The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa was a 32 team affair that concluded in 31 days. The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is a 14-team event and lasts a jinormous 43 days. For the cricket mad fan this could well be a heavenly experience. You visit the barber's shop and there is cricket on the tele, you come home from work and there is always a match to watch, in fact, on most days you don't even have to choose, ensuring every team gets exactly the same amount of airtime. The players themselves though are not quite as kicked about the schedule, and the fans in India are having a real haw-and-hum about the prospect of spending the first Sunday of the World Cup watching New Zealand and Kenya doing battle!
Hence, we decided to not just dump the entire schedule on you, but to do your donkey work and select the matches worth a watch. For the fans of a particular country, the formula is simple. You can ignore the schedule below, and just head over to our team previews and look up the exact schedule for your favourite team. For those of you want to be slightly more involved in the World Cup and enjoy some good cricket, we have broken down the schedule into two parts - weekday viewing and weekend fun. The weekend schedule includes Friday day-night matches (FDNM), assuming some of you will be ready to leave work a tad early to catch a good game. Sadly, though none of the FDNM made our hot picks!
Our World Cup Group Stage picks are coloured in blue - those are the games you definitely want to watch. We have thrown in Game 1 in that list for good measure (and opening ceremony fun & games), don't judge our selection by our first page!
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Weekend 1:
Saturday 19 Feb – Bangladesh v India (d/n), Dhaka - 2:00pm
Sunday 20 Feb – New Zealand v Kenya (d), Chennai – 9:30am
Sunday 20 Feb – Sri Lanka v Canada (d/n), Hambantota – 2:30am
Week 1:
Monday 21 Feb – Australia v Zimbabwe (d/n), Ahmedabad – 2:30pm
Tuesday 22 Feb – England v Netherlands (d/n), Nagpur – 2:30pm
Wednesday 23 Feb – Pakistan v Kenya (d/n), Hambantota – 2:30pm
Thursday 24 Feb – South Africa v West Indies (d/n), New Delhi – 2:30pm
Friday 25 Feb – Australia v New Zealand (d), Nagpur – 9:30am
Weekend 2:
Friday 25 Feb – Bangladesh v Ireland (d/n), Dhaka – 2:00pm
Saturday 26 Feb – Sri Lanka v Pakistan (d/n), Colombo – 2:30pm
Sunday 27 Feb – India v England (d/n), Bengaluru – 2:30pm
Week 2:
Monday 28 Feb – West Indies v Netherlands, (d/n) New Delhi – 9:30am
Monday 28 Feb – Zimbabwe v Canada (d), Nagpur – 2:30pm
Tuesday 1 Mar – Sri Lanka v Kenya (d), Colombo – 2:30pm
Wednesday 2 Mar – England v Ireland (d/n), Bengaluru – 2:30pm
Thursday 3 Mar – South Africa v Netherlands (d), Mohali – 9:30am
Thursday 3 Mar – Pakistan v Canada (d/n), Colombo – 2:30pm
Friday 4 Mar – New Zealand v Zimbabwe (d), Ahmedabad – 9:30am
Weekend 3:
Friday 4 Mar – Bangladesh v West Indies (d/n), Dhaka – 2:00pm
Saturday 5 Mar – Sri Lanka v Australia (d/n), Colombo – 2:30pm
Sunday 6 Mar – India v Ireland (d/n), Bengaluru – 9:30am
Sunday 6 Mar – England v South Africa (d), Chennai – 2:30pm
Week 3:
Monday 7 Mar – Kenya v Canada (d/n), New Delhi – 2:30pm
Tuesday 8 Mar – Pakistan v New Zealand (d/n), Pallekele – 2:30pm
Wednesday 9 Mar – India v Netherlands (d/n), New Delhi – 2:30pm
Thursday 10 Mar – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (d/n), Pallekele - 2:30pm
Friday 11 Mar – West Indies v Ireland (d), Mohali – 9:30am
Weekend 4:
Friday 11 Mar – Bangladesh v England (d/n), Chittagong – 2:00pm
Saturday 12 Mar – India v South Africa (d/n), Nagpur – 2:30pm
Sunday 13 Mar – New Zealand v Canada (d), Mumbai – 9:30am
Sunday 13 Mar – Australia v Kenya (d/n), Bengaluru – 2:30pm
Week 4:
Monday 14 Mar – Pakistan v Zimbabwe (d/n), Pallekele – 9:00am
Monday 14 Mar – Bangladesh v Netherlands (d), Chittagong – 2:30pm
Tuesday 15 Mar – South Africa v Ireland (d/n), Kolkata – 2:30pm
Wednesday 16 Mar – Australia v Canada (d/n), Bengaluru – 2:30pm
Thursday 17 Mar – England v West Indies (d/n), Chennai – 2:30pm
Friday 18 Mar – Ireland v Netherlands (d), Kolkata – 2:30pm
Weekend 5:
Friday 18 Mar – Sri Lanka v New Zealand (d/n), Mumbai – 9:30am
Saturday 19 Mar – Australia v Pakistan (d/n), Colombo – 2:30pm
Saturday 19 Mar – Bangladesh v South Africa (d), Dhaka – 9:00am
Sunday 20 Mar – Zimbabwe v Kenya (d), Kolkata – 9:30am
Sunday 20 Mar – India v West Indies (d/n), Chennai – 2:30pm
Quarter-finals
Wed, Mar 23 - A1 v B4 (1st QF - C), Mirpur - 2:00pm
Thu, Mar 24 - A2 v B3 (2nd QF - D), Motera - 2:30pm
Fri, Mar 25 - A3 v B2 (3rd QF - E), Mirpur - 2:00pm
Sat, Mar 26 - A4 v B1 (4th QF - F), Colombo - 2:30pm
Semi-finals
Tue Mar 29 - 1st SF: Winner C v Winner E, Colombo - 2:30pm
Wed, Mar 30 - 2nd SF: Winner D v Winner F, Mohali - 2:30pm
Grand Finale
Sat, Apr 2 - 1st SF Winner v 2nd SF Winner, Mumbai - 2:30pm
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