ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Preview and Full Schedule

The 2011  ICC Cricket World Cup will be the tenth Cricket World Cup and will be hosted by three South Asian Test cricket playing countries: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It will be Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a Cricket World Cup. The World Cup will use cricket's One Day International format, with fourteen national cricket teams scheduled to compete. The World Cup will take place between February and early April 2011, with the first match to be played on 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka. The opening ceremony will be held on 17 February 2011, two days before the start of the tournament.
The World Cup was also supposed to be co-hosted by Pakistan, but in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to strip Pakistan of its hosting rights. The headquarters of the organising committee were originally situated in Lahore, but have now been shifted to Mumbai.
Pakistan was supposed to hold 14 matches, including one semi-final. Eight of Pakistan's matches have been awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh.

Format

Late in 2007, the four host nations agreed upon a revised format for the 2011 World Cup identical to the 1996 World Cup, the only change being the no. of teams as it was 12 in 1996 and 14 in 2011. The first round of the tournament will be a round-robin in which the 14 teams are divided into 2 groups of 7 teams each. The 7 teams play each other once with the top 4 from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals.[26] The format ensures that each team gets to play a minimum of 6 matches even if they are ruled out of the tournament due to early defeats. One semi-final of the tournament was officially handed over to India, after Pakistan were stripped of its rights to host the tournament.

The semi-final venues are the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka and PCA Stadium in Mohali, India

The final is scheduled to be played at the renovated Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India

Trophy of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Qualified Teams for ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

1. Kenya
2. South Africa
3. Zimbabwe
4. Bangladesh
5. India
6. Pakistan
7. Sri Lanka
8. Australia
9. New Zealand
10.Canada
11.West Indies
12.England
13.Ireland
14.Netherlands

Venues of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Venues in India

1. Eden Gardens, Kolkatta - Seating Capacity is 82000

2. Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi – Seating Capacity is 48000

3. Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad - Seating Capacity is 50000

4. M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - Seating Capacity is 46000

5. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - Seating Capacity is 45000

6. Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali - Seating Capacity is 35000

7. Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur – Seating Capacity is 45000

8.M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru - Seating Capacity is 42000

Venues in Sri Lanka

1. Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy – Seating Capacity is 35000

2.R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo – Seating Capacity is 35000

3.Suriyawewa Stadium, Hambantota - Seating Capacity is 33000

Venues in Bangladesh

1. Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong - Seating Capacity is 20000

2. Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka - Seating Capacity is 35000

Semi Final Venues

Ist Semi Final - R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2nd Semi Final - R. Premadasa Stadium, Mohali, India

Final Match Venue

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India

Group A Teams in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

1. Australia
2. Canada
3. Kenya
4. New Zealand
5. Pakistan
6. Sri Lanka
7. Zimbabwe

Group B Teams in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

1. Bangladesh
2. England
3. India
4. Ireland
5. Netherlands
6. South Africa
7. West Indies

Match no.		Date	Teams	Venue
1		19 Feb	India vs Bangladesh	Dhaka
2		20 Feb	New Zealand vs Kenya	Chennai
3		20 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Canada	Hambantota
4		21 Feb	Australia vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
5		22 Feb	England vs Netherlands	Nagpur
6		23 Feb	Pakistan vs Kenya	Hambantota
7		24 Feb	South Africa vs West Indies	New Delhi
8		25 Feb	Australia vs New Zealand	Nagpur
9		25 Feb	Bangladesh vs Ireland	Dhaka
10		26 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo
11		27 Feb	India vs England	Kolkata
12		28 Feb	West Indies vs Netherlands	New Delhi
13		28 Feb	Zimbabwe vs Canada	Nagpur
14		1 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Kenya	Colombo
15		2 Mar	England vs Ireland	Bangalore
16		3 Mar	South Africa vs Netherlands	Mohali
17		3 Mar	Pakistan vs Canada	Colombo
18		4 Mar	New Zealand vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
19		4 Mar	Bangladesh vs West Indies	Dhaka
20		5 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Australia	Colombo
21		6 Mar	India vs Ireland	Bangalore
22		6 Mar	England vs South Africa	Chennai
23		7 Mar	Kenya vs Canada	New Delhi
24		8 Mar	Pakistan vs New Zealand	Pallekelle
25		9 Mar	India vs Netherlands	New Delhi
26		10 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
27		11 Mar	West Indies vs Ireland	Mohali
28		11 Mar	Bangladesh vs England	Chittagong
29		12 Mar	India vs South Africa	Nagpur
30		13 Mar	New Zealand vs Canada	Mumbai
31		13 Mar	Australia vs Kenya	Bangalore
32		14 Mar	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
33		14 Mar	Bangladesh vs Netherlands	Chittagong
34		15 Mar	South Africa vs Ireland	Kolkata
35		16 Mar	Australia vs Canada	Bangalore
36		17 Mar	England vs West Indies	Chennai
37		18 Mar	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Mumbai
38		18 Mar	Ireland vs Netherlands	Kolkata
39		19 Mar	Australia vs Pakistan	Colombo
40		19 Mar	Bangladesh vs South Africa	Dhaka
41		20 Mar	Zimbabwe vs Kenya	Kolkata
42		20 Mar	India vs West Indies	Chennai
43		23 Mar	First Quarterfinal	Dhaka
44		24 Mar	Second Quarterfinal	Colombo
45		25 Mar	Third Quarterfinal	Dhaka
46		26 Mar	Fourth Quarterfinal	Ahmedabad
47		29 Mar	First Semifinal	Colombo
48		30 Mar	Second Semifinal	Mohali
49		02 Apr	FINAL	Mumbai

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