Timeline: Another fine mess...problems at the cricket World Cup

Here is a timeline on the problems which have cropped up in the tournament so far.
January 27 - Eden Gardens is stripped of its only match involving the host nation (India v England on Feb 27) because the International Cricket Council do not feel it will be ready in time after undergoing a construction facelift.
February 18 - Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium is given a scare ahead of its preparation to stage the April 2 World Cup final, when the city's top fire chief says "the renovated stadium has many loopholes in its fire safety mechanism" and refuses to approve it.
-- Organizers hastily fix the problems and it is declared safe days later.
February 21 - KyaZoonga -- the official website selling World Cup tickets -- crashes before the site even goes live for the sale of 1,000 tickets for the final. The ICC later says that 10 million tried to access it in 20 minutes.
February 24 - Police launch a baton charge on fans who have spent the night queuing for tickets for the India-England match at Bangalore.
-- A leaked ICC letter criticizes the Indian governing body, the BCCI, over its ticketing policy. It says that the competition sponsors are beginning to become concerned about the hitches. The BCCI responds that "these things happen in India."

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