2011 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches
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
| West Indies  253/8 (50 overs) |
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
Sunday February 13, 2011
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- India won the toss and chose to bat.
Tuesday February 15, 2011
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| West Indies 281 (50 overs) |
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
Wednesday February 16, 2011
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
Friday February 18, 2011
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- 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 2 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.
- ↑ See twelfth man in the List of cricket terms.
- ↑ "England bowlers demolish Bermuda". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 5 March 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
- ↑ "ICC announces umpires and referees for World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 2 March 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2007.