Schedule of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 with Format and Details.



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.

- If still equal then team with better Net Run Rate will be placed in the higher position. 

- If still equal then the team with higher Number of Wickets taken per balls bowled will be placed in the higher position. 

- If still equal then the team was the winner of the Head to Head match played between them will be placed in the higher position, if there is no possibility of separating teams then it will be done by drawing lots.

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]