ICC Cricket World Cup 2011: Warm-up matches schedule

THEMUCHawaited event for cricket lovers across the globe, ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is now 25 days to go. Fourteen nations including ten test playing nations will clash for the glittering trophy from February 19 to April 2. All the teams are divided into two groups.

Before the commencing of Cricket World Cup 2011, ICC has scheduled fourteen warm-up matches. All the team will play two warm-up matches each with the team of other group. The first warm-up match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be played between West Indies and Kenya at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on February 12. Here is the schedule of warm-up matches of World Cup Cricket tournament 2011. Sl. No. Date Teams Venue Time 1 12 Feb West Indies vs Kenya R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 09:30 AM IST 2 12 Feb Bangladesh vs Canada Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong 02:00 PM IST (D/N) 3 12 Feb South Africa vs Zimbabwe MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 02:30 PM IST (D/N) 4 12 Feb New Zealand vs Ireland Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur 02:30 PM IST (D/N) 5 12 Feb Sri Lanka vs Netherlands Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy 02:30 PM IST (D/N) 6 13 Feb India vs Australia M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (Bangalore) 02:30 PM IST (D/N) 7 15 Feb Ireland vs Zimbabwe Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur 09:30 AM IST 8 15 Feb Bangladesh vs Pakistan ! Sh ere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 02:00 PM IST (D/N) 9 15 Feb Australia vs South Africa M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (Bangalore) 02:30 PM IST (D/N) 10 15 Feb Kenya vs Netherlands Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy 02:30 PM IST (D/N) 11 16 Feb England vs Canada Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah 09:00 AM IST 12 16 Feb Sri Lanka vs West Indies R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 09:30 AM IST 13 16 Feb India vs New Zealand MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 02:30 PM IST (D/N) 14 18 Feb England vs Pakistan Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah 02:00 PM IST (D/N)

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