2011 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches

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The 2011 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches were held prior to the 2011 Cricket World Cup, between February 12 and February 18, 2011. All 14 nations that were qualified to take part in the World Cup participated in a series of matches to prepare, experiment with different tactics and to help them acclimatise to conditions in the Indian Subcontinent. The warm-up matches were not classified as One Day Internationals by the International Cricket Council (ICC), despite sharing some of main features of this form of cricket, but some of the playing regulations were different from standard internationals in order to allow teams to experiment. For example, the main change allowed for thirteen different players to play in a match – nine players being allowed to both bat and bowl, with two only being able to bowl and two only being able to bat – instead of the eleven players normally allowed.

England, India, Sri Lanka and South Africa were the only teams to win both of their warm-up games, whilst Australia, Canada, Kenya and Zimbabwe did not win either of their fixtures.

Match status[]

As of 2007 none of the warm-up games were officially recognised as ODIs or List A matches by the International Cricket Council due to various changes in the rules of the game, this continued into the 2011 version of the world cup.[1] While normally only 11 players are allowed to bat and field (excluding situations involving a substitute fielder),[2] 13 players were used in each team's squad for the matches – 11 of whom were allowed to field at one time and 11 of whom were allowed to bat (meaning players could be swapped in and out when fielding or bowling, but two players did not bat in a match).[3] In official ICC matches match referees are required to help officiate a game, but due to the changes in the rules none were appointed for any of the warm-up games.[1][4] Additionally, Man of the Match awards were not given out and no reserve days were set for these matches.

Schedule and results[]

Saturday February 12, 2011[]

12 February
09:30
Scorecard
West Indies 
253/8 (50 overs)
v
 Kenya
192 (45.3 overs)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 123 (125)
Thomas Odoyo 3/34 (8 overs)
Collins Obuya 68 (105)
Andre Russell 4/43 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 61 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
12 February
09:30
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
351/5 (50 overs)
v
 Netherlands
195 (47.3 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 78 (78)
Mudassar Bukhari 2/52 (10 overs)
Tom de Grooth 76 (96)
Dilhara Fernando 4/43 (9 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 156 runs
Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
12 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Canada 
112 (37.3 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
113/1 (19.2 overs)
Ashish Bagai 30 (66)
Shakib Al Hasan 3/5 (3.3 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 69 (50)
Rizwan Cheema 1/16 (4 overs)
Bangladesh won by 9 wickets
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Enamul Haque (Ban)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
12 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand 
311/6 (50 overs)
v
 Ireland
279 (48.2 overs)
Martin Guptill 130 (134)
Trent Johnston 2/62 (10 overs)
William Porterfield 72 (74)
Daniel Vettori 4/42 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 32 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
12 February
14:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
152 (41.5 overs)
v
 South Africa
153/2 (23.3 overs)
Brendan Taylor 40 (57)
Morné Morkel 3/16 (6 overs)
Jacques Kallis 49* (39)
Ray Price 1/19 (4 overs)
South Africa won by 8 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Simon Taufel (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

Sunday February 13, 2011[]

13 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
214 (44.3 overs)
v
 Australia
176 (37.5 overs)
Virender Sehwag 54 (56)
Brett Lee 3/35 (10 overs)
Ricky Ponting 57 (85)
Piyush Chawla 4/31 (9.5 overs)
India won by 38 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng)
  • India won the toss and chose to bat.

Tuesday February 15, 2011[]

15 February
09:30
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
244/8 (50 overs)
v
 Ireland
245/6 (49.3 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 103 (81)
Trent Johnston 2/9 (5 overs)
Andre Botha 79 (101)
Ray Price 2/37 (10 overs)
Ireland won by 4 wickets
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
15 February
09:30
Scorecard
Kenya 
263/5 (50 overs)
v
 Netherlands
264/8 (49.1 overs)
Seren Waters 126 (150)
Ryan ten Doeschate 2/47 (10 overs)
Ryan ten Doeschate 98* (92)
Steve Tikolo 4/39 (9 overs)
Netherlands won by 2 wickets
Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Shavir Tarapore (Ind)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
15 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
285/9 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
196 (41.1 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 103 (122)
Shakib Al Hasan 3/49 (10 overs)
Imrul Kayes 39 (61)
Abdul Razzaq 3/31 (6 overs)
Pakistan won by 89 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Billy Doctrove (WI)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
15 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
217 (47.1 overs)
v
 South Africa
218/3 (44.2 overs)
Michael Clarke 73 (96)
Dale Steyn 3/21 (8 overs)
Graeme Smith 65 (81)
South Africa won by 7 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Amiesh Saheba (Ind)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
15 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
West Indies 
281 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
282/6 (47.3 overs)
Chris Gayle 58 (38)
Lasith Malinga 3/33 (8 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 71 (89)
Sulieman Benn 3/40 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

Wednesday February 16, 2011[]

16 February
09:30
Scorecard
England 
243 (49.4 overs)
v
 Canada
227 (46.1 overs)
Matt Prior 78 (80)
Harvir Baidwan 3/50 (9.4 overs)
Rizwan Cheema 93 (71)
Stuart Broad 5/37 (8.1 overs)
England won by 16 runs
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Enamul Haque (Ban)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.
16 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
360/5 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand
243 (43.1 overs)
MS Dhoni 108* (64)
Tim Southee 2/67 (10 overs)
Brendon McCullum 58 (54)
Yuvraj Singh 2/33 (9 overs)
India won by 117 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

Friday February 18, 2011[]

18 February
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
England 
273 (49.4 overs)
v
 Pakistan
206 (46.1 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 66 (78)
Junaid Khan 3/44 (8 overs)
Younis Khan 80 (101)
Stuart Broad 5/25 (8.1 overs)
England won by 67 runs
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

Aggregate results[]

Team Played Won Lost
 Australia 2 0 2
 Bangladesh 2 1 1
 Canada 2 0 2
 England 2 2 0
 India 2 2 0
 Ireland 2 1 1
 Kenya 2 0 2
 Netherlands 2 1 1
 New Zealand 2 1 1
 Pakistan 2 1 1
 South Africa 2 2 0
 Sri Lanka 2 2 0
 West Indies 2 1 1
 Zimbabwe 2 0 2

Note: Due to the change in the rules for these matches, the results did not have any effect on the ICC ODI Championship table or the ICC Associate ODI rankings.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Murgatroyd, Brian (2 March 2007). "ICC confirms umpire and match referee appointments for opening stages of ICC Cricket World Cup". ICC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007. Note, the warm-up matches do not have ODI status and so there will be no ICC match referee in place for these games.
  2. ^ See twelfth man in the List of cricket terms.
  3. ^ "England bowlers demolish Bermuda". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 5 March 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  4. ^ "ICC announces umpires and referees for World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 2 March 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2007.
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