World Cup Warms-Up from Today

In a few hours from now, action begins at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, with 8 of the participating nations beginning the first of their warm-up matches today. The matches for the day are:

West Indies vs Kenya, Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica
( The Trelawny will also be the venue for the opening ceremony of the World Cup to be held on Sunday, 11th March)
South Africa vs Ireland, Trinidad
England vs Bermuda, St. Vincent
Sri Lanka vs Scotland, 3Ws Oval, Barbados

The remaining 8 teams will be seen in action tomorrow, followed by a no-play Wednesday before the teams begin the second round of warm-up from Thursday.

Tuesday's (6 March) warm-up schedule is:

India vs Netherlands, Trelawny, Jamaica
Australia vs Zimbabwe, St, Vincent
Newzealand vs Bangladesh, Barbados
Pakistan vs Canada, Trinidad

Though all-rounder Andrew Symonds did participate in some light action on the park, Australia is in a bit of a worry right now with only 12 players ready to play in Tuesday's match against the African side. ( In the warm-up matches, each team is allowed to utlilize upto 13 players. Obviously, these warm-up matches do not have official ODI status.)