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February 17, 2011
Bangladesh excited to host Cricket World Cup
Posted: 739 GMT
Bangladesh will host eight matches at the 2011 Cricket World Cup. (AFP/Getty Images)
Bangladesh will host eight matches at the 2011 Cricket World Cup. (AFP/Getty Images)

It's hard to travel around Dhaka this week without running into Stumpy, mascot to the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. The city is dotted with posters of the upbeat, cartoonish blue elephant. In each one, he's holding a cricket bat-shaped clock, counting down to the second the World Cup begins.

As if anyone in cricket-mad Bangladesh could forget. Read the rest of this entry »

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