Winner of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 will earn a purse of $ 4 million, the highest prize money to date, along with the trophy that the victorious team will lift at the Lord’s on July 16. Prize Money: Winners (1) USD 4,000,000; Runners-Up (1) USD 2,000,00; Losing Semi-Finalists (2) USD 800,000 each; Winners of each league stage match (45): USD 40,000 each; Teams that do pass the league stage (6) USD 100,000 each. Also Read: Holding names India’s X-factor players, picks winner of WCThe tournament will run from May 30 to July 14. There are prizes for each league match won, in what promises to be a competitive tournament with the world’s best playing each other in a round-robin format. England and Wales have previously staged the World Cup in 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999.

Source: Hindustan Times May 17, 2019 08:29 UTC