After bringing you coverage of England's historic Ashes victory in Australia, BBC Radio will have uninterrupted commentary of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
There will be twenty-five ball-by-ball commentaries on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra starting with the opening game of the tournament between co-hosts Bangladesh and India on Saturday the 19 February. Commentary will follow on all of England's group matches plus the cream of the other fixtures including all the games from the quarter final stage onwards.
Jonathan Agnew leads the BBC commentary team which will also includes the man who captained England in the last World Cup, Michael Vaughan, plus World Cup winners Sunil Gavaskar and Rameez Raja.
They will be joined by Test Match Special favourites Geoff Boycott, Christopher Martin Jenkins, Ian Chappell and Vic Marks with contributions from the analyst Simon Hughes.
BBC Radio 5 Live will also have extensive coverage of the tournament with regular updates and features from the event with Mark Pougatch, Alison Mitchell, Rahul Tandon and Adil Ray among the team. Phil Tufnell will also return with some World Cup Specials starting on Thursday 24 February at 8.00pm.
There will also be nightly highlights on BBC Television and a wealth of coverage at bbc.co.uk/cricket.
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