# 2011 Indoor Cricket World Cup

The 2011 Indoor Cricket World Cup was the tenth edition of Indoor Cricket World Cup which took place between 9 and 15 October 2011 in Gauteng, South Africa.
Some divisions comprising the Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket took place alongside this event.

## Host Selection

The World Cup was awarded to South Africa by the WICF at the conclusion of the previous World Cup. As a result, South Africa became the third nation to host the World Cup twice, having previously hosted the 2000 Indoor Cricket World Cup in Johannesburg.

### Venue

South African administrators determined that Fourways Action Sports Arena in Gauteng would host all World Cup matches and Johannesburg became the host city as a result.

## Participants

Men's Open
* Australia
* England
* India
* New Zealand
* South Africa
* South Africa Development
* Sri Lanka
Ladies Open
* Australia
* England
* South Africa
* South Africa Development
* Wales

## Men's Open
### Format

In the initial phase, the 7 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams once. After 6 games, the table splits into two sections of four teams (Top 4) and three teams (Bottom 3), with each team playing each other in their section. After the second round-robin, a finals phase is played: single-elimination bracket for Bottom 3 teams, and Page playoff bracket for Top 4.
Group stage points are awarded as follows: Win: 3 points + Bonus points. Tied: 1.5 points + Bonus points. Loss: Bonus points. Bonus points: 1 point for each skin won, regardless of match result.

### Group stage

* Source
| Team | Pld | W | T | L | Diff. | S | Pts |
| Australia | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 473 | 29 | 53 |
| South Africa | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 241 | 23 | 44 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 199 | 22 | 40 |
| South Africa Development | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -122 | 13 | 22 |
| Sri Lanka | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -58 | 14 | 23 |
| England | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -329 | 11 | 14 |
| India | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -404 | 8 | 14 |

#### Top 4
### Finals
#### Bottom 3

| Bottom 3 Playoff | Bottom 3 Playoff | Bottom 3 Playoff | Bottom 3 Plate Final | Bottom 3 Plate Final | Bottom 3 Plate Final |
| | | | 5 | Sri Lanka | 126 (2) |
| 6 | England | 115 (2) | 6 | England | 124 (2) |
| 7 | India | 91 (2) | | | |

#### Top 4

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Australia | 81 (2) | | | | 1 | Australia | 94 (2) |
| 2 | South Africa | 33 (2) | | | | 2 | South Africa | 55 (2) |
| | | | 2 | South Africa | 70 (2) | | | |
| | | | 4 | South Africa Dev. | 65 (2) | | | |
| 3 | New Zealand | 104 (1) | | | | | | |
| 4 | South Africa Dev. | 105 (3) | | | | | | |

## Ladies Open
### Format

In the initial phase, the 5 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams twice. After 8 games, a play-off system resembling 2002-08 Super League Top Six format is played.
Group stage points are awarded as follows: Win: 3 points + Bonus points. Tied: 1.5 points + Bonus points. Loss: Bonus points. Bonus points: 1 point for each skin won, regardless of match result.

### Group stage

* Source
| Team | Pld | W | T | L | Diff. | S | Pts |
| Australia | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 807 | 28 | 52 |
| South Africa | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 682 | 24 | 42 |
| South Africa Development | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -241 | 13 | 22 |
| Wales | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -473 | 9 | 18 |
| England | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -775 | 6 | 6 |

### Finals

| Eliminator | Eliminator | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand final | Grand final |
| | | Australia | 107 (2) | | | Australia | 66 (2) |
| | | South Africa | 91 (2) | | | South Africa | 33 (2) |
| | | | | South Africa | 106 (3) | | |
| | | | | South Africa Dev. | 35 (1) | | |
| | | South Africa Dev. | 105 (2) | | | | |
| | | Wales | 87 (2) | | | | |
| Wales | 99 (4) | | | | | | |
| England | 63 (0) | | | | | | |