Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket

Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket
Administrator	World Indoor Cricket Federation
Format	Indoor Cricket
First tournament	2001
Tournament format	Round robin and Knockout
Current champion	Australia (O30 Men) Australia (O30 Women) Australia (O35 Men) Australia (O40 Men) Australia (O45 Men)
Most successful	Australia 13 collective titles
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The Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket is the premier international championship of both men's and women's masters Indoor Cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the World Indoor Cricket Federation (WICF) and is held at varying intervals. The first Masters World Series contest was organised in Australia in 2001. Separate world championships are held for both junior and open age groups with the Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket and the Indoor Cricket World Cup held at similar intervals.

The World Series is contested by the members of the WICF (though member nations have not always entered teams) and beyond being an affiliated member of that body there are no formal qualifications for entry. Australia have been the most successful side having won every division with the exception of the Over 30 Women in 2008.

Tournament Format

Whilst the precise nature of the tournament has varied slightly over the years, each tournament usually follows a simple round robin format followed by finals contested by the highest placed sides. The semi finals are contested by the top four sides and more often than not the winner of each semi final progresses to the World Series final.

The tournament usually takes place over the course of 7 to 10 days and is sometimes run in conjunction with the Junior World Series or other international contests.

On occasions where insufficient nations enter sides a test series is played in place of a World Series. This occurred in 2005 where the only entrants in the Over 30 Women division were Australia and South Africa. Whilst Australia earned the title of World Champions as a result of winning this series the tournament itself was not classified as a World Series and is therefore not included as such.

Results

Year	Host Nation(s)	Venue	Final
			Over 30 Men	Over 30 Women	Over 35 Men	Over 40 Men	Over 45 Men
2001 Details	Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Not contested	Not contested	Australia def. England 125 to 76	Not contested	Not contested
2003 Details	New Zealand	Christchurch	Not contested	Australia def. New Zealand 146 to 54	Australia def. New Zealand 122 to 53	Not contested	Not contested
2005 Details	South Africa	Port Elizabeth	Not contested	Not contested	Australia def. New Zealand	Not contested	Not contested
2008 Details	New Zealand	Christchurch	Australia def. New Zealand 129 to 108	New Zealand def. Australia 142 to 139	Australia def. South Africa 133 to 122	Australia def. New Zealand 117 to 94	Australia def. South Africa 187 to 136
2010 Details	Australia	Gold Coast	Australia def. New Zealand 133 to 126	Australia def. New Zealand 153 to 71	Australia def. New Zealand 141 to 31	Australia def. New Zealand 126 to 75	Australia def. South Africa 121 to 98

See also

• Indoor Cricket World Cup
• Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket