14 warm up matches has planned by ICC before the commencement of World cup on 19th Feb 2011. First warm up match will be played on 12 Feb 2011 which is just 7 days short of first one day.
These 14 matches are also declared as one day internationals and will increase the interest of cricket lovers before the start of actual World cup. In these matches there will be no limitation of Groups or pools and teams will play with each other randomly as decided by ICC during the planning of World cup.
The detailed schedule of warm up matches to be played along with timings and venues are given below:
Date | Day | Match | Time (GMT) | Venue and City |
12 Feb | Sat | West Indies v Kenya | 0400 | R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
12 Feb | Sat | Bangladesh v Canada | 0400 | Zohur Ahmed Chaudhury Stadium, Chittagong |
12 Feb | Sat | Ireland v New Zealand | 0400 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur |
12 Feb | Sat | Sri Lanka v Netherlands | 0400 | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium |
12 Feb | Sat | South Africa v Zimbabwe | 0900 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
13 Feb | Sun | India v Australia | 0900 | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
15 Feb | Tue | Kenya v Netherlands | 0400 | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium |
15 Feb | Tue | Ireland v Zimbabwe | 0400 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur |
15 Feb | Tue | Bangladesh v Pakistan | 0830 | Sher e Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka |
15 Feb | Tue | Australia v South Africa | 0900 | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
16 Feb | Wed | Canada v England | 0330 | Sher e Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka |
16 Feb | Wed | Sri Lanka v West Indies | 0400 | R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
16 Feb | Wed | India v New Zealand | 0900 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
17 Feb | Thu | England v Pakistan | 0830 | Sher e Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka |
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