Cricket Fever - ICC World cup cricket 2011

Cricket Fever - ICC World cup cricket 2011

Cricket World Cup is something everyone looks forward with craziness. This year's Cricket World Cup is the tenth World Cup and it's being conducted in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The world cup's opening match was conducted in Bangladesh and fourteen teams are participating which includes ten full members and four associate members.

The full tournament will consist of limited over matches "One day Internationals", as it's more popularly known. The first match was played on 19th February 2011 at Sher-e-Bangala National Stadium, Mirpur and co-hosts being India and Bangladesh. The final match will be conducted at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 2nd April 2011.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) removed Pakistan of the hosting rights due to attack on Sri Lanka national team in Lahore (Pakistan) in the year 2009. Originally, the headquarters of the organizing committee was situated in Lahore, but is now shifted to Mumbai. The teams under Group A are Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya.

The teams under Group B are India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, and Netherland. Eighteen umpires were selected by the Umpire selection panel excluding a reserve umpire, Enamul Haque 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.

World Cup has always been a big media event. Cricket World Cup rights for broadcasting was sold for $ two billion by the International Cricket Council to ESPN Sports and Star Cricket and this will be broadcasted in about 220 countries all over the world. Sachin Tendulkar is the official event ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. The official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup is Stumpy-a young elephant.

The winning team will be receiving total prize money of three million US dollars and the runner up will get 1.5 million US dollars. A replica of ICC Cricket World Cup trophy will also be given to the winning team as carried out since 1999. ICC board decided on this prize money at a meeting held at Dubai on April 20, 2010.

The total prize money on offer for the tournament for the teams placed from 1st to 8th is 7.48 million US dollars. The remaining two semi-finalists will receive 0.75 million US dollars. The last four quarter-finalists will each receive 0.37 million US dollars.

The biggest flop of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was England being defeated by Ireland. The fastest World Cup Century was by Kevin O'Brien who made 100 in 50 balls and this made Ireland highest successful Run chase in the World Cup History beating Sri Lanka's 313 against Zimbabwe in the year 1992.

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