and qualify for the semi-finals for the first time since 1992. After the West Indies won the dead rubber against Afghanistan at Leeds, Pakistan needed to win their final match against Bangladesh by a record margin of over 300 runs at Lord's. They won, but only by 94 runs, allowing New Zealand to take the fourth and final semi-final berth.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 6
The match saw Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi, aged 19 years and 76 days, become the youngest player to take a five-wicket haul at a Cricket World Cup with the tournament's best bowling figures of 6/35. Despite Bangladesh losing the match, Shakib Al Hasan finished his tournament with 606 runs, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's record for the most runs in the group stage of a World Cup. Shakib's record would very soon be surpassed by Rohit Sharma and David Warner by the end of the group stage, with former top-scoring in the group stage with 647 runs.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 6
The final two matches of the group stage were played on the Saturday to determine who would finish top of the group. At Leeds, India cruised to a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka off the back of centuries from K. L. Rahul and Rohit Sharma as they chased down a target of 265 runs. This was Sharma's fifth century of the tournament, the most in a single World Cup. Angelo Mathews scored his third ODI century for Sri Lanka, all of which had come against India.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Summary, Week 6
With South Africa defeating Australia by 10 runs, India finished top of the table, sending Australia to a semi-final against England. A century from Faf du Plessis and a further 95 from Rassie van der Dussen saw South Africa set the Australians a target of 326. In response, Australia lost Usman Khawaja early on to a hamstring injury; he later returned but was dismissed for 18, before being ruled out for the rest of the tournament. David Warner scored 122, his third century of the tournament, and Alex Carey scored a career-best 85 but crucial wickets in the middle of the innings gave South Africa the victory.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Group stage, Fixtures
The ICC released the fixture details on 26 April 2018.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage
The knockout stage started with semi-finals at Old Trafford and Edgbaston, the winners of each progressing to the final at Lord's. All three knockout games were allotted a reserve day. If a reserve day came into play, the match would not be restarted but instead resumed from the previous day's play, if there was any. In the event of no play on the scheduled day or the reserve day, in the semi-finals, the team that finished higher in the group stage progressed to the final, and if no play were possible in the final, the trophy would be shared. If any match ended in a tie, a Super Over would be used to determine the winner. If the scores in the Super Over were also tied, the winner would be determined by the two teams' overall boundary count, including both the match itself and the Super Over.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage
On 25 June 2019, Australia became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals after beating England at Lord's. India became the second team to qualify after they defeated Bangladesh at Edgbaston on 2 July 2019. The following day saw tournament hosts England become the third team to qualify after they beat New Zealand at the Riverside Ground. New Zealand were the fourth and final team to qualify for the semi-finals after Pakistan were unable to increase their net run rate sufficiently enough in their match against Bangladesh at Lord's.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage
The first semi-final was played between India and New Zealand at Old Trafford, while the second semi-final was played between Australia and England at Edgbaston.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
The first semi-final between India and New Zealand was played at Old Trafford in Manchester. Batting first, New Zealand lost opener Martin Guptill in the fourth over, having scored just one run. However, the Indians found wickets hard to come by after that, as Kane Williamson combined with Henry Nicholls and Ross Taylor for partnerships of 68 and 65 respectively.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
Williamson managed 67 runs before he was the third man out in the 36th over, a score matched by Taylor when rain stopped play in the 47th over with New Zealand at 211/5 following the wickets of Neesham and De Grandhomme. No further play was possible on the day, so the match went into its reserve day. Taylor managed another seven runs to top-score for the Kiwis, who managed to get the score to 239/8 at the end of their 50 overs.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
The Indian chase got off to a poor start with India falling to 5/3 in the fourth over, with the top three batsmen all going for one run each, then 24/4 after 10 overs. After a small partnership of 47 runs for the fifth wicket between Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja was joined by MS Dhoni for a century partnership for the seventh wicket that left India needing 37 runs from the final three overs. This game turned out to be MS Dhoni's final game for India, he retired from all formats in August 2020. Once Dhoni had gone (run out), a late-order collapse saw New Zealand take the last four wickets for just 13 runs, sending them into their second consecutive World Cup final.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
The second semi-final saw England take on Australia at Edgbaston. Australia won the toss and chose to bat first, but lost three of their top four batsmen for single-figure scores, two of them to Chris Woakes, to reduce them to 14/3 into the seventh over. Wicket-keeper Alex Carey was promoted up the order due to his recent form, and, after getting his helmet knocked off by a Jofra Archer bouncer, he scored 46 before being caught by Adil Rashid.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
As wickets continued to tumble at the other end, Steve Smith held his wicket to top-score with 85 as Australia were bowled out for 223 with Woakes and Rashid being the best of the bowlers with three wickets apiece. England took their time to get going in the run chase but were soon making progress, reaching 124 before Jonny Bairstow was trapped LBW by Starc for the first wicket.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
Quick-hitting Jason Roy went two overs later to a controversial decision, caught behind off a bouncer that appeared not to touch his bat, but England had already used their review on Bairstow's wicket, and Roy departed for 85 off 65 balls, including five sixes. Nevertheless, England were well over halfway to their target by this point, and an unbroken partnership of 79 between Joe Root and captain Eoin Morgan saw them home to an eight-wicket victory and their first World Cup final since 1992.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final
After New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first, Henry Nicholls' first half-century of the tournament and a further 47 from wicket-keeper Tom Latham helped the Kiwis to a total of 241/8 from their 50 overs, as Chris Woakes and Liam Plunkett each secured three wickets for the hosts. Defending a middling score, the New Zealand bowlers bowled effectively, hampering England's top order, with only Jonny Bairstow managing more than a start with 36.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final
With the loss of their top order, England fell to 86/4 in the 24th over, however, a century partnership between Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler for the fifth wicket got them back into the game before Buttler was caught on 59. However, with five overs to play, England still required another 46 runs, and the bottom order were forced to bat more aggressively. Stokes managed to farm the strike and, more crucially, score runs, leaving England needing 15 to win from the final over, two wickets still in hand.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final
After two dot balls, Stokes first planted a six into the stands at deep mid-wicket; on the next ball, the fielder's throw deflected off Stokes' bat as he was coming back for a second run and went to the boundary for an additional four; umpire Kumar Dharmasena awarded six runs for that delivery, although a correct application of Laws of Cricket would have resulted in only five runs being awarded as one of the runs should have not counted as the batsmen had not crossed during the attempted second run at the moment the fielder threw the ball in. The final two deliveries of the over saw England get a run each, but losing their last two wickets going for a second run each time, leaving the scores tied at 241 with Stokes left unbeaten with 84.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final
With the scores tied, the match went to a Super Over. England returned Stokes and Buttler to the crease, and they handled Trent Boult's bowling to accumulate 15 runs without loss. For New Zealand, Martin Guptill and James Neesham went in to face Jofra Archer needing at least 16 runs to claim the title.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final
After a steady accumulation of runs, including a wide and a six, left New Zealand needing two from the final delivery, Guptill hit the ball out to deep mid-wicket and tried to scamper back for the winning run, but Roy's throw in to Buttler was a good one with Guptill being well short of his crease.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Knockout stage, Final
New Zealand finished with 15 runs to tie the Super Over, but England's superior boundary count in the match and Super Over combined (26 to New Zealand's 17) meant they claimed the World Cup title for the first time after three previous final defeats in 1979, 1987 and 1992. This game has gone down in history as one of the greatest ever finals, and games, in cricketing history. Ben Stokes was named man of the match; referring to the controversial overthrows that deflected off his bat, he said he would be "apologising to [New Zealand captain Kane Williamson] for the rest of [his] life", and later said England's first World Cup victory was "written in the stars".


2019 Cricket World Cup, Statistics
India's Rohit Sharma ended the tournament as the leading run scorer with 648 runs from nine matches which featured a 140 against Pakistan at Old Trafford. He finished ahead of Australia's David Warner (647 runs) and Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan (606 runs). Australian bowler Mitchell Starc ended up as the leading wicket-taker with 27 wickets, which surpassed the record set by Glenn McGrath in 2007. Second was Lockie Ferguson from New Zealand with 21 wickets, while Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh) and Jofra Archer (England) were tied for third place with 20 wickets.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Statistics, Team of the tournament
The ICC announced its team of the tournament on 15 July 2019 with Kane Williamson being named as player of the tournament and captain of the team.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Broadcasting
The ICC agreed deals for broadcast and digital distribution on a range of platforms, including television, radio and online streaming. The in-house ICC TV served as host broadcasters of the world feed, in collaboration with Sunset+Vine (as part of a new long-term agreement covering all ICC events, excluding the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup and 2023 Cricket World Cup in India).


2019 Cricket World Cup, Broadcasting
In the United Kingdom, live coverage of the tournament was exclusive to pay television service Sky Sports, with free-to-air highlights packages sub-licensed to Channel 4. Sky later agreed to sub-license a simulcast of the final to Channel 4 if England reached the final. Sky Sport (New Zealand) also decided to air the final on its co-owned free-to-air channel Prime.


2019 Cricket World Cup, Broadcasting
Hotstar held digital rights to the tournament in India and several other markets. Hotstar surpassed 100 million daily users during the group match between India and Pakistan, and reached a record 25.3 million concurrent viewers during the semi-final between India and New Zealand.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final
The 2019 Cricket World Cup Final was a One Day International cricket match played at Lord's in London, England, on 14 July 2019 to determine the winner of the 2019 Cricket World Cup. It was contested by the runners-up from the previous tournament, New Zealand, and the host nation, England. It was the fifth time Lord's had hosted the Cricket World Cup Final, the most of any ground.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final
The two teams were tied on 241 runs at the end of the match, resulting in a Super Over being played to break the tie. On the final ball of New Zealand's Super Over, after equalling the 15 runs England managed in their over, Martin Guptill attempted to score the winning run but was run out by Jason Roy and Jos Buttler, meaning the Super Over was also tied. England won on the boundary count-back rule, having scored 26 boundaries to New Zealand's 17, thus becoming Cricket World Cup winners for the first time.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final
It was the first time a One Day International final match required a Super Over, and subsequently the first time it had been decided by a boundary count. The match has been described as one of the greatest and most dramatic in the history of the sport, with some analysts describing it as the greatest match in the history of one-day cricket.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Background
The 2019 Cricket World Cup started on 30 May and was hosted by England and Wales. Ten teams played each other once in a round-robin format with the top four teams going through to the semi-finals. Fourth-placed New Zealand beat group winners India in the first semi-final, and England, who finished third in the group, defeated second-placed Australia in the second.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Background
England played in their first final in 27 years, their last appearance coming in 1992, when they were defeated by Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Their other appearances in the final were in 1979 against the West Indies at Lord's and 1987 against Australia at Eden Gardens. Despite playing in the second-highest number of finals in the World Cup after Australia, they were yet to win the trophy. New Zealand played in their second final, and also their second in a row. They previously played in the 2015 final but were beaten by Australia.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Background
When England reached the final, demand increased greatly for it to be shown on a free-to-air television channel in the United Kingdom. Rights holders Sky Sports agreed to allow Channel 4, who had the rights to broadcast evening highlights of the tournament, to carry the final in a simulcast (England cricket matches are not compulsory events requiring free-to-air broadcast). However, due to an existing commitment by Channel 4 to cover the 2019 British Grand Prix, the coverage switched to their sister channel More4 during the motor racing, returning to Channel 4 after the Grand Prix had finished. It was the first time an England international match had been broadcast on free-to-air television in the UK since the 2005 Ashes series.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Background
Whichever team won the match would become the first new winner of the World Cup since Sri Lanka's victory in 1996. It was also the first world final with a guaranteed new winner since 1992.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Road to the final, New Zealand
New Zealand retained the majority of the team that reached their maiden World Cup Final as co-hosts in 2015, although Kane Williamson took on the captaincy following Brendon McCullum's retirement. They finished level on 11 points with Pakistan in the round-robin stage (five wins, three losses and one no result after their match against India was interrupted by rain), but took fourth place by virtue of a better net run rate than Pakistan.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Road to the final, New Zealand
In the semi-finals, they were paired with India, who finished first in the round-robin stage. The match was played at Old Trafford in Manchester on 9 July. With New Zealand on 211/5 after 46.1 overs, Williamson having scored 67 and Ross Taylor on the same score at the time, the match was suspended by rain and ultimately play was pushed to the reserve day the next day. Eventually finishing on 239/8, Taylor eventually out for 74, they produced a spirited bowling and fielding performance to leave India 18 runs short.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Road to the final, New Zealand
Man of the Match Matt Henry took 3/37, including openers Rohit Sharma and K. L. Rahul caught for just one each and Dinesh Karthik spectacularly caught by James Neesham for 6. Meanwhile, fellow pace bowler Trent Boult had captain Virat Kohli trapped lbw for one and top scorer Ravindra Jadeja caught by Williamson for 77 when a seventh-wicket partnership looked to be swinging the match back in India's favour. Finally, Martin Guptill ran out World Cup-winning captain MS Dhoni for 50 with a direct hit to leave India with just their tail.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Road to the final, England
England, by contrast, entered as the top-ranked ODI team after director of cricket and former Ashes-winning captain Andrew Strauss helped orchestrate the national team's white-ball revamp following their bowing out in the group stage in 2015. Only a handful of the players who featured in 2019, including Irish-born captain Eoin Morgan, Test captain Joe Root, wicket-keeper Jos Buttler and bowling all-rounder Chris Woakes, were holdovers from that team, though a good number played in the narrow defeat against the West Indies in the 2016 World Twenty20 Final. Morgan was also the lone remaining member of England's 2010 World Twenty20 champion team – England's only ICC world championship going into this final.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Road to the final, England
Their campaign was nearly derailed after a loss at Lord's to defending champions and arch-rivals Australia left them having to beat both India and New Zealand to guarantee their semi-final spot. They won both games and finished third in the round-robin stage with 12 points (six wins and three losses out of nine matches). They met group runners-up Australia in the second semi-final at Edgbaston on 11 July and soundly defeated them by 8 wickets to progress to the final.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Road to the final, England
Key moments included Woakes having David Warner caught for 9, Jofra Archer trapping captain Aaron Finch lbw for a golden duck, Buttler running out Australian top scorer and former captain Steve Smith through his legs on 85 and Jason Roy's 85 off 65 as England completed their chase with 107 balls to spare.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Match officials
On 12 July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Sri Lankan Kumar Dharmasena and South African Marais Erasmus as the on-field umpires, with Australian Rod Tucker as the third umpire, Pakistani Aleem Dar as the reserve umpire and Sri Lankan Ranjan Madugalle named as match referee.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Teams and toss
Both teams remained unchanged from their semi-final matches; New Zealand decided that the line-up that beat India against the odds would work in their favour in the final, while England's Jason Roy avoided suspension after his show of dissent in their semi-final match against Australia to open the batting for the hosts.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Teams and toss
Some early rain slightly delayed the toss, with the match starting at 10:45, 15 minutes later than scheduled. It was feared that the rain would interfere with the match, but it cleared up quickly, although the overcast conditions and wet grass changed the dynamic of the toss. New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Match, New Zealand innings
Martin Guptill and Henry Nicholls opened the innings for New Zealand, with Nicholls scoring his first half-century of the tournament. A further 30 runs from captain Kane Williamson, and 47 from wicket-keeper Tom Latham, helped New Zealand to a total of 241/8 from their 50 overs. Chris Woakes and Liam Plunkett took three wickets each for the hosts.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Match, England innings
Defending a middling score, the New Zealand bowlers bowled effectively, hampering England's top order, with only Jonny Bairstow managing more than a start with 36. With the loss of their top order, England fell to 86/4 in the 24th over; however, a century partnership between Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler for the fifth wicket got them back into the game before Buttler was caught. But with five overs to play, England still required another 46 runs and the bottom order were forced to bat more aggressively. Stokes managed to farm the strike and, more crucially, score runs, leaving England needing 15 to win from the final over, two wickets still in hand. After two dot balls, Stokes hit a six into the stands at deep mid-wicket, bringing their score to 233/8.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Match, England innings
From the third-last ball of the final over, Stokes drove the ball into mid-wicket. Guptill fielded the ball and threw it back to the striker's end as Stokes was returning to complete a second run; however, as Stokes dived for the crease, the ball deflected off his bat and to the boundary behind the wicket, resulting in four runs being added to the two that Stokes had run. The final two deliveries went for a run each, but England lost their last two wickets going for a second run each time.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Super Over
With the scores tied at 241, the match went to a Super Over. Stokes and Buttler returned to the crease for England to face the bowling of Trent Boult; the pair scored 15 runs without loss, with both batsmen contributing a boundary four. For New Zealand, Guptill and James Neesham went in to face Jofra Archer, needing 16 runs to claim the title. Archer's over started badly, beginning with a wide, and a steady accumulation of runs, along with a six from Neesham off the third ball, left New Zealand needing two from the final delivery.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Super Over
Facing his first ball of the Super Over and the last of the match, Guptill hit the ball to deep mid-wicket and tried to scamper back for the winning run, but Roy's throw in to Buttler was a good one, and Guptill was run out well short of his crease. New Zealand finished with 15 runs, the Super Over tied, but England's superior boundary count (26 to New Zealand's 17) meant they won the World Cup title for the first time in four final appearances. Stokes earned Man of the Match honours with his unbeaten 84, plus eight runs in the Super Over.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Super Over
This is the moment! It's Archer to Guptill: 2 to win. (Guptill hits the delivery) Guptill's gonna push for 2! They've got to go! It's [the ball] gonna...(Roy fields) Roy's gonna go to the keeper's end... (Buttler takes the throw and downs the wicket) He's got it! England have won the World Cup! By the barest of margins! By the barest of all margins! Absolute ecstasy for England! Agony, agony for New Zealand!


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Super Over
Ian Smith on the TV broadcast of the final ball


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Super Over
It's come to this. Here's the last ball of the World Cup Final. Archer bowls it – it's clipped away to the leg side. They're going to come back for the second. The throw is picked up, they throw to the wicketkeeper's end...he's run out, is he?! I think he's run out! England think he's run out!...Wait now, listen... (Replay shown, crowd cheers as Guptill shown out) That tells you that England have won the World Cup!


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Super Over
Jonathan Agnew on Test Match Special's radio broadcast of the final ball on BBC Radio Five Live


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Match details
Fall of wickets: 1/29 (Guptill, 6.2 ov), 2/103 (Williamson, 22.4 ov), 3/118 (Nicholls, 26.5 ov), 4/141 (Taylor, 33.1 ov), 5/173 (Neesham, 39 ov), 6/219 (De Grandhomme, 46.5 ov), 7/232 (Latham, 48.3 ov), 8/240 (Henry, 49.3 ov)


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Match, Match details
Fall of wickets: 1/28 (Roy, 5.4 ov), 2/59 (Root, 16.3 ov), 3/71 (Bairstow, 19.3 ov), 4/86 (Morgan, 23.1 ov), 5/196 (Buttler, 44.5 ov), 6/203 (Woakes, 46.1 ov), 7/220 (Plunkett, 48.3 ov), 8/227 (Archer, 49 ov), 9/240 (Rashid, 49.5 ov), 10/241 (Wood, 50 ov)


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Post-match, Reaction
The closeness of the match, with scores being level even after the end of the Super Over and England claiming the tie-breaker by having scored more boundaries throughout the match, combined with the dramatic turn of events in the final hour and the fact that it was played as a Cricket World Cup Final, led to many former and active players, analysts and media outlets describing it as the greatest cricket match ever played. Former England one-day bowler Stuart Broad called it "the best white ball game of all time". England players Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow declared the World Cup Final as "the greatest game ever".


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Post-match, Reaction
The Guardian's live commentator wrote: "That is the most amazing game I have ever seen in my life." The Sydney Morning Herald called it "one of the most dramatic clashes in cricket history", while ABC News referred to it as "the greatest ODI ever played". The headline of The Week was "Super human Ben Stokes drags England to victory in the greatest cricket match". With Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer contesting the Wimbledon Championships' longest ever singles final (which finished during the World Cup Final), and Lewis Hamilton winning the British Grand Prix on the same day, it was referred to as a "golden sporting Sunday".


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Post-match, Reaction
Umpire Kumar Dharmasena's decision to award England six runs following an overthrow boundary in the final over was criticised by former international umpire Simon Taufel, who said it was an "error in judgment" and a "clear mistake" by the on-field umpires.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Post-match, Reaction
Law 19.8 of the Laws of Cricket says "If the boundary results from an overthrow or from the wilful act of a fielder, the runs scored shall be: any runs for penalties awarded to either side; the allowance for the boundary; and the runs completed by the batsmen, together with the run in progress if they had already crossed at the instant of the throw or act."


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Post-match, Reaction
As Stokes and Adil Rashid had not crossed at the moment the New Zealand fielder threw the ball, it was suggested that England should only have been awarded one completed run in addition to the overthrow boundary. Dharmasena later admitted this was an error, though said he would "never regret the decision". As a result of the incident, the Marylebone Cricket Club said it would review the overthrow rule. Some active and former players criticised the ICC rule of boundary count and not using the wicket count for a tied match.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Post-match, Reaction
Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, said that despite the loss she felt "incredibly proud of the Black Caps, and I hope every New Zealander does because they played remarkable cricket". The New Zealand cricket coach, Gary Stead, said that sharing the World Cup is something that "should be considered".


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Post-match, Reaction
In the wake of the result of the final, the ICC scrapped the boundary count rule; instead teams will play as many super overs as are necessary until the one team wins.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Post-match, Celebrations
In the wake of England's victory, the nation erupted into a state of national pride and celebrations that lasted into the night and most of the next day. The England team stayed at Lord's for most of the night celebrating. The next day, the team hosted an event at The Oval, inviting fans to meet and greet the team, and pose and take photos with the trophy.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Post-match, Celebrations
Queen Elizabeth II congratulated the England team on the victory, as well as many other high-profile celebrities.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Post-match, Celebrations
Prince Philip and I send our warmest congratulations to the England Men’s Cricket team after such a thrilling victory in today’s World Cup Final.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Post-match, Celebrations
British Prime Minister Theresa May invited the England team to 10 Downing Street the day after the victory to celebrate and offer her congratulations. Former Conservative Prime Minister Sir John Major, himself a former Surrey CCC President and honorary life vice-president, was also in attendance. In December, Stokes was also named BBC Sports Personality of the Year, making him the first cricketer to win it since Andrew Flintoff in 2005. In the subsequent New Year's Honours List, six England players and staff received Order of the British Empire decorations: CBEs for Morgan and ECB chairman Colin Graves, OBEs for Stokes and coach Trevor Bayliss and MBEs for Buttler and Root.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Post-match, Broadcast
The match was the first international cricket match to be broadcast on free-to-air TV in the United Kingdom since the 2005 Ashes series. 8.3 million viewers tuned in to see the final, making it one of the most viewed broadcasts of the year, with the highest audience share since the 2018 FIFA World Cup semi-Final between Croatia and England and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.


2019 Cricket World Cup Final, Post-match, Broadcast
A unique audience of 15.4 million witnessed the most exciting final via Sky Sports, Sky, Channel 4 and More 4, peaking with 8.92m unique viewers at 19:29 at the start of the historic Super Over. This was also the highest ever peak having the highest viewing hours for a live cricket match on UK television record with 36.6 million.


2019 Cricket World Cup group stage
The 2019 Cricket World Cup group stage was played in a round-robin league format, with all 10 teams playing each other once in a single group, resulting in a total of 45 matches being played. The top four teams from the group progressed to the knockout stage. A similar format was previously used in the 1992 Cricket World Cup.


2019 Cricket World Cup group stage
On 25 June 2019, Australia became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals, after beating England at Lord's. India became the second team to qualify for the semi-finals, after they defeated Bangladesh at Edgbaston on 2 July 2019. The following day saw tournament hosts England become the third team to qualify for the semi-finals, after they beat New Zealand at the Riverside Ground. New Zealand were the fourth and final team to qualify for the semi-finals, after Pakistan were unable to increase their net run rate sufficiently enough in their match against Bangladesh at Lord's.


2019 Cricket World Cup knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 2019 Cricket World Cup consisted of two semi-finals, played at Old Trafford in Manchester on 9 July and Edgbaston in Birmingham on 11 July, and a final, at Lord's on 14 July. It was the third time Edgbaston hosted a World Cup semi-final and the fourth at Old Trafford – a record for a World Cup venue.


2019 Cricket World Cup knockout stage, Rules
All of the knockout games had a reserve day. If a reserve day came into play, the match would not be restarted but resumed from the previous day's play (if any). In the event of no play on the scheduled day or the reserve day, in the semi-finals, the team that finished higher in the group stage progressed to the final, and if no play were possible in the final, the trophy would be shared.


2019 Cricket World Cup knockout stage, Rules
If any match ended in a tie, a Super Over would be used to determine the winner; each team would select three batsmen and a bowler, with the full team available to field. There would be no penalty for the loss of a wicket, but the loss of two wickets would end the Super Over. If the scores in the Super Over were also tied, the winner would be determined by the two teams' overall boundary count, including both the match itself and the Super Over.


2019 Cricket World Cup knockout stage, Qualification
On 25 June 2019, Australia became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals, after beating England at Lord's. India were next to qualify, thanks to victory over Bangladesh at Edgbaston on 2 July. The following day saw tournament hosts England become the third team to qualify, after they beat New Zealand at the Riverside Ground. New Zealand were the fourth and final team to qualify, after Pakistan were unable to increase their net run rate sufficiently enough in their match against Bangladesh at Lord's. As group winners, India faced fourth-placed New Zealand in the first semi-final, while the second semi-final will feature Australia and England, who finished second and third, respectively. The International Cricket Council (ICC) appointed the umpires for the two matches on 7 July.


2019 Cricket World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals
Due to persistent rain, the first semi-final was suspended in the 47th over of New Zealand's innings, and continued on 10 July. New Zealand eventually posted a total of 239/8 from their 50 overs; in response, India were bowled out for 221, 18 runs short, sending New Zealand through to their second Cricket World Cup final, having also played in the final in 2015.


2019 Cricket World Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals
The second semi-final saw England take on Australia at Edgbaston. Australia won the toss and chose to bat first, but lost three of their top four batsmen for single-figure scores, two of them to Chris Woakes, to reduce them to 14/3 a ball into the seventh over. Steve Smith held his wicket to top-score with 85 as Australia were bowled out for 223 with Woakes and Rashid being the best of the bowlers with three wickets apiece. Nevertheless, England were well over halfway to their target by this point, and an unbroken partnership of 79 between Joe Root and captain Eoin Morgan saw them home to an eight-wicket victory and their first World Cup final since 1992.


2019 Cricket World Cup officials
Match officials for the 2019 Cricket World Cup were selected by the Umpire selection panel and the information was released on 26 April, 2019. Umpire selection panel selected 16 umpires to officiate at the World Cup: Out of 16 umpires four were from Australia, five from England, four from Asia, one each from New Zealand, South Africa and West Indies. It also selected 6 match referees for the event.


2019 Cricket World Cup officials, Umpires
Out of the selected umpires, twelve of them belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires while the remaining four belong to the International Panel of Umpires and Referees. Ian Gould, an Elite panel umpire, announced that he would retire as an umpire following the conclusion of the tournament. On 6 July 2019, Gould retired from umpiring, after standing in the World Cup match between India and Sri Lanka.


2019 Cricket World Cup officials, Referees
Six referees were also selected by the selection panel. All the selected referees belong to the Elite Panel of ICC Referees.


2019 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony
The Opening Ceremony of the Cricket World Cup 2019 took place on 29 May 2019, at The Mall in central London. The ICC promised that the opening ceremony would be the ‘most celebrated start to a Cricket World Cup ever’. The ceremony included live sport, music and entertainment for a planned 4,000 fans. Cricket journalist Andy Bull estimated that "there cannot have been many more than 400" fans actually present, which he ascribed in part to heavy rain. It ended with the official World Cup song, "Stand By", performed by Loryn and Rudimental.


2019 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony, Theme song
On 17 May 2019, ICC unveiled its official theme song for the World Cup, titled "Stand By". The song was performed by the Canadian singer Loryn and the British band Rudimental.


2019 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony, Ceremony
The ceremony was held on The Mall, with Buckingham Palace as the backdrop. It featured the team captains, former cricketers, dignitaries, celebrities and singers.


2019 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony, Ceremony
The ceremony was hosted by ex-England cricketer Andrew Flintoff, Indian actress and presenter Shibani Dandekar and English TV presenter Paddy McGuinness.


2019 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony, Ceremony
The captains of the ten participating nations were introduced on the stage. Then the nations were represented in a ten-team celebrity street cricket game, with each team formed of a former cricketer and a celebrity from their country.


2019 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony, Ceremony
The participants were: Afghanistan's Mirwais Ashraf and singer songwriter Aryana Sayeed, Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene and athlete Damayanthi Dharsha, West Indies' Viv Richards and Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake, Bangladesh's Abdur Razaak and actress Jaya Ahsan, Pakistan's Azhar Ali and 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, Australia's Brett Lee and former tennis player Pat Cash, New Zealand's James Franklin and former Rugby player Sean Fitzpatrick, South Africa's Jacques Kallis and former footballer Steven Pienaar, India's Anil Kumble and actor-director Farhan Akhtar, and England's Kevin Pietersen and TV personality Chris Hughes.


2019 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony, Ceremony
The hour-long show closed with a live performance of the official tournament song, "Stand By", by Loryn and Rudimental.


2019 Cricket World Cup squads
This is a list of the squads picked for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. All 10 teams were required to submit a 15-member squad by 23 April, with changes to the squad allowed to be made up to 22 May. New Zealand were the first team to name their squad, naming their team on 3 April 2019. The West Indies were the last team to name their squad, announcing their team on 24 April 2019, one day after the initial deadline set by the International Cricket Council (ICC).


2019 Cricket World Cup squads
Two cricketers, New Zealand's Tom Blundell and Bangladesh's Abu Jayed, had not played in a One Day International (ODI) prior to being named in their team's squad. On 13 May 2019, Jayed made his ODI debut for Bangladesh, against the West Indies, in the fifth match of the tri-series in Ireland. Three captains, England's Eoin Morgan, the West Indies' Jason Holder and Bangladesh's Mashrafe Mortaza, had led their respective teams in the previous tournament.


2019 Cricket World Cup squads, Afghanistan
Afghanistan announced their 15-man squad on 22 April. Following Afghanistan's second match, Mohammad Shahzad was ruled out of the tournament due to injury. He was replaced by Ikram Alikhil. On 27 June 2019, Aftab Alam was ruled out of the tournament due to "exceptional circumstances" and was replaced by Sayed Shirzad.


2019 Cricket World Cup squads, Australia
Australia announced their 15-man squad on 15 April. Jhye Richardson was originally included in the squad but on 8 May 2019, he was ruled out of the tournament with a dislocated shoulder and replaced by Kane Richardson. Cricket Australia named Mitchell Marsh as cover for Marcus Stoinis, ahead of Australia's match against Pakistan on 12 June 2019. Stoinis was ruled out of the fixture due to an injury, with Cricket Australia waiting to see if he's ruled out of the rest of the tournament.


2019 Cricket World Cup squads, Australia
Ahead of Australia's final group-stage match, Shaun Marsh was ruled out of the rest of the tournament with a fractured forearm. Peter Handscomb was named as his replacement. Usman Khawaja picked up a hamstring injury during Australia's final group-stage match, ruling him out of the rest of the tournament. Matthew Wade was named as cover for him.


2019 Cricket World Cup squads, England
England announced their 15-man squad on 17 April. It originally included Alex Hales, though he was later withdrawn following a ban for recreational drug use. England announced their final squad on 21 May, with Jofra Archer, Liam Dawson and James Vince replacing David Willey, Joe Denly and Hales.


2019 Cricket World Cup squads, India
India announced their 15-man squad on 15 April. They have also named Ambati Rayudu, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Navdeep Saini and Ishant Sharma as stand-by players for the team, who can be drafted in the event of injuries to any player. Rishabh Pant was called up to India's squad as cover for Shikhar Dhawan, after Dhawan suffered a hairline fracture on his left thumb during India's game against Australia.


2019 Cricket World Cup squads, India
On 19 June 2019, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that Dhawan had been ruled out for the rest of the tournament, with Pant confirmed as his replacement. Vijay Shankar was ruled out of India's final two round-robin matches due to an injury, with Mayank Agarwal named as his replacement.


2019 Cricket World Cup squads, New Zealand
New Zealand announced their 15-man squad on 3 April 2019.


2019 Cricket World Cup squads, Pakistan
Pakistan announced their initial World Cup squad on 18 April. They announced their final squad on 20 May, with Junaid Khan, Faheem Ashraf and Abid Ali replaced by Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir and Asif Ali.


2019 Cricket World Cup squads, South Africa
South Africa announced their World Cup squad on 18 April. Anrich Nortje was originally included in the squad but on 7 May 2019, he was ruled out of the tournament with a hand injury and replaced by Chris Morris. Dale Steyn was ruled out of the tournament due to an ongoing shoulder injury, and was replaced by Beuran Hendricks.


2019 Cricket World Cup squads, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka announced their World Cup squad on 18 April. Nuwan Pradeep was ruled out of Sri Lanka's last two matches of the tournament, after contracting chickenpox. He was replaced by Kasun Rajitha.


2019 Cricket World Cup squads, West Indies
West Indies announced their World Cup squad on 24 April. On 19 May 2019, Sunil Ambris, Dwayne Bravo, John Campbell, Jonathan Carter, Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich, Keemo Paul, Khary Pierre, Raymon Reifer and Kieron Pollard were all named as reserve players by Cricket West Indies. On 24 June 2019, Andre Russell was ruled out of the rest of the tournament, due to a knee injury, and was replaced by Sunil Ambris.


2019 Cricket World Cup statistics
This is a list of statistics for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Each list contains the top five records (including ties for fifth place), except for the partnership records.


2019 Cricket World Cup statistics, Team statistics, Lowest team totals
This is a list of completed innings only, low totals in matches with reduced overs are omitted except when the team was all out. Successful run chases in the second innings are not counted.


2019 Cricket World Cup statistics, Team statistics, Smallest winning margin, By runs
Note: England won the final of the tournament based on the total number of boundaries scored, after the scores finished level in both the match and the resulting Super over.


2019 Cricket World Cup statistics, Batting Statistics, Most boundaries
Note: For Full list of Boundaries and Sixes hit see


2019 Cricket World Cup statistics, Batting Statistics, Most ducks
11 players all had two ducks, with Nuwan Pradeep of Sri Lanka and Shoaib Malik of Pakistan doing so in the fewest total innings (three).


2019 Cricket World Cup statistics, Fielding Statistics, Most dismissals
This is a list of wicket-keepers with the most dismissals in the tournament.


2019 Cricket World Cup statistics, Fielding Statistics, Most catches
This is a list of the fielders who took the most catches in the tournament; catches made as wicket-keeper are not included.


2019 Cricket World Cup statistics, Other statistics, Highest partnerships
The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.


2019 Cricket World Cup statistics, Tied match
2019 Cricket World cup saw the final match as the fifth tied match in the history of the tournament ensuring that this was the fifth world cup with a tied game (1999 Cricket World Cup – Semifinals between Australia and South Africa, 2003 Cricket World Cup – Group B match between South Africa and Sri Lanka, 2007 Cricket World Cup – Group D match between Ireland and Zimbabwe, and 2011 Cricket World Cup – Group B match between India and England). The tie-breaking super over was also tied, England won the match and title by superior boundary count.


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné
The 2019 Critérium du Dauphiné was the 71st edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné, a road cycling stage race. The race took place between 9 and 16 June 2019, in France and Switzerland. On 25 March 2019, the race organisers, the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), announced the route at a presentation in Lyon.


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Teams
The eighteen UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited to participate. In addition, four UCI Professional Continental teams received wildcard invitations: Cofidis, Arkéa–Samsic, Vital Concept–B&B Hotels and Wanty–Gobert. In total, twenty-two teams started the race, with seven riders per team:


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Pre-race favourites
Chris Froome (Team Ineos) was the favourite for the race, having won three previous editions. Defending champion Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) was not in the field. Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Richie Porte (Trek–Segafredo), Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) and Tom Dumoulin (Team DSM) were considered as the nearest rivals.


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stages, Stage 1
9 June 2019 - Aurillac to Jussac, 142 km (88.2 mi)


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stages, Stage 2
10 June 2019 - Mauriac to Craponne-sur-Arzon, 180 km (111.8 mi)


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stages, Stage 3
11 June 2019 - Le Puy-en-Velay to Riom, 172 km (106.9 mi)


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stages, Stage 4
12 June 2019 - Roanne to Roanne, 26.1 km (16.2 mi) (ITT)


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stages, Stage 4
Pre -race favourite Chris Froome suffered a crash during the route reconnaissance before the stage, resulting in fractures of the pelvis, femur, elbow and ribs. Team principal Dave Brailsford later confirmed that Froome would miss the rest of the race, and the 2019 Tour de France.


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stages, Stage 5
13 June 2019 - Boën-sur-Lignon to Voiron, 201 km (124.9 mi)


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stages, Stage 6
14 June 2019 - Saint-Vulbas to Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, 228 km (141.7 mi)


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stages, Stage 7
15 June 2019 - Saint-Genix-les-Villages to Les Sept Laux-Pipay, 133 km (82.6 mi)


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stages, Stage 7
Tom Dumoulin, one of the pre-race favourites, withdrew from the race before the start of the stage. During the stage, the weather started sunny, but the day's last two climbs occurred in heavy rain.


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stages, Stage 8
16 June 2019 - Cluses to Champéry (Switzerland), 113.5 km (70.5 mi)


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stages, Stage 8
Adam Yates, second place on the general classification, abandoned the race in the final 50 km (31 mi).


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Classification leadership table
In the Critérium du Dauphiné, four different jerseys were awarded. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages except for the individual time trial: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. The rider with the least accumulated time is the race leader, identified by a yellow jersey with a blue bar; the winner of this classification was considered the winner of the race.


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Classification leadership table
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. More points were awarded on the flatter stages in the opening half of the race.


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Classification leadership table
There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a blue jersey with white polka dots. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either hors, first, second, third, or fourth-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. Hors-category climbs awarded the most points; the first ten riders were able to accrue points, compared with the first six on first-category climbs, the first four on second-category, the first two on third-category and only the first for fourth-category.


2019 Critérium du Dauphiné, Classification leadership table
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.


2019 Croatia Open Umag
The 2019 Croatia Open  (also known as the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 30th edition of the Croatia Open, and part of the 250 Series of the 2019 ATP Tour. It took place at the International Tennis Center in Umag, Croatia, from 15 July through 21 July 2019.


2019 Croatia Open Umag, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Croatia Open Umag, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:


2019 Croatia Open Umag, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 Croatia Open Umag – Doubles
Robin Haase and Matwé Middelkoop were the defending champions, but Middelkoop chose to compete in Båstad instead.


2019 Croatia Open Umag – Doubles
Haase played alongside Philipp Oswald and successfully defended the title, defeating Oliver Marach and Jürgen Melzer in the final, 7–5, 6–7(2–7), [14–12].


2019 Croatia Open Umag – Singles
Marco Cecchinato was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Aljaž Bedene.


2019 Croatia Open Umag – Singles
Dušan Lajović won his first ATP Tour singles title, defeating Attila Balázs in the final, 7–5, 7–5.


2019 Croatia Open Umag – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.


2019 Croatian Football Cup Final
The 2019 Croatian Cup Final between Dinamo Zagreb and Rijeka was played on 22 May 2019 in Pula.


2019 Croatian Football Cup Final, Match details
Assistant referees:Tomislav Petrović (Valpovo)Miro Grgić (Osijek) Fourth official:Goran Pataki (Đakovo)Additional assistant referees:Igor Pajač (Sveti Ivan Zelina)Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)


2019 Croatian Football Super Cup
The 2019 Croatian Football Super Cup was the twelfth edition of Croatian Football Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the Croatian First League and Croatian Football Cup. The match was played on 13 July 2019 at Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb between 2018–19 Croatian First League winners Dinamo Zagreb and 2018–19 Croatian Football Cup winners Rijeka.


2019 Croatian Football Super Cup, Match details
Assistant referees:Goran Pataki (Đakovo)Vedran Đurak (Sisak)Fourth official:Marko Matoc (Zaprešić)Additional assistant referees:


2019 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections
2019 Croatian national minorities' councils and representatives elections took place on 5 May. The elections were the fifth minority elections since 2003 and near 254,000 citizens of Croatia were entitled to vote on them. In total, 352 councils and 109 representatives were up for election. 14 minority groups were electing their councils while 20 minority groups were electing representatives. 6,686 candidates in total participated in elections which were conducted at 846 polling places. Elections for councils took place in 19 counties of Croatia, City of Zagreb, 68 cities of Croatia and 108 municipalities of Croatia. Elections for representatives took place in 19 counties, City of Zagreb, 34 cities and one municipality.


2019 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections
Major challenge to this and all previous minority elections in Croatia is low voter turnout with 3,93% turnout from 07:00 till 11:30 A.M. Some media warned about possibility that minority elections risk being overshadowed by the campaign for the 2019 European Parliament election in Croatia which are taking place on May 26.


2019 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections, Background
The first minority elections in Croatia were held in 2003 after the introduction of the Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities in the Republic of Croatia in late 2002.


2019 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections, Electoral system
Elections for councils and representatives are regulated by the Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities in the Republic of Croatia and the Law on Election of Councils and Representatives of National Minorities. National minorities are electing municipal and county councils or representatives depending on relative and absolute minority population. Councils are elected in municipalities and cities in which minority population constitute at least 1,5% of the total population and there is at least 200 members of certain minority group. County councils are elected if there is more than 500 members of certain minority in a given Croatian county. Units with smaller numbers of members of certain minority, but in which there is still 100 or more members of given minority are electing minority representatives. 10 members are elected into municipal minority councils, 15 into city councils and 25 into county councils.


2019 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections, Electoral system
Minority elections are called by decision of the Government of the Republic of Croatia. The government called elections for 515 minority councils and 144 representatives. Candidates were not proposed for all councils and representatives which limited elections to 352 councils and 109 representatives. The State Election Commission is proposing to the government the fees for the work of the members of the electoral bodies. Bodies responsible for the implementation of the elections are the State Election Commission, county election commissions, the Election Commission of the City of Zagreb, town and municipal election commissions and polling boards. Contrary to other elections in Croatia in which an individual voter with prior registration can vote at any polling place in the country or abroad, voters at minority elections can vote exclusively in the place of permanent residence.


2019 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections, Results
In the first round held on 5 May 2019, the turnout at the county level election was 31,755 or 12.61% of the 251,867 registered voters. On the city level, the turnout was 13,086 or 10.9%, and on the municipality level, the turnout was 14,204 or 23.13%. The second round was held on 19 May. A total of 5,029 candidates were elected.


2019 Croatian protests
The 2019 Croatian protests was an influx of movements and peaceful demonstrations in Zagreb, as part of a popular uprising against a surge in Violence against women and participated in rallies as part of the Spasime movement. The protests have been nicknamed the #Justice for Girls, #Save Me! Movement and #Me too! Movement.


2019 Croatian protests, Background
In Croatia, protesters were on the streets after a wave of Violence against women and injustice against young girls. Girls and women has suffered a history of violence in Croatia, so they called on Marches and Rallies to be held in public in protest.


2019 Croatian protests, Protests
Mass rallies was held in Zagreb on 16 March, in protest at violence against women. Thousands rallied in town squares and city-centres in streets for a day. Justice rallies and different street protests grew in late-October, when justice for girls rallies were taking place across Zagreb at protest against violence.


2019 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season
The 2019 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season was the 53rd in the club's history. The team was coached by John Morris, who replaced Shane Flanagan after he resigned in January. The Cronulla Sharks were captained by Paul Gallen and Wade Graham and competed in the National Rugby League's 2019 Telstra Premiership.


2019 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Representative honours
The following players have played a first grade representative match in 2019. (C) = Captain


2019 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks season, Representative honours
1 – Andrew Fifita was originally selected to play, but was subsequently forced to withdraw following suspension.


2019 Cross River State gubernatorial election
The 2019 Cross River State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019. Incumbent PDP Governor Benedict Ayade won re-election for a second term, defeating APC's John Owan Enoh, and several minor party candidates.


2019 Cross River State gubernatorial election
Ayade won in all 18 LGAs of the state with a total of 73.04% of popular vote, while Enoh with no win in any LGA was his closest contestant with a total of 25.11% of popular vote having 250,323 votes less than Ayade.


2019 Cross River State gubernatorial election
Ben Ayade emerged unopposed in the PDP gubernatorial primary elections as the sole candidate, after the other candidate was disqualified. His running mate was Ivara Esu.


2019 Cross River State gubernatorial election
John Owan Enoh emerged the APC candidate in the gubernatorial primary election. His running mate was Ntufam Ekpo Okon.


2019 Cross River State gubernatorial election
Of the 26 candidates who aspired for the governorship seat, 24 were male, two were female.


2019 Cross River State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Cross River State is elected using the plurality voting system.


2019 Cross River State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary
The PDP primary election was held on 30 September 2018. Earlier on, Hon. Emmanuel Ibeshi, who was diequalified by the party from contesting in the primary election just about 24 hours before the exercise, sued the party and state governor for his disqualification, in court.


2019 Cross River State gubernatorial election, Primary election, APC primary
The Guardian and Today Nigeria reported five candidates seeking to unseat the incumbent governor. A crisis earlier developed in the state's APC party, causing it to be divided into two factions: The Etim John faction and the other faction. The Etim John faction's results were are follows: Usani Uguru Usani 47,313 votes, John Owan Enoh 1,486 votes, Eyo Etim Nyong 1,052 votes, Edem Duke 1,322 votes, and John Odey 1,099 votes. However, the official results were announced by the Chairman of Electoral Committee, Ali Magaji, pronouncing John Owan-Enoh winner with 82,272 votes out of the 101,212 votes cast. Edem Duke was said to have had 7,367 votes while Usani Usani polled 1,778 votes. There were a total of 106,212 accredited voters who cast 117 invalid votes. The elections were held on September 30, 2018.


2019 Cross River State gubernatorial election, Primary election, APC primary
The official results were strongly opposed by three other contestants, led by Usani, who was also rejected by the APC as a candidate. However, a court ruling affirmed Enoh as the candidate for the party.


2019 Cross River State gubernatorial election, Results
A total of 26 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP Governor Benedict Ayade won re-election for a second term, defeating APC's Owan Enoh John (who despite being delisted by a Calabar High Court order from the elections, still had his party logo on the ballot paper), and several minor party candidates. Ayade polled 381,484 votes representing 73.04% of total vote cast, and Enoh 131,161 votes representing 25.11%. SDP's Eyo Ekpo came third with 4,818 votes representing 0.92% of total valid votes cast. The APC, however, rejected this result.


2019 Cross River State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,486,026 while 542,115 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 533,808, while total number of valid votes was 522,309. Total rejected votes were 11,499.


2019 Cross River State gubernatorial election, Results, By local government area
Here are the results of the election from the local government areas of the state for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 522,309 represents the 26 political parties that participated in the election. Green represents LGAs won by Ayade. Blue represents LGAs won by Enoh.


2019 CrossFit Games
The 2019 CrossFit Games were the 13th CrossFit Games and were held from August 1–4, 2019, at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The men's competition was won by Mat Fraser, the women's by Tia-Clair Toomey, and CrossFit Mayhem Freedom won the Team competition, all of whom also won the 2018 games.


2019 CrossFit Games
The 2019 Games were the first to operate under a new set of qualification rules, allowing athletes to qualify for the Games via the Open, the Sanctionals and invitations, replacing the Regionals of previous seasons. It was also the first year to allow a team to be composed of members that did not share a gym affiliation, thereby removing the Affiliate Cup. This year the Games were not broadcast on ESPN or CBS, but rather streamed online by various partners using an open-source broadcast.


2019 CrossFit Games
This year's Games were the largest yet in the Games' history with the introduction of national champions from 114 countries who can qualify for the Games. The field, however, was quickly reduced to 10 men and 10 women in a series of cuts. The men's competition was tightly fought between Fraser and Noah Ohlsen, with Ohlsen leading in many events and Fraser only pullng ahead to win in the final two events. Fraser's fourth consecutive win equaled Rich Froning Jr.'s record, while Toomey's win was the first time a woman has achieved three consecutive wins.


2019 CrossFit Games, Qualification
For this season, the Games qualification procedures were overhauled. For the first year since 2008, the CrossFit Games no longer hosted a regional qualifier and instead sanctioned independently run events around the world. The events were trademarked as "Sanctionals" by CrossFit, and were used to qualify participants in the Men, Women, and Team divisions for the 2019 Games. In previous years the CrossFit Open was used to determine which athletes and teams qualified for the Regionals. In 2019, each Sanctional was either by invitation or through its own open qualification process. The CrossFit Open still occurred, but was used to qualify directly to the Games. Team rules were also changed so that members no longer needed to be from the same CrossFit affiliate, there was therefore also no Affiliate Cup which was awarded to an affiliate in previous year.


2019 CrossFit Games, Qualification
Individual athletes qualified for the 2019 CrossFit Games in one of four ways by order of precedence: becoming a national champion in the 2019 CrossFit Open, finishing in the top 20 men or women worldwide in the Open, winning a Sanctionals event, or by select invitation at the Games' discretion. The first set of qualified athletes came from the top-ranked man and woman from each country, with at least one CrossFit affiliate in good standing, that completed each Open workout as written in the Rx'd (prescribed) category after video review.


2019 CrossFit Games, Qualification
The Open took place over five weeks starting on February 21; after the Open was completed, a total of 123 men and 117 women qualified for the Games as national champions pending final review. After the national champions were determined, the next 20 overall male and female worldwide finishers in the Open qualified for the Games.


2019 CrossFit Games, Qualification
The 2019 Sanctionals consisted of 15 sanctioned events that took place between December 2018 and June 2019. The events were the Dubai CrossFit Championship (Dubai), Australian CrossFit Championship (Broadbeach), Wodapalooza (Miami), CrossFit Fittest in Cape Town, CrossFit Strength in Depth (London), Asia CrossFit Championship (Shanghai), Mid-Atlantic CrossFit Challenge (Baltimore), CrossFit Italian Showdown (Milan), Brazil CrossFit Championship (São Paulo), CrossFit Lowlands Throwdown (Apeldoorn), Down Under CrossFit Championship (Wollongong), Reykjavik CrossFit Championship (Reykjavik), Rogue Invitational (Columbus, Ohio), CrossFit French Throwdown (Paris), and the Granite Games (St. Cloud, Minnesota).


2019 CrossFit Games, Qualification
Unlike the Regionals of previous years where the events were standardised, each Sanctional devised its own separate events. The male, female, and team winners of each of the events qualified for the Games and if a Sanctionals event winner has previously qualified for the 2019 CrossFit Games, the qualifying place for that competition would be awarded to the next highest finisher who has yet to qualify for the games.


2019 CrossFit Games, Qualification
The final method of qualification allowed for the CrossFit Games to issue four at-large bids. No other details were provided by the CrossFit Games rulebook, but invitations were given to professional obstacle course racer Hunter McIntyre and ten-time CrossFit Games competitor Ben Smith following social media campaigns.


2019 CrossFit Games, Individual
Following the qualification procedure, there were 148 men and 134 women that had qualified for the CrossFit Games in the Individual competition (143 men and 117 women turned up at the Games). In the previous 4 Games, no athletes were cut during the competition; this year due to the significantly higher number of participants, the Games implemented cuts after each of the first 6 events. The field was cut to 75 competitors after the first event, and 50 competitors after the second.


2019 CrossFit Games, Individual
10 athletes were then cut for each subsequent event until only 10 remained after the Sprint Course on Saturday. The scoring for each event was adjusted after the cuts so that there would be greater point difference in later events than in the earlier events (wins were therefore more advantageous in later events). The drastic nature of the cuts and how early the athletes were cut proved controversial as many podium finishers of previous Games such as Sara Sigmundsdottir, Samantha Briggs, Annie Thorisdottir, Patrick Vellner, Brent Fikowski, and Ben Smith failed to reach the later stages of the competition.