Cricket Schedule of ICC World Cup 2011

Cricket Schedule of ICC World Cup 2011. Fixtures of ICC World Cup 2011 has been announced. The first schedule match of ICC World Cup 2011 between India vs Bangladesh begins Feb 19, 2011 onwards. Keep viewing CriSchedule for latest updates on Cricket Schedule and Fixtures of upcoming ICC World Cup 2011.

Good times are here for India. The country will get to host the tenth world cup of its most loved sport in 2011 along with co-hosts Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It will be the first time co-hosting for Bangladesh in a cricket world cup. Fourteen national teams are scheduled to compete for the coveted cup between February and early April 2011. According to the announced fixtures of ICC World Cup 2011, the first match will be played among co-hosts India and Sri Lanka at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

The formerly announced time-table of 2011 world cup also included Pakistan as a co-hosting nation but the 2009 attack on Sri Lankan cricket team at Lahore which left seven players injured, forced the world cup governing body (ICC) to strip off Pakistan of its co-hosting rights on Apr 17, 2009. India will now host 29 of the total 49 planned matches including the all important grand final at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai and one semi-final as well. Sri Lanka will host 12 matches while the first time nation Bangladesh has been given the opportunity to host the tournament opener along with eight other matches. Since India has been allotted the highest number of matches, the ICC has moved its headquarters to Mumbai to ensure smooth and timely preparations for the event. Mr. Ratnakar Shetty has been appointed as the managing director of the event, while the security directorate will be headed by Mr. Shashank Manohar of BCCI.

The allocation of world cup venues is always a much sought after event with major cricketing nations bidding for hosting rights. To avoid favoritism, the ICC prefers to rotate venues between major cricket playing nations. In the bidding for the 2011 event, Australia/New Zealand had an upper hand over the trio of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as they had not had a chance to host the World cup since 1992. But Indias argument that the trio being a bigger group of countries helped clinch the final deal. The 2015 cricket world cup will be held in Australia/New Zealand.

Cricket world cup organized every four years is the fourth largest and one of the most eagerly awaited and viewed event of the cricket world. It is widely considered to be the pinnacle of achievement in this sport. The excitement among fans is already palpable as the first phase of tickets was put for sale in Mumbai on 1 June 2010. Priced affordably at around 20 US cents, the organizing committee is expecting to reap in bumper sales and not diminish the euphoria of fans. The new revised format of the world cup wherein 14 teams instead of 16 will be participating also ensures that fans get to see their favorite teams play a minimum of six matches even if they are ruled out of the tournament due to early defeats.

Cricket fan or not- there is no way you can escape the all-engulfing madness. From cricket merchandise at stores to travel packages to host nations and restaurants and cafes serving cricket-themed food, the fever is all over. Personal relationships too are not unaffected by the craze. While the love for cricket unites some, it also spells doom for many relationships. There is simply no running away, so prepare to drown yourself in the drone of cricket slogans in the year to come.

So, Get the latest ICC World Cup 2011 Schedule to be played in 2011. The world cup 2011 schedule will begin on Feb 19, 2011. Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule will have 14 teams, out of which 10 would be of test rank status.

Here is a complete schedule of All ICC World Cup 2011 Matches!

Group Matches
Date Group Team 1 Team 2 Venue Time(GMT)

1. Saturday, February 19, 2011 B Bangladesh India Mirpur 8:30 D/N
2. Sunday, February 20, 2011 A New Zealand Kenya Chennai 4:00
3. Sunday, February 20, 2011 A Sri Lanka Canada Hambantota 9:00 D/N
4. Monday, February 21, 2011 A Australia Zimbabwe Ahmadabad 9:00 D/N
5. Tuesday, February 22, 2011 B England Netherlands Nagpur 9:00 D/N
6. Wednesday, February 23, 2011 A Pakistan Kenya Hambantota 9:00 D/N
7. Thursday, February 24, 2011 B South Africa West Indies Delhi 9:00 D/N
8. Friday, February 25, 2011 B Bangladesh Ireland Mirpur 3:30
9. Friday, February 25, 2011 A Australia New Zealand Nagpur 9:00 D/N
10. Saturday, February 26, 2011 A Pakistan Sri Lanka Colombo 9:00 D/N
11. Sunday, February 27, 2011 B India England Banglore 9:00 D/N
12. Monday, February 28, 2011 A Canada Zimbabwe Nagpur 4:00
13. Monday, February 28, 2011 B West Indies Netherlands Delhi 9:00 D/N
14. Tuesday, March 01, 2011 A Sri Lanka Kenya Colombo 9:00 D/N
15. Wednesday, March 02, 2011 B England Ireland Bangalore 9:00 D/N
16. Thursday, March 03, 2011 B South Africa Netherlands Mohali 4:00
17. Thursday, March 03, 2011 A Pakistan Canada Colombo 9:00 D/N
18. Friday, March 04, 2011 A New Zealand Zimbabwe Ahmadabad 4:00
19. Friday, March 04, 2011 B Bangladesh West Indies Mirpur 8:30 D/N
20. Saturday, March 05, 2011 A Australia Sri Lanka Colombo 9:00 D/N
21. Sunday, March 06, 2011 B South Africa England Chennai 4:00
22. Sunday, March 06, 2011 B India Ireland Bangalore 9:00 D/N
23. Monday, March 07, 2011 A Canada Kenya Delhi 9:00 D/N
24. Tuesday, March 08, 2011 A Pakistan New Zealand Kandy 9:00 D/N
25. Wednesday, March 09, 2011 B India Netherlands Delhi 9:00 D/N
26. Thursday, March 10, 2011 A Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Kandy 9:00 D/N
27. Friday, March 11, 2011 B West Indies Ireland Mohali 4:00
28. Friday, March 11, 2011 B Bangladesh England Chittagong 8:30 D/N
29. Saturday, March 12, 2011 B India South Africa Nagpur 9:00 D/N
30. Sunday, March 13, 2011 A New Zealand Canada Mumbai 4:00
31. Sunday, March 13, 2011 A Australia Kenya Bangalore 9:00 D/N
32. Monday, March 14, 2011 B Bangladesh Netherlands Chittagong 3:30
33. Monday, March 14, 2011 A Pakistan Zimbabwe Kandy 9:00 D/N
34. Tuesday, March 15, 2011 B South Africa Ireland Kolkata 9:00 D/N
35. Wednesday, March 16, 2011 A Australia Canada Bangalore 9:00 D/N
36. Thursday, March 17, 2011 B England West Indies Chennai 9:00 D/N
37. Friday, March 18, 2011 A Ireland Netherlands Kolkata 4:00
38. Friday, March 18, 2011 A Sri Lanka New Zealand Mumbai 9:00 D/N
39. Saturday, March 19, 2011 B Bangladesh South Africa Mirpur 3:30
40. Saturday, March 19, 2011 A Pakistan Australia Colombo 9:00 D/N
41. Sunday, March 20, 2011 A Zimbabwe Kenya Kolkata 4:00
42. Sunday, March 20, 2011 B India West Indies Chennai 9:00 D/N

Quarter Finals:

1. Wednesday, March 23, 2011 TBC TBC Mirpur 9:30 D/N
2. Thursday, March 24, 2011 TBC TBC Colombo 10:00 D/N
3. Friday, March 25, 2011 TBC TBC Mirpur 9:30 D/N
4. Saturday, March 26, 2011 TBC TBC Ahmadabad 10:00 D/N

Semi Finals:

1. Tuesday, March 29, 2011 TBC TBC Colombo 10:00 D/N
2. Wednesday, March 30, 2011 TBC TBC Mohali 10:00 D/N

Mega Final:

Saturday, April 02, 2011 TBC TBC Mumbai 10:00 D/N