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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