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Australia to open 2011 World Cup campaign versus Zimbabwe | Australia will open their World Cup defence in 2011 with a match against Zimbabwe in Ahmedabad on February 21, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Monday. Four-times winners Australia are in
Group A for the One Day International competition along with former champions
Pakistan and Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Canada, Kenya and Zimbabwe. During the event
ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said that the world cup is an event that every
cricketer aspires to win. "We are very mindful that somebody that wins the World
Cup deserves a fair award for reaching and winning such a glamorous event," he
said. India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands
are pooled in Group B. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are together staging the
2011 event, with India hosting 29 of the tournament's 49 matches including the
final at a renovated Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 2. Sharad Pawar, Vice-president
of the ICC, said that the Wankhede Stadium would undergo renovation. "We have
decided to reconstruct the Wankhede Stadium and practically we have to spend about
200 crores for modernisation," he said. Pakistan was stripped of hosting rights
due to security concerns. They will play all their group matches in Sri Lanka.
Bangladesh and India play the first match of the tournament in Dhaka on February
19, two days after the opening ceremony in the same city. In all, 13 venues will
be used in the 43-day tournament. |
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