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. Fourteen national cricket teams will be competing in the tournament, including ten full time members and four associate others.
The 2011 World Cup will take place between February and April 2011 and with the first match played last 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.
The opening ceremony was held last February 17, 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium,Dhaka, two days before the start of the tournament, with the final match on April 2, 2011 which is going to be held in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
The International Cricket Council has sold the rights for broadcasting of the Cricket World Cup 2011 for around US$ 2 Billion to ESPN Star Sports and Star Cricket. The tournament will be broadcast by these channels all around the globe.
India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Australia, England,Pakistan and South Africa jumped out to 1-0 record last week. Meanwhile, Bangladesh, Kenya, Canada, Zimbabwe, the Netherlands, the West Indies and Ireland were in an early hole at 0-1.
Both Graeme Swann and Harbhajan as world-class performers will be lethal during the middle overs as they can meet in the final match. But today’s schedule will have a record of 2-0 score of a team to join them.
Sri Lanka and Pakistan are clashing in Colombo after winning their opening matches. Sri Lanka is up so far, as the winner will join Australiain first place for Group A. Kenya makes up the bottom of Group A at 0-2 with losses to New Zealand and Pakistan.
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