It is only 15 days for the World Cup to start and since there is No thead on the Topic I am opening one for discussions, views, stats, arguements :bleh:, debates etc...
Most of us would be knowing that it is happening in the sub continent (India, Srilanka and Bangladesh).
Warm Up Matches
A total of 14 warm up matches will be played before the World Cup kicks off. Here is a list of warm-up games which will be played.
12 February 2011
Kenya v West Indies R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
12 February 2011
Sri Lanka v Netherlands Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
12 February 2011
Bangladesh v Canada Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
12 February 2011
Ireland v New Zealand Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
12 February 2011
South Africa v Zimbabwe M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
13 February 2011
India v Australia M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
15 February 2011
Ireland v Zimbabwe Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
15 February 2011
Kenya v Netherlands Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
15 February 2011
Bangladesh v Pakistan Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
15 February 2011
Australia v South Africa M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
15 February 2011
Sri Lanka v West Indies R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
16 February 2011
Canada v England Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah
16 February 2011
India v New Zealand M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
18 February 2011
England v Pakistan Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah
The Matches Schedule is given below..
Group A:
Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada, Kenya.
Group B
India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands.
Match no. Time Date Teams Venue
(local)
1 14:30 19-Feb India vs Bangladesh Dhaka
2 09:30 20-Feb New Zealand vs Kenya Chennai
3 14:30 20-Feb Sri Lanka vs Canada Hambantota
4 14:30 21-Feb Australia vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
5 14:30 22-Feb England vs Netherlands Nagpur
6 14:30 23-Feb Pakistan vs Kenya Hambantota
7 14:30 24-Feb South Africa vs West Indies New Delhi
8 09:30 25-Feb Australia vs New Zealand Nagpur
9 14:30 25-Feb Bangladesh vs Ireland Dhaka
10 14:30 26-Feb Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Colombo
11 14:30 27-Feb India vs England Kolkata- Now Changed to Bangalore
12 09:30 28-Feb West Indies vs Netherlands New Delhi
13 14:30 28-Feb Zimbabwe vs Canada Nagpur
14 14:30 01-Mar Sri Lanka vs Kenya Colombo
15 14:30 02-Mar England vs Ireland Bangalore
16 14:30 03-Mar South Africa vs Netherlands Mohali
17 14:30 03-Mar Pakistan vs Canada Colombo
18 09:30 04-Mar New Zealand vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
19 14:30 04-Mar Bangladesh vs West Indies Dhaka
20 14:30 05-Mar Sri Lanka vs Australia Colombo
21 09:30 06-Mar India vs Ireland Bangalore
22 14:30 06-Mar England vs South Africa Chennai
23 14:30 07-Mar Kenya vs Canada New Delhi
24 14:30 08-Mar Pakistan vs New Zealand Pallekelle
25 14:30 09-Mar India vs Netherlands New Delhi
26 14:30 10-Mar Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Pallekelle
27 09:30 11-Mar West Indies vs Ireland Mohali
28 14:30 11-Mar Bangladesh vs England Chittagong
29 14:30 12-Mar India vs South Africa Nagpur
30 09:30 13-Mar New Zealand vs Canada Mumbai
31 14:30 13-Mar Australia vs Kenya Bangalore
32 09:30 14-Mar Pakistan vs Zimbabwe Pallekelle
33 14:30 14-Mar Bangladesh vs Netherlands Chittagong
34 14:30 15-Mar South Africa vs Ireland Kolkata
35 14:30 16-Mar Australia vs Canada Bangalore
36 14:30 17-Mar England vs West Indies Chennai
37 09:30 18-Mar Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Mumbai
38 14:30 18-Mar Ireland vs Netherlands Kolkata
39 09:30 19-Mar Australia vs Pakistan Colombo
40 14:30 19-Mar Bangladesh vs South Africa Dhaka
41 09:30 20-Mar Zimbabwe vs Kenya Kolkata
42 14:30 20-Mar India vs West Indies Chennai
43 14:30 23-Mar Pakistan v West Indies at Dhaka, ICC Cricket World Cup, 1st Quarter-Final
44 14:30 24-Mar India v Australia at Ahmedabad, ICC Cricket World Cup, 2nd Quarter-Final
45 14:30 25-Mar New Zealand v South Africa at Dhaka, ICC Cricket World Cup, 3rd Quarter-Final
46 14:30 26-Mar Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS), ICC Cricket World Cup, 4th Quarter-Final
47 14:30 29-Mar First Semifinal Colombo
48 14:30 30-Mar Second Semifinal Mohali
49 14:30 02-Apr FINAL Mumbai
Usefull Links:
2011 Cricket World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Live Cricket Scores | ICC 2011 World Cup | Cricket news, statistics | ESPN Cricinfo
Interesting Articles:
Andy Flower to play for England :LOL:
The Buzz | Cricket Blogs | ESPN Cricinfo
Who is the Greatest Cricketer of all -- Very funny
Sidin Vadukut: Who is the greatest cricketer of them all? | Page 2 | ESPN Cricinfo
"Cricket, as I am sure you may have noticed at some stage, is a team sport. You need several people, with different skills and abilities, to form a decent team. And then you need two such teams, sufficient officials and a plethora of support staff in order to have a respectable first-class match.
(Of course you need a stadium. And if that stadium is Eden Gardens, you need one more stadium.)
Within a team you need people with radically different skills. You need fast bowlers, slow bowlers, aggressive batsmen, defensive batsmen, one batsman from Tamil Nadu, wicketkeepers, allrounders, one captain, one vice-captain in case the captain is not in a position to call the toss; one tailender of questionable bowling ability and inconsistent batting ability, who will almost make you win a match in the form of a stunning comeback but not quite; one random fellow who will field in place of Sachin Tendulkar, who has strained something after the second ball of the first over after India's batting; and one bowler who is open to bowling any type of delivery based on prior arrangements made via booking office in London.
What I mean to say is that cricket is essentially a team-oriented, collectivistic, multi-lateral sport. Unless you are Lalit Modi, there is just no way to play this game on your own. Yet cricket has to be the team sport that is most obsessed with individual achievement. "
The Obama of Cricket -- Praveen Kumar - Cmmon first be fit..Next you can talk whatever
Anand Ramachandran: The Obama of cricket | Page 2 | ESPN Cricinfo
The Confectionery Stall | Page 2 | ESPN Cricinfo
Intresting Pics:
Souce: Cartoon: The wall | Page 2 | ESPN Cricinfo
Wishing India all the best and let the Players recover to play fully fit and at last Afridi is named captain of pakistan.
Buy Tickets @ ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 - Cricket Match Tickets, Schedule, Venues, Matches, Team & City Packages - Book now on KyaZoonga
Most of us would be knowing that it is happening in the sub continent (India, Srilanka and Bangladesh).
Warm Up Matches
A total of 14 warm up matches will be played before the World Cup kicks off. Here is a list of warm-up games which will be played.
12 February 2011
Kenya v West Indies R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
12 February 2011
Sri Lanka v Netherlands Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
12 February 2011
Bangladesh v Canada Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
12 February 2011
Ireland v New Zealand Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
12 February 2011
South Africa v Zimbabwe M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
13 February 2011
India v Australia M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
15 February 2011
Ireland v Zimbabwe Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
15 February 2011
Kenya v Netherlands Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
15 February 2011
Bangladesh v Pakistan Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
15 February 2011
Australia v South Africa M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
15 February 2011
Sri Lanka v West Indies R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
16 February 2011
Canada v England Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah
16 February 2011
India v New Zealand M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
18 February 2011
England v Pakistan Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah
The Matches Schedule is given below..
Group A:
Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada, Kenya.
Group B
India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands.
Match no. Time Date Teams Venue
(local)
1 14:30 19-Feb India vs Bangladesh Dhaka
2 09:30 20-Feb New Zealand vs Kenya Chennai
3 14:30 20-Feb Sri Lanka vs Canada Hambantota
4 14:30 21-Feb Australia vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
5 14:30 22-Feb England vs Netherlands Nagpur
6 14:30 23-Feb Pakistan vs Kenya Hambantota
7 14:30 24-Feb South Africa vs West Indies New Delhi
8 09:30 25-Feb Australia vs New Zealand Nagpur
9 14:30 25-Feb Bangladesh vs Ireland Dhaka
10 14:30 26-Feb Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Colombo
11 14:30 27-Feb India vs England Kolkata- Now Changed to Bangalore
12 09:30 28-Feb West Indies vs Netherlands New Delhi
13 14:30 28-Feb Zimbabwe vs Canada Nagpur
14 14:30 01-Mar Sri Lanka vs Kenya Colombo
15 14:30 02-Mar England vs Ireland Bangalore
16 14:30 03-Mar South Africa vs Netherlands Mohali
17 14:30 03-Mar Pakistan vs Canada Colombo
18 09:30 04-Mar New Zealand vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad
19 14:30 04-Mar Bangladesh vs West Indies Dhaka
20 14:30 05-Mar Sri Lanka vs Australia Colombo
21 09:30 06-Mar India vs Ireland Bangalore
22 14:30 06-Mar England vs South Africa Chennai
23 14:30 07-Mar Kenya vs Canada New Delhi
24 14:30 08-Mar Pakistan vs New Zealand Pallekelle
25 14:30 09-Mar India vs Netherlands New Delhi
26 14:30 10-Mar Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Pallekelle
27 09:30 11-Mar West Indies vs Ireland Mohali
28 14:30 11-Mar Bangladesh vs England Chittagong
29 14:30 12-Mar India vs South Africa Nagpur
30 09:30 13-Mar New Zealand vs Canada Mumbai
31 14:30 13-Mar Australia vs Kenya Bangalore
32 09:30 14-Mar Pakistan vs Zimbabwe Pallekelle
33 14:30 14-Mar Bangladesh vs Netherlands Chittagong
34 14:30 15-Mar South Africa vs Ireland Kolkata
35 14:30 16-Mar Australia vs Canada Bangalore
36 14:30 17-Mar England vs West Indies Chennai
37 09:30 18-Mar Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Mumbai
38 14:30 18-Mar Ireland vs Netherlands Kolkata
39 09:30 19-Mar Australia vs Pakistan Colombo
40 14:30 19-Mar Bangladesh vs South Africa Dhaka
41 09:30 20-Mar Zimbabwe vs Kenya Kolkata
42 14:30 20-Mar India vs West Indies Chennai
43 14:30 23-Mar Pakistan v West Indies at Dhaka, ICC Cricket World Cup, 1st Quarter-Final
44 14:30 24-Mar India v Australia at Ahmedabad, ICC Cricket World Cup, 2nd Quarter-Final
45 14:30 25-Mar New Zealand v South Africa at Dhaka, ICC Cricket World Cup, 3rd Quarter-Final
46 14:30 26-Mar Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (RPS), ICC Cricket World Cup, 4th Quarter-Final
47 14:30 29-Mar First Semifinal Colombo
48 14:30 30-Mar Second Semifinal Mohali
49 14:30 02-Apr FINAL Mumbai
Usefull Links:
2011 Cricket World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Live Cricket Scores | ICC 2011 World Cup | Cricket news, statistics | ESPN Cricinfo
Interesting Articles:
Andy Flower to play for England :LOL:
The Buzz | Cricket Blogs | ESPN Cricinfo
Who is the Greatest Cricketer of all -- Very funny
Sidin Vadukut: Who is the greatest cricketer of them all? | Page 2 | ESPN Cricinfo
"Cricket, as I am sure you may have noticed at some stage, is a team sport. You need several people, with different skills and abilities, to form a decent team. And then you need two such teams, sufficient officials and a plethora of support staff in order to have a respectable first-class match.
(Of course you need a stadium. And if that stadium is Eden Gardens, you need one more stadium.)
Within a team you need people with radically different skills. You need fast bowlers, slow bowlers, aggressive batsmen, defensive batsmen, one batsman from Tamil Nadu, wicketkeepers, allrounders, one captain, one vice-captain in case the captain is not in a position to call the toss; one tailender of questionable bowling ability and inconsistent batting ability, who will almost make you win a match in the form of a stunning comeback but not quite; one random fellow who will field in place of Sachin Tendulkar, who has strained something after the second ball of the first over after India's batting; and one bowler who is open to bowling any type of delivery based on prior arrangements made via booking office in London.
What I mean to say is that cricket is essentially a team-oriented, collectivistic, multi-lateral sport. Unless you are Lalit Modi, there is just no way to play this game on your own. Yet cricket has to be the team sport that is most obsessed with individual achievement. "
The Obama of Cricket -- Praveen Kumar - Cmmon first be fit..Next you can talk whatever
Anand Ramachandran: The Obama of cricket | Page 2 | ESPN Cricinfo
The Confectionery Stall | Page 2 | ESPN Cricinfo
Intresting Pics:
Souce: Cartoon: The wall | Page 2 | ESPN Cricinfo
Wishing India all the best and let the Players recover to play fully fit and at last Afridi is named captain of pakistan.
Buy Tickets @ ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 - Cricket Match Tickets, Schedule, Venues, Matches, Team & City Packages - Book now on KyaZoonga
Whom do u guys bet on ?
