ICC's international panel of Umpires for CWC 2011

Billy Bowden	Asoka de Silva
Aleem Dar	Simon Taufel
Steve Davis	Rod Tucker
Billy Doctrove	Kumar Dharmasena
Marais Eramus	Richard Kettleborough
Ian Gould	Nigel Llong
Daryl Harper	Bruce Oxenford
Tony Hill	Amish Saheba
Asad Rauf	Shahvir Tarapore

Reserve Umpire also would officiate warm-up matches

Enamul Hoque-Moni

Match Referees

Chris Broad

Jeff Crowe

Ranjan Madugalle

Roshan Mahanama

Andy Pycroft

Radio channels broadcasting CWC 2011

Australia	ABC Local Radio
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Betar
India	All India Radio (FM 106.4)
Canada	EchoStar
Central America	EchoStar
Ireland	BBC Radio
Pakistan	Hum FM
West Indies	Caribbean Media Corporation
United Arab Emirates	Hum FM
United Kingdom	BBC Radio

Television channels telecasting CWC 2011

Afghanistan	Ariana Television Network Lemar TV
Australia	Nine Network, Fox Sports
Africa	South African Broadcasting Corporation
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Television
Singapore	Star Cricket
West Indies	Caribbean Media Corporation
Canada	Asian Television Network
Europe (Except UK and Ireland)	Eurosport2
China	ESPN Star Sports
India	ESPN Star Sports, Star Cricket, DD National(mostly India matches)
Jamaica	Television Jamaica
Middle East	Arab Radio and Television Network
Nepal	ESPN Star Sports
Fiji	Fiji TV

World Cup 2011 100-day countdown begins!

World Cup trophy was displayed by South African players Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn in the Dubai aquarium(under water)


Morkel and Steyn were also joined by members of the South African and Pakistani teams, dived into the aquarium to start the ceremony which was also attended by officials of International Cricket Council (ICC)


Opening ceremony of the World Cup will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on February 17 2011


India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka jointly host the 10th World Cup from February 19th 2011 to April 2nd 2011

Warm-up Matches schedule for World Cup 2011

February 12th 2011

New Zealand vs Ireland in Nagpur
Zimbabwe vs South Africa in Chennai
West Indies vs Kenya in Colombo
Sri Lanka vs Netherlands in Pallekele
Bangladesh vs Canada in Chittagong


February 13th 2011

India vs Australia in Bangalore


February 15th 2011

Australia vs South Africa in Bangalore
Ireland vs Zimbabwe in Nagpur
Kenya vs Netherlands in Pallekele
Bangladesh vs Pakistan in Dhaka


February 16th 2011

India vs New Zealand in Chennai
Sri Lanka vs West Indies in Colombo
England vs Canada in Dhaka


February 18th 2011

England vs Pakistan in Dhaka

Schedule/Fixture Group B ICC World Cup 2011

19th February 2011

India vs Bangladesh
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka


22nd February 2011

England vs Netherlands
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur


24th February 2011

South Africa vs West Indies
Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi


25th February 2011

Bangladesh vs Ireland
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka


27th February 2011

India vs England
 M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

28th February 2011

West Indies vs Netherlands
Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi


2nd March 2011

England vs Ireland
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru


3rd march 2011

South Africa vs Netherlands
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali


4th March 2011

Bangladesh vs West Indies
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka


6th March 2011

India vs Ireland
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru


6th March 2011

England vs South Africa
M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai


9th March 2011

India vs Netherlands
Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi


11th March 2011

Ireland vs West Indies
Punjab Cricket Association, Mohali


11th March 2011

Bangladesh vs England
Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong


12th March 2011

India vs South Africa
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur


14th March 2011

Bangladesh vs Netherlands
Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong


15th March 2011

South Africa vs Ireland
Eden Gardens, Kolkata


17th March 2011

England vs West Indies
M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai


18th March 2011

Ireland vs Netherlands
Eden Gardens, Kolkata


19th March 2011

Bangladesh vs South Africa
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka


20th March 2011

India vs West Indies
M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Schedule/Fixture Group A ICC World Cup 2011

20th February 2011

New Zealand vs Kenya
M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai


20th February 2011

Sri Lanka vs Canada
Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota


21st February 2011

Australia vs Zimbabwe
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad


23rd February 2011

Pakistan vs Kenya
Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota


25th February 2011

New Zealand vs Australia
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur


26th February 2011

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo


28th February 2011

Zimbabwe vs Canada
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur


1st March 2011

Sri Lanka vs Kenya
R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo


3rd march 2011

Pakistan vs Canada
R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo


4th March 2011

New Zealand vs Zimbabwe
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad


5th March 2011

Sri Lanka vs Australia
R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo


7th March 2011

Kenya vs Canada
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi


8th March 2011

Pakistan vs New Zealand
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy


10th March 2011

Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy


13th March 2011

New Zealand vs Canada
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai


13th March 2011

Australia vs Kenya
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru


14th March 2011

Pakistan vs Zimbabwe
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy


16th March 2011

Australia vs Canada
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru


18th March 2011

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai


19th March 2011

Pakistan vs Australia
R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo


20th March 2011

Zimbabwe vs Kenya
Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Group Stage in ICC World Cup 2011

Group A	Group B
Australia	Bangladesh
Canada	England
Kenya	India
New Zealand	Ireland
Pakistan	Netherlands
Sri Lanka	South Africa
Zimbabwe	West Indies

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011: Venues

Country and Venue

India

Ahmedabad - Sardar Patel Stadium

Bangalore - M.Chinnaswamy Stadium

Chennai - M.A.Chidambaram Stadium

Kolkata - Eden Gardens

Mohali - Punjab Cricket Association Stadium

Mumbai - Wankhede Stadium

Nagpur - Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium

New Delhi - Feroz Shah Kotla

Sri Lanka

Colombo - R.Premadasa Stadium

Kandy - Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Hambantota - Hambantota International Cricket Stadium

Bangladesh

Chittagong - Chittagong Divisional Stadium

Dhaka - Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium

Qualification

As per ICC norms, 10 full members automatically qualify including Zimbabwe who have given up their test playing status until the standard of the team improves.

Team	Mode of Qualification
Australia	ICC Full Member
Bangladesh	ICC Full Member
England	ICC Full Member
India	ICC Full Member
New Zealand	ICC Full Member
Pakistan	ICC Full Member
South Africa	ICC Full Member
Sri Lanka	ICC Full Member
West Indies	ICC Full Member
Zimbabwe	ICC Full Member

Qualifying tournament was organised by ICC in South Africa to determine which associate teams would participate in 2011 World Cup Event.

Team	Mode of Qualification
Ireland	1st Place in 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier
Canada	2nd Place in 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier
Netherlands	3rd Place in 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier
Kenya	4th Place in 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier

Hosts and Tournament Format

Selection of hosts

ICC's executive committee votes for the hosts of the tournament post examining the bids made by the nations keen to hold the Cricket World Cup.

World Cup 2011 Hosts

India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh would host the 2011 World Cup, final to be held in India(Mumbai)

Tournament Format for 2011 World Cup

Teams play within each group in round-robin format. Top 4 teams from each group will proceed to knock out stage to play quarter-finals. Winners of quarter-finals will play semi-finals and winning semi-finalists will play in the final

ICC World Cup Trophy

ICC World Cup Trophy is presented to the winners of the World Cup finals. It was created in 1999, being the first permanent prize in the tournament's history. Earlier individual trophies were made for each World Cup.

Current trophy is made from silver and gild featuring a golden globe held up by 3 silver columns. The columns shaped as stumps and bails representing 3 fundamental aspects of cricket: batting, bowling and fielding while the globe represents a cricket ball. It stands 60cm high and weighs approx. 11kilograms.

The names of previous winners are engraved on the base of the trophy, with space for a total of 20 inscriptions.

ICC Cricket World Cup - its evolution

Cricket World Cup is the premier international tournament of men's One Day International Cricket.

Event Organiser: International Cricket Council(ICC)

Tournament played: Every 4 years

First World Cup: England, 1975

Qualification
Test playing nations qualify automatically. Preliminary qualifying tournament is held for new entrants.