Two Groups of seven teams will make up Group A and Group B of the 2011 Cricket World Cup which will be held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh from 19th February to 2nd April 2011.

Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Canada make up Group A and the Australian team is early favourite to win the group at leading bookmaker Centrebet.

The top four teams in Group A will move on to the Quarter-Finals commencing on 23rd March in Dhaka and face the top four teams of Group B.

The winner of Group A will play the fourth placed team in Group B, while the Group A runner-up will face Group B third placegetter. The Group A third placegetter will meet the runner-up in Group B while the fourth placed team in Group A will tackle the team that finished top in Group B.

The first Group A match will take place between New Zealand and Kenya on Sunday 20th February at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, India.

2011 Cricket World Cup Group A Teams

Australia

Best effort at World Cups: Champions 4 times in 1987, 1999, 2003 & 2007
Ricky Ponting (captain), Michael Clarke, Doug Bollinger, Brad Haddin, John Hastings, Nathan Hauritz, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Tim Paine, Steve Smith, Shaun Tait, Shane Watson, Cameron White.

Canada

Best effort at World Cup: First Round 1979, 2003 & 2007
Ashish Bagai (captain), Rizwan Cheema, Harvir Baidwan, Nitish Kumar, Hiral Patel, Tyson Gordon, Henry Osinde, John Davison, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Parth Desai, Karl Whatham, Khurram Chohan, Jimmy Hansra, Zubin Surkari, Balaji Rao.

Kenya

Best effort at World Cup: Semi-Final 2003
Jimmy Kamande (captain), Seren Waters, Alex Obanda, David Obuya, Collins Obuya, Steve Tikolo, Tamnay Mishra, Rakep Patel, Morris Ouma, Thomas Odoyo, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Elijah Otieno, Peter Ongondo, Shem Ngoche, James Ngoche.

New Zealand

Best effort at World Cup: Semi-Final 1975, 1979, 1992, 1999
Daniel Vettori (captain), Hamish Bennett, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Jamie How, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson, Luke Woodcock.

Pakistan

Best effort at World Cup: Champions 1992
Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Tanvir. (Captain to be named)

Sri Lanka

Best effort at World Cup: Champions 1996
Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Mahela Jayawardene, Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga , Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath.

Zimbabwe

Best effort at World Cup: Fifth Place 1999
Elton Chigumbura (captain), Regis Chakabva, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Sean Ervine, Greg Lamb, Shingi Masakadza, Chris Mpofu, Ray Price, Ed Rainsford, Tatenda Taibu, Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya, Sean Williams.

World Cup Group A Betting Markets and Odds

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Group A First Match
The first Group A match will take place between New Zealand and Kenya on Sunday 20th February at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, India.

2011 Cricket World Cup Group A matches

Group			Team 1		Team 2		Date	Location
2	A		New Zealand	vs	Kenya		Sun, 20 Feb	Chennai
3	A		Sri Lanka	vs	Canada		Sun, 20 Feb	Hambantota
4	A		Australia	vs	Zimbabwe		Mon, 21 Feb	Ahmedabad
6	A		Pakistan	vs	Kenya		Wed, 23 Feb	Hambantota
8	A		Australia	vs	New Zealand		Fri, 25 Feb	Nagpur
10	A		Sri Lanka	vs	Pakistan		Sat, 26 Feb	Colombo
13	A		Zimbabwe	vs	Canada		Mon, 28 Feb	Nagpur
14	A		Sri Lanka	vs	Kenya		Tue, 1 Mar	Colombo
17	A		Pakistan	vs	Canada		Thu, 3 Mar	Colombo
18	A		New Zealand	vs	Zimbabwe		Fri, 4 Mar	Ahmedabad
20	A		Sri Lanka	vs	Australia		Sat, 5 Mar	Colombo
23	A		Kenya	vs	Canada		Mon, 7 Mar	New Delhi
24	A		Pakistan	vs	New Zealand		Tue, 8 Mar	Pallekelle
26	A		Sri Lanka	vs	Zimbabwe		Thu, 10 Mar	Pallekelle
30	A		New Zealand	vs	Canada		Sun, 13 Mar	Mumbai
31	A		Australia	vs	Kenya		Sun, 13 Mar	Bangalore
32	A		Pakistan	vs	Zimbabwe		Mon, 14 Mar	Pallekelle
35	A		Australia	vs	Canada		Wed, 16 Mar	Bangalore
37	A		Sri Lanka	vs	New Zealand		Fri, 18 Mar	Mumbai
39	A		Australia	vs	Pakistan		Sat, 19 Mar	Colombo
41	A		Zimbabwe	vs	Kenya		Sun, 20 Mar	Kolkata

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