2011 ICC Cricket World Cup

Duration of ICC World cup :
 * Cricket World Cup will be played from Feb 19 to April 2.
 * Qualifying round matches will be till March 20
 * Quarter Final matches will be played between March 23 to March 26
 * Semi Final matches on March 29 and March 30
 * Cricket World Cup Final will be held April 2

Host Nations :

This world cup will be jointly hosted by 3 countries – India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Participating Teams :

There are total of 14 teams participating in this world up comprising of 2 groups with 7 teams each.

Group A: Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada, Kenya

Group B: Bangladesh, England, India, South Africa, West Indies, Ireland, Netherlands
Total of 49 matches will be played (incidentally one of the highest compared to any previous world cup). There will be 42 qualifying matches, 4 Quarter Finals, 2 Semi finals and 1 Final

Out of total 49 matches India will host 29 matches (including a Quarter Final, a Semi Final and the Final). Bangladesh will host 8 matches (including 2 Quarter Finals) and Sri Lanka will hold 12 matches (including a Quarter Final and a Semi Final)

Match Venues :

There will be Total of 13 grounds used for this tournament

India – 8

    * Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Capacity – 90,000 (3 matches)

    * Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, Capacity – 48,000 (4 matches)

    * Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru, Capacity – 42,000 (5 matches)

    * Chidambaram, Chennai, Capacity – 50,000 (4 matches)

    * Mohali, Chandigarh, Capacity – 35,000 (3 matches including a Semi Final)

    * Motera, Ahmedabad, Capacity – 50,000 (3 mathces including a Quarter Final)

    * Jamtha, Nagpur, Capacity – 45,000 (4 matches)

    * Wankhede, Mumbai, Capacity – 45,000 (3 matches including the Final)

Bangladesh-2

    * Zahur Ahmed Stadium, Chittagong, Capacity – 20,000 (2 matches)

    * Shere Bangla Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka Capacity – 25,000 (6 matches including 2 Quarter Finals)

Sri Lanka-3

    * Rajapaksha Stadium, Hambantota, Capacity – 35,000 (2 matches)

    * Muralidharan Stadium, Kandy, Capacity – 35,000 (3 matches)

    * Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Capacity – 35,000 (7 matches including a Quarter Final and a Semi Final)

The Quarter Finals will be held at Mirpur, Dhaka (2 matches), Ahmedabad and  Colombo. Semi Finals will be held at Colombo and Chandigarh. The finals will be held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai

How teams proceed progressively to next stage?

Each team plays 1 match with 6 other team in its group. The least scoring 3 teams get eliminated and the top 4 from each group goes to knock out stage.

    * Quarter Final No. 1 : No. 1 team of Group A will play against No. 4 team of Group B

    * Quarter Final No. 2 : No. 2 team of Group A will play against No. 3 team of Group B

    * Quarter Final No. 3 : No. 3 team of Group A will play against No. 2 team of Group B

    * Quarter Final No. 4 : No. 4 team of Group A will play against No. 1 team of Group B

    * Semi Final No. 1 : Winner of QF No. 1 will play against Winner of QF No. 3

    * Semi Final No. 2 : Winner of QF No. 2 will play against Winner of QF No. 4

    * Final : Winner of SF No. 1 will play Winner of SF No. 2

ICC World Cup Trophy and Prize Money

There are two original Trophies with ICC. One would be held in its Head Quarters in Dubai and the other is given to the Winning team. Both the trophies are identical, the only difference would be, the Trophy in ICC Head Quarters will have the names of all the previous World Cup winners inscribed on it.

Prize Money :

    * Winner – 3 Million US Dollars,
    * Runner Up – 1.5 Million US Dollars,
    * Total Prize Money – 10 Million US Dollars.

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Matches and Venues

Cricket Match officials announced for ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

The cricket governing body has announce match officials for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. In addition to elite panel, six emerging umpires named in 18-man team of match officials.

Umpires Richard Kettleborough,Kumar Dharmasena, Bruce Oxenford, Nigel Llong, Amish Saheba and Shahvir Tarapore have been named to stand alongside the members of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires during the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, which begins in Dhaka on 19 February.

These 6 have been identified as emerging and talented match officials, who have already officiated at international level with experience of conditions in the Asian sub-continent and are now ready to umpire at cricket's flagship event.

The full list of umpires is: Billy Bowden, Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Billy Doctrove, Marais Erasmus, Ian Gould, Daryl Harper, Tony Hill, Asad Rauf, Asoka de Silva, Simon Taufel, Rod Tucker (all from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires), Kumar Dharmasena, Richard Kettleborough, Nigel Llong, Bruce Oxenford, Amish Saheba and Shahvir Tarapore (all from the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires).

The reserve umpire for the tournament has been named as Enamul Hoque-Moni, also from the international panel. He will officiate during the warm-up phase of the tournament and be available, if required, during the event proper.

The match referees for the event will be: Chris Broad, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, Roshan Mahanama and Andy Pycroft (all from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees).

The umpire selection panel consists of David Richardson (ICC General Manager - Cricket), Ranjan Madugalle (ICC Chief Match Referee), David Lloyd (former player, coach, umpire and now television commentator) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (former elite panel umpire).