Thursday, December 30, 2010

2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Dates and Details of Fixtures

The Cricket World Cup is held every 4 years by the International Cricket Council (ICC), and in 2011 the host nations are India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This 10th edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup will be played in One Day International (ODI) format, where each side plays 50 overs, and 14 nations will participate.


The first game will take place in Bangladesh at Dhaka on Saturday 19 February 2011 where India will take on Bangladesh and there will be an elaborately planned opening ceremony. The final will be played at Wankhade Stadium, Mumbai in India on Saturday 2 April 2011. There is a record prize pool for the game of US$10 million.


Fourteen cricketing nations will participate in the Cricket World Cup and the teams have been divided into two groups.


Group A consists of Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya.
Group B consists of India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and the Netherlands.

Games will be held at 13 different venues across the three host nations of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India. There will be a total of 49 matches and Bangladesh will host eight matches at 2 different venues (Dhaka and Chittagong) including the opening game and a quarter final.

Sri Lanka will host twelve matches at 3 different venues (Colombo, Hambantota and Pallekele). India is host for 29 of the 49 matches including the finals and a semi-final. Games will be held at eight different venues in India and these are Mumbai, Mohali, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and New Delhi.

The 49 Fixtures of the Cricket World Cup 2011


Match no.DateTeamsVenue
 1 19 Feb 2011 India vs Bangladesh Dhaka
 2 20 Feb 2011 New Zealand vs Kenya  Chennai
 3 20 Feb 2011 Sri Lanka vs Canada Hambantota
 4 21 Feb 2011 Australia vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
 5 22 Feb 2011 England vs Netherlands Nagpur
 6 23 Feb 2011 Pakistan vs Kenya Hambantota
 7 24 Feb 2011 South Africa vs West Indies New Delhi
 8 25 Feb 2011 Australia vs New Zealand Nagpur
 9 25 Feb 2011 Bangladesh vs Ireland Dhaka
 10 26 Feb 2011 Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Colombo
 11 27 Feb 2011 India vs England Kolkata
 12 27 Feb 2011 West Indies vs Netherlands New Delhi
 13 28 Feb 2011 Zimbabwe vs Canada Nagpur
 14 1 Mar 2011 Sri Lanka vs Kenya Colombo
 15 2 Mar 2011 England vs Ireland Bangalore
 16 3 Mar 2011 South Africa vs Netherlands Mohali
 17 3 Mar 2011 Pakistan vs Canada Colombo
 18 4 Mar 2011 New Zealand vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
 19 4 Mar 2011 Bangladesh vs West Indies Dhaka
 20 5 Mar 2011 Sri Lanka vs Australia Colombo
 21 6 Mar 2011 India vs Ireland Bangalore
 22 6 Mar 2011 England vs South Africa Chennai
 23 7 Mar 2011 Kenya vs Canada New Delhi
 24 8 Mar 2011 Pakistan vs New Zealand Pallekelle
 25 9 Mar 2011 India vs Netherlands New Delhi
 26 10 Mar 2011 Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Pallekelle
 27 11 Mar 2011 West Indies vs Ireland Mohali
 28 11 Mar 2011 Bangladesh vs England Chittagong
 29 12 Mar 2011 India vs South Africa Nagpur
 30 13 Mar 2011 New Zealand vs Canada Mumbai
 31 13 Mar 2011 Australia vs Kenya Bangalore
 32 1 Mar 2011 Pakistan vs Zimbabwe Pallekelle
 33 14 Mar 2011 Bangladesh vs Netherlands Chittagong
 34 15 Mar 2011 South Africa vs Ireland Kolkata
 35 16 Mar 2011 Australia vs Canada Bangalore
 36 17 Mar 2011 England vs West Indies Chennai
 37 18 Mar 2011 Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Mumbai
 38 18 Mar 2011 Ireland vs Netherlands Kolkata
 39 19 Mar 2011 Australia vs Pakistan Colombo
 40 19 Mar 2011 Bangladesh vs South Africa Dhaka
 41 20 Mar 2011 Zimbabwe vs Kenya Kolkata
 42 20 Mar 2011 India vs West Indies Chennai
 43 23 Mar 2011 First Quarter Final Dhaka
 44 24 Mar 2011 Second Quarter Final Colombo
 45 25 Mar 2011 Third Quarter Final Dhaka
 46 26 Mar 2011 Fourth Quarter Final Ahmedabad
 47 29 Mar 2011 First Semi Final Colombo
 48 30 Mar 2011 Second Semi Final Mohali
 49 2 April 2011 Final Mumbai

Australia has won the last three consecutive World Cups in 2007, 2003 and 1999 and will be keen to maintain their title, but there is expected to be fierce competition, particularly from host nations India and Sri Lanka.
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