International cricket in 2011
The 2011 international cricket season was from April 2011 to September 2011. The season saw England take the ICC Test Championship number-one ranking from India when England defeated India in a home Test series 4–0. Australia continued to top the ICC ODI Championship rankings, a position they had held since September 2009. India, despite winning the ICC World Cup the previous season, dropped from number two to number five in September 2011 after losing 0–3 in a five-match ODI series in England.
Season overview
Pre-season rankings
April
ICC World Cricket League Division Two
Group stage
Final Placings
| Pos | Team | Status |
| 1st | Promoted to 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship & 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup | |
| 2nd | Promoted to 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship & 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup | |
| 3rd | Promoted to 2014 ICC World Cup Qualifier | |
| 4th | Promoted to 2014 ICC World Cup Qualifier | |
| 5th | Relegated to 2013 Division Three | |
| 6th | Relegated to 2013 Division Three |
Australia in Bangladesh
Pakistan in the West Indies
May
ICC World Cricket League Division Seven
Group stage
Final Placings
| Pos | Team | Status |
| 1st | Promoted to Division Six for 2011 | |
| 2nd | Promoted to Division Six for 2011 | |
| 3rd | Remain in Division Seven for 2013 | |
| 4th | Remain in Division Seven for 2013 | |
| 5th | Relegated to Division Eight for 2012 | |
| 6th | Relegated to Division Eight for 2012 |
Sri Lanka in England
Pakistan in Ireland
June
India in the West Indies
Netherlands in Scotland
July
Namibia in Ireland
Tri-Nation Series in Scotland
| Pos | Team | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3.660 | 7 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.735 | 4 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | –0.260 | 2 |
India in England
UAE in Kenya
August
Afghanistan in Canada
Bangladesh in Zimbabwe
Australia in Sri Lanka
Cricket Canada Summer Festival
| Team | |||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1.737 | 4 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1.367 | 4 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.833 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | –3.850 | 0 |
England in Ireland
September
Pakistan in Zimbabwe
Kenya in the Netherlands
Canada in Ireland
World Cricket League Division Six
| Team | |||||||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +0.766 | 9 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.768 | 6 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.329 | 6 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.132 | 6 | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −0.685 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | −1.420 | 1 |
Final Placings
| Pos | Team | Status |
| 1st | Promoted to Division Five for 2012 | |
| 2nd | Promoted to Division Five for 2012 | |
| 3rd | Remained in Division Six for 2013 | |
| 4th | Remained in Division Six for 2013 | |
| 5th | Relegated to Division Seven for 2013 | |
| 6th | Relegated to Division Seven for 2013 |