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2011 Cricket World Cup

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
Official Logo of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Dates	19 February – 2 April 2011
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One-Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Bangladesh  India  Sri Lanka
Champions	TBD
Participants	14 (from 104 entrants)
Matches played	17 out of 49 scheduled to be played
Official website	cricket.yahoo.com
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The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup is the tenth Cricket World Cup and is being played in Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka. It is Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a World Cup. All matches in the World Cup will be accorded One Day International status, with all matches being played over 50 overs. Fourteen national cricket teams will compete in the tournament, including ten full members and four associate members.^[1] The World Cup will take place between February and early April 2011, with the first match played on 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium inMirpur, Dhaka.^[2] The opening ceremony was held on 17 February 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, two days before the start of the tournament,^[3] with the final on 2 April 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

The World Cup was also supposed to be co-hosted by Pakistan, but in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to strip Pakistan of its hosting rights.^[4] The headquarters of the organising committee were originally situated in Lahore, but have now been shifted to Mumbai.^[5] Pakistan was supposed to hold 14 matches, including one semi-final.^[6] Eight of Pakistan's matches (including the semi-final) were awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh.^[7]

The biggest upset of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 has been the defeat of England by Ireland.^{[citation needed]} Ireland's Kevin O'Brien made 100 in just 50 balls (and a total of 113 off 63 balls), the fastest World Cup Century and Ireland made the highest successful run chase in World Cup history beating Sri Lanka's 313 against Zimbabwe at New Plymouth in New Zealand in 1992.^[8]

Contents  [hide] 1 Host selection 1.1 Bids 2 Format 3 Qualification 4 Preparations 4.1 Pakistan stripped of co-host status 4.2 Allocation of matches 4.3 Media and promotion 5 Opening ceremony 6 Prize money 7 Venues 8 Umpires 9 Squads 10 Matches 10.1 Warm-up matches 10.2 Group stage 10.2.1 Group A 10.2.2 Group B 10.3 Knockout stage 10.3.1 Quarter-finals 10.3.2 Semi-finals 10.3.3 Final 11 Statistics 12 See also 13 References and notes 14 External links

Host selection

Bids

The ICC originally announced its decision which countries would host the 2011 World Cup on 30 April 2006. Australia and New Zealand also bid for the tournament, and a successfulAustralasian bid for the 2011 World Cup would have seen a 50–50 split in games, with the final still up for negotiation. The Trans–Tasman bid, Beyond Boundaries, was the only bid for 2011 delivered to ICC headquarters in Dubai ahead of the 1 March deadline. Considerable merits of the Australasian bid were the superior venues and infrastructure and the total support of both the New Zealand and Australian governments on tax and customs issues during the tournament, according to Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland.^[9] The New Zealand government had also given assurance that Zimbabwe would be allowed to compete in the tournament, following political discussions in the country whether their cricket team should be allowed to tour Zimbabwe in 2005.

ICC President Ehsan Mani said the extra time taken by the Asian block to hand over its bid compliance book had harmed the four-nation bid. However, when the time came to vote, Asia won the hosting rights by seven votes to three.^[9] The Pakistan Cricket Board has revealed that it was the vote of the West Indies Cricket Board that swung the matter, as the Asian bid had the support of the four bidding countries along with South Africa and Zimbabwe.^[10] It was reported in Pakistani newspaper Dawn that the Asian countries promised to hold fund-raising events for West Indian cricket during the 2007 World Cup, which may have influenced the vote.^[11] However, chairman of the Monitoring Committee of the Asian bid, I. S. Bindra, said it was their promise of extra profits in the region of US$ 400 million that swung the vote,^[12] that there "was no quid pro quo for their support",^[13] and that playing the West Indies had "nothing to do with the World Cup bid".^[13]

ICC prefers to rotate World Cup venues between major cricket playing nations. The world cups have been hosted by England (Three times 1975,1979,1983), India/Pakistan 1987, Australia/New Zealand 1992, India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka 1996, England (UK,Netherlands) 1999, South Africa (Zimbabwe,Kenya) 2003, West Indies 2007. For the 2011 World Cup Australia/New Zealand were a strong contender ahead of India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh because they had not hosted a World cup since 1992. In the final voting India won because they argued that since they were a bigger group of countries they should be assigned a World cup more frequently. Due to this, Australia/New Zealand were awarded the 2015 World Cup.

Format

Late in 2007, the four host nations agreed upon a revised format for the 2011 World Cup identical to the 1996 World Cup, the only change being the no. of teams as it was 12 in 1996 and 14 in 2011. The first round of the tournament will be a round-robin in which the 14 teams are divided into 2 groups of 7 teams each. The 7 teams play each other once with the top 4 from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals.^[14] The format ensures that each team gets to play a minimum of 6 matches even if they are ruled out of the tournament due to early defeats.

Qualification

Main articles: ICC World Cricket League 2007-09 and 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier

As per ICC regulations, all 10 full members automatically qualify for the World Cup, including Zimbabwe who have given up their Test playing status until the standard of their team improves.^[15]

The ICC also organised a qualifying tournament in South Africa to determine which Associate teams would participate in 2011 event. Ireland, who had been the best performing Associate nation since the last World Cup, won the tournament, beating Canada in the final. The Netherlands and Kenya also qualified by virtue of finishing third and fourth respectively.^[16]

The following 14 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Group A		Group B
Rank	Team	Rank	Team
Full Members
1	Australia	2	India
3	Pakistan	4	South Africa
5	New Zealand	6	England
7	Sri Lanka	8	West Indies
9	Zimbabwe	10	Bangladesh
Associate Members
11	Canada	12	Ireland
13	Kenya	14	Netherlands

Preparations

Pakistan stripped of co-host status

Pakistan was stripped of its rights as co-host of the 2011 World Cup by the ICC on 17 April 2009^[17][18] due to ongoing concerns about the "uncertain security situation" prevailing in the country, especially in the aftermath of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore.

It is estimated that the PCB will lose $10.5 million due to the tournament being taken away from them.^[19] This figure only includes the match-fee of $750,000 per match guaranteed by the ICC. The overall loss to the PCB and the Pakistani economy is expected to be much greater.

On 9 April 2009, PCB chairman Ijaz Butt revealed that they had issued a legal notice to oppose ICC's decision.^[20] However, the ICC claims that PCB is still a co-host and they have only shifted the matches out of Pakistan.^[21] Pakistan had proposed that South Asia host the 2015 World Cup and Australia/New Zealand host 2011, however this option did not find favour with their co-hosts and hence didn't materialise.^[22]

Allocation of matches

On 11 April 2005, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan announced an agreement about the allocation of games.^[23] The original plan involved India hosting the final, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka would host the semi-finals.^[24] and the opening ceremony will take place in Bangladesh.^[25]

After being stripped of its co-host status, Pakistan made the bid to host its home games in the cities of UAE as a neutral home venue. This is a result of Pakistan playing matches in the preceding months in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. The pitches in these stadiums have also been developed to suit the Pakistani players. This would not have harmed any timing schedules as there are regular flights from the city of Mumbai to Dubai.

However, on 28 April 2009, the ICC announced the re-allocation of matches originally intended to be played in Pakistan. As a result, India will now host 29 matches across eight venues including the final and one semi-final; Sri Lanka will host 12 in three venues, including one semi-final; while Bangladesh will stage eight at two grounds as well as the opening ceremony on 17 February 2011.^[26]

On 1 June 2010, the first phase of tickets for the 2011 World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were put on sale following a meeting of the tournament's Central Organising Committee in Mumbai. The tickets were priced affordably, with the cheapest costing 20 US cents in Sri Lanka, the committee said.^[27] In January 2011, the ICC declared the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata, India to be unfit and unlikely to be complete by 27 February when it was scheduled to host a match between India and England. As a result, the match was moved to Bangalore.^[28]

Media and promotion

See also: List of 2011 Cricket World Cup broadcasting rights

	De Ghuma Ke The official song of the 2011 World Cup
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The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament. The International Cricket Council has sold the rights for broadcasting of the 2011 Cricket World Cup for around US$ 2 Billion to ESPN Star Sports and Star Cricket. The tournament will be broadcast all around the world in about 220 countries.^[29]

Song and other promotions

The official event ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is Sachin Tendulkar,^[30] promoting various ICC initiatives for the tournament.

The official song of the 2011 World Cup "De Ghuma Ke" was composed by the trio of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, and is sung in Hindi, Bengali and Sinhala.^[31] It incorporates an array of Indian rhythms, as well as elements of rock and hip-hop. The song was performed at the opening ceremony of the tournament, which was held in Bangladesh on 17 February 2011.^[32]

Mascot

Main article: Stumpy

Stumpy, the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup in South Asia.

Stumpy, an young elephant, is the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.^[33] He was unveiled at a function in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Friday, 2 April 2010.^[34] The official name of the mascot was released on Monday, 2 August 2010 after an online competition conducted by theInternational Cricket Council in the last week of July, 2010.^[35]

Opening ceremony

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony

The Opening Ceremony was held in Bangladesh. The venue for the opening ceremony was Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka,Bangladesh. The event took place on 17 February 2011, 2 days prior to the first match of the World Cup.

Prize money

The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team would be taking home a prize money of US$ 3 million and US$ 1.5 million for runner-up, with theInternational Cricket Council deciding to double the total allocation for the coveted tournament to US$ 10 million. The winning team will also take home a replica of the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy, that has been awarded since 1999. The decision was taken at the ICC Board meeting which was held in Dubai on April 20, 2010.^[36][37] The total prize money on offer for the tournament for the teams placing from 1st to 8th is US$7.48 million. The remaining two semi-finalists will receive 0.75 million US$ each. The last four quarter-finalists will each receive 0.37 million US$.^[38]

Venues

All the venues of the 2011 Cricket World Cup were announced on 2 November 2009 in Mumbai by the International Cricket Council. Two new stadiums in Sri Lanka have been constructed for the World Cup at Kandy and Hambantota.^[39]

Venue	City	Capacity
India
Eden Gardens	Kolkata	64,500
MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai	50,000
Feroz Shah Kotla	New Delhi	48,000
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	Nagpur	45,000
Sardar Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad	50,000
Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai	45,000
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	Mohali	35,000
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bangalore	42,000
Sri Lanka
R Premadasa Stadium	Colombo	35,000
Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium	Kandy	35,000
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium	Hambantota	35,000
Bangladesh
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	Chittagong	20,000
Shere Bangla National Stadium	Dhaka	25,000

Chittagong Dhaka Venues in Bangladesh

Kolkata New Delhi Ahmedabad Chennai Mohali Nagpur Bangalore Mumbai Venues in India

Colombo Hambantota Kandy Venues in Sri Lanka

Umpires

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup officials

The Umpire selection panel selected 18 umpires excluding a reserve umpire, Enamul Haque to officiate at the World Cup: 5 from Australia, 6 from Asia, 3 from England, 2 from New Zealand and 1 each from South Africa and West Indies.

Australia  Simon Taufel  Steve Davis  Rod Tucker  Daryl Harper  Bruce Oxenford New Zealand  Billy Bowden  Tony Hill

South Africa  Marais Erasmus Pakistan  Aleem Dar  Asad Rauf India  Shavir Tarapore  Amiesh Saheba

England  Ian Gould  Richard Kettleborough  Nigel Llong Sri Lanka  Asoka de Silva  Kumar Dharmasena West Indies  Billy Doctrove

Squads

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup squads

Each country, before selecting their final squads chose a 30-member preliminary squad for the tournament which then would be cut down to 15. All 14 teams announced their final squad before 19th Jan, 2011.

Matches

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup schedule

Warm-up matches

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches

The following 14 warm-up matches were played before the World Cup started.^[40][41]

Warm-up matches [show]

Group stage

The top four teams from the two groups will qualify for the quarter finals.

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Group A

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Pts
Pakistan	3	3	0	0	0	+1.747	6
Sri Lanka	4	2	1	0	1	+2.663	5
Australia	3	2	0	0	1	+1.813	5
New Zealand	3	2	1	0	0	+1.584	4
Zimbabwe	3	1	2	0	0	+0.079	2
Canada	3	0	3	0	0	-2.873	0
Kenya	3	0	3	0	0	−4.825	0

Group A Matches [show]

Group B

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Pts
England	4	2	1	1	0	+0.054	5
West Indies	3	2	1	0	0	+2.667	4
South Africa	3	2	1	0	0	+1.754	4
India	2	1	0	1	0	+0.870	3
Ireland	2	1	1	0	0	–0.207	2
Bangladesh	3	1	2	0	0	–1.764	2
Netherlands	3	0	3	0	0	–3.058	0

Group B Matches [show]

Knockout stage

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	23 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh
					29 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka
	25 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh
									2 April – Mumbai, India
	24 March – Ahmedabad, India
					30 March – Mohali, India
	26 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka

Quarter-finals

23 March 2011 (D/N)

Group A1

v

Group B4

Match 43 Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

24 March 2011 (D/N)

Group A2

v

Group B3

Match 44 Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

25 March 2011 (D/N)

Group A3

v

Group B2

Match 45 Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

26 March 2011 (D/N)

Group A4

v

Group B1

Match 46 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Semi-finals

29 March 2011 (D/N)

Winner of Quarter-final 1

v

Winner of Quarter-final 3

Match 47 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

30 March 2011 (D/N)

Winner of Quarter-final 2

v

Winner of Quarter-final 4

Match 48 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Final

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Final

2 April 2011 (D/N)

Winner of Semi-final 1

v

Winner of Semi-final 2

Match 49 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Statistics

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup statistics

Leading run scorers Runs Player Team Mat Inns 280 Andrew Strauss  England 3 3 241 AB de Villiers  South Africa 2 2 210 Virender Sehwag  India 2 2 185 Misbah-ul-Haq  Pakistan 3 3 183 Ian Bell  England 3 3 170 Jonathan Trott  England 3 3 168 Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka 3 3 150 Kevin O'Brien  Ireland 2 2

Leading wicket takers Wickets Player Team Mat 14 Shahid Afridi  Pakistan 3 10 Kemar Roach  West Indies 3 8 Mitchell Johnson  Australia 2 8 Sulieman Benn  West Indies 3 7 Imran Tahir  South Africa 2 7 Tim Southee  New Zealand 3 7 Harvir Baidwan  Canada 3 7 Tim Bresnan  England 3