2011 Cricket World Cup Group B

19 February 2011 (D/N)

India

v

Bangladesh

Match 1 Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

22 February 2011 (D/N)

England

v

Netherlands

Match 5 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

24 February 2011 (D/N)

South Africa

v

West Indies

Match 7 Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi

25 February 2011

Bangladesh

v

Ireland

Match 9 Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

27 February 2011 (D/N)

India

v

England

Match 11 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

28 February 2011 (D/N)

West Indies

v

Netherlands

Match 12 Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi

2 March 2011 (D/N)

England

v

Ireland

Match 15 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

3 March 2011 (D/N)

South Africa

v

Netherlands

Match 16 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

4 March 2011 (D/N)

Bangladesh

v

West Indies

Match 19 Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

6 March 2011 (D/N)

India

v

Ireland

Match 21 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

6 March 2011

England

v

South Africa

Match 22 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

9 March 2011 (D/N)

India

v

Netherlands

Match 25 Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi

11 March 2011

Ireland

v

West Indies

Match 27 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

11 March 2011 (D/N)

Bangladesh

v

England

Match 28 Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong

12 March 2011 (D/N)

India

v

South Africa

Match 29 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

14 March 2011 (D/N)

Bangladesh

v

Netherlands

Match 33 Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong

15 March 2011 (D/N)

South Africa

v

Ireland

Match 34 Eden Gardens, Kolkata

17 March 2011 (D/N)

England

v

West Indies

Match 36 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

18 March 2011

Ireland

v

Netherlands

Match 38 Eden Gardens, Kolkata

19 March 2011

Bangladesh

v

South Africa

Match 40 Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka

20 March 2011 (D/N)

India

v

West Indies

Match 42 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Group A

20 February 2011

New Zealand

v

Kenya

Match 2 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

20 February 2011 (D/N)

Sri Lanka

v

Canada

Match 3 Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota

21 February 2011 (D/N)

Australia

v

Zimbabwe

Match 4 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

23 February 2011 (D/N)

Pakistan

v

Kenya

Match 6 Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota

25 February 2011 (D/N)

New Zealand

v

Australia

Match 8 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

26 February 2011 (D/N)

Sri Lanka

v

Pakistan

Match 10 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

28 February 2011

Zimbabwe

v

Canada

Match 13 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur

1 March 2011 (D/N)

Sri Lanka

v

Kenya

Match 14 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

3 March 2011 (D/N)

Pakistan

v

Canada

Match 17 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

4 March 2011

New Zealand

v

Zimbabwe

Match 18 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

5 March 2011 (D/N)

Sri Lanka

v

Australia

Match 20 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

7 March 2011 (D/N)

Kenya

v

Canada

Match 23 Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi

8 March 2011 (D/N)

Pakistan

v

New Zealand

Match 24 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

10 March 2011 (D/N)

Sri Lanka

v

Zimbabwe

Match 26 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

13 March 2011

New Zealand

v

Canada

Match 30 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

13 March 2011 (D/N)

Australia

v

Kenya

Match 31 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

14 March 2011 (D/N)

Pakistan

v

Zimbabwe

Match 32 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

16 March 2011 (D/N)

Australia

v

Canada

Match 35 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

18 March 2011 (D/N)

Sri Lanka

v

New Zealand

Match 37 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

19 March 2011 (D/N)

Pakistan

v

Australia

Match 39 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

20 March 2011

Zimbabwe

v

Kenya

Match 41 Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Venues

Venue	City	Capacity
India
Eden Gardens	Kolkata	90,000
MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai	50,000
Feroz Shah Kotla	New Delhi	48,000
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	Nagpur	45,000
Sardar Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad	50,000
Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai	45,000
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	Mohali	35,000
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bangalore	42,000
Srilanka
R Premadasa Stadium	Colombo	35,000
Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium	Kandy	35,000
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium	Hambantota	35,000
Bangladesh
Chittagong Divisional Stadium	Chittagong	20,000
Shere Bangla National Stadium	Dhaka	25,000

Cricket World Cup: 2007

Three in a row for the mighty Aussies

Three in a row for the Aussies and they were once again undefeated in the competition

Milestones & Records

When Ricky Ponting led his side to yet another WC win against SL in the final, it meant that he is yet to be defeated in World Cups as a captain. He has led his side in 22 WC games.

When Australia won their final against Sri Lanka, it was their 29th win in a row in WC encounters. Their last defeat came against Pakistan at Leeds in 1999.

There were sixteen scores of over 300 in this edition, the most in any World Cup so far.

Glenn McGrath took 26 wickets in the 2007 WC, the highest by any bowler in an edition of the World Cup.

For the first time in the history of World Cups, a team scored over 400 in the alloted 50 overs. India amassed 413 against Bermuda.

Bangladesh and Ireland made it to the second stage of the World Cup for the first time in history. They did so at the expense of India and Pakistan respectively.

Herschelle Gibbs became the first batsman to hit 6 sixes in an over in ODIs. The unfortunate bowler was Dan Van Bunger of the Netherlands.

Matty Hayden scored the fastest ever ton in World Cups, he blasted a 66 ball hundred against SA at St. Kitts.

Lasith Malinga became the first ever bowler in the history of international cricket to pick up 4 wickets in 4 balls, he did so against SA.

Cricket World Cup: 2003

Australia reign supreme

Sachin Tendulkar scored 673 runs (one hundred and six fifties) in the competition and was named the Man of the Series. He was instrumental in his side reaching the final

Milestones & Records

Austin Codrington of Canada became the first person to pick up 5 wickets on his debut game in a WC. He did so against Bangaldesh, taking 5/27 and helping his side win their first ever ODI.

Canada were bowled out for 36 against SL, the lowest ever score in ODIs.

Australia won the World Cup for the 3rd time. They are the only team to have won it more than twice.

Australia made a score of 359 against India in the final. This is the highest score ever made in a WC final.

Glenn McGrath picked up 7/15 against Namibia in a league game. This happens to be the best bowling figures in a WC game.

Sachin Tendulkar became the highest run-getter in a single edition of the WC. He ended with 673 runs in 11 games, surpassing his previous best of 523 in the 96 edition. He also scored 6 fifties in the WC, the most by any player in any edition.

Ricky Ponting hit the most number of sixes in a WC innings when he struck 8 massive ones against India in the final.

Chaminda Vaas became the third player to take a hat-trick in a WC game. He removed Sarkar, Ashraful and Ehsanul Haque to the first three balls of the game. It still remains the only time that this has happened in an ODI.

Sourav Ganguly struck the most number of sixes in a single edition of the WC. He blasted 15 in 11 games.