Cricket World Cup 2011

The West Indies did a brilliant job in 2007 – the lush green grounds, the beaches, the perfect holiday destination for spectators, and the class apart organization and groundwork that went behind putting it all together - and on the 28th of April 2007 if you dreaded the long wait till 2011, well you can put that smile back on because it’s over and rest assured it’s not looking any less promising or any less majestic this time around! And if Australia carries its dismal form from the Ashes, we will finally get the chance to applaud a new winner and a new nation as it embraces cricketing glory!

First things first...A somewhat different setting makes this year’s tournament more exciting. It’s going to be very South Asian in nature with India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh jointly hosting the party. There have already been the controversies (what’s cricket without it!) and the hiccups with Pakistan being stripped of its hosting rights, but with 17th Feb 2011, being just around the corner, everything’s in order and the final pieces are fitting in well.

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