ICC World Cup Cricket 2011

After 14 Years, Cricket World Cup is finally returned to Asia (India-Sri Lanka-Bangladesh). Last time World Cup was hosted in Asia in 1996 and Sri Lanka emerge winners of the ICC Wills World Cup. Unfortunately, this time Pakistan will not host any games of 2011 world cup because of security concern.

ICC has tried their best to shorten the 2011 world cup as compared to 2007 world cup. So there will be 49 number of games will be played in 2011 as compared to 51 in 2007. Also the length of the tournament will be shorten by a week. Out of forty nine games, India will host 29 matches, Sri Lanka will host 12 matches and 8 games will be hosted by Bangladesh.


India will host one quarter final in Ahmedabad, one semi final in Mohali and Final of World Cup 2011 in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. While Sri Lanka will host the 2nd quarterfinal and 1st semi final in R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo and Bangladesh will host 1st and 3rd quarterfinal in Mirpur, Dhaka.


Fourteen teams will participate in 2011 World Cup with 14 teams divided into two groups each containing seven teams. Group A contains Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Canada while Group B includes India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands.


The tournament will start with the game between India and Bangladesh on February 19th at Mirpur, Dhaka and tournament will ends with the Final on April 2 in renovated Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. There will be total 13 venues will be used for the tournament.


First quarter final will be played on March 23rd in Mirpur, while second quarter final will be played on March 24th in Ahmedabad. Third quarterfinal will be played in Mirpur on 25th March and fourth quarterfinal will be hosted by Sri Lanka in Colombo on March 26th 2011. First semi final will be played on 29th March in Colombo and second semi final will be played on March 30th in Mohali.



Groups for the 2011 World Cup

Group A - Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Canada.

Group B - India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands.

Previous ICC World Cup Winners

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


World Cup 2011 Fixtures (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)

Timing
Teams
Venue
Results

Sat Feb 19 (D/N)14:00 PM
1st match Group B - India v Bangladesh
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

India Won by 87 Runs

Sun Feb 20
09:30 AM
2nd match Group A- Kenya v New Zealand
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

New Zealand Won by 10 Wickets

Sun Feb 20 (D/N)14:30 PM
3rd match Group A- Sri Lanka v Canada
Hambantota International Cricket Stadium

Sri Lanka Won by 210 Runs

Mon Feb 21 (D/N)14:30 PM
4th match Group A - Australia v Zimbabwe
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

Australia Won by 91 Runs

Tue Feb 22 (D/N)14:30 PM
5th match Group B- England v Netherlands
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur

England Won by 6 Wickets

Wed Feb 23 (D/N)14:30 PM
6th match Group A - Kenya v Pakistan
Hambantota International Cricket Stadium

Pakistan Won by 205 Runs

Thu Feb 24 (D/N)14:30 PM
7th match Group B- South Africa v West Indies
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

South Africa Won by 7 Wickets

Fri Feb 25
09:30 AM
9th match Group A- Australia v New Zealand
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur

Australia Won by 7 Wickets

Fri Feb 25 (D/N)14:00 PM
8th match Group B- Bangladesh v Ireland
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

Bangladesh Won by 27 Runs

Sat Feb 26 (D/N)14:30 PM
10th match Group A- Pakistan v Sri Lanka
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Pakistan Won by 11 Runs

Sun Feb 27 (D/N)14:30PM
11th match Group B - India v England
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Match Tied

Mon Feb 28
09:30 AM
12th match Group A- Canada v Zimbabwe
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur

Zimbabwe Won by 175 Runs

Mon Feb 28 (D/N)14:30 PM
13th match Group B- Netherlands v West Indies
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

West Indies Won by 215 Runs

Tue Mar 1 (D/N)14:30 PM
14th match Group A- Kenya v Sri Lanka
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sri Lanka Won by 9 Wickets

Wed Mar 2 (D/N)14:30 PM
15th match Group B - England v Ireland
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore



Thu Mar 3
09:30 AM
16th match Group B- Netherlands v South Africa
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh



Thu Mar 3 (D/N)14:30 PM
17th match Group A- Canada v Pakistan
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo



Fri Mar 4
09:30 AM
18th match Group A - New Zealand v Zimbabwe
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad



Fri Mar 4 (D/N)14:00 PM
19th match Group B- Bangladesh v West Indies
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur



Sat Mar 5 (D/N)14:30 PM
20th match Group A - Australia v Sri Lanka
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo



Sun Mar 6
09:30 AM
21st match Group B- England v South Africa
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai



Sun Mar 6 (D/N)14:30 PM
22nd match Group B - India v Ireland
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore



Mon Mar 7 (D/N)14:30 PM
23rd match Group A- Canada v Kenya
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi



Tue Mar 8 (D/N)14:30 PM
24th match Group A- New Zealand v Pakistan
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium



Wed Mar 9 (D/N)14:30 PM
25th match Group B- India v Netherlands
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi



Thu Mar 10 (D/N)14:30 PM
26th match Group A - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium



Fri Mar 11
09:30 AM
27th match Group B- Ireland v West Indies
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh



Fri Mar 11 (D/N)14:00 PM
28th match Group B - Bangladesh v England
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong



Sat Mar 12 (D/N)14:30 PM
29th match Group B- India v South Africa
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur



Sun Mar 13
09:30 AM
30th match Group A - Canada v New Zealand
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai



Sun Mar 13 (D/N)14:30 PM
31st match Group A- Australia v Kenya
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore



Mon Mar 14
09:00 AM
32nd match Group B- Bangladesh v Netherlands
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong



Mon Mar 14 (D/N)14:30 PM
33rd match Group A- Pakistan v Zimbabwe
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium



Tue Mar 15 (D/N)14:30 PM
34th match Group B- Ireland v South Africa
Eden Gardens, Kolkata



Wed Mar 16 (D/N)14:30 PM
35th match Group A - Australia v Canada
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore



Thu Mar 17 (D/N)14:30 PM
36th match Group B - England v West Indies
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai



Fri Mar 18
09:30 AM
37th match Group B - Ireland v Netherlands
Eden Gardens, Kolkata



Fri Mar 18 (D/N)14:30 PM
38th match Group A- New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai



Sat Mar 19
09:00 AM
39th match Group B- Bangladesh v South Africa
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur



Sat Mar 19 (D/N)14:30 PM
40th match Group A- Australia v Pakistan
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo



Sun Mar 20
09:30 AM
41st match Group A- Kenya v Zimbabwe
Eden Gardens, Kolkata



Sun Mar 20 (D/N)14:30 PM
42nd match Group B - India v West Indies
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai



Wed Mar 23 (D/N)14:00 PM
1st Quarter Final – A1 v B4
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur



Thu Mar 24 (D/N)14:30 PM
2nd Quarter Final – A2 v B3
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad



Fri Mar 25 (D/N)14:00 PM
3rd Quarter Final – A3 v B2
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur



Sat Mar 26 (D/N)14:30 PM
4th Quarter Final – A4 v B1
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo



Tue Mar 29 (D/N)14:30 PM
Semi Final – Winner of 1st QF v Winenr of 3rd QF
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo



Wed Mar 30 (D/N)14:30 PM
Semi Final – Winner of 2nd QF v Winner of 4th QF
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh



Sat Apr 2 (D/N)
14:30 PM
Final - TBC v TBC
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Chappell denies advising Hussey to retire | Australian News.Net

Australian selector and former India coach Greg Chappell has denied advising experienced batsman Michael Hussey to retire.

Hussey was dropped from the Australian World Cup squad as the selectors deemed it risky to include him after his recent hamstring surgery.

The 35-year-old is furious at the decision as he felt he would have been fit for Australia's second group match of the World Cup.

The veteran, in fact, has had a vigorous training session with Western Australia (WA) Sunday and was even selected for WA's Sheffield Shield clash with Tasmania, only to be withdrawn when higher powers at Cricket Australia intervened, the Daily Telegraph reported.

'That's untrue,' Chappell said when asked whether he advised Hussey to retire.

Chappell also said there was nothing sinister behind Hussey's late withdrawal from the WACA Warriors T20 side.

'In the nets yesterday he was pretty excited by the way he pulled up, but in discussions between Cricket Australia medical staff and West Australian medical staff, they decided it was probably imprudent to try and rush it,' Chappell said.

'They decided to stick to the original plan - try and play some club cricket over the weekend and resume on March 3. They jointly agreed to stick to that plan.'

Chappell denies advising Hussey to retire | Australian News.Net

Watch all the Cricket World Cup Games Live Online

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What's On Ipswich: Shane Watson returns to home town of Ipswich to help lift locals' spirits

What's On Ipswich: Shane Watson returns to home town of Ipswich to help lift locals' spirits

Business Lessons from the Ashes

Over the past few months our cricketers have taken an absolute battering at the hands of the English Cricket team.

The batsmen aren't performing and nor are the bowlers.

Why?

Here's what I think:

I believe every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

So let's look at what's happened with Australian cricket over the past few years. We've lost

Adam Gilchrist
Matthew Hayden
Justin Langer
Damien Martyn
Glen McGrath
Shane Warne

... just to name a few.

Our team is almost entirely new.

And the way a team performs whether it's in business or sport all depends on who you have on the bus.

According to the classic book, Good to Great, where the most successful businesses were studied to find out what made them so successful...

One of the most important things to any company is having the right people.

It's no different with the Australian cricket team.

In my view, changing captains isn't going to do it... changing coaches isn't going to do it... certainly not in a hurry.

It's building (or replacing) the team we currently have which will turn things around.

That's how we'll get back to being world leaders again.

The lesson for us in business is to always be looking for the best people...

Whether that be someone you outsource work to such as an accountant... a web designer... a copywriter...a virtual assistant... or a graphic designer.

Or whether it be those you employ.

You must make it a number one priority to seek out the best people and get them on your bus.

Otherwise you could just end up falling from grace like the Australian cricket team.

(Source: article by Scott Bywater)

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