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Bangladesh to host 2011 World Cup cricket opening



Dhaka, July 9 (IANS) Bangladesh will host the opening ceremony of the cricket World Cup in 2011 and plans are underway to make it a grand occasion.

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Ali Asghar said: 'We will hold a gala opening ceremony where more than 3,500 dignitaries are expected to attend. It's a great honour for us.'

Asghar told The Daily Star Sport that the decision to award Bangladesh the opening ceremony was made on Thursday at a joint conference of the four co-hosts - Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - on the sidelines of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) executive committee meeting earlier this week in the England capital.

India will host the final match.

The four countries in May won the rights to hold the World Cup, beating a joint bid from Australia and New Zealand. However, the ICC executive board made it official at this week's meeting.

Online adds from Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board director Abbas Zaidi, releasing details of the mega event, said, 'Pakistan and Sri Lanka will stage the semifinals'.

India will host 22 matches with Pakistan staging 16, Sri Lanka nine and Bangladesh six, he said.

'It was a unanimous decision and since Pakistan hosted the 1996 World Cup final it was India's turn on a rotational basis,' said Zaidi.

The quadrennial World Cup was initiated in 1975 with England hosting the first event. England also played host in 1979 and 1983 before Pakistan and India jointly staged the event in 1987.

Australia and New Zealand co-hosted the event in 1992 before it returned to the sub-continent with Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka staging the 1996 event.

The 2007 World Cup will be held in the West Indies.



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