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Cricket World Cup is the most popular game in the world and premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI) cricket, that is organized by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years. Australia is very strong team in whole world, that has been the most winning of the five teams to have won cricket world cup, taking four titles. The West Indies have won twice, while India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka have each won once.

The olympic games 2012 and complete cricket world cup schedule will be date commence from 19th February 2011 to 2nd April 2011 where people can book their cricket world cup tickets from online facilities available in different websites, as is one of the leading international championships in ODI therefore, numbers of online portals have come up with their icc cricket world cup section from where you can check online live score and can also book your tickets. Millions of people of Mumbai are willingly waiting for ICC world cup as final match will be held at Wankhede Stadium on 2nd April 2011. Millions of cricket lovers and fans are in line to book cricket world cup tickets and they are very interested and excited in watching this most popular game and ICC cricket world cup 2011.

At the time of olympic games and cricket world cup matches the whole environment is very challenging and exciting for the two played teams. Among these cups, ICC cricket world cup 2011 is one of the most popular and biggest events in the history of cricket. In this cricket world cup, the whole world will take part to show its sports spirit and depth in cricket. Cricket world cup 2011 is held every four year in various countries. Regularly from 1975 till now, nine world cups have already been played at different countries. Later than this the upcoming cricket world cup 2011 is on the way with its complete fun and exciting. This most important event of cricket world 2011 is organized by the world cricket council that is ICC - International Cricket Council. This cricket world cup is one world's fourth largest and most viewed sporting events worldwide.      

Cricket is one of the most popular sports in whole world, which is considered a religion in India & across the globe where people can do anything for cricket. Today, in this world people are very excited and crazy about this cricket competition. Well, There are numerous sports to be played countries wise like football is well-known in European countries, Gymnastic is celebrated in popular countries and in some Asian countries, lawn tennis is one of the famous and favorable in US, where US open carry its image worldwide. Apart from all these things, cricket is one of the sports that have got positive response from all over the world. It is not only most popular for its sports in India but also famous for prominent and reputed sponsors internationally. Like ipl, Asian cup, mini world cup, ashes and several other cups are held between different countries all over the year on different dates.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011: Group 'A' team squads

The mega event of cricket, ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is now just 30 days to go. Fourteen countries, which are participating in the World Cup Cricket 2011 tournament, are divided into two groups. After the 43 days long marathon, the mega final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 2.

All the fourteen participating nations have announced the final squads for the World Cup Cricket 2011 tournament. Here is the list of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 final squads of Group 'A' teams:

Sri Lanka World Cup Squad:

Kumar Sangakkara (capt/wk), Mahela Jayawardene (vice capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath.

Coach: Trevor Bayliss

Australia World Cup Squad:

Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke (vice capt), Doug Bollinger, Brad Haddin (wk), John Hastings, Nathan Hauritz, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Tim Paine (wk), Steve Smith, Shaun Tait, Shane Watson, Cameron White.

Coach: Tim Nielsen

Pakistan World Cup Squad:

Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal (wk), Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Tanvir, Ahmed Shehzad.

Coach: Waqar Younis

New Zealand World Cup Squad:

Daniel Vettori, Hamish Bennett, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Jamie How, Brendon McCullum (wk), Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson, Luke Woodcock.

Coach: John Wright

Zimbabwe World Cup Squad:

Elton Chigumbura (capt), Regis Chakabva, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Sean Ervine, Gregory Lamb, Shingirai Masakadza, Christopher Mpofu, Raymond Price, Edward Rainsford, Tatenda Taibu (wk), Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya, and Sean Williams.

Coach: Alan Butcher

Kenya World Cup squad:

Jimmy Kamande (capt), Seren Waters, AlexObanda, David Obuya (wk), Collins Obuya, Steve Tikolo, TanmayMishra, Rakep Patel, Morris Ouma (wk), Thomas Odoyo, NehemiahOdhiambo, Elijah Otieno, Peter Ongondo, Shem Ngoche, JamesNgoche.

Coach: Eldine Baptiste

Canada World Cup squad:

Ashish Bagai (capt/wk), Rizwan Cheema (vc), Harvir Baidwan, Balaji Rao, John Davison, Parth Desai, Tyson Gordon, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Hamza Tariq, Jimmy Hansra, Khurram Chohan, Nitish Kumar, Henry Osinde, Hiral Patel, Rizwan Cheema, Zubin Surkari, Karl Whatham.

Coach: Pubudu Dassanayake

Watch ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 : India Vs. Australia Warm Up Match Preview

 February 13, 2011 India Vs Australia, as both these teams play their first warm up match before the world cup officially starts on February 19. India team has just returned from their tour of South Africa. They have had a decent series there, drawing the test series 1-1, and losing a hard fought ODI series 3-2. Australian team has been witnessing the worst years of their cricket but one should not forget that Punter's team is yet to lose a match in the last 3 world cups. Indians are the favorites to win this World Cup, they have been playing really well in recent years, and they have the advantage of playing at home. Watch live world cup cricket matches online at HD quality streaming from anywhere. If you miss any cricket world cup matches live, you can watch on-demand replay or highlights of each and every match later.

MS Dhoni's team will fancy their chances of winning the world cup this time, will they start on a positive note defeating the World champs in their first warm-up match in Bengaluru.

Ricky Ponting is back after his injury, and is all set to lead his team. Will he lead his team to World Cup glory again? He might be facing a lot of criticism from his national selectors, but he has proven time, and again why he is Aussie's best captain till date. Shaun Tait, Brett Lee make their return to add flare to the pace attack. Veterans such as Mike, David Hussey, and Michael Clarke will play an important role in this tour.

Their last tour of India will be a one to forget for them. Aussies know that, this team has the power to make it big again. They do lack likes of Mcgraths, and Warnes but still are a formidable unit. 

Team India, ranked Number-1 in the world presently will look to keep it the same way, and win this edition of the world cup. Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gambhir, Harbhajan are players who will make an impact anywhere in this world, and on any kind of surface. Yusuf Pathan, the strong hitter has been among runs a lot during South Africa tour. If he plays his part any match can be turned upside down. 

Zaheer Khan has been in prime form, and will look to trouble Australian Batsmen, along with off-spinner Harbhajan who is a menacing on Indian tracks. Yuvraj Singh has a good record against Australia in particular, and will fancy his chances of doing well again, and getting back to form.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 India Squad MS Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Piyush Chawla, R Ashwin.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Australia Squad Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke (vc), Doug Bollinger, Brad Haddin (wkt), John Hastings, Nathan Hauritz, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Tim Paine (wkt), Steve Smith, Shaun Tait, Shane Watson, Cameron White.

You can Watch live world cup cricket match online at Cric24 Media including all world cup warm up matcheson between Australia Vs. India on February 13, 2011 from Bengaluru right on your desktop or laptop.

2011 ICC Cricket World Cup

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the tenth Cricket World Cup and will be started from February 19, 2011 at Bangladesh. It will be hosted by three South Asian Test cricket playing countries: Bangladesh, India & Sri Lanka. 14 teams will take part in the tournament with games set to be broadcast to a global audience in over 180 territories and followed by millions on the internet, mobile and other media. The opening ceremony will be held at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. At the opening match Bangladesh will face India  on19 February, 2011 08:30 AM GMT. The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is set to be one of the most exciting events in the history of the event, with the new quarter-final format set to create a fascinating finish to the tournament.

Result of last nine world cup:

1975

Date:                Jun 07-Jun 21

Venue:             England

Participant:      West Indies vs Australia

Result:              West Indies won by 17 runs.

1979

Date:                Jun 09-Jun 23

Venue:             England

Participant:     England vs West Indies

Result:             West Indies won by 92 runs.

1983

Date:               Jun 09-Jun 25

Venue:            England

Participant:     India vs West Indies

Result:             India won by 43 runs.

1987

Date:               Oct 08-Nov 08

Venue:            India, Pakistan

Participant:    Australia vs England

Result:            Australia won by 7 runs.

1992

Date:               Feb 22-Mar 25

Venue:            Australia,New Zealand

Participant:    Pakistan vs England

Result:            Pakistan won by 22 runs.

1996

Date:              Feb 14-Mar 17

Venue:           India,Pakistan,Sri Lanka

Participant:    Australia vs Sri Lanka

Result:            SL won by 7 wickets.

1999

Date:              May 14-Jun 20

Venue:           England,Ireland,Netherlands,Scotland

Participant:   Australia vs Pakistan

Result:           Australia won by 8 wickets.

2003

Date:             Feb 09-Mar 23

Venue:          Kenya,South Africa,Zimbabwe

Participant:   Australia vs India

Result:           Australia won by 125 runs.

2007

Date:              Mar 13-Apr 28

Venue:           West Indies

Participant:   Sri Lanka vs Australia

Result:          Australia won by 53 runs.

2011 ICC Cricket World Cup

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the tenth Cricket World Cup and will be started from February 19, 2011 at Bangladesh. It will be hosted by three South Asian Test cricket playing countries: Bangladesh, India & Sri Lanka. 14 teams will take part in the tournament with games set to be broadcast to a global audience in over 180 territories and followed by millions on the internet, mobile and other media. The opening ceremony will be held at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. At the opening match Bangladesh will face India  on19 February, 2011 08:30 AM GMT. The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is set to be one of the most exciting events in the history of the event, with the new quarter-final format set to create a fascinating finish to the tournament.

Result of last nine world cup:

1975

Date:                Jun 07-Jun 21

Venue:             England

Participant:      West Indies vs Australia

Result:              West Indies won by 17 runs.

1979

Date:                Jun 09-Jun 23

Venue:             England

Participant:     England vs West Indies

Result:             West Indies won by 92 runs.

1983

Date:               Jun 09-Jun 25

Venue:            England

Participant:     India vs West Indies

Result:             India won by 43 runs.

1987

Date:               Oct 08-Nov 08

Venue:            India, Pakistan

Participant:    Australia vs England

Result:            Australia won by 7 runs.

1992

Date:               Feb 22-Mar 25

Venue:            Australia,New Zealand

Participant:    Pakistan vs England

Result:            Pakistan won by 22 runs.

1996

Date:              Feb 14-Mar 17

Venue:           India,Pakistan,Sri Lanka

Participant:    Australia vs Sri Lanka

Result:            SL won by 7 wickets.

1999

Date:              May 14-Jun 20

Venue:           England,Ireland,Netherlands,Scotland

Participant:   Australia vs Pakistan

Result:           Australia won by 8 wickets.

2003

Date:             Feb 09-Mar 23

Venue:          Kenya,South Africa,Zimbabwe

Participant:   Australia vs India

Result:           Australia won by 125 runs.

2007

Date:              Mar 13-Apr 28

Venue:           West Indies

Participant:   Sri Lanka vs Australia

Result:          Australia won by 53 runs.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 - Cricket Match Tickets, Schedule, Groups, Venues

The cricket world cup is the most respected sporting event in all over the world.  The event has organized by the governing body of the cricket, the international cricket council, with beginning qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which has held every four years. According to the ICC, cricket world cup is the most important tournament and the high point of getting in the sport. In the 1975, the cricket world cup had first played and hosted by England. There are eight teams were participated in that tournament and West Indies was won the first title of the cricket world cup by defeating Australia.


There are various sporting events to be played well in different countries like football is most famous in European countries, Gymnastic is famous in Norway's countries and in some Asian countries, lawn tennis is one of the well-known sports and also most favorable in United State. Cricket has for all time been a sport aimed at the middle to upper classes. So taking a quick look in the stands shows a crowd of well dressed, well behaved individuals.

The cricket world cup 2011 will be the tenth tournament of the cricket world cup that organized by India and their sub continental country Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Earlier to the ICC cricket world cup 2011, nine cricket world cups have been organized by ICC. Australia have surfaced winner on the most four event and intimately following is West Indies, who won the first and second world cup. All the Indian subcontinent teams as India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have won the title of world cup each.

2011 cricket world cup match has been separated into two groups as group A and group B. Each group has consisted of eight teams and each team will be playing with all the teams in the same group and will qualify for quarters final. There are fourteen national teams scheduled to struggle for the popular world cup between February and early April 2011. You can download the details of cricket world cup 2011 fixtures that available online.

The cricket world cup schedule 2011 has been previously declares by international cricket council with India taking Bangladesh in the opening match on 19th of February 2011. The India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be the host nations and will be hosting the final of the world cup 2011 on 2nd of April 2011. The cricket world cup 2011 venue also includes stadiums of cities like Dhaka, Mumbai, Kolkata, Mohall, Colombo, Chennai, Nagpur, Ahmadabad, Chittagong, Pallekele, Hambantota and Bangalore.

The date of cricket world cup 2011 has unveiled and the Indian and his sub continentals are ready to host the tournament. The cricket world cup dates has started from 19th February 2011. The quarterfinal of the tournament will be held on 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th March 2011. The semifinal of the world cup will be played on 29th and 30th March 2011. The Final of the cricket world cup will be held on 2nd April 2011 at Mumbai. You can get all details on online.

Tickets of cricket world cup 2011 are available for all matches and venues in India and his sub continental. The 2011 cricket world cup tickets website has well designed in a good manner that one can arrange the cricket world cup 2011 tickets by venue, by date or by team and can easily  be purchased.

ICC Cricket World Cup – Magic of Bats and Balls not far from you!!!

The 2011 cricket world cup will be starting from 19th February 2011 to 2nd April 2011 and will jointly host by three countries those are India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Here are details of groups, fixtures, and venues and cricket world cup dates 2011. 

India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will together hosting the 2011 Cricket World Cup. All the required information like the

1.    Dates

2.     Groups

3.     Fixtures

4.     Venues

All the above has already been confirmed for the tournament which will be one of the biggest highlights of the 2011 icc world cup matches calendar.

Two Groups have been made for the 2011 Cricket World Cup

Group A:

1.    Australia

2.     Pakistan

3.     New Zealand

4.     Sri Lanka

5.     Zimbabwe

6.    Canada

7.     Kenya

And

Group B:

1.     India

2.     South Africa

3.     England

4.     West Indies

5.     Bangladesh

6.    Ireland

7.     Netherlands

Venues for the 2011 Cricket World Cup

India:

1.    Mumbai

2.     Mohali

3.    Ahmedabad

4.     Nagpur

5.     Kolkata

6.     Bangalore

7.     Chennai

8.    New Delhi

Sri Lanka:

1.     Colombo

2.     Hambantota

3.     Pallekele

Bangladesh:

1.     Dhaka

2.     Chittagong

Dates for the 2011 Cricket World Cup

February:

19: India v Bangladesh, Dhaka

20: New Zealand v Kenya, Chennai and Sri Lanka v Canada, Hambantota

21: Australia v Zimbabwe, Ahmedabad

22: England v Netherlands, Nagpur

23: Pakistan v Kenya, Hambantota

24: South Africa v West Indies, New Delhi

25: Australia v New Zealand, Nagpur and Bangladesh v Ireland, Dhaka

26: Sri Lanka v Pakistan, Colombo

27: West Indies v Netherlands, New Delhi and Zimbabwe v Canada, Nagpur

March:

1: Sri Lanka v Kenya, Colombo

2: England v Ireland, Bangalore

3: South Africa v Netherlands, Mohali and Pakistan v Canada, Colombo

4: New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Ahmedabad and Bangladesh v West Indies, Dhaka

5: Sri Lanka v Australia, Colombo

6: India v Ireland, Bangalore and England v South Africa, Chennai

7: Kenya v Canada, New Delhi

8: Pakistan v New Zealand, Pallekele

9: India v Netherlands, New Delhi

10: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, Pallekele

11: West Indies v Ireland, Mohali and Bangladesh v England, Chittagong

12: India v South Africa, Nagpur

13: New Zealand v Canada, Mumbai and Australia v Kenya, Bangalore

14: Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Pallekele and Bangladesh v Netherlands, Chittagong

15: South Africa v Ireland, Kolkata

16: Australia v Canada, Bangalore

17: England v West Indies, Chennai

18: Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Mumbai and Ireland v Netherlands, Kolkata

19: Australia v Pakistan, Colombo and Bangladesh v South Africa, Dhaka

20: Zimbabwe v Kenya, Kolkata and India v West Indies, Chennai

Knockout Stages for the 2011 World Cup matches

23: First Quarter Final, Dhaka

24: Second Quarter Final, Colombo

25: Third Quarter Final, Dhaka

26: Fourth Quarter Final, Ahmedabad

29: First Semi Final, Colombo

30: Second Semi Final, Mohali

The Final day for the 2011 Cricket World Cup

2 April: Mumbai

2011 Cricket World Cup

The 2011 World Cup guaranteed to be an exciting, atmospheric and very competitive tournament. Australia will be seeking the fourth successive crown but will no doubt face stern competition for their title, particularly from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The International Cricket Council has unveiled the logo for the World Cup 2011, which is pictured soon in front of people, at a ceremony in Mumbai.

The logo has been beautifully designed by Australian creative firm Witekite.

The unveiling was attended by the honorable ICC Vice-President and the Chairman of the tournament's Central Organizing Committee Mr. Shared Pawar, ICC Chief Executive Mr.Haroon Lorgat and the much known Tournament Director Professor Ratnakar Shetty.

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