ICC has announced the World Cup 2011 Schedule that will be hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh jointly. India will host 29 matches out of 43 matches and the remaining matches will be hosted by Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

India will play against Bangladesh in the World Cup first match at Dhaka that will be played on February 19, 2011. India will also host its first match at Chennai on February 20, 2011. ICC World Cup 2011 Finals will be hosted by Mumbai Wankhade Stadium.

Schedule:

Date – Venue – Match

Feb 19 – Dhaka – India Vs Bangladesh

Feb 20 – Chennai – New Zealand vs Kenya

Feb 20 – Hambantota – Sri Lanka vs Canada

Feb 21 – Ahemdabad – Australia vs Zimbabwe

Feb 22 – Nagpur – England vs Netherlands

Feb 23 – Hambantota – Pakistan vs Kenya

Feb 24 – New Delhi – South Africa vs West Indies

Feb 25 – Nagpur – Australia vs New Zealand

Feb 25 – Dhaka – Bangladesh vs Irelans

Feb 26 – Colombo – Sri Lanka vs Pakistan

Feb 27 – Kolkatta – India vs England

Feb 28 – New Delhi – West Indies vs Netherlands

Feb 28 – Nagpur – Zimbabwe vs Canads

Mar 1 – Colombo – Sri Lanka vs Kenya

Mar 2 – Bangalore – England vs Irelans

Mar 3 – Mohali – South Africa vs Netherlands

Mar 3 – Colombo – Pakistan vs Canada

Mar 4 – Ahemdabad – New Zealand vs Zimbabwe

Mar 4 – Dhaka – Bangladesh vs West Indies

Mar 5 – Colombo – Sri Lanka vs Australia

Mar 6 – Bangalore – India vs Ireland

Mar 6 – Chennai – England vs South Africa

Mar 7 – New Delhi – Kenya vs Canada

Mar 8 – Pallekele – Pakistan vs New Zealand

Mar 9 – New Delhi – India vs Netherlands

Mar 10 – Pallekele – Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe

Mar 11 – Mohali – West Indies vs Ireland

Mar 11 – Chittagong – Bangladesh vs England

Mar 12 – Nagpur – India vs South Africa

Mar 13 – Mumbai – New Zealand vs Canada

Mar 13 – Bangalore – Australia vs Kenya

Mar 14 – Pallekele – Pakistan vs Zimbabwe

Mar 14 – Chittagong – Bangladesh vs Netherlands

Mar 15 – Kolkatta – South Africa vs Ireland

Mar 16 – Bangalore – Australia vs Canada

Mar 17 – Chennai – England vs West Indies

Mar 18 – Mumbai – Sri Lanka vs New Zealand

Mar 18 – Kolkatta – Ireland vs Netherlands

Mar 19 – Dhaka – Bangladesh vs South Africa

Mar 20 – Kolkatta – Zimbabwe vs Kenya

Mar 20 – Chennai – India Vs West Indies

Quarter Final Matches

Mar 23 – Dhaka – First Quarter Final

Mar 24 – Colombo – Second Quarter Final

Mar 25 – Dhaka – Third Quarter Final

Mar 26 – Ahmedabad – Fourth Quarter Final

Semi Final Matches

Mar 29 – Colombo – First Semi Final

Mar 30 – Mohali – Second Semi Final

Final

Apr 2 – Mumbai – Final

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The Schedule of 2011 World Cup will be announced by International Cricket Council (ICC) on November 9th 2009. ICC also announced that Bangladesh will host the opening ceremony on February 17 2011 and the World Cup 2011 will start on February 19 2011.

ICC had set the Central Organizing Committee (COC) that has decided to inspect the venues in India, Sri-Lanka and Bangladesh from October-November this year.

Tournament director Ratnakar Shetty said, “This was another productive meeting and we have continued to make real progress. We are operating at full steam ahead for what should be a great event in 2011 and there is a great spirit of cooperation among the hosts and the ICC.”

ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat, Vice-President Sharad Pawar and representatives of the three host countries attended the COC meeting.

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Thirteen venues in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have been allotted 49 matches of the ICC World Cup 2011. Eight venues will be in India, three in Sri Lanka and two in Bangladesh.

Haroon Lorgat, Chief Executive officer (CEO), ICC said after a meeting of the ICC World Cup 2011 Central organising Committee (COC) here at the Cricket Centre on Tuesday that the venues are being finalised. “The opening ceremony and the opening match will be held at Bangladesh on February 18 and February 19, 2011 and the final in Mumbai in March,” said Mr. Lorgat.

The COC decided to allot two quarterfinals to Bangladesh and one each to India and Sri Lanka, one semifinal to Sri Lanka and India. “The final will be held in the last week of March,” said Prof. Ratnakar Shetty, who has been appointed Event Managing Director of the ICC World Cup 2011.

Mr. Lorgat said the special advisor to the ICC, Mr. Inderjit Singh Bindra will play a key role in the management of the ICC’s top signature event and also that the BCCI office in Mumbai will be the central Secretariat of the World Cup.

At a meeting of the Central Organising Committee of the World Cup 2011 a few months ago, BCCI had nominated Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mohali, Ahmedabad and Nagpur as the venues. Sri Lanka Cricket had nominated Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) and Premadasa Stadium at Colombo and Bangladesh had named the Banghabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka as the venues in their respective countries.

With Pakistan not anymore associated with the 49-match competition in 2011 as a host country, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have identified one additional venue each, while the BCCI has retained the same eight venues to host 29 matches including the final at the completely redeveloped Wankhede Stadium at an estimated cost of Rs. 150 crore.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was to host the 14 matches including semifinal at Lahore, with Karachi, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi being the other venues. But the decision of the ICC Development International (IDI) to remove Pakistan as a co-host country has given an opportunity for Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Cricket Boards to add one more venue each.

Shashank Manohar (President, BCCI) will head the security committee. “We recognise that instilling confidence in the security arrangements has to be in place and important. We have no doubt that we would be able to put in place security systems for a safe and successful conduct of the World Cup. The security planning will be an ongoing exercise from now,” said Mr. Lorgat.

He also said he has no information officially from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that its players would not take part in the World Cup. “It’s all being speculated, I don’t they will actually do that. We will cross the bridge when such a matter arises. There’s also no proposal from the PCB that it can host the matches in Dubai. It’s all very speculative. The IDO Board has made a decision and we are moving forward.”

The three host countries will have to appoint an Event Operations Director heading the local organising committee (LOC) and they would report to the Event Managing Director.

Operational Planning: Mahbubul Anam (Bangladesh, Convenor), N. Srinivasan (India), Duleep Mendis (Sri Lanka), Prof. Ratnakar Shetty (Event Managing Director) and Haroon Lorgat (CEO, ICC).

Venue Inspection Committee: N. Srinivasan (Convenor) and one member each from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

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International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday said Pakistan would not host 2011 World Cup matches because of security concerns.

After ICC’s announcement Pakistan’s future as an international cricket destination hits a dead end just two years before the World Cup is to be played in the sub-continent.

The decision to strip Pakistan of World Cup hosting rights has been taken 44 days after the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricketers outside the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore by a group of heavily armed terrorists.

“It is a regrettable decision but our number one priority is to create certainty and deliver a safe, secure and successful event. However, the uncertainty created by events within Pakistan created a huge question mark over our ability to do just that. By making this decision now we hope we can put a great deal of any uncertainty to one side and press on with our preparations which, given this is cricket’s biggest and most high profile event within our range of tournaments, are substantial,” said ICC President David Morgan.

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