2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Dates and Details of Fixtures

The Cricket World Cup is held every 4 years by the International Cricket Council (ICC), and in 2011 the host nations are India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This 10th edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup will be played in One Day International (ODI) format, where each side plays 50 overs, and 14 nations will participate.


The first game will take place in Bangladesh at Dhaka on Saturday 19 February 2011 where India will take on Bangladesh and there will be an elaborately planned opening ceremony. The final will be played at Wankhade Stadium, Mumbai in India on Saturday 2 April 2011. There is a record prize pool for the game of US$10 million.


Fourteen cricketing nations will participate in the Cricket World Cup and the teams have been divided into two groups.


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

Games will be held at 13 different venues across the three host nations of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India. There will be a total of 49 matches and Bangladesh will host eight matches at 2 different venues (Dhaka and Chittagong) including the opening game and a quarter final.

Sri Lanka will host twelve matches at 3 different venues (Colombo, Hambantota and Pallekele). India is host for 29 of the 49 matches including the finals and a semi-final. Games will be held at eight different venues in India and these are Mumbai, Mohali, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and New Delhi.

The 49 Fixtures of the Cricket World Cup 2011

Match no.	Date	Teams	Venue
1	19 Feb 2011	India vs Bangladesh	Dhaka
2	20 Feb 2011	New Zealand vs Kenya	Chennai
3	20 Feb 2011	Sri Lanka vs Canada	Hambantota
4	21 Feb 2011	Australia vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
5	22 Feb 2011	England vs Netherlands	Nagpur
6	23 Feb 2011	Pakistan vs Kenya	Hambantota
7	24 Feb 2011	South Africa vs West Indies	New Delhi
8	25 Feb 2011	Australia vs New Zealand	Nagpur
9	25 Feb 2011	Bangladesh vs Ireland	Dhaka
10	26 Feb 2011	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo
11	27 Feb 2011	India vs England	Kolkata
12	27 Feb 2011	West Indies vs Netherlands	New Delhi
13	28 Feb 2011	Zimbabwe vs Canada	Nagpur
14	1 Mar 2011	Sri Lanka vs Kenya	Colombo
15	2 Mar 2011	England vs Ireland	Bangalore
16	3 Mar 2011	South Africa vs Netherlands	Mohali
17	3 Mar 2011	Pakistan vs Canada	Colombo
18	4 Mar 2011	New Zealand vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
19	4 Mar 2011	Bangladesh vs West Indies	Dhaka
20	5 Mar 2011	Sri Lanka vs Australia	Colombo
21	6 Mar 2011	India vs Ireland	Bangalore
22	6 Mar 2011	England vs South Africa	Chennai
23	7 Mar 2011	Kenya vs Canada	New Delhi
24	8 Mar 2011	Pakistan vs New Zealand	Pallekelle
25	9 Mar 2011	India vs Netherlands	New Delhi
26	10 Mar 2011	Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
27	11 Mar 2011	West Indies vs Ireland	Mohali
28	11 Mar 2011	Bangladesh vs England	Chittagong
29	12 Mar 2011	India vs South Africa	Nagpur
30	13 Mar 2011	New Zealand vs Canada	Mumbai
31	13 Mar 2011	Australia vs Kenya	Bangalore
32	1 Mar 2011	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
33	14 Mar 2011	Bangladesh vs Netherlands	Chittagong
34	15 Mar 2011	South Africa vs Ireland	Kolkata
35	16 Mar 2011	Australia vs Canada	Bangalore
36	17 Mar 2011	England vs West Indies	Chennai
37	18 Mar 2011	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Mumbai
38	18 Mar 2011	Ireland vs Netherlands	Kolkata
39	19 Mar 2011	Australia vs Pakistan	Colombo
40	19 Mar 2011	Bangladesh vs South Africa	Dhaka
41	20 Mar 2011	Zimbabwe vs Kenya	Kolkata
42	20 Mar 2011	India vs West Indies	Chennai
43	23 Mar 2011	First Quarter Final	Dhaka
44	24 Mar 2011	Second Quarter Final	Colombo
45	25 Mar 2011	Third Quarter Final	Dhaka
46	26 Mar 2011	Fourth Quarter Final	Ahmedabad
47	29 Mar 2011	First Semi Final	Colombo
48	30 Mar 2011	Second Semi Final	Mohali
49	2 April 2011	Final	Mumbai

Australia has won the last three consecutive World Cups in 2007, 2003 and 1999 and will be keen to maintain their title, but there is expected to be fierce competition, particularly from host nations India and Sri Lanka.