The South African 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Squad was announced 2 days ago. For those of you who did not know, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be hosted by India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh. The tournament is scheduled to start on the 19th of February (less than 1 month from now) and will end on the 2nd of April. Matches will be hosted by Kolkata, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Mohali, Nagpur and Bangalore (in India), by Colombo, Hambantota and Kandy (in Sri Lanka) and Chittagong and Dhaka (in Bangladesh). The 14 participating teams are split into 2 groups of 7. The top 4 of each group will advance to the quarter final stage of the competition.
Group A: Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya.
Group B: India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and The Netherlands
The following 49 matches have been scheduled for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup:
| Match Date |
Teams |
Venue |
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19-Feb-11
|
India vs Bangladesh
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Dhaka
|
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20-Feb-11
|
New Zealand vs Kenya
|
Chennai
|
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20-Feb-11
|
Sri Lanka vs Canada
|
Hambantota
|
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21-Feb-11
|
Australia vs Zimbabwe
|
Ahmedabad
|
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22-Feb-11
|
England vs The Netherlands
|
Nagpur
|
|
23-Feb-11
|
Pakistan vs Kenya
|
Hambantota
|
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24-Feb-11
|
South Africa vs West Indies
|
New Delhi
|
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25-Feb-11
|
Australia vs New Zealand
|
Nagpur
|
|
25-Feb-11
|
Bangladesh vs Ireland
|
Dhaka
|
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26-Feb-11
|
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
|
Colombo
|
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27-Feb-11
|
India vs England
|
Kolkata
|
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28-Feb-11
|
West Indies vs The Netherlands
|
New Delhi
|
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28-Feb-11
|
Zimbabwe vs Canada
|
Nagpur
|
|
1-Mar-11
|
Sri Lanka vs Kenya
|
Colombo
|
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2-Mar-11
|
England vs Ireland
|
Bangalore
|
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3-Mar-11
|
South Africa vs The Netherlands
|
Mohali
|
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3-Mar-11
|
Pakistan vs Canada
|
Colombo
|
|
4-Mar-11
|
New Zealand vs Zimbabwe
|
Ahmedabad
|
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4-Mar-11
|
Bangladesh vs West Indies
|
Dhaka
|
|
5-Mar-11
|
Sri Lanka vs Australia
|
Colombo
|
|
6-Mar-11
|
India vs Ireland
|
Bangalore
|
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6-Mar-11
|
England vs South Africa
|
Chennai
|
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7-Mar-11
|
Kenya vs Canada
|
New Delhi
|
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8-Mar-11
|
Pakistan vs New Zealand
|
Pallekelle
|
|
9-Mar-11
|
India vs The Netherlands
|
New Delhi
|
|
10-Mar-11
|
Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe
|
Pallekelle
|
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11-Mar-11
|
West Indies vs Ireland
|
Mohali
|
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11-Mar-11
|
Bangladesh vs England
|
Chittagong
|
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12-Mar-11
|
India vs South Africa
|
Nagpur
|
|
13-Mar-11
|
New Zealand vs Canada
|
Mumbai
|
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13-Mar-11
|
Australia vs Kenya
|
Bangalore
|
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14-Mar-11
|
Pakistan vs Zimbabwe
|
Pallekelle
|
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14-Mar-11
|
Bangladesh vs The Netherlands
|
Chittagong
|
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15-Mar-11
|
South Africa vs Ireland
|
Kolkata
|
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16-Mar-11
|
Australia vs Canada
|
Bangalore
|
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17-Mar-11
|
England vs West Indies
|
Chennai
|
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18-Mar-11
|
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand
|
Mumbai
|
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18-Mar-11
|
Ireland vs The Netherlands
|
Kolkata
|
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19-Mar-11
|
Australia vs Pakistan
|
Colombo
|
|
19-Mar-11
|
Bangladesh vs South Africa
|
Dhaka
|
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20-Mar-11
|
Zimbabwe vs Kenya
|
Kolkata
|
|
20-Mar-11
|
India vs West Indies
|
Chennai
|
|
23-Mar-11
|
1st Quarter Final (Group A1 vs Group B4)
|
Dhaka
|
| 24-Mar-11 |
2nd Quarter Final (Group A2 vs Group B3) |
Colombo |
|
25-Mar-11
|
3rd Quarter Final (Group A3 vs Group B2)
|
Dhaka
|
|
26-Mar-11
|
4th Quarter Final (Group A4 vs Group B1)
|
Ahmedabad
|
| 29-Mar-11 |
Winner QF 1 vs Winner QF 3 (Semi Final 1) |
Colombo |
| 30-Mar-11 |
Winner QF 2 vs Winnter QF 4 (Semi Final 2) |
Mohali |
|
2-Apr-11
|
Final
|
Mumbai
|
Running Wolf’s Rant hopes that you find this information useful. There’s going to plenty of cricket action for a month and a half. Let’s hope the Proteas have got what it takes to win their first ever ICC Cricket World Cup. Come on Proteas! Make SA Proud!
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Gary Kirsten is no stranger to South African cricket fans. He made his test cricket and ODI debut in 1993 for the Proteas. He played in 101 test matches and 185 One Day Internationals for South Africa between 1993 and 2004. He maintained a strike rate in both test matches and ODI’s of above 40.00. He scored 21 test 100s, 34 test 50s, 13 ODI 100s and 45 ODI 50s in his career. He played his domestic cricket for Western Province. After he retired from International Cricket he started his own cricket academy in 2007 and he coached India from 2008 to 2011. India won the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup in April this year. He’s also the reason that India is one of the top ranked test cricket sides on the planet.
