ICC World Cup 2015 timings an issue for Pakistani cricket fans

When cricket World Cup is held in the Antipodes or in the Caribbean, it clashes with the examination time in Pakistan and this makes students unhappy. This time the fans are disturbed over the match timings in Australia and New Zealand, the joint hosts of the 2015 edition beginning February 15, but there’s no option for them.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Schedule in PST: Time Table, Fixture & Venue Details of all WC 2015 Matches

The matches will start at different timings and the big concern of the fans is to get up at unearthly hours to watch them, particularly some New Zealand games that will get under way at 03:00 a.m Pakistan Standard Time (PST). Then there are day matches in Australia which start at 6.00 a.m, and day-night games at 9 a.m. or at noon, depending on the location. This is the second time the sport’s showpiece event will be hosted by the Trans-Tasman neighbours, the first having been in 1992 when Pakistan won the Cup for the only time under Imran Khan.

As many as 49 matches are scheduled to be played across the two countries to determine the best One Day International (ODI) team in the world, 24 of them in New Zealand. It is the matches in New Zealand that will prove to be troublesome for the fans. Thirteen of the 24 matches, starting with the inaugural game at the Hagley Oval ground in Christchurch between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, will begin at 3.00 a.m. and this will upset the routine of the cricket watchers in India, more so the elderly and those who adjust to it with their day’s work schedules.