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Group A: Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, Srilanka, Canada, Kenya, Zimbabwe

Group B: India, England, South Africa, West Indies, Bangladesh, Netherlands, Ireland

All the timings given below are in PST(Pakistan Standard Time). Matches starting in AM are Day matches while all the matches starting in PM are Day/Night Matches.

There will be reserve-day for Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Final. No reserve-day for Group matches. Further details regarding World Cup's format are given at the end of Schedule.

For schedule of World Cup's warm-up matches, click on Warm-up schedule

Match	Date & Timings in Pakistan Standard Time	Teams	Venue
1	19 February at 1.30pm	India vs Bangladesh	Dhaka
2	20 February at 9.00am	New Zealand vs Kenya	Chennai
3	20 February at 2.00pm	Sri Lanka vs Canada	Hambantota
4	21 February at 2.00pm	Australia vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
5	22 February at 2.00pm	England vs Netherlands	Nagpur
6	23 February at 2.00pm	Pakistan vs Kenya	Hambantota
7	24 February at 2.00pm	South Africa vs West Indies	New Delhi
8	25 February at 9.00am	Australia vs New Zealand	Nagpur
9	25 February at 1.30pm	Bangladesh vs Ireland	Dhaka
10	26 February at 2.00pm	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo
11	27 February at 2.00pm	India vs England	Bengaluru
12	28 February at 9.00am	Zimbabwe vs Canada	Nagpur
13	28 February at 2.00pm	West Indies vs Netherlands	New Delhi
14	1 March at 2.00pm	Sri Lanka vs Kenya	Colombo
15	2 March at 2.00pm	England vs Ireland	Bengaluru
16	3 March at 9.00am	South Africa vs Netherlands	Mohali
17	3 March at 2.00pm	Pakistan vs Canada	Colombo
18	4 March at 9.00am	New Zealand vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
19	4 March at 1.30pm	Bangladesh vs West Indies	Dhaka
20	5 March at 2.00pm	Sri Lanka vs Australia	Colombo
21	6 March at 9.00am	England vs South Africa	Chennai
22	6 March at 2.00pm	India vs Ireland	Bengaluru
23	7 March at 2.00pm	Kenya vs Canada	New Delhi
24	8 March at 2.00pm	Pakistan vs New Zealand	Pallekele
25	9 March at 2.00pm	India vs Netherlands	New Delhi
26	10 March at 2.00pm	Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	Pallekele
27	11 March at 9.00am	West Indies vs Ireland	Mohali
28	11 March at 1.30pm	Bangladesh vs England	Chittagong
29	12 March at 2.00pm	India vs South Africa	Nagpur
30	13 March at 9.00am	New Zealand vs Canada	Mumbai
31	13 March at 2.00pm	Australia vs Kenya	Bengaluru
32	14 March at 8.30am	Bangladesh vs Netherlands	Chittagong
33	14 March at 2.00pm	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe	Pallekele
34	15 March at 2.00pm	South Africa vs Ireland	Kolkata
35	16 March at 2.00pm	Australia vs Canada	Bengaluru
36	17 March at 2.00pm	England vs West Indies	Chennai
37	18 March at 9.00am	Ireland vs Netherlands	Kolkata
38	18 March at 2.00pm	New Zealand vs Srilanka	Mumbai
39	19 March at 8.30am	Bangladesh vs South Africa	Dhaka
40	19 March at 2.00pm	Pakistan vs Australia	Colombo
41	20 March at 9.00am	Zimbabwe vs Kenya	Kolkata
42	20 March at 2.00pm	India vs West Indies	Chennai
43	23 March at 1.30pm	1st Quarter Final[E]: A1 v B4	Dhaka
44	24 March at 2.00pm	2nd Quarter Final[F]: A2 v B3	Colombo
45	25 March at 1.30pm	3rd Quarter Final[G]: A3 v B2	Dhaka
46	26 March at 2.00pm	4th Quarter Final[H]: A4 v B1	Ahmedabad
47	29 March at 2.00pm	First Semifinal will be played between winners of Quarter Finals E and G	Colombo
48	30 March at 2.00pm	Second Semifinal will be played between winners of Quarter Finals F and H	Mohali
49	02 April at 2.00pm	FINAL	Mumbai

Group Matches: 

Win= 2 Points, Tie/No-Result= 1 point to each time, Loss= 0 Point

Top four teams(with most points) from each group, Group A & B, will qualify for Quarter Final.

- If teams are tied on Points then team with Most Wins will be placed in the higher position.

Quarter Finals:

If Quarter Final is tied then there will be “One over eliminator”, winner of that one over eliminator will qualify for Semi final.

If match is no-result or  if following a tie weather doesn’t allow one over eliminator then the team with higher position in the Group stage shall proceed to the semi-finals. 

Semi Finals:

If Semi Final is tied then there will be “One over eliminator”, winner of that one over eliminator will qualify for Final.

If match is no-result or  if following a tie weather doesn’t allow one over eliminator then the team with higher position in the Group stage shall proceed to the semi-finals. 

Final: 

If Final is tied then there will be “One over eliminator”, winner of that one over eliminator will be Winner of World Cup.

If Match is no-result, and weather permits, then teams will compete “One over eliminator” . If weather conditions don’t permit then both teams will be declared joint winners.

Home Teams will get preference in Quarters and Semis.

No matter, where the home team in finished in group stage, home team will play the Quarter Final as well as Semi Final, if qualify, at their home venue. For example, according to current schedule Quarter Final of A3 and B2 is in Dhaka but lets say India becomes B2 and Pakistan becomes A3 then this match will be not be played in Dhaka but in Ahmadabad(which is home venue of India).

If Srilanka and India get a Quarter Final or Semi Final against each other then this match will be played in India because India's ranking was better than Srilanka when groups were made. Similarly, if Srilanka and Bangladesh get a Quarter final or Semi Final then this match will be played in Srilanka. In short, India will play all of their knock-out matches in India.

This means that final venues of Quarter Finals will not be decided till the last match of Group Stage, which is between India and West Indies, is played.

Miscellaneous: 

- UDRS(Umpire Decision Referral System) will be used in all matches of World Cup. However, Hot Spot technology will not be used. UDRS will include; Hawk-eye, Ultra Motion or Slow Motion camera, stump microphone.

- White Kookaburra ball will be used in World Cup matches.


Written by Mazher Arshad on 03/02/2011 [If you have any questions regarding format or WC you can contact me]