MUMBAI: The mascot of the 2011 World Cup, which is an elephant, has been named Stumpy.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) made this announcement in Colombo. 
 
TheICC had launched an online competition to suggest names for the mascot of the event to be held in the sub-continent for the first time since 1996.

The elephant is young, enthusiastic and determined.

The mascot loves street cricket, playing or just hanging out with his friends, radio (to listen to the game), television (to watch the game or play it on a console), the net (to research the stats!), going for a dip when it‘s hot, and uh, street Cricket.
 
Meanwhile tournament director Ratnakar Shetty says that work progress at the different venues is satisfactory. The deadline is 31 December 2010.