ICC WORLD CUP 2011 SCHEDULE

After 14 Years, Cricket World Cup is finally returned to Asia (India-Sri Lanka-Bangladesh). Last time World Cup was hosted in Asia in 1996 and Sri Lanka emerge winners of the ICC Wills World Cup. Unfortunately, this time Pakistan will not host any games of 2011 world cup because of security concern.
ICC has tried their best to shorten the 2011 world cup as compared to 2007 world cup. So there will be 49 number of games will be played in 2011 as compared to 51 in 2007. Also the length of the tournament will be shorten by a week. Out of forty nine games, India will host 29 matches, Sri Lanka will host 12 matches and 8 games will be hosted by Bangladesh.
India will host one quarter final in Ahmedabad, one semi final in Mohali and Final of World Cup 2011 in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. While Sri Lanka will host the 2ndquarterfinal and 1st semi final in R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo and Bangladesh will host 1st and 3rd quarterfinal in Mirpur, Dhaka.
Fourteen teams will participate in 2011 World Cup with 14 teams divided into two groups each containing seven teams. Group A contains Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Canada while Group B includes India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands.
The tournament will start with the game between India and Bangladesh on February 19th at Mirpur, Dhaka and tournament will ends with the Final on April 2 in renovated Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. There will be total 13 venues will be used for the tournament.
First quarter final will be played on March 23rd in Mirpur, while second quarter final will be played on March 24th in Ahmedabad. Third quarterfinal will be played in Mirpur on 25th March and fourth quarterfinal will be hosted by Sri Lanka in Colombo on March 26th 2011. First semi final will be played on 29th March in Colombo and second semi final will be played on March 30th in Mohali.
Groups for the 2011 World Cup
Group A - Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Canada.
Group B - India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands.
Previous ICC World Cup Winners
1975 – West Indies
1979 – West Indies
1983 – India
1987 – Australia
1992 – Pakistan
1996 – Sri Lanka
1999 – Australia
2003 - Australia
2007 - Australia
World Cup 2011 Fixtures (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)

Timing
Teams
Venue
Results
Sat Feb 19 (D/N)
14:00 PM
1st match Group B - India v Bangladesh
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
 
Sun Feb 20
09:30 AM
2nd match Group A- Kenya v New Zealand
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
 
Sun Feb 20 (D/N)
14:30 PM
3rd match Group A- Sri Lanka v Canada
Hambantota International Cricket Stadium
 
Mon Feb 21 (D/N)
14:30 PM
4th match Group A - Australia v Zimbabwe
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
 
Tue Feb 22 (D/N)
14:30 PM
5th match Group B- England v Netherlands
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
 
Wed Feb 23 (D/N)
14:30 PM
6th match Group A - Kenya v Pakistan
Hambantota International Cricket Stadium
 
Thu Feb 24 (D/N)
14:30 PM
7th match Group B- South Africa v West Indies
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
 
Fri Feb 25
09:30 AM
9th match Group A- Australia v New Zealand
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
 
Fri Feb 25 (D/N)
14:00 PM
8th match Group B- Bangladesh v Ireland
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
 
Sat Feb 26 (D/N)
14:30 PM
10th match Group A- Pakistan v Sri Lanka
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
 
Sun Feb 27 (D/N)
14:30PM
11th match Group B - India v England
Venue TBC
 
Mon Feb 28
09:30 AM
12th match Group A- Canada v Zimbabwe
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
 
Mon Feb 28 (D/N)
14:30 PM
13th match Group B- Netherlands v West Indies
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
 
Tue Mar 1 (D/N)
14:30 PM
14th match Group A- Kenya v Sri Lanka
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
 
Wed Mar 2 (D/N)
14:30 PM
15th match Group B - England v Ireland
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
 
Thu Mar 3
09:30 AM
16th match Group B- Netherlands v South Africa
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
 
Thu Mar 3 (D/N)
14:30 PM
17th match Group A- Canada v Pakistan
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
 
Fri Mar 4
09:30 AM
18th match Group A - New Zealand v Zimbabwe
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
 
Fri Mar 4 (D/N)
14:00 PM
19th match Group B- Bangladesh v West Indies
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
 
Sat Mar 5 (D/N)
14:30 PM
20th match Group A - Australia v Sri Lanka
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
 
Sun Mar 6
09:30 AM
21st match Group B- England v South Africa
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
 
Sun Mar 6 (D/N)
14:30 PM
22nd match Group B - India v Ireland
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
 
Mon Mar 7 (D/N)
14:30 PM
23rd match Group A- Canada v Kenya
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
 
Tue Mar 8 (D/N)
14:30 PM
24th match Group A- New Zealand v Pakistan
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
 
Wed Mar 9 (D/N)
14:30 PM
25th match Group B- India v Netherlands
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
 
Thu Mar 10 (D/N)
14:30 PM
26th match Group A - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
 
Fri Mar 11
09:30 AM
27th match Group B- Ireland v West Indies
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
 
Fri Mar 11 (D/N)
14:00 PM
28th match Group B - Bangladesh v England
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
 
Sat Mar 12 (D/N)
14:30 PM
29th match Group B- India v South Africa
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
 
Sun Mar 13
09:30 AM
30th match Group A - Canada v New Zealand
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
 
Sun Mar 13 (D/N)
14:30 PM
31st match Group A- Australia v Kenya
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
 
Mon Mar 14
09:00 AM
32nd match Group B- Bangladesh v Netherlands
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
 
Mon Mar 14 (D/N)
14:30 PM
33rd match Group A- Pakistan v Zimbabwe
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
 
Tue Mar 15 (D/N)
14:30 PM
34th match Group B- Ireland v South Africa
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
 
Wed Mar 16 (D/N)
14:30 PM
35th match Group A - Australia v Canada
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
 
Thu Mar 17 (D/N)
14:30 PM
36th match Group B - England v West Indies
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
 
Fri Mar 18
09:30 AM
37th match Group B - Ireland v Netherlands
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
 
Fri Mar 18 (D/N)
14:30 PM
38th match Group A- New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
 
Sat Mar 19
09:00 AM
39th match Group B- Bangladesh v South Africa
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
 
Sat Mar 19 (D/N)
14:30 PM
40th match Group A- Australia v Pakistan
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
 
Sun Mar 20
09:30 AM
41st match Group A- Kenya v Zimbabwe
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
 
Sun Mar 20 (D/N)
14:30 PM
42nd match Group B - India v West Indies
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
 
Wed Mar 23 (D/N)
14:00 PM
1st Quarter Final – A1 v B4
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
 
Thu Mar 24 (D/N)
14:30 PM
2nd Quarter Final – A2 v B3
Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
 
Fri Mar 25 (D/N)
14:00 PM
3rd Quarter Final – A3 v B2
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
 
Sat Mar 26 (D/N)
14:30 PM
4th Quarter Final – A4 v B1
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
 
Tue Mar 29 (D/N)
14:30 PM
Semi Final – Winner of 1st QF v Winenr of 3rd QF
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
 
Wed Mar 30 (D/N)
14:30 PM
Semi Final – Winner of 2nd QF v Winner of 4th QF
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
 
Sat Apr 2 (D/N)
14:30 PM
Final - TBC v TBC
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai