The ICC today announced at a media conference in Jamaica the ticketing programme for the ICC World Cup 2007 which is to be held in the West Indies.

Chris Dehring, Managing Director of the event, intimated that the pricing of the tickets had been a difficult task as a balancing act had to be undertaken so that as many people as possible are able to watch the event but with the clear understanding that the a profit had to be made and all stakeholders' interests had to be protected.

The profits from the sales will go to the Local Organising Boards and will provide a legacy for West Indies cricket in the future.

Stephen Price Commercial Manager announcing the prices advised that there would be a maximum of 4 tickets per applicant per match. There are individual tickets, venue tickets or a follow a path ticket packages.

The first allocation of tickets will be made to authorised travel agents from December 2005.

The second allocation will be for corporate hospitality and these will be available from February 2006.

General tickets will go on sale from 1 May 2006 until 31 July 2006 when the public can apply for the various packages available. Ticket sales will close for the month of August whilst the initial applications are processed. If there is an over subscription for any venue then an electronic ballot independently supervised will take place.(Supporters in their initial applications can elect to be allocated a ticket at a lower price.)

From 1 September to 30 November 2006 further tickets will be sold on a first come first served basis. Sales will be suspended from 1 December to 9 January 2007 when the seat allocation of tickets and the issue will take place and finally from 9 January 2007 any remaining tickets will be sold.

The price of tickets will vary from 10 US$ for warm up matches to 300 US$ for a top ticket at the final. To have more chance to secure tickets for the semi finals and final supporters are encouraged to purchase tickets for the early stage matches.

The prices are as follows

  • First Round matches: 15 US$ to 100 US$ (except Trinidad and St Kitts where the top price will be 90 US$)
  • Super Eight matches: 25 US$ to 100 US$
  • Semi-Finals: 50 US$ to 130 US$
  • Final: 100 US$ to 300 US$

Full details of the ticketing policy and prices will be available on the official ICC World Cup web site at www.cricketworldcup.com