2011 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches

The 2011 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches were held prior to the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The matches played between February 12 and 18, 2011 in the Indian subcontinent. The ICC announced the schedule of matches on 20 August 2010.[1][2]

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 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.