One year countdown begins for 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup

The CWC Cup on display during a press event celebrating one year to go till the start of the 2015 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand and Australia in Wellington at the Basin Reserve.

 Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott (centre L) and Gabrielle Upton, sport and recreation minister, holds the Cricket World Cup 2015 trophy in Sydney. The ceremony was organised to mark one year until the start of the 2015 ICC World Cup Cricket tournament that will be held in New Zealand and Australia.

 Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott (C front row) attends the one year countdown to the ICC Cricket World Cup ceremony  along with Ralph Waters (L), Chairman ICC Cricket World Cup and New South Wales minister for sport and recreation Gabrielle Upton as Australian cricketers Alan Border (L back row), Brett Lee (C) and Pat Cummins look on in Sydney. The ceremony was organised to mark one year until the start of the 2015 ICC World Cup Cricket tournament that will be held in New Zealand and Australia.

 Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks during a ceremony of the one year countdown to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Sydney. The World Cup will be held from February 14 to March 15, 2015 with 49 matches played in 14 venues across the two host nations, Australian and New Zealand.

 Former cricketers from left: Sir Richard Hadley NZ, Sunil Gavaskar IND,  Dean Jones AUST and Martin Crow NZ speak to media and guests during a press event celebrating one year to go till the start of the 2015 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand and Australia in Wellington at the Basin Reserve.

 Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key speaks to the media and guests next to the CWC Cup during a press event celebrating one year to go till the start of the 2015 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand and Australia in Wellington at the Basin Reserve.

 Chairman ICC Cricket World Cup, Ralph Waters speaks during a ceremony of the one year countdown to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Sydney.