ICC CWC 2023: Top 5 venues to host maximum number of World Cup matches

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 is around the corner. The mega event of cricket will be celebrated here in India. For the first time, India will be hosting this marque event as a solo host. Previously on three occasions (1987, 1996, 2011), India were co-hosting along with other neighbouring countries. 

The 13th edition of the Cricket World Cup will commence from 5th October to 19th November. Both the curtain raiser and final match will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The tournament will see 48 matches being played including SemiFinals and Finals across 10 different venues. 

But most WC matches hosted by a venue don't belong to any of these stadiums. All top venues in terms of WC matches are in England. It had to be there only considering the number of times WC was hosted ( 5 times). Age-old stadiums there had the privilege of hosting World Cup matches, the most(17) being in Old Trafford.

5. Lord's Cricket Ground, England - 15 matches

The mecca of World Cricket, Lord's has hosted the Cricket World Cup final for most of the time. Each time England has hosted the World Cup, the final has taken place at the Lord's Cricket Ground. Including all these 5 final matches starting from the first edition in 1975, a total of 15 matches happened at this iconic venue. 

The very first match of CWC between England and India took place there. Though teams batting first have won most of the time, but the game saw even contests. The elite audience at Lord's is a cricketer's delight. They all dream of playing there and getting their name inked on the honours board at least once. 

The most dramatic WC match at Lord's has to be the 2019 CWC Final. The way it panned out in the end both for England and New Zealand, was unimaginable. The match went down to wire, the super over and then England was crowned with the Champions tag on the basis of boundary count.