POSTED: Monday January 31st 2011
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Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan to kick off ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 media activities in Dhaka on 8 February

Sangakkara to hold media conference in Colombo on 9 February; Dhoni to speak with the media at Chinnaswamy Stadium on 10 February

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the schedule of the pre-event media activities which will take place across the three countries in the lead up to its flagship event - the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 - which will take place from 19 February to 2 April in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.
All the 14 captains will hold their captains’ pre-tournament media conferences immediately after their arrivals in the host countries while each team is expected to make available up to four players for media interviews during the open media sessions.
Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan will kick off the pre-event media activities in Dhaka when he will hold his captain’s presser at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel on 8 February at 1400. The following day, four Bangladesh players will be available for media interviews from 1515-1630 during the open media session in the Marble Room at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel.
Sri Lanka will undertake its pre-tournament media commitments on 9 February in Hilton Hotel, Colombo, when Kumar Sangakkara will hold his captain’s press conference at 0900 in the Amethyst Hall which will be followed up by the open media session which will be attended by four Sri Lanka players.
The India side will hold its first training session at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Chennai, from 1000-1300 on 10 February. Beforehand and around 0930, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will hold his captain’s media conference in the media conference room.
Also on 10 February, Canada captain Ashish Bagai (in Dhaka), West Indies captain Darren Sammy, Kenya captain Jimmy Kamande (both in Colombo), South Africa captain Graeme Smith, Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura (both in Chennai) and Ireland captain William Porterfield (in Nagpur) will speak to the media.
On 11 February in Bengaluru, Australia captain Ricky Ponting will hold his pre-tournament media conference at 0900 in the ITC Gardenia Hotel which will also be the venue of India’s open media session which will be attended by four players.
Below is the complete schedule of the captains’ media conferences and pre-event media activities.
Meanwhile, the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will take place at the Bangabandhu Stadium in Dhaka on Thursday 17 February.
The ceremony will start at 1800 but at 1500 at Winter Garden hall in Dhaka Sheraton Hotel, Dhaka, the 14 captains will hold a joint-press conference. At the end of the press conference, there will be a photo-shoot of the captains with the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 trophy.
More details on the opening ceremony will be announced in due course.
Only the media accredited for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is invited to attend these media activities. The journalists are advised to display their accreditation passes all the time. Any journalist without a media accreditation pass will not be allowed to enter the venue.
The media is also advised to arrive well in advance for these activities to ensure they don’t miss out on anything.
Captains’ pressers (venue-wise):
Dhaka
8 Feb - Shakib Al Hasan’s presser at 1400, Winder Garden Hall, Dhaka Sheraton Hotel
10 Feb - Ashish Bagai’s presser at 1015, Marble Room, Dhaka Sheraton Hotel, Dhaka
12 Feb - Pakistan captain’s presser around 0930, before training session, Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
13 Feb - Andrew Strauss’s presser at 1800, Marble Room, Dhaka Sheraton Hotel
Colombo
9 Feb - Kumar Sangakkara’s presser at 0900, Amethyst hall, Hilton Hotel
9 Feb - Peter Borren’s presser at 1230, Amethyst hall, Hilton Hotel
10 Feb - Darren Sammy’s presser at 0900, Crystal Lower, Taj Samudra Hotel
10 Feb - Jimmy Kamande’s presser at 1400, Crystal Lower, Taj Samudra
Bengaluru
10 Feb - Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s presser at 0930, Chinnaswamy Stadium
11 Feb - Ricky Ponting’s presser at 0900, Magnolia Room, ITC Gardenia
Chennai
10 Feb - Graeme Smith’s presser around 1300, after training session, at MA Chidambaram Stadium
10 Feb - Elton Chigumbura’s presser around 1330, before training session, at MA Chidambaram Stadium
Nagpur
10 Feb - William Porterfield’s presser at 1130, Celebrations Banquet Hall, The Pride Hotel, Nagpur
11 Feb - Daniel Vettori’s presser at 1300, after training session, VCA Stadium, Nagpur
Open media session (venue-wise):
Dhaka
9 Feb - Bangladesh open media session from 1515-1630, Marble Room, Dhaka Sheraton Hotel
10 Feb - Canada open media session from 1030-1130, Marble Room, Dhaka Sheraton Hotel
13 Feb - Pakistan open media session from 0945-1115, Marble Room, Dhaka Sheraton Hotel
14 Feb - England open media session from 1545-1730, Ballroom, Dhaka Sheraton Hotel
Colombo
9 Feb - Sri Lanka open media session from 0945-1130, Amethyst, Hilton Hotel
9 Feb - Netherlands open media session from 1315-1430, Amethyst, Hilton Hotel
10 Feb - West Indies open media session from 1045-1215, Crystal Lower, Taj Samudra
10 Feb - Kenya open media session from 1415-1530, Crystal Lower, Taj Samudra
Bengaluru
11 Feb - India open media session from 1100-1230, Magnolia Room, ITC Gardenia
12 Feb - Australia open media session from 1030-1200, Magnolia Room, ITC Gardenia
Chennai
11 Feb - South Africa open media session from 1030-1200, Chamiers Room, Sheraton Park Hotel & Towers
11 Feb - Zimbabwe open media session from 1515-1630, Chamiers Room, Sheraton Park Hotel & Towers
14 Feb - New Zealand open media session, around 1300, after training session, MA Chidambaram Stadium
Nagpur
10 Feb - Ireland open media session from 1130-1215, Party Room, The Pride Hotel
Captains’ joint presser and photo-shoot
17 Feb - Winter Garden Hall at 1500, Dhaka Sheraton Hotel, Dhaka

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