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Asia's number one sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) who is also ICC's global broadcast and production partner has got the broadcasting rights to telecast all the ICC cricket world cup matches. The cricket broadcasting rights were sold for near about US$ 2 Billion which is highest for any of the cricket world cup before. Cricket viewers who love to watch matches on High Definition (HD) format great news is for the first time cricket world cup matches are shown in HD format. (c) ESPN STAR Sports More great news for users of 3G services in India, they too can watch cricket matches on 3G mobile streaming. Thanks to the new technology all cricket fans can enjoy unrestricted cricket matches of biggest cricket event in the world. To give you the joys of watching cricket match from never before camera angles there have been plan to cover the cricket world cup from 27 different cameras, this includes new features like movable slips cameras and low 45 degree cricket fi

Mohali under Floodlights. Arguably the best cricket stadium in Indian, The Punjab cricket association stadium also known as Mohali Cricket Stadium is situated in Mohali.   Best known for its facilities for practice and spectator 1st test match was played here way back in December 1994 (10th to 14th) between India vs West Indies and become the 19th test cricket venue in India.   It is really appreciated the way this stadium has become from an ordinary cricket ground to tremendous world class stadium in short span of time. New generation cricket i.e. o ne day international cricket first played on November 22nd, 1993 between India and South Africa.  size wise this is the second largest cricket ground in India with a seating capacity of 45000 cricket fans.  The construction of this cricket ground was done in 25 crore Indian rupees and took 3 years to complete.   Also known for its flood lights which are unique in term of number and heights which is very unconventional compared to any

Wankhede Stadium under lights Born after the dispute between Cricket Club of India and Mumbai Cricket Association on allocation of ticket for cricket matches.   Then politician S K Wankhede took initiation and start looking for a new cricket venue finally within the six month of finalizing the location it was built. During West Indies tour to Indian in 1975 final test match was played in this very ground which is the first ever cricket match hosted by  Wankhede stadium, then had Total capacity of around 45000 cricket fans IF you are a follower of cricket then you must be knowing the pitch of Wankhede stadium which favors the spinners and fast bowlers equally and has witnessed many memorable moments of international as well as national cricket matches, few of those moments were: Ravi Shastri hitting Six off Tilak Ra j Sunil Gavaskar's 205 against West Indies during 1978-79 tour. Vinod Kambli's 224 against England in 1992-93 Ravi Shastri's Six sixes in an over of

M A Chidambaram stadium during day night cricket match Situated in Chennai M. A. Chidambaram Stadium is named after M. A. Chidambaram, the former President of BCCI and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association.  This stadium is also known as Madras Cricket Club Ground or Chepauk Stadium., most commonly as Chepauk,. First match was played on 10 February 1934.  This is built by the East Coast Constructions and Industries, for cricket lovers information Indian cricket team won its first ever Test victory here in 1952 against England. Tamil Nadu cricket team's home ground and later IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings made it their home ground.  Hopkins Architects have been asked by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association to find a way to increase capacity, provide additional corporate box and air-conditioned accommodation, maintain roof shading and get the swing back. It is also important that the principles of Vaasthu, an Indian form of feng shui, be adhered to in the design. Ground facts and

Day Night Cricket Match in Action at "Kotla" The Feroz Shah Kotla or Kotla was originally a fortress built by Sultan Ferozshah Tughlaq to house his version of Delhi city called Ferozabad. A pristine polished sandstone pillar from the 3rd century B.C. rises from the palace's crumbling remains, one of many pillars left by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka; it was moved from Ambala, Punjab and re-erected in its current location in 1356. On 27 December 2009, an ODI match between India and Sri Lanka was called off because pitch conditions were classed as unfit to host a match. Based on match referee's report of the match, Kotla, which is scheduled to stage four World Cup matches in 2011, faced strict sanction ranging from a fine to a ban of 12 to 24 months. More than 14 months ban would have meant Kotla's exclusion from 2011 Cricket World Cup. But the ICC decided to ban Kotla for only 12 months, and as a result of that Kotla continues to be one of the venues for 2011 Cri

Sardar Patel Stadium will host 3 WC Matches One of the venues of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is Sardar Patel Stadium. Sardar Patel Stadium is established in 1982 at Motera, Ahmadabad, Gujarat and owned by Gujarat Cricket Association.  This is also commonly known as "Motera Stadium".  Total capacity of Motera is 54000 spectators, which makes him largest stadium in Gujarat,India.  This cricket stadium is earlier knows as Gujarat Stadium and later named on first home minister and deputy prime minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Pate.  It took just 9 months in 1982 to construct this stadium and ever since all international cricket matches being held in here where earlier they were hosted in Muncipal Corporation Stadium,Ahmedabad. Sardar Patel Stadium has seen many noted event and most favorite of them is 10,000 runs scored by former Indian opener and captain Sunil Gavaskar which was done against Pakistan.  Kapil Dev too become the highest wickets taker in test match when he took 432n

Eden Garden,Venue of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Eden Garden is established way back in 1864 and has been renovated for ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 , after which total capacity will be 86961 spectators.   For peoples who love numbers in the game of cricket, Eden Garden is the second biggest stadium behind Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia and also second to Salt Lake Stadium in term of size. 1st Cricket Test Match hosted by Eden Garden was way back in 5th January 1934 between India and England.   First ODI was hosted on 18th February 1987 between India and Sri Lanka.  It has also hosted Cricket World Cup Final 1987, won by Australian Cricket Team defeating England by 7 Runs.  VVS Laxman During his Knock of 281 Though this is a one of the noted cricket grounds in world there have been many incidents, which can be considered as the black spot on Eden Garden's History.  Riot broke down in 1966/67 during West Indies tours and again in 1969/70 during Australian Cricket team'

Ricky Ponting Hit a Six with Graphite Bat If you are watching cricket and from new generation then you must be a great fan of one day cricket which looks like second to Twenty20 these day. One day cricket is dominant by batsmen from start of this format and later encouraged by the world cup winners Sri Lanka.  Everyone seems to be like hard hitting batsmen who can clear the boundary at any given time during a one day internationals.   If we talk about the cricket world cup, there are many names thats flashes on everyones mind like, sanath jayasurya, virender sehwag, sachin tendulkar, andrew symonds etc. who are considered in top list of power players, but are you aware who hitted the most sixes till the start of  icc cricket world cup 2011?   its ricky ponting who is toping the list with 27 sixes.    Here is the list of top six batsman with most sixes in all Cricket World Cups : 27 Ricky Ponting (Australia) - 31 matches  25 Saurav Ganguly (India) - 21 matches  22 Viv Ri

There would be a lot of warm up matches before the start of ICC world cup 2011.  First match will be played on 12th February 2011 at R Premadasa Stadium,Colombo,Sri Lanka between Kenya and West Indies. Complete schedule of world cup warm-up matches are as follows:   Sat Feb 12   Tue Feb 15 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 09:30 IST Kenya v West Indies 09:30 IST Kenya v Netherlands R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Pallekele International Cricket Stadium   Sat Feb 12   Tue Feb 15            04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 08:30 GMT | 14:30 local 09:30 IST Sri Lanka v Netherlands 14:00 IST Bangladesh v Pakistan Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   Sat Feb 12             Tue Feb 15            08:30 GMT | 14:30 local 09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:00 IST Bangladesh v Canada 14:30 IST Australi

This is a great news for all the cricket lovers world over! world cup matches schedule are already announced by the ICC and would be available live through ESPNSTAR to worldwide audiences.  So keep a close watch on ESPNSTAR as there would be many excited cricket matches. As there would be 49 matches totality, first match will happen on 19th February 2011 host India and Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur at 08:30 GMT (14:30 local/IST).   Please remember this is the event after 4 years wait,hence do not forget to cheer for your favorite team (s).  Go and buy a new HD plasma to watch the match clearly and closely :).  Here is the complete schedule for your information: Day/Date/Time Teams/Group/Venue Sat Feb 19           1st Match, Group B - India v Bangladesh 08:30 GMT | 14:30 local Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Sun Feb 20 2nd Match, Group A - Kenya v New Zealand 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local MA Chi