ICC World Cup 2011 Semi Final Teams/ Countries, Date Time & Place/ VenueDateTime Semi Finals Team Names Location Mar-29-11 1st Semi Final Colombo - Sri Lanka Mar-30-11 2nd Semi Final Ind Vs Pak Mohali - India
ICC World Cup 2011 Quarter Final Countires, Date Time & Place/ Venue
| DateTime | Quarter Finals | Team Names | Location | ||||||||
| Mar-23-11 | 1st Quarter Final | Pak Vs WI | Shere Bangla National Stadium - Mirpur - Bangladesh | ||||||||
| Mar-24-11 | 2nd Quarter Final | Ind Vs Aus | Sardar Patel Stadium - Motera - Ahmedabad - India | ||||||||
| Mar-25-11 | 3rd Quarter Final | NZ Vs South Africa | Shere Bangla National Stadium - Mirpur - Bangladesh | ||||||||
| Mar-26-11 | 4th Quarter Final | SL Vs Eng | R Premadasa Stadium - Colombo - Sri Lanka |
The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier championship of men's One Day(ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC), which is held every four years. The ICC cricket is the world's fourth-most-viewed sport.The first Cricket World Cup was organised in England in 1975 and until now 9 world cups have
been organised by ICC. A separate Women's Cricket World Cup has been held every four years since 1973.
Australia have won most of the world cups in 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007. West Indies won the first world cup in 1975 and 1979,India in 1983, Pakistan in 1992 and Sri Lanka won in 1996.
The 2007 Cricket World Cup was held in mar/apr 2007 in West Indies.The 2007 tournament had sixteen teams playing the matches.Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the final match and won the world cup.The 2011 is the tenth world cup Cricket which started on 19 February 2011 and will continue until 2 April 2011.There are 14 countries that are participating in the tournament among which Bangladesh,India and Srilanka are one of them and Bangladesh is co-hosting for the first time.
The opening ceremony of the 2011 world cup was held on 17 February 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, two days before the first match on 2 April 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.The final match is to be played on 2nd April 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
The World Cup was also supposed to be co-hosted by Pakistan, but because of the 2009 Sri Lanka cricket team attack in Lahore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to waive of the hosting rights of Pakistan.The headquarters of the ICC were originally situated in Lahore, but have now been shifted to Mumbai.
The great upset with the World Cup 2011 has been the defeat of England by Ireland.Ireland's Kevin O'Brien scored 100 runs in just 50 balls and Ireland this time have done through with the highest run chase in World Cup history beating Sri Lanka's 313 against Zimbabwe at New Plymouth in New Zealand in 1992.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule and fixtures are given below on our website.
Number Time Participating Countries City/Location 1 19 Feb India vs Bangladesh Dhaka 2 20 Feb New Zealand vs Kenya Chennai 3 20 Feb Sri Lanka vs Canada Hambantota 4 21 Feb Australia vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad 5 22 Feb England vs Netherlands Nagpur 6 23 Feb Pakistan vs Kenya Hambantota 7 24 Feb South Africa vs West Indies New Delhi 8 25 Feb Australia vs New Zealand Nagpur 9 25 Feb Bangladesh vs Ireland Dhaka 10 26 Feb Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Colombo 11 27 Feb India vs England Kolkata 12 28 Feb West Indies vs Netherlands New Delhi 13 28 Feb Zimbabwe vs Canada Nagpur 14 1 Mar Sri Lanka vs Kenya Colombo 15 2 Mar England vs Ireland Bangalore 16 3 Mar South Africa vs Netherlands Mohali 17 3 Mar Pakistan vs Canada Colombo 18 4 Mar New Zealand vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad 19 4 Mar Bangladesh vs West Indies Dhaka 20 5 Mar Sri Lanka vs Australia Colombo 21 6 Mar India vs Ireland Bangalore 22 6 Mar England vs South Africa Chennai 23 7 Mar Kenya vs Canada New Delhi 24 8 Mar Pakistan vs New Zealand Pallekelle 25 9 Mar India vs Netherlands New Delhi 26 10 Mar Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Pallekelle 27 11 Mar West Indies vs Ireland Mohali 28 11 Mar Bangladesh vs England Chittagong 29 12 Mar India vs South Africa Nagpur 30 13 Mar New Zealand vs Canada Mumbai 31 13 Mar Australia vs Kenya Bangalore 32 14 Mar Pakistan vs Zimbabwe Pallekelle 33 14 Mar Bangladesh vs Netherlands Chittagong 34 15 Mar South Africa vs Ireland Kolkata 35 16 Mar Australia vs Canada Bangalore 36 17 Mar England vs West Indies Chennai 37 18 Mar Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Mumbai 38 18 Mar Ireland vs Netherlands Kolkata 39 19 Mar Australia vs Pakistan Colombo 40 19 Mar Bangladesh vs South Africa Dhaka 41 20 Mar Zimbabwe vs Kenya Kolkata 42 20 Mar India vs West Indies Chennai 43 23 Mar First Quarterfinal Dhaka 44 24 Mar Second Quarterfinal Colombo 45 25 Mar Third Quarterfinal Dhaka 46 26 Mar Fourth Quarterfinal Ahmedabad 47 29 Mar First Semifinal Colombo 48 30 Mar Second Semifinal Mohali 49 02 Apr FINAL Mumbai
