World Cup Cricket 2011 to start on Feb 19, here is full schedule

THE BIGGEST cricketing event, ICC World Cup Cricket 2011, which is jointly being organised by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh is going to start from February 19 at Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. Mega final of the biggest cricket event is scheduled to be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 2. Stumpy, an elephant is the official mascot for the Cricket World Cup 2011. Fourteen countries, which are participating in the World Cup Cricket 2011 are divided into two groups. In group 'A' including host Sri Lanka others are including Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Canada, whereas in group 'B' South Africa, West Indies, England, Netherlands and Ireland are there other then host India and Bangladesh. During the 43 days long ICC World Cup Cricket 2011, total of 49 matches will be played including semi final and final matches. Complete schedule of the 2011 Cricket World Cup are following:

Match	Date	Group	Teams	Venue
1	19 Feb	B	India vs Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
2	20 Feb	A	New Zealand vs Kenya	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
3	20 Feb	A	Sri Lanka vs Canada	International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
4	21 Feb	A	Australia vs Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
5	22 Feb	B	England vs Netherlands	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
6	23 Feb	A	Pakistan vs Kenya	International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
7	24 Feb	B	South Africa vs West Indies	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
8	25 Feb	A	Australia vs New Zealand	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
9	25 Feb	B	Bangladesh vs Ireland	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
10	26 Feb	A	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
11	27 Feb	B	India vs England	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
12	28 Feb	B	West Indies vs Netherlands	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
13	28 Feb	A	Zimbabwe vs Canada	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
14	1 Mar	A	Sri Lanka vs Kenya	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
15	2 Mar	B	England vs Ireland	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
16	3 Mar	B	South Africa vs Netherlands	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
17	3 Mar	A	Pakistan vs Canada	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
18	4 Mar	A	New Zealand vs Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
19	4 Mar	B	Bangladesh vs West Indies	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
20	5 Mar	A	Sri Lanka vs Australia	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
21	6 Mar	B	India vs Ireland	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
22	6 Mar	B	England vs South Africa	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
23	7 Mar	A	Kenya vs Canada	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
24	8 Mar	A	Pakistan vs New Zealand	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
25	9 Mar	B	India vs Netherlands	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
26	10 Mar	A	Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
27	11 Mar	B	West Indies vs Ireland	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
28	11 Mar	B	Bangladesh vs England	Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong
29	12 Mar	B	India vs South Africa	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
30	13 Mar	A	New Zealand vs Canada	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
31	13 Mar	A	Australia vs Kenya	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
32	14 Mar	A	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
33	14 Mar	B	Bangladesh vs Netherlands	Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong
34	15 Mar	B	South Africa vs Ireland	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
35	16 Mar	A	Australia vs Canada	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
36	17 Mar	B	England vs West Indies	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
37	18 Mar	A	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
38	18 Mar	B	Ireland vs Netherlands	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
39	19 Mar	A	Australia vs Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
40	19 Mar	B	Bangladesh vs South Africa	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
41	20 Mar	A	Zimbabwe vs Kenya	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
42	20 Mar	B	India vs West Indies	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
43	23 Mar		First Quarterfinal	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
44	24 Mar		Second Quarterfinal	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
45	25 Mar		Third Quarterfinal	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
46	26 Mar		Fourth Quarterfinal	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
47	29 Mar		First Semifinal	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
48	30 Mar		Second Semifinal	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
49	02 Apr		Final	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Matches Schedule, India Matches Schedule

The final fixtures of ICC Cricket World cup 2011 has been announced with India taking Bangladesh in the opening match. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be the hosts with Mumbai hosting the final of the World cup. It seems ICC took lessons from 2007 world cup and has divided the teams in two groups so that big teams qualify.

Group Division:

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

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