Feed Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 More.. Cricket: World Cup venue guide AFP Tuesday, 1 February 2011 Guide to the venues for the 2011 World Cup which takes place in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh from February 19-April 2: EDEN GARDENS (Kolkata, India) Capacity: 80,000 Biggest ground in India and enjoys a status akin to the Lord's. Famous for its passionate and vocal crowd and has previously hosted World Cup matches in 1987 and 1996. Of late, spinners like Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble inspired famous victories against Australia and Pakistan. But its World Cup refurbishment was so far behind schedule that the February 27 game between India and England has been moved to another venue. FEROZ SHAH KOTLA (New Delhi, India) Capacity: 48,000 India leg-spinner Anil Kumble famously took his 10 Test wickets in an innings on this ground in 1999 against Pakistan. Kotla's future as an international venue was thrown in jeopardy in December 2009 when an ODI between India and Sri Lanka was abandoned due to a "dangerous" pitch. WANKHEDE STADIUM (Mumbai, India) Capacity: 45,000 Host of the final on April 2, the entire stadium was torn down and rebuilt from scratch. Proximity of the ground to the sea allows swing bowlers a fair amount of assistance early on. But the last one-dayer played in 2007 saw India beat Australia by two wickets after bowling out the visitors for 193 with left-arm spinner Murali Kartik picking six wickets for 27 runs off 10 overs. M. A. CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM (Chennai, India) Capacity: 50,000 The historic ground, better known as the Chepauk, has been rebuilt for the World Cup. Pakistan's Saeed Anwar scored 194 against India in an Independence Cup match in 1997 at this venue. The stadium is recognised for the sporting behaviour of its crowd, which is reputed to be one of the most knowledgeable and appreciative in the country. PUNJAB CRICKET ASSOCIATION STADIUM (Mohali, India) Capacity: 30,000 It was the venue for the thrilling 1996 World Cup semi-final in 1996 when Australia beat the West Indies by five runs. The pitch initially assisted pace bowlers, especially in Test matches, but it has subsequently settled down to become a batsman's paradise. The venue is considered to be one of the best in the country, with world-class facilities for practice, spectators as well as the media. VIDARBHA CRICKET ASSOCIATION STADIUM (Nagpur, India) Capacity: 45,000 The last one-dayer here saw India lose to Sri Lanka by three wickets despite having scored a competitive 301. Tillakaratne Dilshan stole the show with a 113-ball 123 studded with 12 fours and two sixes. The highest score on this ground was 354 by India against Australia in 2009, the hosts winning by a whopping 99-run margin. A very comfortable cricket venue. SARDAR PATEL STADIUM (Ahmedabad, India) Capacity: 54,000 It was renovated ahead of the Champions Trophy in 2006, when three new pitches and a new outfield were laid, and state of the art floodlights and covered stands were added. The pitch here used to aid bowlers but recent matches have seen a benign, batting beauty being rolled out for teams. CHINNASWAMY STADIUM (Bangalore, India) Capacity: 50,000 The venue has also hosted World Cup matches in 1987 and 1996 including the fiercely-fought quarterfinal between India and Pakistan in March, 1996. It has proved to be a lucky venue for visiting teams with South Africa, Australia and Pakistan winning crucial games here. PREMADASA STADIUM (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Capacity: 35,000 The Premadasa is the only ground in Colombo with floodlights, and Sri Lanka Cricket has spent nearly eight million dollars to renovate the stadium and relay the pitch. It is set to host seven World Cup matches, including the first semi-final. PALLEKELE CRICKET STADIUM (Kandy, Sri Lanka) Capacity: 35,000 Although it is a new facility put in place especially for the World Cup, the pitches at Pallekele have had matches involving Under-19 and A teams since November 2009. There haven't been any complaints over the pitch during these matches, leaving the organisers supremely confident about the venue. MAHNIDA RAJAPAKSA INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUM (Hambantota, Sri Lanka) Capacity: 35,000 Another new stadium on Sri Lanka's southern tip. An unofficial Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan A teams saw only 505 runs being scored before the match finished in a little over two days with the home team winning by 39 runs. As many as 22 wickets fell on the first day while 13 went down on the second but the curator insists it had nothing to do with the newly-laid turf wicket. ZAHUR AHMED CHOWDHURY STADIUM (Chittagong, Bangladesh) Capacity: 25,000 The stadium was one of the five purpose-built cricket grounds established in the run-up to the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2004. The last ODI in December last year saw the hosts beat Zimbabwe comfortably by six wickets while chasing a modest target of 189 runs. SHER-E-BANGLA CRICKET STADIUM (Dhaka, Bangladesh) Capacity: 25,000 The venue will host six World Cup matches, including two quarterfinals. The floodlights here had to be changed as they had the ones used for football matches. However, an ODI between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe was changed to a day game from a day-night one in December last year because the lights were not fully functional
Feed Posted February 3, 2011 Author Posted February 3, 2011 ICC announces umpire and match referee appointments for CWC 2011 More... ICC announces umpire and match referee appointments for CWC 2011 02 February 2011 The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced umpire and match referee appointments for the warm-up and group stage matches for its flagship event --- the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 --- which will be staged from 19 February to 2 April in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Steve Davis of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Kumar Dharmasena of the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires and a former World Cup winner with Sri Lanka in 1996, will stand in the tournament opener which will be played between Bangladesh and India in Mirpur on Saturday 19 February. Billy Doctrove and Asad Rauf, both from the elite panel, will be the third and fourth umpires, respectively while Ranjan Madugalle of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referee will be the match referee. The 58-year-old Davis has so far umpired in 95 ODIs. If all goes according to plan, on 9 March in New Delhi he will become the 14th umpire to complete a century of ODIs when he will officiate in the India-Netherlands match. The 39-year-old Dharmasena, who played 31 Tests and 141 ODIs as on off-spinner for Sri Lanka from 1993-2004, has officiated in 19 ODIs to date. In the ICC Cricket World Cup 1996, Dharmasena was Sri Lanka's second most successful bowler, along with Chaminda Vaas, with six wickets while the table was topped by Muttiah Muralidaran who took seven wickets. In the final against Australia at Lahore, Dharmasena had match figures of 10-0-47-1 as Sri Lanka won by seven wickets with 22 balls to spare. Besides Davis and Dharmasena, others who will share the on-field responsibilities in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 include ICC Umpire of the Year 1009 and 2010, Aleem Dar, Marais Erasmus, Ian Gould, Daryl Harper, Tony Hill, Asoka de Silva, four-time ICC Umpire of the Year Simon Taufel, Rod Tucker (all from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires), Richard Kettleborough, Nigel Llong, Bruce Oxenford, Amish Saheba and Shahvir Tarapore (all from the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires). The match referees for the event, besides Madugalle, are Chris Broad, Jeff Crowe, Roshan Mahanama and Andy Pycroft (all from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees). Appointments for the knock-out matches will be announced in due course. ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011 --- WARM-UPS Saturday 12 Feb: Zimbabwe v South Africa (d/n), Chennai --- Simon Taufel and Rod Tucker, Asoka de Silva (third), Roshan Mahanama (referee) Saturday 12 Feb: West Indies v Kenya (d), Colombo --- Nigel Llong and Daryl Harper, Ian Gould (third), Graeme La Brooy (referee) Saturday 12 Feb: New Zealand v Ireland (d/n), Nagpur - Marais Erasmus and Buddhi Pradhan, Sanjay Hazare (third) Saturday 12 Feb: Sri Lanka v Netherlands (d/n), Pallekele - Shahvir Tarapore and Tony Hill, Ranmore Martinesz (third), Alan Hurst (referee) Saturday 12 Feb: Bangladesh v Canada (d/n), Chittagong - Enamul Hoque-Moni and Kumar Dharmasena, Asad Rauf (third), Jeff Crowe (referee) Sunday 13 Feb: India v Australia (d/n), Bengaluru --- Richard Kettleborough and Aleem Dar, Amish Saheba (third), Sudhir Asnani (fourth) Ranjan Madugalle (referee) Tuesday 15 Feb: Australia v South Africa (d/n), Bengaluru - Amish Saheba and Aleem Dar, Richard Kettleborough (third), Ranjan Madugalle (referee) Tuesday 15 Feb: Bangladesh v Pakistan (d/n), Dhaka --- Steve Davis and Billy Doctrove, Bruce Oxenford (third), Jeff Crowe (referee) Tuesday 15 Feb: Ireland v Zimbabwe (d), Nagpur - Marais Erasmus and Buddhi Pradhan, Sanjay Hazare (third) Tuesday 15 Feb: Netherland vs Kenya (d/n), Pallekele - Shahvir Tarapore and Tony Hill, Tyron Wijewardena (third) Tuesday 15 Feb: Sri Lanka v West Indies (d/n), Colombo --- Ian Gould and Nigel Llong, Daryl Harper (third), Chris Broad (referee) Wednesday 16 Feb: India v New Zealand (d/n), Chennai --- Rod Tucker and Asoka de Silva, Simon Taufel (third), Sudhir Asnani (fourth), Roshan Mahanama (referee) Wednesday 16 Feb: England v Canada (d), Fatullah - Enamul Hoque-Moni and Asad Rauf, Kumar Dharmasena (third), Jeff Crowe (referee) Wednesday 18 Feb: England v Pakistan (d/n), Fatullah --- Bruce Oxenford and Billy Doctrove, Steve Davis (third), Ranjan Madugalle (referee) ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011 - GROUP STAGE Saturday 19 Feb --- Bangladesh v India (d/n), Dhaka- Steve Davis and Kumar Dharmasena, Billy Doctrove (third), Asad Rauf (fourth), Ranjan Madugalle (referee) Sunday 20 Feb --- New Zealand v Kenya (d), Chennai --- Rod Tucker and Marais Erasmus, Aleem Dar (third), Sudhir Asnani (fourth), Roshan Mahanama (referee) Sunday 20 Feb --- Sri Lanka v Canada (d/n), Hambantota --- Ian Gould and Shahvir Tarapore, Tony Hill (third), Daryl Harper (fourth), Chris Broad (referee) Monday 21 Feb --- Australia v Zimbabwe (d/n), Ahmedabad --- Asoka de Silva and Richard Kettleborough, Amish Saheba (third), Simon Taufel (fourth), Jeff Crowe (referee) Tuesday 22 Feb --- England v Netherlands (d/n), Nagpur --- Asad Rauf and Brice Oxenford, Kumar Dharmasena (third), Steve Davis (fourth), Ranjan Madugalle (referee) Wednesday 23 Feb --- Pakistan v Kenya (d/n), Hambantota --- Tony Hill and Nigel Llong, Daryl Harper (third), Shahvir Tarapore (fourth), Chris Broad (referee) Thursday 24 Feb --- South Africa v West Indies (d/n), New Delhi --- Simon Taufel and Amish Saheba, Asoka de Silva (third), Richard Kettleborough (fourth), Jeff Crowe (referee) Friday 25 Feb --- Australia v New Zealand (d), Nagpur --- Billy Doctrove and Kumar Dharmasena, Asad Rauf (third), Bruce Oxenford (fourth), Ranjan Madugalle (referee) Friday 25 Feb --- Bangladesh v Ireland (d/n), Dhaka --- Aleem Dar and Rod Tucker, Billy Bowden (third), Marais Erasmus (fourth), Roshan Mahanama (referee) Saturday 26 Feb --- Sri Lanka v Pakistan (d/n), Colombo --- Daryl Harper and Ian Gould, Nigel Llong (third), Tony Hill (fourth), Chris Broad (referee) Sunday 27 Feb --- India v England (d/n), Bengaluru --- Billy Bowden and Marais Erasmus, Rod Tucker (third), Aleem Dar (fourth), Roshan Mahanama (referee) Monday 28 Feb --- West Indies v Netherlands, (d/n) New Delhi --- Amish Saheba and Simon Taufel, Richard Kettleborough (third), Asoka de Silva (fourth), Jeff Crowe (referee) Monday 28 Feb --- Zimbabwe v Canada (d), Nagpur --- Asad Rauf and Bruce Oxenford, Steve Davis (third), Billy Doctrove (fourth), Ranjan Madugalle (referee) Tuesday 1 Mar --- Sri Lanka v Kenya (d), Colombo --- Tony Hill and Shahvir Tarapore, Ian Gould (third), Daryl Harper (fourth), Chris Broad (referee) Wednesday 2 Mar --- England v Ireland (d/n), Bengaluru --- Aleem Dar and Billy Bowden, Marais Erasmus (third), Rod Tucker (fourth), Roshan Mahanama (referee ) Thursday 3 Mar --- South Africa v Netherlands (d), Mohali --- Asoka de Silva and Richard Kettleborough, Simon Taufel (third), Amish Saheba (fourth), Jeff Crowe (referee) Thursday 3 Mar --- Pakistan v Canada (d/n), Colombo --- Daryl Harper and Nigel Llong, Tony Hill (third), Ian Gould (fourth), Chris Broad (referee) Friday 4 Mar --- New Zealand v Zimbabwe (d), Ahmedabad --- Aleem Dar and Marais Erasmus, Rod Tucker (third), Billy Bowden (fourth), Roshan Mahanama (referee) Friday 4 Mar --- Bangladesh v West Indies (d/n), Dhaka --- Kumar Dharmasena and Steve Davis, Asad Rauf (third), Bruce Oxenford (fourth), Ranjan Madugalle (referee) Saturday 5 Mar --- Sri Lanka v Australia (d/n), Colombo --- Tony Hill and Ian Gould, Shahvir Tarapore (third), Nigel Llong (fourth), Chris Broad (referee) Sunday 6 Mar --- India v Ireland (d/n), Bengaluru --- Billy Bowden and Rod Tucker, Marais Erasmus (third), Aleem Dar (fourth), Roshan Mahanama (referee) Sunday 6 Mar --- England v South Africa (d), Chennai --- Simon Taufel and Amish Saheba, Asoka de Silva (third), Richard Kettleborough (fourth), Jeff Crowe (referee) Monday 7 Mar --- Kenya v Canada (d/n), New Delhi --- Asad Rauf and Billy Doctrove, Bruce Oxenford (third), Steve Davis (fourth), Ranjan Madugalle (referee) Tuesday 8 Mar --- Pakistan v New Zealand (d/n), Pallekele --- Daryl Harper and Nigel Llong, Ian Gould (third), Shahvir Tarapore (fourth), Chris Broad (referee) Wednesday 9 Mar --- India v Netherlands (d/n), New Delhi --- Bruce Oxenford and Steve Davis, Billy Doctrove (third), Kumar Dharmasena (fourth), Ranjan Madugalle (referee) Thursday 10 Mar --- Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (d/n), Pallekele - Marais Erasmus and Nigel Llong, Tony Hill (third), Ranmore Martinesz (fourth), Chris Broad (referee) Friday 11 Mar --- West Indies v Ireland (d), Mohali --- Asoka de Silva and Shahvir Tarapore, Bruce Oxenford (third), Steve Davis (fourth), Roshan Mahnama (referee) Friday 11 Mar --- Bangladesh v England (d/n), Chittagong --- Daryl Harper and Rod Tucker, Aleem Dar (third), Enamul Hoque-Moni (fourth), Jeff Crowe (referee) Saturday 12 Mar --- India v South Africa (d/n), Nagpur --- Ian Gould and Simon Taufel, Billy Doctrove (third), Kumar Dharmasena (fourth), Ranjan Madugalle (referee) Sunday 13 Mar --- New Zealand v Canada (d), Mumbai --- Shahvir Tarapore and Bruce Oxenford, Steve Davis (third), Asoka de Silva (fourth), Roshan Mahanama (referee) Sunday 13 Mar --- Australia v Kenya (d/n), Bengaluru --- Asad Rauf and Richard Kettleborough, Billy Bowden (third), Amish Saheba (fourth), Andy Pycroft (referee) Monday 14 Mar --- Pakistan v Zimbabwe (d/n), Pallekele --- Nigel Llong and Tony Hill, Marais Erasmus (third), Ranmore Martinesz (fourth), Chris Broad (referee) Monday 14 Mar --- Bangladesh v Netherlands (d), Chittagong --- Aleem Dar and Rod Tucker, Daryl Harper (third), Enamul Hoque-Moni (fourth), Jeff Crowe (referee) Tuesday 15 Mar --- South Africa v Ireland (d/n), Kolkata --- Kumar Dharmasena and Billy Doctrove, Simon Taufel (third), Ian Gould (fourth), Ranjan Madugalle (referee) Wednesday 16 Mar --- Australia v Canada (d/n), Bengaluru --- Amish Saheba and Billy Bowden, Richard Kettleborough (third), Asad Rauf (fourth), Andy Pycroft (referee) Thursday 17 Mar --- England v West Indies (d/n), Chennai --- Asoka de Silva and Steve Davis, Shahvir Tarapore (third), Brice Oxenford (fourth), Roshan Mahanama (referee) Friday 18 Mar --- Sri Lanka v New Zealand (d/n), Mumbai --- Richard Kettleborough and Asad Rauf, Amish Saheba (third), Billy Bowden (fourth), Andy Pycroft (referee) Friday 18 Mar --- Ireland v Netherlands (d), Kolkata --- Simon Tuafel and Ian Gould, Kumar Dharmasena (third), Billy Doctrove (fourth), Ranjan Madugalle (referee) Saturday 19 Mar --- Australia v Pakistan (d/n), Colombo --- Tony Hill and Marais Erasmus, Nigel Llong (third), Tyron Wijewardena (fourth), Chris Broad (referee) Saturday 19 Mar --- Bangladesh v South Africa (d), Dhaka --- Daryl Harper and Aleem Dar, Rod Tucker (third), Enamul Hoque-Moni (fourth), Jeff Crowe (referee) Sunday 20 Mar --- Zimbabwe v Kenya (d), Kolkata --- Billy Doctrove and Kumar Dharmasena, Ian Gould (third), Simon Taufel (fourth), Ranjan Madugalle (referee) Sunday 20 Mar --- India v West Indies (d/n), Chennai --- Steve Davis and Bruce Oxenford, Asoka de Silva (third), Shahvir Tarapore (fourth), Roshan Mahanama (referee) Appointments are subject to changes.
jibranpatel15 Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 thank god UDRS is there to prevent horror decesions that tend to happen these days by the horrible umpires. Such umpires are: Dharmasena Amis Saheba Steve Davies Asad Rauf Tarapore.
cowboysfan Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 i agree,dharmasena cannot **** with us anymore.there is some confusion on the availability of UDRS for all the matches.I read on TOI that it was to be implemented for all matches.
Akshat Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 But even then, Dharamsena in the first game is a big worry. UDRS has its limitations as only two referrals are there. If both go wrong, then you don't have any challenges left. What'll you do then to deal with such horrible umpires?
FairCricket Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 World Cup Grounds - Hambanthota Ground(SL) This is latest pics from Sri Lanka's Hambanthota Ground , still some work going on .. , these are not Official pics . wht u guyz think ? :roller:
satyam1729 Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 This is latest pics from Sri Lanka's Hambanthota Ground , still some work going on .. , these are not Official pics . wht u guyz think ? :roller: Looks good
b555 Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Chinnaswamy ready for the World Cup - Kumble http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/08022011/28/chinnaswamy-ready-world-cup-kumble.html kumble
Dinx - the Jinx Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 well... they hardly did any renovation of the ground for the WC. I was there last week. The only work that was going on was refurbishing of the members club area, some painting and repair works for the player' dressing rooms and press boxes. none of the spectator stands have been touched (not that they are in bad condition or something). bucket seats only for corporate stands and the terrace stands. so basically the amount of work that KSCA decided to do fr the WC was very less compared to Wankhade or Eden or Chepauk and its no surprise they finished it well ahead of time. nothing to brag about
satyam1729 Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Wankhede Stadium latest picture Looks good B->B->
coffee_rules Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 patches of green everywhere looks bad. But it will be fixed by the time matches start
cowboysfan Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 i dont know if kumble can pull it off but i always hated the first come -first serve seating at the stadium.I wouldnt mind paying more if i was guaranteed a good seat.
Sachin=GOD Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Hopefully I will be in Wankhede to watch India in the final
vvvslaxman Posted February 8, 2011 Posted February 8, 2011 Is Kuppuswamy ready for world cup? :giggle: @title
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