Bangladesh to host WC2011 opening ceremony on Feb 19: Lorgat

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More... Bangladesh to host WC2011 opening ceremony on Feb 19: Lorgat PTI, February 17,2009 New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) International Cricket Council Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat today said that the opening ceremony of the 2011 cricket World Cup will take place in Bangladesh on February 19, 2011. "We have decided that the opening ceremony and the opening game will take place on February 19, 2011 which is a Saturday in Bangladesh. We had a preliminary discussions about the number of matches to be played over 15 venues," Lorgat said after the meeting of the 2011 World Cup Central Organising Committee here today. Lorgat said the the mega-event will be no longer than six weeks after its scheduled start on February 19, 2011. "We are planning to reduce the time-span, not to go beyond the six-week period. The last two weeks of February and March. We are looking to shorten the period down to six weeks," he said. "We want a shorter and sharper tournament not beyond six weeks and if my memory serves me right, not more than 49 games," he said. PTI

[Shane]

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[Shane]

:((

[DomainK]

Good. in 1996 we hosted the opening ceremony in Calcutta and thats where we lost to Lanka in the quarter final.:((

[Lord]

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

whats so funny,Shane?

[EnterTheVoid]

^^ Bangladesh hosting the ceremony? Thats whats funny

[Shane]

^^ Bangladesh hosting the ceremony? Thats whats funny

Phinally !!! :two_thumbs_up:

[Sachinism]

Good. in 1996 we hosted the opening ceremony in Calcutta and thats where we lost to Lanka in the quarter final.:((

But what a brilliant opening ceremony it was

[The Outsider]

But what a brilliant opening ceremony it was

The closing ceremony performed by Azhar, Jayasuriya, and DeSilva was not too bad either.:giggle:

[CricPassion]

^^ Bangladesh hosting the ceremony? Thats whats funny

What is funny about that, exactly? Is it the fact that Bangladesh is the safest nation in South Asia or that we can guarantee a 100% attendance in all the matches we host?

[EnterTheVoid]

^^ The serial under achievers of world cricket hosting the most prestigious cricketing tournament opening ceremony thats whats not funny

[Shane]

^^ The serial under achievers of world cricket hosting the most prestigious cricketing tournament opening ceremony thats whats not funny

:omg: Is it that hard to get ???

[The Outsider]

What is funny about that' date=' exactly? Is it the fact that Bangladesh is the safest nation in South Asia or that we can guarantee a 100% attendance in all the matches we host?[/quote'] It's like a football World Cup being hosted in a bunch of countries in South America and Suriname holding the opening ceremony instead of Brazil.