Icc World Cup 2011

[Richard the Third]

The countdown begins with less a fortnight to go. Played in Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh this is looking to be one of the most open tournaments for a number of years. The big guns are pretty evenly matched - all have their strengths but all have at least one killer weakness, whether it be lack of a top class spinner, out and out pace man or fragile batting.

The minnows are represented by Netherlands, Kenya, Canada and Ireland. All teams who are capable of raising their game to cause a shock.

Group A Fixtures

20 February 2011
New Zealand
v Kenya
Match 2
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai


20 February 2011 (D/N)
Sri Lanka
v Canada
Match 3
Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota


21 February 2011 (D/N)
Australia
v Zimbabwe
Match 4
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad


23 February 2011 (D/N)
Pakistan
v Kenya
Match 6
Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota


25 February 2011 (D/N)
New Zealand
v Australia
Match 8
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur


26 February 2011 (D/N)
Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
Match 10
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo


28 February 2011
Zimbabwe
v Canada
Match 13
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur


1 March 2011 (D/N)
Sri Lanka
v Kenya
Match 14
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo


3 March 2011 (D/N)
Pakistan
v Canada
Match 17
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo


4 March 2011
New Zealand
v Zimbabwe
Match 18
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad


5 March 2011 (D/N)
Sri Lanka
v Australia
Match 20
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo


7 March 2011 (D/N)
Kenya
v Canada
Match 23
Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi


8 March 2011 (D/N)
Pakistan
v New Zealand
Match 24
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy


10 March 2011 (D/N)
Sri Lanka
v Zimbabwe
Match 26
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy


13 March 2011
New Zealand
v Canada
Match 30
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai


13 March 2011 (D/N)
Australia
v Kenya
Match 31
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore


14 March 2011 (D/N)
Pakistan
v Zimbabwe
Match 32
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy


16 March 2011 (D/N)
Australia
v Canada
Match 35
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore


18 March 2011 (D/N)
Sri Lanka
v New Zealand
Match 37
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai


19 March 2011 (D/N)
Pakistan
v Australia
Match 39
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo


20 March 2011
Zimbabwe
v Kenya
Match 41
Eden Gardens, Kolkata

 

[Richard the Third]

Group B Fixtures

19 February 2011 (D/N)
India
v Bangladesh
Match 1
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka


22 February 2011 (D/N)
England
v Netherlands
Match 5
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur


24 February 2011 (D/N)
South Africa
v

West Indies
Match 7
Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi


25 February 2011
Bangladesh
v

Ireland
Match 9
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka


27 February 2011 (D/N)
India
v England
Match 11
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore


28 February 2011 (D/N)
West Indies

v Netherlands
Match 12
Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi


2 March 2011 (D/N)
England
v

Ireland
Match 15
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore


3 March 2011 (D/N)
South Africa
v Netherlands
Match 16
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali


4 March 2011 (D/N)
Bangladesh
v

West Indies
Match 19
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka


6 March 2011 (D/N)
India
v

Ireland
Match 21
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore


6 March 2011
England
v South Africa
Match 22
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai


9 March 2011 (D/N)
India
v Netherlands
Match 25
Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi


11 March 2011
Ireland

v

West Indies
Match 27
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali


11 March 2011 (D/N)
Bangladesh
v England
Match 28
Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong


12 March 2011 (D/N)
India
v South Africa
Match 29
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur


14 March 2011 (D/N)
Bangladesh
v Netherlands
Match 33
Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong


15 March 2011 (D/N)
South Africa
v

Ireland
Match 34
Eden Gardens, Kolkata


17 March 2011 (D/N)
England
v

West Indies
Match 36
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai


18 March 2011
Ireland

v Netherlands
Match 38
Eden Gardens, Kolkata


19 March 2011
Bangladesh
v South Africa
Match 40
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

20 March 2011 (D/N)
India
v

West Indies
Match 42
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

 

[Richard the Third]

Quarter-Finals



23 March 2011 (D/N)
Group A1
v Group B4
Match 43
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka


24 March 2011 (D/N)
Group A2
v Group B3
Match 44
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad


25 March 2011 (D/N)
Group A3
v Group B2
Match 45
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka


26 March 2011 (D/N)
Group A4
v Group B1
Match 46
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Semi-Finals


29 March 2011 (D/N)
Winner of Match 43
v Winner of Match 45
Match 47
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo


30 March 2011 (D/N)
Winner of Match 44
v Winner of Match 46
Match 48
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

Final


2 April 2011 (D/N)
Winner of Match 47
v Winner of Match 48
Match 49
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

 

[babai_here]

This will be the 10th World Cup.

If anyone Interested here is the winner list of previous cups.

1975-West Indies
1979-West Indies
1983-India
1987-Australia
1992-Pakistan
1996-Sri Lanka
1999-Australia
2003-Australia
2007-Australia

So Australia have won 4 World Cups and West Indies have won two, where as India,Pakistan,Srilanka have won 1 each.

The format is very simple. 14 teams are there.

Group A
Australia (1)
Pakistan (3)
New Zealand (5)
Sri Lanka (7)
Zimbabwe (9)
Canada (12)
Kenya (14)

Group B
India (2)
South Africa (4)
England (6)
West Indies (8)
Bangladesh (10)
Ireland (11)
Netherlands (13)

Each team will play 6 matches against each other within the group. Best 4 will qualify for the knock-out rounds. That means Quarter finals,Semi final and Final, and no concept of super six or super eight .

This tournament will be played in Asia (India,Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to be specific)

For detailed fixture click me

For detailed squad list click me

Also, if you like to know more details like stadiums, umpires etc check here.

Discuss ...... and also predict about the winner, runner, semi finalists, best batsman, bowler etc

 

[babai_here]

I will be providing interesting informations or statistics (if available).
For Stadium details you can also check here

This can be considered as a travel guide
This is the World Cup Timeline .

Photo's can be checked from here .

 

[Richard the Third]

babai_here - hope you don't mind but I've merged this in with main World Cup thread. I'd rather have everything in one place than two competing threads.

 

[Ljp86]

Great work guys. I'm looking forward to this World Cup, I reckon it will be the most even one we've had since 1999 in my opinion.

 

[babai_here]

@ Richard, no prob dude.
I just wanted to make an Indian thread in the sub forum. But as you told me, its a single thread, so its better to keep them in a single thread.

 

[Richard the Third]

Plenty of stuff to talk about in relation to India, they have to be facing a lot of pressure especially with it being a home tournament. How do you rate their chances?

 

[Kram81]

Not all that confident about Australia's chances tbh, we have been really hit hard by injuries.

 

[Richard the Third]

Warm up games underway with Sarwan and Guptill hitting tons. Not much else to report though.

 

[nairbe]

India are certainly under a lot of pressure. Under performing at world cup's has been a problem for them for years. Australia are average and it will all hang on our ability to adapt to the conditions. The sub-continent has posed problems for us many times before and will again. Our side of the draw probably allows us to play our way in to the series but all teams will feel any failure. Yes it is bound to be the tightest world cup for quite a while.
babai_here, Australia have also appeared in two other world cup finals making it 6 out of 9 series we have been in the final, this is an impressive record and one we will struggle to hold this time round.

 

[Beeswax]

How familiar is THAT? Good start involving Watson and however else is opening, then a series of mad rushes of blood from the middle order which turns into panic by the bowlers.

9 wickets for 58 runs and a more dumb shot by Punter to get out I hope I don't have to see again in this tournament.

But it was really good bowling on a helpful pitch by Chawla. Fine work.

 

[Kram81]

I know they are just warm up games but Australia need to find some form quickly, although at least Ponting and Clarke have made a few runs. I guess the good thing about going back to the quarter final format is all you have to do is belt the minnows in your group and you are through to the next stage..

Really rewards mediocrity.

 

[Richard the Third]

Anyone catch the opening ceremony? I quite enjoyed it, especially the aerial cricket match played with a laser.

 

[Kram81]

Had a quick look and thought it was pretty lame tbh, although I'm never really a fan of that ceremony stuff at any time.

 

[Richard the Third]

It was fine for what it was.

 

[Ljp86]

The groups are poorly structured for this World Cup, they should have had 4 groups of four and added an extra two minnow sides. I'm not a fan of minnows but the ICC needs to expand the game. After that they could have then had a quarter-final stage with the two highest ranked teams moving through.

 

[Ljp86]

I know they are just warm up games but Australia need to find some form quickly, although at least Ponting and Clarke have made a few runs. I guess the good thing about going back to the quarter final format is all you have to do is belt the minnows in your group and you are through to the next stage..

Really rewards mediocrity.

It'd be the same no matter how the groups are structured. If it were four to a group with four groups all you'd have to do is win both games against the lower ranked sides and you'd be through. The problem is the minnows aren't strong, particularly the sides ranked lower than say 11 or 12. Even the associates need to play well and their opponents have a bad day to win.

 

[Kram81]

The group structure doesn't bother me it's having quarter finals like 1996.

IMO it really should be something like the top team goes straight through to the semi and 2 and 3 just play off for the other semi spot making the group stage more competitive and meaningful, but we all know with the ICC it's all about $$$, they wouldn't want 2 less 'big' games.