ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Prize Money: Winner to get a purse of $4 million

London, May 17: The winner of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will earn a purse of $4 million (Approx Rs 28 crore), the highest prize money to date, along with the trophy that the victorious team will lift at the Lord's on July 16. The prize money will be divided between the team members and the support staff.

The total prize pot, which sits at $10 million, will see the runners-up assured of $2 million and the losing semifinalists $800,000 each at the end of the 46-day tournament being played across 11 venues.

The tournament will run from May 30 to July 14. The semi-finals will be played at Old Trafford in Manchester and Edgbaston in Birmingham on July 9 and 11 respectively, while the Lord's will host the final on July 14.

The 10 teams in the tournament will play against each other in a single-league format, with the top four sides after 45 matches to qualify for the two semi-finals. 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. Australia are the most successful side, having won in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015. The West Indies won the first two editions in 1975 and 1979, while India won in 1983 and 2011. Other winners are Pakistan in 1992 and Sri Lanka in 1996.

Prize money break-up

Winners: USD 4,000,000 (INR 28 crore)

Runners-Up: USD 2,000,000 (INR 14 crore)

Losing Semi-Finalists: USD 800,000 each (INR 5.6 crore)

Winners of each league stage match: USD 40,0000 each (INR 2.8 crore))

Teams that do pass the league stage: USD 100,000 each (INR 70 lakh)