Cricket World Cup 2011

**RenuCK** · 03-19-2011, 07:05 AM

Pakistan_v_Sri_Lanka 26.2.2011

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Shahid Afridi picked up four wickets as Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 11 runs in their World Cup Group A match against Sri Lanka in Colombo.

The skipper's magical spell of three for 34 came on the back of fine batting efforts by Misbah-ul-Haq (83 not out off 81 balls) and Younus Khan (72 off 76 balls), who helped Pakistan to 277 for seven in 50 overs.

Chamara Silva (57 off 79 balls) and Kumar Sangakkara (49 off 61 balls) raised hopes of a successful chase, but were undone by four quick wickets midway through the innings as Sri Lanka eventually ended on 266 for nine.

Batting first after winning the toss, Pakistan were off to a solid start with Mohammed Hafeez and Kamran Akmal adding 48 in 7.2 overs after losing Ahmed Shehzad (13) early on.

Hafeez (32) was run out after a bizarre mix-up with Kamran, who was out for 39 few overs later - stumped off Rangana Herath - to leave Pakistan on 105 for three.

**RenuCK** · 03-22-2011, 11:00 AM

India v England 27.2.2011

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ICC has decided to move the India Vs England World Cup Match out of the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Cricket Board of Bengal faced humiliation due to snail’s pace of renovation work progressing at the Eden Gardens. On Thursday the ICC team carried out final inspection of the ground and declared it unfit for the World Cup matches.
The Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore has been named as the alternate venue to host the World Cup matches. The Eden Gardens was scheduled to host four World Cup matches on 27 February 2011, 15 March 2011, 18 March 2011 and 20 March 2011. CAB already missed two deadlines given by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The ICC Chief Executive, Haroon Lorgat said, “Regrettably, Eden Gardens has not made sufficient progress to justify the level of confidence required to confirm that the venue would be ready in good time.” “All venues had ample time in which to prepare for World Cup matches," he added.
The ICC decision disappointed the cricket fans of Kolkata, who were expected to watch the intense and exciting India Vs England World Cup match. The ICC move also surprised the CAB bosses as they were confident of getting the stadium ready in time.

**RenuCK** · 03-22-2011, 11:08 AM

Canada v Zimbabwe 28.2.2011

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Today’s day game featured the battle between Zimbabwe and Canada from the Group A. And Zimbabwe have defeated Canada comprehensively by a whopping margin of 175 runs.
Tatenda Taibu and Craig Ervine outshone other batsmen as they did the bulk of the scoring. Batting first, Zimbabwe made 298/9 in 50 overs with Taibu hitting 98 (off 99 balls) and Ervine scoring a quick 85 (off 81 deliveries). Unfortunately, both batsmen failed to cross the 3-figure mark.
Canada bowled decently giving away only 4 extras and also striking early blows. However, the 181-run partnership between Taibu and Ervine took the match away from the Canadians. Sean Williams (30), Prosper Utseya (22) and Graeme Cremer (26) provided some handy contributions lower down the order. Amongst the Canadian bowlers, Balaji Rao was the pick of the lot grabbing 4 wickets for the team.
Chasing Zimbabwean score of 298, Canada got bowled out for a paltry score of 123. Zubin Surkari who made 26 was the highest scorer of the side. Zimbabwean bowlers bowled as a unit with Ray Price and Graeme Cremer picking up 3 wickets each. Prosper Utseya and Greg Lamb claimed 2 wickets each.

**RenuCK** · 03-22-2011, 11:19 AM

West Indies v Neetherland 28.2.2011

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The 13th game of the World Cup will see West Indies take on Netherlands at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Both teams had lost their first games in the tournament and will look to quickly get onto the points-table.

You can watch the World Cup West Indies v Netherlands live match on Star Cricket and ESPN in India. You can also watch West Indies v Netherlands highlights on the same channels after the game gets over. You can also click on the widget on the right side of this page to watch the game live online.
If one looks at the ICC rankings, there isn’t much doubt that West Indies is streets ahead of the Dutch side. Or rather, should be streets ahead. Unfortunately, the rankings are much deceptive. Netherlands is an Associate nation because of which the experience of playing the top sides is lacking. But they are a side on the ascent. And West Indies, as exhibited by their performance against South Africa, a team on a decent.
So, if one is still looking for an upset, Sri Lanka’s loss to Pakistan notwithstanding, this could just be the game to watch out for

**RenuCK** · 03-26-2011, 06:05 AM

Sri Lanka v Kenya1.3.2011

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Sri Lanka vs Kenya ICC World Cup 2011 Live Score Streaming Highlights. This is the important match for the team of the Kenya to win agaisnt their opponents Sri Lanka to get them selves out of the pressure but the team of the Sri Lanka is looking for the win agaisnt the Kenya and they were ready to take on them on th starting fay of the match . Well this is going to be the great match of the week where the team of the Sri Lanka is looking for a win.

Kenya have a great squad and they were always be ready to take on the team of the Asia but the Sri Lanka is in the need of the win they will try to win their match against them on this upcoming tuesday . World Cup is going great this year in Asia every teams is on the winning list.

**RenuCK** · 03-26-2011, 06:13 AM

Ireland v England 2.3.2011

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England v Ireland 2011 World Cup Live Score at Bengaluru – ENG v IRE CWC 15th Match Live Commentary and Streaming Online.

England has a good chance to go on top in Group B as they will take Ireland in the 15th match of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, on Wednesday, 2nd March, 2011 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore in a day-night game starting from 09:00 GMT, 14:30 local, 14:30 IST.

England: England will be going into the match high on confidence. Not only did they chase an imposing total under the lights in the second innings, but they did it against a side that had 40,000 people cheering their every move. They will also be boosted by the return of Stuart Broad, who missed the match against India. Broad’s entry will almost certainly mean that Ajmal Shahzad – who struck the six that enabled the tie – will sit out of the final eleven. England’s batting was shown to be world class, and with Andrew Strauss in exceptional form, the Pietersen-Strauss combo at the top of the order will be difficult to contain. England’s only real worry is their bowling, and more specifically the bowling of spearhead James Anderson. Anderson has gone for plenty of runs in both ODIs England have played so far, and while it hasn’t cost them a match yet, it nearly did against India, and surely will in the future if he doesn’t get his act together. If England sort out their bowling woes, they will go from being amongst the good sides in the World Cup to being a formidable one.

Ireland: Ireland gave Bangladesh the fright of their lives, but ultimately could not keep up and ended up losing their first tie. They will have seen how the Indian batsmen and the Netherlands batsmen handled the English bowlers and are sure to take tips from that. Ireland will go in with one major psychological advantage over England: They have nothing to lose, and England have everything to lose if the result of the match is not a big victory for England. By having no pressure, Ireland can play more freely.

**RenuCK** · 03-26-2011, 06:19 AM

Neetherlands v South Africa 3.3.2011

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Netherlands Vs South Africa Watch Live Streaming: More than 20 million watch Americans Netherlands vs South Africa have multiple ICC cricket World Cup 2011 Social Security numbers online.Watch Netherlands vs South Africa Live Streaming ICC World Cup 16th Game on 03 March and see if Holland can put in some battle against South Africa cricket team Cricket World Cup 2011th Live telecast of Netherlands vs South Africa on Star Sports and Star Cricket in India. Schedule of match on 3 March 2011 04:00 GMT and 09:30 local clock. Venue: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh.Netherlands Vs South Africa Watch Live Streaming

**RenuCK** · 03-26-2011, 06:27 AM

Pakistan v Canada 3.3.2011

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Pakistan facing Canada in their third Preliminary match in the Group A in Colombo.Pakistan batting first started to loose wickets at regular intervals.Within 67 runs,four Top Pakistani Batsmen went to Pavilion.

The first Pakistani wicket to fall is Mohammad HafeezMohammad Hafeez ,who was been IBW by Henry Osinde for just 11 runs.The score was 16.On the 9th over Ahmad Shahzad got out for 12 runs in the bowling of Harvir BaidwanHarvir Baidwan.He then took the vital wicket of Younis KhanYounis Khan.Kamran AkmalKamran Akmal fall prey to Rizwan Cheema.From 67 runs for four wickets till drink,Pakistan batting 132 runs for 4 wickets with two of their in form batsmen Misbah-ul-Haq batting with 22 runs and Umar Akmal batting with 45 runs.

Just after the Drink both Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal lost their wickets .The whole Pakistan team bundled out for just 184 runs.Harvir Baidwan took 3 wickets ,while Rizwan Cheema and Balaji Rao took two wickets each.Now its a matter to see How Canada could bat as in their previous two matches in this World Cup,they made only 120 and 123 runs.

Canada all out for 138 runs with Shahid AfridiShahid Afridi taking 5 wickets for 23 runs.Pakistan won their third consecutive match in the World Cup Cricket 2011 Preliminary round.From Canada point of view Jimmy Hansra made 43 runs but Boom Boom Afridi just turned the match completely later .Canada were 104 for 3 wickets but after that Afridi bowled brilliantly to bundled out the whole canada team within 138 runs.

**RenuCK** · 03-26-2011, 06:35 AM

New Zealand v Zimbabwe 4.3.2011

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New Zealand became the second team to achieve two 10-wicket wins at a World Cup as Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum comfortably led them home against Zimbabwe in Ahmedabad.

Chasing a mere 163, Black Caps openers Guptil (86 off 108 balls) and McCullum (76 off 95 balls) chalked off the required runs in 33.3 overs, after Zimbabwe's batting was decimated by paceman Tim Southee's three for 29 and two wickets each from Daniel Vettori and Kyle Mills.

New Zealand had begun their current World Cup campaign with a similar margin of victory over Kenya and following a disappointing seven-wicket loss to Australia, this latest success puts them back in contention for qualification from Group A.

Zimbabwe were in trouble almost from the off when Hamish Bennett ran out Charles Coventry (0) with a direct hit in the second over, while the dangerous Tatenda Taibu (8) was dropped at cover by captain Vettori off Southee but fell lbw to the very next delivery.

The recovery lasted all of 15 runs as Craig Ervine (11) slashed Mills straight to Jesse Ryder at backward point.

And Vettori more than made amends for his earlier miss by despatching counterpart Elton Chigumbura (1) and Regis Chakabva (0) in his first over.

**RenuCK** · 03-26-2011, 06:42 AM

West Indies v Bangladesh 4.3.2011

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West Indies beat Bangladesh comprehensively at Mirpur in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

It was one of those days where as a home team supporter, you’d have questioned yourself if your team deserves to host a World Cup.

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat first in front of their home crowd. This time, their opening pair didn’t click as Tamim Iqbal was dismissed in the first over of the match off an edge that flew to Darren Sammy off the bowling of Kemar Roach, who is having a wonderful World Cup 2011 so far. There were no hints of a consolidation as Roach and Sammy ran through the Bangladeshi top order one after the other. Bangladesh slumped to 36-4. 5 runs and 2 overs later, captain Shakib Al Hasan was clean bowled by Benn and the match completely folded for Bangladesh. Sulaiman Benn finished with 4-18 in 5.5 overs. Kemar Roach and Darren Sammy finished with 3-19 and 3-21 respectively and those were all the bowlers needed for the West Indies as they bowled the hosts out for a hapless 58 runs in the 19th over.

Bangadesh’s woeful performance with the bat gave them absolutely nothing to defend and West Indies knocked the runs off in the 13th over, although they lost one consolation wicket of Devon Smith to Naeem Islam who returned figures of 1-14 in 6 overs. No one else could manage the Gayle onslaught and West Indies took home a massive victory that puts them in a good position in the group and beaming with confidence before their game against Ireland.

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