2011 Cricket World Cup

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
Official Logo of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Dates	19 February – 2 April
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One-Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	India  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh
Champions	India (2nd title)
Participants	14 (from 104 entrants)
Matches played	49
Man of the Series	Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
Most runs	Tillakaratne Dilshan (500)
Most wickets	Shahid Afridi (21 of 8 matches) Zaheer Khan (21 of 9 matches)
Official website	cricket.yahoo.com
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The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a World Cup. The World Cup was also due to be co-hosted by Pakistan, but in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to remove Pakistan from the hosting countries.^[1] The headquarters of the organising committee were originally situated in Lahore, but have now been shifted to Mumbai.^[2] Pakistan was supposed to hold 14 matches, including one semi-final.^[3] Eight of Pakistan's matches (including the semi-final) were awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh.^[4]

All matches in the World Cup were accorded One Day International status, with all matches being played over 50 overs. Fourteen national cricket teams competed in the tournament, including ten full members and four associate members.^[5] The World Cup took place between 19 February and 2 April 2011, with the first match played on 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.^[6] The opening ceremony was held on 17 February 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, two days before the start of the tournament,^[7] with the final on 2 April 2011 between India and Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

India won the tournament defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final in Mumbai. India became the first nation to win a World Cup final on home soil.^[8][9] India's Yuvraj Singh was declared the man of the tournament.^[10]

Host selection

Bids

The ICC originally announced its decision as to which countries would host the 2011 World Cup on 30 April 2006. Australia and New Zealand also bid for the tournament, and a successful Australasian bid for the 2011 World Cup would have seen a 50–50 split in games, with the final still up for negotiation. The Trans–Tasman bid, Beyond Boundaries, was the only bid for 2011 delivered to ICC headquarters in Dubai ahead of the 1 March deadline. Considerable merits of the Australasian bid were the superior venues and infrastructure and the total support of both the New Zealand and Australian governments on tax and customs issues during the tournament, according to Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland.^[11] The New Zealand government had also given assurance that Zimbabwe would be allowed to compete in the tournament, following political discussions in the country over whether their cricket team should be allowed to tour Zimbabwe in 2005.

ICC President Ehsan Mani said the extra time taken by the Asian block to hand over its bid compliance book had harmed the four-nation bid. However, when the time came to vote, Asia won the hosting rights by seven votes to three.^[11] The Pakistan Cricket Board has revealed that it was the vote of the West Indies Cricket Board that swung the matter, as the Asian bid had the support of the four bidding countries along with South Africa and Zimbabwe.^[12] It was reported in Pakistani newspaper Dawn that the Asian countries promised to hold fund-raising events for West Indian cricket during the 2007 World Cup, which may have influenced the vote.^[13] However, chairman of the Monitoring Committee of the Asian bid, I. S. Bindra, said it was their promise of extra profits in the region of US$400 million that swung the vote,^[14] that there "was no quid pro quo for their support",^[15] and that playing the West Indies had "nothing to do with the World Cup bid".^[15]

The ICC prefers to rotate World venues between major cricket playing nations. The World Cups have been hosted by England (three times: 1975, 1979, 1983), India/Pakistan (1987), Australia/New Zealand (1992), India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka (1996), England/Netherlands (1999), South Africa/Zimbabwe/Kenya) (2003) and West Indies (2007). For the 2011 World Cup Australia/New Zealand were a strong contender ahead of India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh because they had not hosted a World Cup since 1992. In the final voting India won because they argued that since they were a bigger group of countries they should be assigned a World Cup more frequently. Australia/New Zealand were awarded the 2015 World Cup.

Format

Late in 2007, the four host nations agreed upon a revised format for the 2011 World Cup identical to the 1996 World Cup, the only change being the number of teams: it was 12 in 1996 and 14 in 2011. The first round of the tournament will be a round-robin in which the 14 teams are divided into two groups of 7 teams each. The 7 teams play each other once with the top 4 from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals.^[16] The format ensures that each team gets to play a minimum of 6 matches even if they are ruled out of the tournament due to early defeats.

Qualification

Main articles: ICC World Cricket League 2007-09 and 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier

As per ICC regulations, all 10 full members automatically qualify for the World Cup, including Zimbabwe who have given up their Test playing status until the standard of their team improves.^[17]

The ICC also organised a qualifying tournament in South Africa to determine which Associate teams would participate in 2011 event. Ireland, who had been the best performing Associate nation since the last World Cup, won the tournament, beating Canada in the final. The Netherlands and Kenya also qualified by virtue of finishing third and fourth respectively.^[18]

The following 14 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Group A		Group B
Rank	Team	Rank	Team
Full Members
1	Australia	2	India
3	Pakistan	4	South Africa
5	New Zealand	6	England
7	Sri Lanka	8	West Indies
9	Zimbabwe	10	Bangladesh
Associate Members
11	Canada	12	Ireland
13	Kenya	14	Netherlands

Preparations

Pakistan loses co-host status

In April 2009 the ICC announced that Pakistan had lost its right to co-host the 2011 World Cup due to ongoing concerns about the "uncertain security situation" prevailing in the country, especially in the aftermath of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore.^[19][20]

It is estimated that the PCB will lose $10.5 million due to the tournament being taken away from them.^[21] This figure only includes the match-fee of $750,000 per match guaranteed by the ICC. The overall loss to the PCB and the Pakistani economy is expected to be much greater.

On 9 April 2009, PCB chairman Ijaz Butt revealed that they had issued a legal notice to oppose ICC's decision.^[22] However, the ICC claims that PCB is still a co-host and they have only shifted the matches out of Pakistan.^[23] Pakistan had proposed that South Asia host the 2015 World Cup and Australia/New Zealand host 2011, however this option did not find favour with their co-hosts and hence didn't materialise.^[24]

Allocation of matches

On 11 April 2005, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan announced an agreement about the allocation of games.^[25] The original plan involved India hosting the final, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka would host the semi-finals.^[26] and the opening ceremony will take place in Bangladesh.^[27]

After being stripped of its co-host status, Pakistan made the bid to host its home games in the cities of UAE as a neutral home venue. This is a result of Pakistan playing matches in the preceding months in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. The pitches in these stadiums have also been developed to suit the Pakistani players.

However, on 28 April 2009, the ICC announced the re-allocation of matches originally intended to be played in Pakistan. As a result, India hosted 29 matches across eight venues including the final and one semi-final; Sri Lanka hosted 12 in three venues, including one semi-final; while Bangladesh staged eight at two grounds as well as the opening ceremony on 17 February 2011.^[28]

On 1 June 2010, the first phase of tickets for the 2011 World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were put on sale following a meeting of the tournament's Central Organising Committee in Mumbai. The tickets were priced affordably, with the cheapest costing 20 US cents in Sri Lanka, the committee said.^[29] In January 2011, the ICC declared the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata, India to be unfit and unlikely to be complete by 27 February when it was scheduled to host a match between India and England. As a result, the match was moved to Bangalore.^[30]

Media and promotion

See also: List of 2011 Cricket World Cup broadcasting rights

The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament. The International Cricket Council had sold the rights for broadcasting of the 2011 Cricket World Cup for around US$ 2 billion to ESPN Star Sports and Star Cricket. At least two billion people from more than 180 countries around the world tuned into the tournament. This was the first time that the ICC Cricket World Cup was broadcast in High Definition format and was covered by at least 27 cameras, including such innovative features as movable slips cameras and new, low 45-degree field cameras.

Other technological advances for the tournament included the first time that an ICC event will have the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) thus further enhanced the overall presentation of the game. The ICC Cricket World Cup was also be shown across platforms such as online and mobile 3G.^[31]

Stumpy, Official Mascot

Song and other promotions

The official song of the 2011 Cricket World Cup has three versions, in Bengali, Hindi and Sinhala in accordance with the three hosting countries.^[32] "De Ghuma Ke" is the Hindi version composed by the trio of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy.^[33] It incorporates an array of Indian rhythms, as well as elements of rock and hip-hop. The Sinhales version, "Sinha Udaane", was adapted by Sri Lankan R&B and hip hop artist Ranidu Lankage and composed by Shehan Galahitiyawa, one of the leading lyricists in the country.^[34] Both songs was performed at the opening ceremony of the tournament, which was held in Bangladesh on 17 February 2011. Sinha Udaane was performed by Lankage.^[35]

The official event ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was Sachin Tendulkar,^[36] promoting various ICC initiatives for the tournament.

Mascot

Stumpy, a young elephant, is the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.^[37] He was unveiled at a function in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Friday, 2 April 2010.^[38] The official name of the mascot was released on Monday, 2 August 2010 after an online competition conducted by the International Cricket Council in the last week of July, 2010.^[39]

Opening ceremony

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony

The Opening Ceremony was held in Bangladesh. The venue for the opening ceremony was Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The event took place on 17 February 2011, 2 days prior to the first match of the World Cup.

Prize money

The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team would be taking home a prize money of US$ 3 million and US$ 1.5 million for runner-up, with the International Cricket Council deciding to double the total allocation for the coveted tournament to US$ 10 million. The winning team will also take home a replica of the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy, that has been awarded since 1999. The decision was taken at the ICC Board meeting which was held in Dubai on 20 April 2010.^[40][41] The total prize money on offer for the tournament for the teams placing from 1st to 8th is US$7.48 million. The remaining two semi-finalists will receive 0.75 million US$ each. The last four quarter-finalists will each receive 0.37 million US$.^[42]

Venues

All the venues of the 2011 Cricket World Cup were announced on 2 November 2009 in Mumbai by the International Cricket Council. Two new stadiums in Sri Lanka have been constructed for the World Cup at Kandy and Hambantota.^[43]

India
Kolkata	Chennai	New Delhi	Nagpur	Ahmedabad
Eden Gardens	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	Feroz Shah Kotla	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	Sardar Patel Stadium
Capacity: 90,000	Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 48,000	Capacity: 44,000	Capacity: 48,000
	Mumbai	Mohali	Bangalore
	Wankhede Stadium	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
	Capacity: 33,000	Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 40,000
Sri Lanka			Bangladesh
Colombo	Kandy	Hambantota	Chittagong	Dhaka
R. Premadasa Stadium	Muttiah Muralitharan Cricket Stadium	Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 26,000

Chittagong Dhaka Venues in Bangladesh

Kolkata New Delhi Ahmedabad Chennai Mohali Nagpur Bengaluru Mumbai Venues in India

Colombo Hambantota Kandy Venues in Sri Lanka

Umpires

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup officials

The Umpire selection panel selected 18 umpires excluding a reserve umpire, Enamul Haque (Bangladesh) to officiate at the World Cup: 5 from Australia, 6 from Asia, 3 from England, 2 from New Zealand and 1 each from South Africa and West Indies.

Australia Simon Taufel Steve Davis Rod Tucker Daryl Harper Bruce Oxenford New Zealand Billy Bowden Tony Hill

South Africa Marais Erasmus Pakistan Aleem Dar Asad Rauf India Shavir Tarapore Amiesh Saheba

England Ian Gould Richard Kettleborough Nigel Llong Sri Lanka Asoka de Silva Kumar Dharmasena West Indies Billy Doctrove

Squads

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup squads

Each country, before selecting their final squads chose a 30-member preliminary squad for the tournament which then would be cut down to 15. All the 14 teams announced their final squad before 19 January 2011.

Matches

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup schedule

Warm-up matches

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches

The following 14 warm-up matches were played before the World Cup started.^[44][45]

Warm-up matches 

12 February 2011 Scorecard

West Indies  253/8 (50 overs)

v

Kenya 192 (45.3 overs)

West Indies won by 61 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

12 February 2011 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  351/5 (50 overs)

v

Netherlands 195 (47.3 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 156 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

12 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Canada  112 (37.3 overs)

v

Bangladesh 113/1 (19.2 overs)

Bangladesh won by 9 wickets Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong

12 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  311/6 (50 overs)

v

Ireland 279 (48.2 overs)

New Zealand won by 32 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur

12 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Zimbabwe  152 (41.5 overs)

v

South Africa 153/2 (23.3 overs)

South Africa won by 8 wickets MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

13 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

India  214 (44.3 overs)

v

Australia 176 (37.5 overs)

India won by 38 runs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

15 February 2011 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  244/8 (50 overs)

v

Ireland 245/6 (49.3 overs)

Ireland won by 4 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur

15 February 2011 Scorecard

Kenya  263/5 (50 overs)

v

Netherlands 264/8 (49.1 overs)

Netherlands won by 2 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

15 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  285/9 (50 overs)

v

Bangladesh 196 (41.4 overs)

Pakistan won by 89 runs Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

15 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  217 (47.1 overs)

v

South Africa 218/1 (44.2 overs)

South Africa won by 9 wickets M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

15 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

West Indies  281 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 282/6 (47.3 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

16 February 2011 Scorecard

England  243 (49.4 overs)

v

Canada 227 (46.1 overs)

England won by 16 runs Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah

16 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

India  360/5 (50 overs)

v

New Zealand 243 (43.1 overs)

India won by 117 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

18 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

England  273 (49.4 overs)

v

Pakistan 206 (46.1 overs)

England won by 67 runs Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah

Group stage

The top four teams from the two groups qualified for the quarter finals.

Group A

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Group A

2011 Cricket World Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Pts
Pakistan	6	5	1	0	0	+0.758	10
Sri Lanka	6	4	1	0	1	+2.582	9
Australia	6	4	1	0	1	+1.123	9
New Zealand	6	4	2	0	0	+1.135	8
Zimbabwe	6	2	4	0	0	+0.030	4
Canada	6	1	5	0	0	−1.987	2
Kenya	6	0	6	0	0	−3.042	0

20 February 2011 Scorecard

Kenya  69 (23.5 overs)

v

New Zealand 72/0 (8 overs)

New Zealand won by 10 wickets MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

20 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  332/7 (50 overs)

v

Canada 122 (36.5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 210 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota

21 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  262/6 (50 overs)

v

Zimbabwe 171 (46.2 overs)

Australia won by 91 runs Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

23 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  317/7 (50 overs)

v

Kenya 112 (33.1 overs)

Pakistan won by 205 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota

25 February 2011 Scorecard

New Zealand  206 (45.1 overs)

v

Australia 207/3 (34 overs)

Australia won by 7 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur

26 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  277/7 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 266/9 (50 overs)

Pakistan won by 11 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

28 February 2011 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  298/9 (50 overs)

v

Canada 123 (42.1 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 175 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur

1 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Kenya  142 (43.4 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 146/1 (18.4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

3 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  184 (43 overs)

v

Canada 138 (42.5 overs)

Pakistan won by 46 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

4 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Zimbabwe  162 (46.2 overs)

v

New Zealand 166/0 (33.3 overs)

New Zealand won by 10 wickets Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

5 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  146/3 (32.5 overs)

v

Australia

Match abandoned R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

7 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Kenya  198 (50 overs)

v

Canada 199/5 (45.3 overs)

Canada won by 5 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi

8 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  302/7 (50 overs)

v

Pakistan 192 (41.4 overs)

New Zealand won by 110 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

10 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  327/6 (50 overs)

v

Zimbabwe 188 (39 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 139 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

13 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  358/6 (50 overs)

v

Canada 261/9 (50 overs)

New Zealand won by 97 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

13 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  324/6 (50 overs)

v

Kenya 264/6 (50 overs)

Australia won by 60 runs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

14 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Zimbabwe  151/7 (39.4/39.4 overs)

v

Pakistan 164/3 (34.1/38 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy

16 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Canada  211 (45.4 overs)

v

Australia 212/3 (34.5 overs)

Australia won by 7 wickets M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

18 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  265/9 (50 overs)

v

New Zealand 153 (35 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 112 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

19 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  176 (46.4 overs)

v

Pakistan 178/6 (41 overs)

Pakistan won by 4 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

20 March 2011 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  308/6 (50 overs)

v

Kenya 147 (36 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 161 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Group B

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Group B

2011 Cricket World Cup Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Pts
South Africa	6	5	1	0	0	+2.026	10
India	6	4	1	1	0	+0.900	9
England	6	3	2	1	0	+0.072	7
West Indies	6	3	3	0	0	+1.066	6
Bangladesh	6	3	3	0	0	–1.361	6
Ireland	6	2	4	0	0	–0.696	4
Netherlands	6	0	6	0	0	–2.045	0

19 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

India  370/4 (50 overs)

v

Bangladesh 283/9 (50 overs)

India won by 87 runs Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

22 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Netherlands  292/6 (50 overs)

v

England 296/4 (48.4 overs)

England won by 6 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur

24 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

West Indies  222 (47.3 overs)

v

South Africa 223/3 (42.5 overs)

South Africa won by 7 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi

25 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Bangladesh  205 (49.2 overs)

v

Ireland 178 (45 overs)

Bangladesh won by 27 runs Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

27 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

India  338 (49.5 overs)

v

England 338/8 (50 overs)

Match tied M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

28 February 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

West Indies  330/8 (50 overs)

v

Netherlands 115 (31.3 overs)

West Indies won by 215 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi

2 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

England  327/8 (50 overs)

v

Ireland 329/7 (49.1 overs)

Ireland won by 3 wickets M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

3 March 2011 Scorecard

South Africa  351/5 (50 overs)

v

Netherlands 120 (34.5 overs)

South Africa won by 231 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Punjab

4 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Bangladesh  58 (18.5 overs)

v

West Indies 59/1 (12.2 overs)

West Indies won by 9 wickets Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

6 March 2011 Scorecard

England  171 (45.4 overs)

v

South Africa 165 (47.4 overs)

England won by 6 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

6 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Ireland  207 (47.5 overs)

v

India 210/5 (46.0 overs)

India won by 5 wickets M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

9 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Netherlands  189 (46.4 overs)

v

India 191/5 (36.3 overs)

India won by 5 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi

11 March 2011 Scorecard

West Indies  275 (50 overs)

v

Ireland 231 (49 overs)

West Indies won by 44 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Punjab

11 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

England  225 (49.4 overs)

v

Bangladesh 227/8 (49 overs)

Bangladesh won by 2 wickets Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong

12 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

India  296 (48.4 overs)

v

South Africa 300/7 (49.4 overs)

South Africa won by 3 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur

14 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Netherlands  160 (46.2 overs)

v

Bangladesh 166/4 (40.2 overs)

Bangladesh won by 6 wickets Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong

15 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  272/7 (50 overs)

v

Ireland 141 (33.2 overs)

South Africa won by 131 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata

17 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

England  243 (48.4 overs)

v

West Indies 225 (44.4 overs)

England won by 18 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

18 March 2011 Scorecard

Netherlands  306 (50 overs)

v

Ireland 307/4 (47.4 overs)

Ireland won by 6 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata

19 March 2011 Scorecard

South Africa  284/8 (50 overs)

v

Bangladesh 78 (28 overs)

South Africa won by 206 runs Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

20 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

India  268 (49.1 overs)

v

West Indies 188 (43 overs)

India won by 80 runs MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Knockout stage

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	23 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh
	West Indies	112
					30 March – Mohali, India
	Pakistan	113/0
					Pakistan	231
	24 March – Ahmedabad, India
					India	260/9
	Australia	260/6
									2 April – Mumbai, India
	India	261/5
									India	277/4
	25 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh
									Sri Lanka	274/6
	New Zealand	221/8
					29 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka
	South Africa	172
					New Zealand	217
	26 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka
					Sri Lanka	220/5
	England	229/6
	Sri Lanka	231/0

Quarter-finals

23 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

West Indies  112 (43.3 overs)

v

Pakistan 113/0 (20.5 overs)

Pakistan won by 10 wickets Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

24 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  260/6 (50 overs)

v

India 261/5 (47.4 overs)

India won by 5 wickets Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

25 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  221/8 (50 overs)

v

South Africa 172 (43.2 overs)

New Zealand won by 49 runs Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka

26 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

England  229/6 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 231/0 (39.3 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Semi-finals

29 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  217 (48.5 overs)

v

Sri Lanka 220/5 (47.5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Semifinal: India v Pakistan

30 March 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

India  260/9 (50 overs)

v

Pakistan 231(49.5 overs)

India won by 29 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Punjab

Final

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Final

2 April 2011 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  274/6 (50 overs)

v

India 277/4 (48.2 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Statistics

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup statistics

Leading run scorers Runs Player Team Matches 500 Tillakaratne Dilshan  Sri Lanka 9 482 Sachin Tendulkar  India 9 465 Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka 9 422 Jonathan Trott  England 7 395 Upul Tharanga  Sri Lanka 8

Leading wicket takers Wickets Player Team Matches 21 Shahid Afridi  Pakistan 8 21 Zaheer Khan  India 9 18 Tim Southee  New Zealand 8 15 Robin Peterson  South Africa 7 15 Yuvraj Singh  India 9

Incidents

• The West Indies' team bus had rocks thrown at it by Bangladeshi fans on its way back to the team hotel after their win over Bangladesh in Dhaka on 4 March. It was later claimed that the rock-throwers had confused the Windies' bus with the Bangladesh bus.^[46] Bangladesh’s elite Rapid Action Battalion arrested 38 people after the attack. However, the Windies were given an apology from the Bangladeshis later on.^[47]
• On 8 March, fans who lined up outside the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground in Nagpur to buy tickets of the match between India and South Africa were caned by the local police.^[48]
• The political party Shiv Sena threatened to disrupt the match if Pakistan had reached the final in Mumbai.^[49]
• The Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) came under scrutiny when Indian skipper MS Dhoni complained^[50] about inconsistencies about the 2.5m rule in the LBW dismissal appeal for Ian Bell's wicket during the India-England match in the group stage which eventually ended in a tie. The rules were subsequently revised and the umpires were given new guidelines.^[51] Subsequently, Sri Lanka captain, Kumar Sangakkara criticised the decision to alter 2.5m rule during an ongoing tournament.
• In the final between India and Sri Lanka, there was a mix up at the toss. Due to the loud crowd noise, match referee Jeff Crowe could not hear the Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara's call as the coin was tossed by the Indian captain MS Dhoni and as a result the toss had to be redone – a virtually unheard of event, especially on a stage as big as the World Cup final. The next time, the call was heads and Sangakkara won the toss and decided to bat first.^[52]

See also

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• List of Cricket World Cup records
• Politics and sports

References and notes

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External links

• Official 2011 World Cup site