Cricket World Cup 2011

by Md Delower Hossain

It all starts on February 19th, 2011 where Bangladesh and India will face off at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
The 2011 Cricket World Cup will be the tenth World Cup in its history and will be hosted by Sri Lanka, India, and Bangladesh. Pakistan was originally going to be a host, but their hosting rights were revoked when some Pakistanis attacked the national Sri Lanka cricket team in 2009.


2011 World Cup Cricket Format
The matches are in a One Day International (ODI) cricket format, sometimes referred to as Limited Overs Internationals (LOI). This is a form of cricket where only 50 overs are played per side between teams. An over is six legal ball deliveries bowled in a series to the batsman. One person from the opposing team will bowl and over, unless there is an injury.
Some One Day International matches are not always completed in one day. Typically, a second day will be reserved for the match incase of rain.

2011 Cricket World Cup Teams
African Cricket Association

• Kenya
• South Africa
• Zimbabwe

Americas Cricket Association

• Canada
• West Indies

Asian Cricket Council

• Bangladesh (Host)
• India (Host)
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka (Host)

ICC East Asia-Pacific

• Australia
• New Zealand

European Cricket Council

• England
• Ireland
• Netherlands

2011 Cricket World Cup Venues
India Venues

• Ahmedabad; Sardar Patel Stadium; Capacity: 50,000
• Bangalore; M. Chinnaswamy Stadium; Capacity: 42,000
• Chennai; M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (undergoing upgrades); Capacity: 46,000
• Kolkata; Eden Gardens (undergoing upgrades); Capacity: 82,000
• Mohali; Punjab Cricket Association Stadium; Capacity: 35,000
• Mumbai; Wankhede Stadium (undergoing upgrades); Capacity: 45,000
• Nagpur; Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium; Capacity: 45,000
• New Delhi; Feroz Shah Kotla; Capacity: 48,000

Sri Lanka Venues

• Colombo; R. Premadasa Stadium (undergoing upgrades); Capacity: 35,000
• Hambantota; Suriyawewa Stadium (new stadium); Capacity: 33,000
• Kandy; Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (new stadium); Capacity: 35,000

Bangladesh Venues

• Chittagong; Chittagong Divisional Stadium; Capacity: 20,000
• Dhaka; Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium; Capacity: 35,000

2011 Cricket World Cup Tournament Format
The format of the tournament is in round robin and knockout. At first, there is a group stage, where each team plays the other team. From the group stage, the top four teams of each group move to a knockout stage starting in the quarter finals.
Group A

• Australia
• Canada
• Kenya
• New Zealand
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka
• Zimbabwe

Group B

• Bangladesh
• England
• India
• Ireland
• Netherlands
• South Africa
• West Indies

Live Streaming
You don't want to miss a single game of this upcoming series of matches. Fortunately, you can stream the Cricket World Cup live from anywhere in the world as long as you have a computer and an internet connection.

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