ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Batting & Bowling Statistics, Team Standings

Cricket World Cup Records: Most Catches

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Player	Span	Match	Catch
RT Ponting (Aus)	1996-2011	46	28
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1992-2007	38	18
CL Cairns (NZ)	1992-2003	28	16
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	1992-2007	35	16
BC Lara (WI)	1992-2007	34	16
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2011	20	15
M Jayawardene (SL)	1999-2011	33	15
A Kumble (India)	1996-2007	18	14
SR Waugh (Aus)	1987-1999	33	14
PA de Silva (SL)	1987-2003	35	14
P Collingwood (Eng)	2003-2011	18	13
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2003	20	13
JDP Oram (NZ)	2003-2011	23	13
SB Styris (NZ)	2003-2011	26	13
JH Kallis (SA)	1996-2011	36	13
M Muralitharan (SL)	1996-2011	40	13
B Lee (Aus)	2003-2011	17	12
CH Lloyd (WI)	1975-1983	17	12
GA Hick (Eng)	1992-1999	20	12
DL Haynes (WI)	1979-1992	25	12

South Africa in New Zealand 2012 Schedule

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Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Feb 17 - Fri	South Africa v New Zealand, 1st T20I	11:30	Wellington
Feb 19 - Sun	South Africa v New Zealand, 2nd T20I	11:30	Auckland
Feb 22 - Wed	South Africa v New Zealand, 3rd T20I	11:30	Hamilton
Feb 25 - Sat	South Africa v New Zealand, 1st ODI	06:30	Wellington
Feb 29 - Wed	South Africa v New Zealand, 2nd ODI	06:30	Napier
Mar 03 - Sat	South Africa v New Zealand, 3rd ODI	06:30	Auckland
Mar 07 - 11	South Africa v New Zealand, 1st Test	03:00 (Mar 7)	Dunedin
Mar 15 - 19	South Africa v New Zealand, 2nd Test	03:00 (Mar 15)	Hamilton
Mar 23 - 27	South Africa v New Zealand, 3rd Test	03:00 (Mar 23)	Wellington

Cricket World Cup Records: Most Wickets in a Series

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Player	Year	M	Wkts	BBF	4	5
GD McGrath (Aus)	2007	11	26	3/14	0	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2003	10	23	6/25	1	1
M Muralitharan (SL)	2007	10	23	4/19	2	0
SW Tait (Aus)	2007	11	23	4/39	1	0
B Lee (Aus)	2003	10	22	5/42	0	1
Shahid Afridi (Pak)	2011	8	21	5/16	2	2
GD McGrath (Aus)	2003	11	21	7/15	0	1
GB Hogg (Aus)	2007	11	21	4/27	2	0
Z Khan (India)	2011	9	21	3/20	0	0
GI Allott (NZ)	1999	9	20	4/37	2	0

Cricket World Cup Records: Best Strike Rates

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Player	Span	Mat	Over	Runs	Wkts	BBF	Ave	SR
Z Khan (India)	2003-2011	23	198.5	890	44	4/42	20.22	27.1
GD McGrath (Aus)	1996-2007	39	325.5	1292	71	7/15	18.19	27.5
Imran Khan (Pak)	1975-1992	28	169.3	655	34	4/37	19.26	29.9
M Muralitharan (SL)	1996-2011	40	343.3	1335	68	4/19	19.63	30.3
J Oram (NZ)	2003-2011	23	182.2	768	36	4/39	21.33	30.3
C Vaas (SL)	1996-2007	31	261.4	1040	49	6/25	21.22	32.0
A Kumble (India)	1996-2007	18	173.1	708	31	4/32	22.83	33.5
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2003	25	218.5	913	38	4/17	24.02	34.5
W Akram (Pak)	1987-2003	38	324.3	1311	55	5/28	23.83	35.4
CZ Harris (NZ)	1992-2003	28	194.2	861	32	4/7	26.90	36.4

Cricket World Cup Records: Best Strike Rates

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Player	Span	Mat	Over	Runs	Wkts	BBF	Ave	SR
Z Khan (India)	2003-2011	23	198.5	890	44	4/42	20.22	27.1
GD McGrath (Aus)	1996-2007	39	325.5	1292	71	7/15	18.19	27.5
Imran Khan (Pak)	1975-1992	28	169.3	655	34	4/37	19.26	29.9
M Muralitharan (SL)	1996-2011	40	343.3	1335	68	4/19	19.63	30.3
J Oram (NZ)	2003-2011	23	182.2	768	36	4/39	21.33	30.3
C Vaas (SL)	1996-2007	31	261.4	1040	49	6/25	21.22	32.0
A Kumble (India)	1996-2007	18	173.1	708	31	4/32	22.83	33.5
AA Donald (SA)	1992-2003	25	218.5	913	38	4/17	24.02	34.5
W Akram (Pak)	1987-2003	38	324.3	1311	55	5/28	23.83	35.4
CZ Harris (NZ)	1992-2003	28	194.2	861	32	4/7	26.90	36.4

Cricket World Cup Records: Top 10 Best economy rates

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Player	Span	M	O	R	W	BBF	Econ
Roberts (WI)	1975-1983	16	170.1	552	26	3/32	3.24
IT Botham (Eng)	1979-1992	22	222.0	762	30	4/31	3.43
GR Larsen (NZ)	1992-1999	19	170.0	599	18	3/16	3.52
AJ Traicos (Zim)	1983-1992	20	188.0	673	16	3/35	3.57
SM Pollock (SA)	1996-2007	31	269.0	970	31	5/36	3.60
Kapil Dev (Ind)	1979-1992	26	237.0	892	28	5/43	3.76
Imran Khan (Pak)	1975-1992	28	169.3	655	34	4/37	3.86
Muralitharan (SL)	1996-2011	40	343.3	1335	68	4/19	3.88
DeFreitas (Eng)	1987-1996	22	187.5	742	29	3/28	3.95
McGrath (Aus)	1996-2007	39	325.5	1292	71	7/15	3.96

Cricket World Cup Records: Best Bowling Averages

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Player	Span	Mat	Wkts	BBF	Avg	Econ
G McGrath (Aus)	1996-2007	39	71	7/15	18.19	3.96
Imran Khan (Pak)	1975-1992	28	34	4/37	19.26	3.86
M Muralitharan(SL)	1996-2011	40	68	4/19	19.63	3.88
Z Khan (India)	2003-2011	23	44	4/42	20.22	4.47
C Vaas (SL)	1996-2007	31	49	6/25	21.22	3.97
AME Roberts (WI)	1975-1983	16	26	3/32	21.23	3.24
J Oram (NZ)	2003-2011	23	36	4/39	21.33	4.21
A Kumble (India)	1996-2007	18	31	4/32	22.83	4.08
W Akram (Pak)	1987-2003	38	55	5/28	23.83	4.04
A Donald (SA)	1992-2003	25	38	4/17	24.02	4.17

Cricket World Cup Records: Best Bowling Figures in an Innings

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Player	Over	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Team	Opp.	Place
G McGrath	7.0	15	7	2.14	Aus	v Nam	Potchefstroom
A Bichel	10.0	20	7	2.00	Aus	v Eng	Port Elizabeth
W Davis	10.3	51	7	4.85	WI	v Aus	Leeds
G Gilmour	12.0	14	6	1.16	Aus	v Eng	Leeds
A Nehra	10.0	23	6	2.30	India	v Eng	Durban
S Bond	10.0	23	6	2.30	NZ	v Aus	Port Elizabeth
C Vaas	9.1	25	6	2.72	SL	v Ban	Pietermaritzburg
K Roach	8.3	27	6	3.17	WI	v Net	Delhi
L Malinga	7.4	38	6	4.95	SL	v Kenya	Colombo(RPS)
K MacLeay	11.5	39	6	3.29	Aus	v India	Nottingham

Cricket World Cup Records: Match Result summary

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Team	Span	M	W	L	T	NR	Win %
Australia	1975-2011	76	55	19	1	1	74.00
South Africa	1992-2011	47	30	15	2	0	65.95
England	1975-2011	66	39	25	1	1	60.76
West Indies	1975-2011	64	38	25	0	1	60.31
India	1975-2011	67	39	26	1	1	59.84
Pakistan	1975-2011	64	36	26	0	2	58.06
New Zealand	1975-2011	70	40	29	0	1	57.97
Sri Lanka	1975-2011	66	31	32	1	2	49.21
Bangladesh	1999-2011	26	8	17	0	1	32.00
Ireland	2007-2011	15	4	10	1	0	30.00
Zimbabwe	1983-2011	51	10	37	1	3	21.87
Kenya	1996-2011	29	6	22	0	1	21.42
UAE	1996-1996	5	1	4	0	0	20.00
Canada	1979-2011	18	2	16	0	0	11.11
Netherlands	1996-2011	20	2	18	0	0	10.00
Bermuda	2007-2007	3	0	3	0	0	0.00
East Africa	1975-1975	3	0	3	0	0	0.00
Namibia	2003-2003	6	0	6	0	0	0.00
Scotland	1999-2007	8	0	8	0	0	0.00

Cricket World Cup Records: Highest Strike Rates in an Innings

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Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Opp.	Place	Year
JEC Franklin (NZ)	31*	8	2	3	387.50	v Can	Mumbai	2011
JDP Oram (NZ)	25	9	1	3	277.77	v Pak	Pallekele	2011
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)	43	16	5	3	268.75	v Eng	Cape Town	2003
GB Hogg (Aus)	40*	15	3	3	266.66	v Scot	Basseterre	2007
JP Duminy (SA)	40	15	2	4	266.66	v Net	Mohali	2011
Moin Khan (Pak)	31*	12	2	3	258.33	v Aus	Leeds	1999
BB McCullum (NZ)	52*	21	1	5	247.61	v Can	Gros Islet	2007
E Chigumbura (Zim)	27	11	0	4	245.45	v Pak	Kingston	2007
MV Boucher (SA)	75*	31	9	4	241.93	v Net	Basseterre	2007
MV Boucher (SA)	52	23	2	5	226.08	v WI	St George's	2007

Cricket World Cup Records: Most Runs in a Series

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Player	Year	M	Runs	HS	Avg	100s	50s
S Tendulkar (Ind)	2003	11	673	152	61.18	1	6
M Hayden (Aus)	2007	11	659	158	73.22	3	1
M Jayawardene (SL)	2007	11	548	115*	60.88	1	4
R Ponting (Aus)	2007	11	539	113	67.37	1	4
S Tendulkar (Ind)	1996	7	523	137	87.16	2	3
T Dilshan (SL)	2011	9	500	144	62.50	2	2
S Styris (NZ)	2007	10	499	111*	83.16	1	4
J Kallis (SA)	2007	10	485	128*	80.83	1	3
M Waugh (Aus)	1996	7	484	130	80.66	3	1
S Tendulkar (Ind)	2011	9	482	120	53.55	2	2

Cricket World Cup Records: Most Ducks

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Player	Span	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-2003	22	22	403	102*	20.15	5
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)	1987-1999	29	26	516	70	23.45	5
WK McCallan (Ire)	2007-2007	9	8	33	20*	4.71	4
KLT Arthurton (WI)	1992-1999	14	13	241	58*	20.08	4
AB de Villiers (SA)	2007-2011	15	15	725	146	51.78	4
K Srikkanth (India)	1983-1992	23	23	521	75	23.68	4
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	1992-2007	35	33	717	81	23.90	4
SO Ngoche (Kenya)	2011-2011	3	3	0	0	0.00	3
G Snyman (Nam)	2003-2003	5	4	5	5	1.25	3
Shafiul Islam (Ban)	2011-2011	6	5	26	24*	6.50	3

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Cricket World Cup Records: Most Fifties

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Player	Span	M	Runs	HS	Avg	50s
SR Tendulkar (India)	1992-2011	45	2278	152	56.95	15
JH Kallis (SA)	1996-2011	36	1148	128*	45.92	9
MD Crowe (NZ)	1983-1992	21	880	100*	55.00	8
GA Gooch (Eng)	1979-1992	21	897	115	44.85	8
HH Gibbs (SA)	1999-2007	25	1067	143	56.15	8
SO Tikolo (Kenya)	1996-2011	28	768	96	29.53	8
M Azharuddin (India)	1987-1999	30	826	93	39.33	8
AC Gilchrist (Aus)	1999-2007	31	1085	149	36.16	8
Javed Miandad (Pak)	1975-1996	33	1083	103	43.32	8
Yuvraj Singh (India)	2003-2011	23	738	113	52.71	7

Cricket World Cup Records: Most Centuries

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Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Avg	100s
S Tendulkar (Ind)	1992-2011	45	2278	152	56.95	6
R Ponting (Aus)	1996-2011	46	1743	140*	45.86	5
S Ganguly (Ind)	1999-2007	21	1006	183	55.88	4
M Waugh (Aus)	1992-1999	22	1004	130	52.84	4
AB de Villiers (SA)	2007-2011	15	725	146	51.78	3
Rameez Raja (Pak)	1987-1996	16	700	119*	53.84	3
M Hayden (Aus)	2003-2007	22	987	158	51.94	3
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1987	23	1013	181	63.31	3
Saeed Anwar (Pak)	1996-2003	21	915	113*	53.82	3
M Jayawardene (SL)	1999-2011	33	975	115*	37.50	3

Cricket World Cup Records: Highest Strike Rates

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Player	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s
L Klusener (SA)	14	372	57	124.00	121.17	0	3
Kapil Dev (Ind)	26	669	175*	37.16	115.14	1	1
JM Davison (Can)	14	340	111	26.15	110.38	1	2
SR Watson (Aus)	15	435	94	62.14	109.02	0	4
Moin Khan (Pak)	20	286	63	28.60	106.31	0	1
V Sehwag (Ind)	22	843	175	38.31	106.17	2	3
AB de Villiers (SA)	15	725	146	51.78	104.31	3	3
W. Akram (Pak)	38	426	43	19.36	101.18	0	0
AC Gilchrist (Aus)	31	1085	149	36.16	98.01	1	8
B McCullum (NZ)	25	414	101	31.84	94.09	1	2
MV Boucher (SA)	25	381	75*	27.21	94.07	0	2
M Clarke (Aus)	18	669	93*	83.62	93.56	0	6
A Symonds (Aus)	18	515	143*	103.00	93.29	1	3
ML Hayden (Aus)	22	987	158	51.94	92.93	3	2
AL Logie (WI)	15	282	65*	25.63	91.85	0	2
T Dilshan (SL)	20	717	144	47.80	91.10	2	3
S Jayasuriya (SL)	38	1165	120	34.26	90.66	3	6
Yuvraj Singh (Ind)	23	738	113	52.71	90.33	1	7
S Tendulkar (Ind)	45	2278	152	56.95	88.98	6	15
SB Styris (NZ)	26	909	141	53.47	88.59	2	6

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Cricket World Cup Records: Highest Averages

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Player	Span	M	Runs	HS	Avg	100s	50s
L Klusener (SA)	1999-2003	14	372	57	124.00	0	3
A Symonds (Aus)	2003-2007	18	515	143*	103.00	1	3
M Clarke (Aus)	2007-2011	18	669	93*	83.62	0	6
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1987	23	1013	181	63.31	3	5
S Watson (Aus)	2007-2011	15	435	94	62.14	0	4
R Dravid (India)	1999-2007	22	860	145	61.42	2	6
GM Turner (NZ)	1975-1983	14	612	171*	61.20	2	2
S Tendulkar (Ind)	1992-2011	45	2278	152	56.95	6	15
HH Gibbs (SA)	1999-2007	25	1067	143	56.15	2	8
SC Ganguly (India)	1999-2007	21	1006	183	55.88	4	3
MD Crowe (NZ)	1983-1992	21	880	100*	55.00	1	8
DC Boon (Aus)	1987-1992	16	815	100	54.33	2	5
DI Gower (Eng)	1979-1983	12	434	130	54.25	1	1
GP Thorpe (Eng)	1996-1999	11	379	89	54.14	0	3
Rameez Raja (Pak)	1987-1996	16	700	119*	53.84	3	2
Saeed Anwar (Pak)	1996-2003	21	915	113*	53.82	3	3
S Styris (NZ)	2003-2011	26	909	141	53.47	2	6
ME Waugh (Aus)	1992-1999	22	1004	130	52.84	4	4
Yuvraj Singh (Ind)	2003-2011	23	738	113	52.71	1	7
ML Hayden (Aus)	2003-2007	22	987	158	51.94	3	2

Cricket World Cup Records: Highest Scores

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Player	Runs	4s	6s	Teams	Place
G Kirsten	188*	13	4	SA v UAE	Rawalpindi
SC Ganguly	183	17	7	Ind v SL	Taunton
IVA Richards	181	16	7	WI v SL	Karachi
Kapil Dev	175*	16	6	Ind v Zim	Tunbridge Wells
V Sehwag	175	14	5	Ind v Ban	Dhaka
CB Wishart	172*	18	3	Zim v Nam	Harare
GM Turner	171*	16	2	NZ v EA	Birmingham
AC Hudson	161	13	4	SA v Net	Rawalpindi
Imran Nazir	160	14	8	Pak v Zim	Kingston
ML Hayden	158	14	4	Aus v WI	North Sound
AJ Strauss	158	18	1	Eng v Ind	Bangalore
SR Tendulkar	152	18	0	Ind v Nam	Pietermaritzburg
AC Gilchrist	149	13	8	Aus v SL	Bridgetown
AB de Villiers	146	12	5	SA v WI	St George's
PA de Silva	145	14	5	SL v Ken	Kandy
R Dravid	145	17	1	Ind v SL	Taunton
TM Dilshan	144	16	1	SL v Zim	Pallekele
A Symonds	143*	18	2	Aus v Pak	Johannesburg
H Gibbs	143	19	3	SA v NZ	Johannesburg
DL Houghton	142	13	6	Zim v NZ	Hyderabad

Cricket World Cup Records: Highest Run Scorer

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Player	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s
S Tendulkar (Ind)	45	2278	152	56.95	88.98	6	15
R Ponting (Aus)	46	1743	140*	45.86	79.95	5	6
B Lara (WI)	34	1225	116	42.24	86.26	2	7
S Jayasuriya (SL)	38	1165	120	34.26	90.66	3	6
J Kallis (SA)	36	1148	128*	45.92	74.40	1	9
A Gilchrist (Aus)	31	1085	149	36.16	98.01	1	8
J Miandad (Pak)	33	1083	103	43.32	68.02	1	8
S Fleming (NZ)	33	1075	134*	35.83	76.89	2	5
H Gibbs (SA)	25	1067	143	56.15	87.38	2	8
A de Silva (SL)	35	1064	145	36.68	86.57	2	6
V Richards (WI)	23	1013	181	63.31	85.05	3	5
S Ganguly (Ind)	21	1006	183	55.88	77.50	4	3
M Waugh (Aus)	22	1004	130	52.84	83.73	4	4

ICC Cricket World Cup Records - All time World Cup Records

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ICC World Cup 2011: Largest Victories by Runs & Wickets

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Largest Victory By Runs

Winner	Margin	Target	Opp	Place
South Africa	231 runs	352	v Netherlands	Mohali
West Indies	215 runs	331	v Netherlands	Delhi
Sri Lanka	210 runs	333	v Canada	Hambantota
South Africa	206 runs	285	v Bangladesh	Dhaka
Pakistan	205 runs	318	v Kenya	Hambantota
Zimbabwe	175 runs	299	v Canada	Nagpur
Zimbabwe	161 runs	309	v Kenya	Kolkata
Sri Lanka	139 runs	328	v Zimbabwe	Pallekele
South Africa	131 runs	273	v Ireland	Kolkata
Sri Lanka	112 runs	266	v New Zealand	Mumbai

Largest Victory By Wickets

Winner	Margin	Target	Over	Opp	Place
New Zealand	10 wickets	70	8.0	v Kenya	Chennai
New Zealand	10 wickets	163	33.3	v Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
Pakistan	10 wickets	113	20.5	v West Indies	Dhaka
Sri Lanka	10 wickets	230	39.3	v England	Colombo
Sri Lanka	9 wickets	143	18.4	v Kenya	Colombo
West Indies	9 wickets	59	12.2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka
South Africa	7 wickets	223	42.5	v West Indies	Delhi
Australia	7 wickets	207	34.0	v New Zealand	Nagpur
Pakistan	7 wickets	162	34.1	v Zimbabwe	Pallekele
Australia	7 wickets	212	34.5	v Canada	Bangalore

ICC World Cup 2011: Top 10 Most extras in an innings

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Team	Runs	Ex	B	LB	Wd	NB	Opp	Place
Pakistan	317/7	46	0	3	37	6	v Kenya	Hambantota
Bangladesh	227/8	33	1	9	23	0	v England	Chittagong
Ireland	329/7	33	5	16	12	0	v England	Bangalore
Australia	207/3	32	0	3	29	0	v NZ	Nagpur
Sri Lanka	266/9	29	1	10	16	2	v Pakistan	Colombo
Pakistan	184	24	4	3	16	1	v Canada	Colombo
New Zealand	206	24	1	8	13	2	v Australia	Nagpur
Bangladesh	283/9	24	0	10	13	1	v India	Dhaka
South Africa	351/5	24	2	5	16	1	v Netherlands	Mohali
New Zealand	302/7	24	0	10	11	3	v Pakistan	Pallekele

ICC World Cup 2011: Top 20 Highest match aggregates

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Teams	Runs	Wkts	Over	RR	Place
India vs England	676	18	99.5	6.77	Bangalore
England vs Ireland	656	15	99.1	6.61	Bangalore
Bangladesh vs India	653	13	100.0	6.53	Dhaka
Canada vs New Zealand	619	15	100.0	6.19	Mumbai
Ireland vs Netherlands	613	14	97.4	6.27	Kolkata
India vs South Africa	596	17	98.2	6.06	Nagpur
England vs Netherlands	588	10	98.4	5.95	Nagpur
Australia vs Kenya	588	12	100.0	5.88	Bangalore
India vs Sri Lanka	551	10	98.2	5.60	Mumbai
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	543	16	100.0	5.43	Colombo
India vs Australia	521	11	97.4	5.33	Ahmedabad
Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	515	16	89.0	5.78	Pallekele
Ireland vs West Indies	506	20	99.0	5.11	Mohali
New Zealand vs Pakistan	494	17	91.4	5.38	Pallekele
India vs Pakistan	491	19	99.5	4.91	Mohali
Netherlands vs South Africa	471	15	84.5	5.55	Mohali
England vs West Indies	468	20	93.2	5.01	Chennai
Sri Lanka vs England	460	6	89.3	5.13	Colombo
India vs West Indies	456	20	92.1	4.94	Chennai
Kenya vs Zimbabwe	455	16	86.0	5.29	Kolkata

ICC World Cup 2011: Top 20 Highest totals

2011-07-27T12:12:00.002+05:30

Team	Score	RR	Inn	Opp.	Place
India	370/4	7.40	1	v Ban	Dhaka
New Zealand	358/6	7.16	1	v Can	Mumbai
South Africa	351/5	7.02	1	v Net	Mohali
India	338	6.78	1	v Eng	Bangalore
England	338/8	6.76	2	v Ind	Bangalore
Sri Lanka	332/7	6.64	1	v Can	Hambantota
West Indies	330/8	6.60	1	v Net	Delhi
Ireland	329/7	6.69	2	v Eng	Bangalore
England	327/8	6.54	1	v Ire	Bangalore
Sri Lanka	327/6	6.54	1	v Zim	Pallekele
Australia	324/6	6.48	1	v Ken	Bangalore
Pakistan	317/7	6.34	1	v Ken	Hambantota
Zimbabwe	308/6	6.16	1	v Ken	Kolkata
Ireland	307/4	6.44	2	v Net	Kolkata
Netherlands	306	6.12	1	v Ire	Kolkata
New Zealand	302/7	6.04	1	v Pak	Pallekele
South Africa	300/7	6.04	2	v Ind	Nagpur
Zimbabwe	298/9	5.96	1	v Can	Nagpur
England	296/4	6.08	2	v Net	Nagpur
India	296	6.08	1	v SA	Nagpur

ICC World Cup 2011 Match Results

2011-07-18T11:49:00.000+05:30

Date	Teams	Result	Place
Feb 19, 2011	Ind v Ban	Ind won by 87 runs	Dhaka
Feb 20, 2011	Ken v NZ	NZ won by 10 wkts	Chennai
Feb 20, 2011	SL v Can	SL won by 210 runs	Hambantota
Feb 21, 2011	Aus v Zim	Aus won by 91 runs	Ahmedabad
Feb 22, 2011	Eng v Net	Eng won by 6 wkts	Nagpur
Feb 23, 2011	Ken v Pak	Pak won by 205 runs	Hambantota
Feb 24, 2011	SA v WI	SA won by 7 wkts	Delhi
Feb 25, 2011	Aus v NZ	Aus won by 7 wkts	Nagpur
Feb 25, 2011	Ban v Ire	Ban won by 27 runs	Dhaka
Feb 26, 2011	SL v Pak	Pak won by 11 runs	Colombo (RPS)
Feb 27, 2011	Ind v Eng	tied	Bangalore
Feb 28, 2011	Can v Zim	Zim won by 175 runs	Nagpur
Feb 28, 2011	Net v WI	WI won by 215 runs	Delhi
Mar 1, 2011	SL v Ken	SL won by 9 wkts	Colombo (RPS)
Mar 2, 2011	Eng v Ire	Ire won by 3 wkts	Bangalore
Mar 3, 2011	Net v SA	SA won by 231 runs	Mohali
Mar 3, 2011	Can v Pak	Pak won by 46 runs	Colombo (RPS)
Mar 4, 2011	NZ v Zim	NZ won by 10 wkts	Ahmedabad
Mar 4, 2011	Ban v WI	WI won by 9 wkts	Dhaka
Mar 5, 2011	SL v Aus	no result	Colombo (RPS)
Mar 6, 2011	Eng v SA	Eng won by 6 runs	Chennai
Mar 6, 2011	Ind v Ire	Ind won by 5 wkts	Bangalore
Mar 7, 2011	Can v Ken	Can won by 5 wkts	Delhi
Mar 8, 2011	NZ v Pak	NZ won by 110 runs	Pallekele
Mar 9, 2011	Ind v Net	Ind won by 5 wkts	Delhi
Mar 10, 2011	SL v Zim	SL won by 139 runs	Pallekele
Mar 11, 2011	Ire v WI	WI won by 44 runs	Mohali
Mar 11, 2011	Ban v Eng	Ban won by 2 wkts	Chittagong
Mar 12, 2011	Ind v SA	SA won by 3 wkts	Nagpur
Mar 13, 2011	Can v NZ	NZ won by 97 runs	Mumbai
Mar 13, 2011	Aus v Ken	Aus won by 60 runs	Bangalore
Mar 14, 2011	Ban v Net	Ban won by 6 wkts	Chittagong
Mar 14, 2011	Pak v Zim	Pak won by 7 wkts	Pallekele
Mar 15, 2011	Ire v SA	SA won by 131 runs	Kolkata
Mar 16, 2011	Aus v Can	Aus won by 7 wkts	Bangalore
Mar 17, 2011	Eng v WI	Eng won by 18 runs	Chennai
Mar 18, 2011	Ire v Net	Ire won by 6 wkts	Kolkata
Mar 18, 2011	NZ v SL	SL won by 112 runs	Mumbai
Mar 19, 2011	Ban v SA	SA won by 206 runs	Dhaka
Mar 19, 2011	Aus v Pak	Pak won by 4 wkts	Colombo (RPS)
Mar 20, 2011	Ken v Zim	Zim won by 161 runs	Kolkata
Mar 20, 2011	Ind v WI	Ind won by 80 runs	Chennai
Mar 23, 2011	Pak v WI	Pak won by 10 wkts	Dhaka
Mar 24, 2011	Ind v Aus	Ind won by 5 wkts	Ahmedabad
Mar 25, 2011	NZ v SA	NZ won by 49 runs	Dhaka
Mar 26, 2011	SL v Eng	SL won by 10 wkts	Colombo (RPS)
Mar 29, 2011	SL v NZ	SL won by 5 wkts	Colombo (RPS)
Mar 30, 2011	Ind v Pak	Ind won by 29 runs	Mohali
Apr 2, 2011	Ind v SL	Ind won by 6 wkts	Mumbai

ICC World Cup 2011: Top 10 Highest partnerships by runs

2011-07-11T16:55:00.000+05:30

Players	Runs	Wkt	Team	Opp.	Place
U Tharanga, T Dilshan	282	1st	SL	v Zim	Pallekele
U Tharanga, T Dilshan	231*	1st	SL	v Eng	Colombo
H Amla, AB de Villiers	221	3rd	SA	v Net	Mohali
V Sehwag, V Kohli	203	3rd	Ind	v Ban	Dhaka
S Watson, B Haddin	183	1st	Aus	v Can	Bang
T Taibu, C Ervine	181	3rd	Zim	v Can	Nagpur
Sangakkara, Jayawardene	179	3rd	SL	v Can	Hambantota
Porterfield, P Stirling	177	1st	Ire	v Net	Kolkata
A Strauss, I Bell	170	3rd	Eng	v Ind	Bangalore
J Trott, I Bell	167	3rd	Eng	v Ire	Bangalore

ICC World Cup 2011: Highest Partnerships by Wicket

2011-07-08T11:06:00.002+05:30

Wkt	Runs	Players	Team	Opp	Place
1st	282	U Tharanga, T Dilshan	SL	v Zim	Pallekele
2nd	134	S Tendulkar, G Gambhir	Ind	v Eng	Bangalore
3rd	221	H Amla, AB de Villiers	SA	v Net	Mohali
4th	132	A Bagai, AS Hansra	Can	v Ken	Delhi
5th	121	R Doeschate, P Borren	Net	v Ire	Kolkata
6th	162	K O'Brien, A Cusack	Ire	v Eng	Bangalore
7th	85	R Taylor, J Oram	NZ	v Pak	Pallekele
8th	54	N McCullum, D Vettori	NZ	v Aus	Nagpur
9th	66	Abdul Razzaq, U Gul	Pak	v NZ	Pallekele
10th	23	N Odhiambo, J Ngoche	Ken	v Zim	Kolkata
10th	23	Misbah-ul-Haq, S Ajmal	Pak	v Ind	Mohali

ICC World Cup 2011: Most catches in an innings

2011-07-05T11:56:00.001+05:30

Player	Ct	I	Team	Opp.	Place
A Kervezee	3	1	Net	v WI	Delhi
E Chigumbura	3	1	Zim	v SL	Pallekele
R Taylor	3	2	NZ	v Can	Mumbai
Z Khan	3	1	Ind	v Aus	Ahmedabad
JM Davison	2	1	Can	v SL	Hambantota
SR Watson	2	2	Aus	v Zim	Ahmedabad
AR White	2	1	Ire	v Ban	Dhaka
TM Dilshan	2	1	SL	v Pak	Colombo (RPS)
Ahmed Shehzad	2	2	Pak	v SL	Colombo (RPS)
N Kumar	2	1	Can	v Pak	Colombo (RPS)

ICC World Cup 2011: Most Catches

2011-06-14T14:29:00.001+05:30

Player	Mat	Cat	Max
M Jayawardene(SL)	9	8	2
J Kallis(SA)	7	6	1
R Peterson(SA)	7	6	2
K Pollard(WI)	7	6	2
T Dilshan(SL)	9	6	2
J Davison(Can)	5	5	2
A Kervezee(Neth)	6	5	3
J Oram(NZ)	6	5	2
G Smith(SA)	7	5	2
Shahid Afridi(Pak)	8	5	2

ICC World Cup 2011: Most 5-wickets in an innings

2011-05-24T18:16:00.001+05:30

Player	M	Wkt	BBF	Avg	5w
S. Afridi (Pak)	8	21	5/16	12.85	2
K. Roach (WI)	6	13	6/27	15.00	1
R Rampaul (WI)	2	5	5/51	15.80	1
D. Steyn (SA)	6	12	5/50	16.00	1
W. Riaz (Pak)	5	8	5/46	19.75	1
L Malinga (SL)	7	13	6/38	20.76	1
Y. Singh (Ind)	9	15	5/31	25.13	1
T Bresnan (Eng)	7	9	5/48	34.33	1

ICC World Cup 2011: Most 4-wickets in an innings

2011-05-23T14:48:00.002+05:30

Player	M	Over	Wkt	BBF	4w
S. Afridi (Pak)	8	74.3	21	5/16	2
Imran Tahir (SA)	5	39.3	14	4/38	2
S Benn (WI)	6	47.5	12	4/18	2
B Lee (Aus)	7	54.2	13	4/28	2
M. Johnson (Aus)	7	57.3	10	4/19	2
J. Tredwell (Eng)	2	16.0	4	4/48	1
K O'Brien (Ire)	6	17.0	4	4/71	1
H. Bennett (NZ)	4	24.1	6	4/16	1
S. Broad (Eng)	3	25.4	6	4/15	1
C. Mpofu (Zim)	4	27.0	7	4/62	1

ICC World Cup 2011: Best Strike Rates

2011-05-17T10:20:00.000+05:30

Player	M	O	R	W	BBF	SR
L Tsotsobe (SA)	1	5.0	14	3	3/14	10.0
S Raina (India)	4	2.0	12	1	1/12	12.0
T Samaraweera (SL)	9	2.0	4	1	1/4	12.0
Imran Tahir (SA)	5	39.3	150	14	4/38	16.9
R Rampaul (WI)	2	15.0	79	5	5/51	18.0
K Mills (NZ)	3	20.4	74	6	2/2	20.6
K Roach (WI)	6	46.0	195	13	6/27	21.2
Shahid Afridi (Pak)	8	74.3	270	21	5/16	21.2
R Peterson (SA)	7	56.0	238	15	4/12	22.4
L Malinga (SL)	7	48.4	270	13	6/38	22.4
D Steyn (SA)	6	46.1	192	12	5/50	23.0
CB Mpofu (Zim)	4	27.0	159	7	4/62	23.1
T Dilshan (SL)	9	31.0	126	8	4/4	23.2
Z Khan (India)	9	81.3	394	21	3/20	23.2
A Russell (WI)	3	27.1	132	7	4/49	23.2

ICC World Cup 2011 Team Standings

2011-05-17T10:09:00.000+05:30

Group A
Teams	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
Pakistan	6	5	1	0	0	0.76	10
Sri Lanka	6	4	1	0	1	2.58	9
Australia	6	4	1	0	1	1.12	9
New Zealand	6	4	2	0	0	1.13	8
Zimbabwe	6	2	4	0	0	0.03	2
Canada	6	1	5	0	0	-1.99	2
Kenya	6	0	6	0	0	-3.04	0

Group B
Teams	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
South Africa	6	5	1	0	0	2.03	10
India	6	4	1	1	0	0.90	9
England	6	3	2	1	0	0.07	7
West Indies	6	3	3	0	0	1.07	6
Bangladesh	6	3	3	0	0	-1.36	6
Ireland	6	2	4	0	0	-0.70	4
Netherlands	6	0	6	0	0	-2.04	0

BCCI doubles reward for India's World Cup players

2011-05-05T12:53:00.004+05:30

Amid speculation that Indian cricket players are unhappy with the prize money announced for their ICC World Cup 2011 triumph, the BCCI increased it from Rs one crore to Rs two crore each.

The BCCI, in its working committee meeting here, decided to increase the incentive to Rs two crore per player, which is still less than the Rs 5 crore each that the players had reportedly demanded.

"The cash incentive to the members of the World Cup winning Indian team has been increased from Rs 1 crore per player to Rs 2 crore per player," BCCI secretary and president-elect N Srinivasan said in a media release.

The decision comes after speculation that several top Indian cricketers made an informal demand to the cricket board to increase the reward money to Rs 5 crore instead of just 1 crore for winning the biggest cricketing event after 28 years.

However, such reports were rejected by the BCCI with Srinivasan terming them as incorrect.

India won the ICC World Cup beating Sri Lanka in the final on April 2 at the Wankhede Stadium.

Immediately after the triumph, BCCI President Shashank Manohar had announced a reward of Rs one crore for each of the 15-member World Cup squad.

He also announced that the support staff would be awarded Rs 50 lakh each.

ICC World Cup 2011: Best economy rates (min 5 overs)

2011-05-05T12:41:00.001+05:30

Player	M.	Over	Runs	BBF	Econ.
L Tsotsobe (SA)	1	5.0	14	3/14	2.80
A. Mendis (SL)	6	42.4	134	3/35	3.14
S. Shuvo (Ban)	1	10.0	33	1/33	3.30
D. Hussey (Aus)	4	9.0	31	1/12	3.44
R. Price (Zim)	6	49.0	169	3/16	3.44
M. Hafeez (Pak)	8	55.0	193	2/16	3.50
S. Ajmal (Pak)	3	26.0	93	2/18	3.57
K. Mills (NZ)	3	20.4	74	2/2	3.58
D. Vettori (NZ)	6	43.0	155	2/25	3.60
S. Afridi (Pak)	8	74.3	270	5/16	3.62

ICC World Cup 2011: Best Bowling Averages (Min 5 wkts)

2011-05-04T14:08:00.002+05:30

Player	M	Over	Runs	Wkts	BBF	Avg.
Imran Tahir (SA)	5	39.3	150	14	4/38	10.71
KD Mills (NZ)	3	20.4	74	6	2/2	12.33
S. Afridi (Pak)	8	74.3	270	21	5/16	12.85
K. Roach (WI)	6	46.0	195	13	6/27	15.00
T. Dilshan (SL)	9	31.0	126	8	4/4	15.75
R. Rampaul (WI)	2	15.0	79	5	5/51	15.80
R Peterson (SA)	7	56.0	238	15	4/12	15.86
D. Steyn (SA)	6	46.1	192	12	5/50	16.00
T. Southee (NZ)	8	72.2	312	18	3/13	17.33
B Lee (Aus)	7	54.2	235	13	4/28	18.07
J. Oram (NZ)	6	49.5	221	12	4/39	18.41
S. Ajmal (Pak)	3	26.0	93	5	2/18	18.60
Z Khan (India)	9	81.3	394	21	3/20	18.76
R Price (Zim)	6	49.0	169	9	3/16	18.77
A Russell (WI)	3	27.1	132	7	4/49	18.85

ICC World Cup 2011: Most Fifties

2011-04-30T12:03:00.003+05:30

Name	Inn	50s
J. Trott (ENG)	7	5
B. Haddin (AUS)	6	4
Y. Singh (IND)	8	4
S. Watson (AUS)	6	3
K. Sangakkara (SL)	8	3
C. Ervine (ZIM)	6	3
G. Gambhir (IND)	9	3
T. Taibu (ZIM)	6	2
C. Obuya (KEN)	6	2
K. Pollard (WI)	6	2

ICC World Cup 2011: Best bowling figures in an innings

2011-04-19T12:37:00.000+05:30

Player	Over	Wkts	Econ	Opp	Place
K. Roach (WI)	8.3	6/27	3.17	v NL	Delhi
L. Malinga (SL)	7.4	6/38	4.95	v Ken	Colombo
Shahid Afridi (Pak)	8.0	5/16	2.00	v Ken	Hambantota
Shahid Afridi (Pak)	10.0	5/23	2.30	v Can	Colombo
Yuvraj Singh (Ind)	10.0	5/31	3.10	v Ire	Bangalore
Wahab Riaz (Pak)	10.0	5/46	4.60	v Ind	Mohali
TT Bresnan (Eng)	10.0	5/48	4.80	v Ind	Bangalore
D. Steyn (SA)	9.4	5/50	5.17	v Ind	Nagpur
R. Rampaul (WI)	10.0	5/51	5.10	v Ind	Chennai
T. Dilshan (SL)	3.0	4/4	1.33	v Zim	Pallekele

ICC World Cup 2011: Most hundreds

2011-04-16T12:20:00.001+05:30

Player	Mat.	Runs	HS	Avg.	100s
AB de Villiers (SA)	5	353	134	88.25	2
RN ten Doeschate (Neth)	6	307	119	61.40	2
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	9	304	103*	50.66	2
TM Dilshan (SL)	9	500	144	62.50	2
SR Tendulkar (India)	9	482	120	53.55	2
WU Tharanga (SL)	9	395	133	56.42	2
KJ O'Brien (Ire)	6	198	113	39.60	1
RT Ponting (Aus)	7	206	104	34.33	1
PR Stirling (Ire)	6	157	101	26.16	1
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	8	324	131*	64.80	1
HM Amla (SA)	7	306	113	43.71	1
DS Smith (WI)	7	300	107	42.85	1
AJ Strauss (Eng)	7	334	158	47.71	1
BB McCullum (NZ)	8	256	101	42.66	1
KC Sangakkara (SL)	9	465	111	93.00	1
V Sehwag (India)	8	380	175	47.50	1
Yuvraj Singh (India)	9	362	113	90.50	1
V Kohli (India)	9	282	100*	35.25	1

ICC World Cup 2011: Highest Averages

2011-04-07T13:08:00.000+05:30

Player	Mat.	Inns	NO	Runs	H.S	Avg.
KC Sangakkara (SL)	9	8	3	465	111	93.00
Yuvraj Singh (India)	9	8	4	362	113	90.50
AB de Villiers (SA)	5	5	1	353	134	88.25
MJ Clarke (Aus)	7	6	3	233	93	77.66
Asad Shafiq (Pak)	4	3	1	154	78*	77.00
SK Raina (India)	4	3	2	74	36*	74.00
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	8	6	1	324	131*	64.80
TM Dilshan (SL)	9	9	1	500	144	62.50
RN ten Doeschate (Neth)	6	6	1	307	119	61.40
IJL Trott (Eng)	7	7	0	422	92	60.28

ICC World Cup 2011: India are World Champions!

2011-04-04T17:50:00.004+05:30

Gautam Gambhir made 97 and Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed an unbeaten 91 off 79 balls as India won the World Cup for the first time since 1983 with a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka on Saturday.

Sri Lanka, who won the toss and elected to bat in the day-night final, rode on Mahela Jayawardene's 103 not out off 88 balls to pile up 274-6 in their 50 overs.

India, cheered by a sell-out crowd of 33,000 at the Wankhede stadium, surpassed the challenging target with 10 balls to spare as Dhoni pounded Nuwan Kulasekara for the winning six.

India had slumped to 31-2 by the 6th over when sling-arm fast bowler Lasith Malinga dismissed Virender Sehwag (0) second ball and had star batsman Sachin Tendulkar (18) caught behind in his 4th over.

Gambhir, who was dropped on 30 and escaped a run-out chance on 49, turned the match around by adding 83 for the third wicket with Virat Kohli and 109 for the fourth with Dhoni.

Yuvraj Singh, who was named the man of the tournament, partnered his skipper till the end with 21 not out after Gambhir was bowled by Thisara Perera in the 42nd over when 52 more were still needed.

Dhoni's men emulated Kapil Dev's compatriots who won the 1983 World Cup by beating the West Indies in the final at Lord's in London.

The victory, watched by Indian President Pratibha Patil and Sri Lanka's head of state Mahinda Rajapakse, was the first occassion a team had won the tournament on home soil.

It was only the third time in 10 World Cup finals that a side batting second had chased down the victory target.

The finale gave Tendulkar, the world's most successful Test and one-day batsman, his first World Cup title in six appearances since 1992.

The defeat ended Sri Lankan star bowler Muttiah Muralitharan's dream of being part of a second World Cup-winning team, having won the title under Arjuna Ranatunga in 1996 in Lahore.

Muralitharan, who turns 39 next month, went wicketless in eight overs to end his career with a record 800 Test and 534 one-day wickets.

Confusion reigned at the toss, which had to be performed twice after match referee Jeff Crowe did not hear Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara's call when Dhoni threw up the coin.

Jayawardene shored up Sri Lanka's innings before tailenders Nuwan Kulasekara (32 off 30 balls) and Thisara Perera (22 off nine) helped their team smash 63 runs in the last five overs of power-play.

India's left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan dried up the flow of runs at the start and his two wickets made him the tournament's leading bowler alongside Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi with 21 wickets each.

Zaheer opened with three successive maidens and then struck with the first ball of his fourth over when Sehwag dived to his right in the slips to remove Upul Tharanga for 2.

Fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth lifted the pressure by conceding 15 runs in his fifth over that included a no-ball and a warning for running in the danger area in his follow-through.

Sreesanth, who was preferred ahead of spinner Ravichandran Ashwin after Ashish Nehra was ruled out with a fractured finger, was thrashed for 52 runs in his eight overs.

Tillakaratne Dilshan, going into the final as the tournament's leading scorer with 467 runs, made 33 when he was bowled by off-spinner Harbhajan Singh to make Sri Lanka 60-2 in the 17th over.

Jayawardene put on 62 for the third wicket with Sangakkara (48) and 57 for the fourth with Thilan Samaraweera (21).

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011: Highest Scores

2011-04-04T11:45:00.000+05:30

Player	Highest	Against	Place
V Sehwag	175	v Bangladesh	Dhaka
AJ Strauss	158	v India	Bangalore
TM Dilshan	144	v Zimbabwe	Pallekele
AB de Villiers	134	v Netherlands	Mohali
WU Tharanga	133	v Zimbabwe	Pallekele
LRPL Taylor	131*	v Pakistan	Pallekele
SR Tendulkar	120	v England	Bangalore
RN ten Doeschate	119	v England	Nagpur
KJ O'Brien	113	v England	Bangalore
HM Amla	113	v Netherlands	Mohali

ICC World Cup 2011: Most Man of the Match Awards

2011-04-03T19:29:00.000+05:30

Player	Matches	MOM	Runs	Wickets
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	9	4	362	13
Umar Akmal (PAK)	7	2	240	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	9	2	465	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	8	2	84	21
TM Dilshan (SL)	9	2	500	8
AB de Villiers (RSA)	5	2	353	0
Imrul Kayes (BAN)	6	2	188	0
KAJ Roach (WI)	6	2	19	13
SR Watson (AUS)	7	2	290	3
KA Pollard (WI)	7	1	180	2

ICC World Cup 2011: Highest Wicket Taker

2011-04-03T19:17:00.000+05:30

Player	Mat.	Wkts	Econ.	Best
Shahid Afridi	8	21	3.62	5/16
Zaheer Khan	9	21	4.83	3/20
Tim Southee	8	18	4.31	3/13
R. Peterson	7	15	4.25	4/12
M. Muralitharan	9	15	4.09	4/25
Yuvraj Singh	9	15	5.02	5/31
Imran Tahir	5	14	3.79	4/38
Umar Gul	8	14	4.49	3/30
Kemar Roach	6	13	3.88	6/27
Brett Lee	7	13	4.32	4/28

ICC World Cup 2011: Highest Run Scorer

2011-04-03T18:27:00.000+05:30

Player	Mat	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
T. Dilshan	9	500	144	62.50	90.74	2	2
S. Tendulkar	9	482	120	53.55	91.98	2	2
K. Sangakkara	9	465	111	93.00	83.78	1	3
J. Trott	7	422	92	60.28	80.84	0	5
U. Tharanga	9	395	133	56.42	83.68	2	1
G. Gambhir	8	393	97	43.66	85.06	0	6
V. Sehwag	8	380	175	47.50	122.58	1	1
Yuvraj Singh	9	362	113	90.50	86.19	1	4
AB. de Villiers	5	353	134	88.25	108.28	2	1
A. Strauss	7	334	158	47.71	93.55	1	1

ICC World Cup 2011: Statistics & Records

2011-04-03T18:23:00.021+05:30

Batting Records

Bowling Records

Fielding Records

Partnership Records

Team Records

India in Final; Beat Pakistan by 29 runs

2011-03-31T12:14:00.003+05:30

Disciplined bowling by India saw them beat Pakistan by 29 runs on Wednesday to set-up a World Cup final against Sri Lanka in Mumbai on Saturday.

Pakistan, chasing 261 for victory, were dismissed for 231 with a ball to spare after all of India's five bowlers took two wickets apiece.

Misbah-ul-Haq, who top-scored for Pakistan with 56, helped take them from 208 for nine to a situation where an unlikely 30 was needed off the last over.

But Zaheer Khan held his nerve, bowling four dot balls before Misbah holed out to Virat Kohli to the delight of a capacity crowd.

India's 260 for nine after winning the toss against their arch-rivals was built around man-of-the-match Sachin Tendulkar's 85.

But they might have made considerably less had not the star batsman been dropped four times in an innings that still left him one short of a hundred international hundreds.

Tendulkar was dropped again, on 45, when Younus at mid-off failed to hold on to a mistimed drive off leg-spinner Afridi.

Riaz, however, had Kohli caught by Umar Akmal at backward point and next ball clean bowled Yuvraj with a swinging full toss.

Tendulkar was given a third reprieve by Pakistan on 70 when wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal failed to hold a tough chance off an edged Afridi leg-break.

And he was on 81 when a leaping Umar Akmal at short mid-wicket dropped a checked drive against off-spinner Hafeez.

Ponting Quits as Australia's Test and ODI Captain

2011-03-29T11:45:00.002+05:30

Ricky Ponting quit as Australia's Test and one-day skipper Tuesday, just days after the champions were knocked out of the World Cup 2011, but said he remained available for selection as a batsman.

The 36-year-old, who led Australia in 77 Test matches for 48 wins -- the most of any Test Captain -- 16 losses and 13 draws. In his 228 one-day matches in charge, he returned 164 wins and 50 losses, insisted he was "not tapped on the shoulder" to give up the captaincy, and endorsed deputy Michael Clarke as his successor.

"I have resigned as skipper of both the Test Cricket and one day Australian teams, Ponting told a press conference." I will continue to play and am available for selection in both the one-day and Test teams.

"I have thought long and hard about what Australian cricket needs. Now is the right time for the next captain to assume the responsibility for both the Test and one-day teams," he added.

Ponting said Australia's exit in the quarter-finals of the World Cup last week in India prompted his decision to stand aside.

"The fact that we went out of the World Cup when we did was the main reason," he said, while denying he had been forced out by Cricket Australia.

"Today is a new start for me and I am very excited about the future. I will give my complete support to our new captain and continue to do my best to set the best possible example for my team-mates and emerging cricketers alike." Cricket Australia chairman Jack Clarke paid tribute to Ponting's "outstanding" leadership.

"Ricky Ponting has been an outstanding batsman, one of the best to wear the baggy green," he said.

"His leadership as captain has been outstanding and I sometimes think his brilliance with the bat has overshadowed his fine work as captain.

3rd Semi-Final: NZ won by 49 runs, SA are eliminated

2011-03-28T12:46:00.006+05:30

South Africa woes at the World Cup seems never ending, their humiliating loss today ensured they would have to live with the Chokers tag for another 4 years. They have made a habit of coming into the World Cup as favorites and then going back after losing from a winning position and it was no different today as they wasted an opportunity from a very promising position.

After the early loss of the openers, Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor ensured there were no further setbacks for the New Zealanders with a healthy stand of over 100. The going was slow initially, but what was most important from the Kiwis' point of view was that they did not lose further wickets. The duo batted for 25 overs putting on 114 runs to take NZ to a good position at 130/2 in the 32nd over.

The fall of Rossco, against the run of play, to the increasingly impressive Imran Tahir for 43 opened the floodgates for the Proteas. With a solid platform set by the right hand-left hand duo and New Zealand batting deep, SA's best chance to restrict the Kiwis was to pick up wickets as quickly as possible. The bowlers ensured just that for South Africa. From a solid 130/2, New Zealand had slumped to 156/5. From a position of strength in the 32nd over, NZ had slipped to damage control in the space of 36 balls.

Earlier, South Africa had opened the bowling with left-arm spinner Robin Peterson and soon rewarded through the wicket of Brendon McCullum (4). His new ball partner, Dale Steyn dismissed the struggling Martin Guptill for one soon after.

Ryder smashed six fours en route to completing his fifty with a single off Kallis. His well paced innings ended when Colin Ingram took a catch at deep mid-wicket off Morkel with more than 11 overs to go.

Morkel took three late wickets to finish with three for 46 while Kane Williamson helped NZ end with a defendable total on the board with a fine innings of 38. The young right hander made the most of his good memories at the ground when he got to a hundred against Bangladesh.

South Africa were setback early, chasing the sub par total in the very first over in bizarre fashion. Hashim Amla chopped a ball straight onto Brendon McCullum's boot and the ball popped up for Daniel Vettori to complete an easy catch. Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis consolidated the innings with a steady stand 61 and with the likes of AB de Villiers and the in-form JP Duminy to follow it looked like South Africa would canter to victory.

Smith's wicket came against the run of play to give Jacob Oram his first wicket. Kallis nearing his fifty went for a pull that was brilliantly snapped up by Oram. Kallis' wicket turned out to be the moment that turned the match in New Zealand's favour.

Duminy departed after adding 13 with de Villiers while their main man, who was also on wicket-keeping duties today, was run out thanks to a sharp piece of work by Martin Guptill. Johan Botha and Robin Peterson were out in quick succession as whispers of SA and their now-famous-act of choking started doing the rounds.

Faf du Plessis was South Africa's last hope and he kept the Proteas in the hunt till he was out for 36 to hand NZ the match.

Oram ended the match with 4 wickets and 2 superb catches.

Man of the Match: Jacob Oram

India end Australia dominance at World Cup Cricket

2011-03-25T12:28:00.003+05:30

Yuvraj Singh was India's hero yet again as the hosts ended Australia's 12-year reign as World Cup champions with 5 wicket quarter-final win on Thursday.

Yuvraj Singh 's unbeaten 57 -- his 4rth fifty of a tournament where he is averaging over a hundred -- saw his team home after they'd been wobbling at 187 for five.

India reached their target of 261 with 14 balls to spare and victory set up a dream semi-final against Pakistan in Mohali on March 30.

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting scored his 1st international century in over a year in a total of 260 for six.

But it wasn't enough to maintain his team's bid for an unprecedented fourth straight World Cup title and fifth in all.

Ponting credited Yuvraj and Suresh Raina for the win.

India, aiming for a first World Cup title since 1983, needed 54 to win off the final 10 overs.

Yuvraj eased fraying home nerves with a square-driven four off Brett Lee and, with erratic speedster Shaun Tait conceding 13 runs in the 41st over, the target became well under a run-a-ball.

Raina struck a brilliant straight six off Lee then Yuvraj ending the match with a four off Lee.

He was well-supported in an unbroken sixth-wicket partnership of 74 by Raina (34 not out).

Opener Sachin Tendulkar had earlier looked in sublime touch.

But Australia denied him his 100th international hundred when he was caught behind off Tait for a fluent 53 during which he became the first batsman to score 18,000 one-day international runs.

Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli batted steadily in a stand of 49 before Kohli (24) slapped a full toss from part-time spinner David Hussey straight to Michael Clarke at short mid-wicket.

Now the question was could the remaining batsman avoid panic. Unfortunately for India, left-hander Gambhir couldn't. One ball after surviving a run-out, he set-off for a non-existent single and was well-beaten by Cameron White's throw to David Hussey having made 50.

Instead, at 168 for four, the pressure was back on India and that only increased when captain Dhoni fell for seven after a cut off Lee was well caught by a diving Clarke at point.

ICC Cricket World Cup: Quarter-Final Schedule

2011-03-22T12:20:00.006+05:30

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Mar 23, Wed	Pakistan v West Indies Pak won by 10 wickets	14:00	Mirpur
Mar 24, Thu	India v Australia Ind won by 5 wickets	14:30	Ahmedabad
Mar 25, Fri	New Zealand v South Africa NZ won by 49 runs	14:00	Mirpur
Mar 26, Sat	Sri Lanka v England SL won by 10 wickets	14:30	Colombo

ICC World Cup 2011: Team Standings

2011-03-22T11:38:00.002+05:30

Group A
Teams	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
Pakistan	6	5	1	0	0	0.76	10
Sri Lanka	6	4	1	0	1	2.58	9
Australia	6	4	1	0	1	1.12	9
New Zealand	6	4	2	0	0	1.13	8
Zimbabwe	6	2	4	0	0	0.03	2
Canada	6	1	5	0	0	-1.99	2
Kenya	6	0	6	0	0	-3.04	0

Group B
Teams	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
South Africa	6	5	1	0	0	2.03	10
India	6	4	1	1	0	0.90	9
England	6	3	2	1	0	0.07	7
West Indies	6	3	3	0	0	1.07	6
Bangladesh	6	3	3	0	0	-1.36	6
Ireland	6	2	4	0	0	-0.70	4
Netherlands	6	0	6	0	0	-2.04	0

West Indies won by 9 wickets against Bangladesh

2011-03-05T11:57:00.002+05:30

West Indies took a massive stride towards the World Cup quarter-finals by pounding lackluster Bangladesh by 9 wickets in a key Group B match on Friday.

Lanky spinner Sulieman Benn grabbed 4-18, and fast bowlers Kemar Roach and skipper Darren Sammy claimed three each, to bowl out Bangladesh for their lowest ODI Cricket total of 58 in 18.5 overs.

The West Indies surpassed the small target in 12.2 overs even before the lights came on for the day-night game at the packed Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka.

Chris Gayle, who had been ill at the start of the game, remained unbeaten on 37 off 36 balls, while Darren Bravo was on nine after Devon Smith was bowled by off-spinner Naeem Islam for six.

With only their 2nd win in the last 11 one-day internationals, the West Indies have four points from three matches, the same as group leaders South Africa, who have played one match less.

Bangladesh, with one win from three games, was left with a mountain to climb to stay in contention for the quarter-finals.

The hosts must win their remaining league matches against England, South Africa and the Netherlands to ensure a place in the last eight.

Man of the Match: Kemar Roach

Kemar Roach hat-trick, Windies won by 215 runs

2011-03-01T12:41:00.003+05:30

Kemar Roach taken six wickets, including a hat-trick, and Kieron Pollard cracked 60 off 27 balls to help West Indies thrash the Netherlands by 215 runs in the ICC World Cup on Monday.

Kieron Pollard built on the platform laid by Chris Gayle, who made 80, as West Indies posted 330-8 before bowling out their hapless opponents for 115 off 31.3 overs in the Group B game at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.

The Caribbean’s total was the highest at the ground, which is coming off a 12-month suspension over a dangerous playing surface.

The Netherlands hardly posed any threat in the lop-sided encounter, crumbling to 36-5 by the 11th over after early strikes from Roach, who took 6-27, and left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn (3-28).

The 22-year old Roach then returned to collect only the 6th World Cup hat-trick and the first of this tournament, when he sent back Pieter Seelar, Bernard Loots and Berend Westdijk.

Dutch hope Ryan ten Doeschate, who scored 119 against England, failed to repeat his magic, trapped leg before wicket for seven by Benn. Tom Cooper provided the only resistance for Netherlands with an unbeaten 55 off 72 balls.

For the West Indies, Chris Gayle put on 100 runs for the opening wicket with Devon Smith (53) after the West Indies were put in to bat on a placid wicket in the day-night clash.

Kieron Pollard, who plays for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, hammered five fours and four sixes on his way to the third-fastest World Cup half-century before Ramnaresh Sarwan chipped in with a 42-ball 49.

South Africa crushes West Indies in style

2011-02-25T12:19:00.003+05:30

Debutant leg-spinner Imran Tahir took four wickets and AB de Villiers struck 107 not out as South Africa coasted to a 7-wicket win over the West Indies in the World Cup 2011 on Thursday.

Tahir (4-41) and off-spinner Johan Botha (2-48) shared six wickets to help South Africa bowl out the West Indies for 222 off 47.3 overs before de Villiers slammed his 10th one-day century to seal the fate of their rivals.

JP Duminy (42*) hit the winning run as South Africa reached the target with 43 balls to spare in their opening day-night Group B clash at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.

De Villiers put on 119 runs for the third wicket with skipper Graeme Smith (45) after South Africa had been reduced to 20-2 following the dismissal of Hashim Amla (14) and Jacques Kallis (4) in the space of five runs.

Man of the match: AB de Villiers

Pakistan have completed a huge victory against Kenya

2011-02-24T11:09:00.003+05:30

Pakistan opened their World Cup campaign with a thrashing win over mediocre Kenya side by 205 runs in a group A match at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium.

For Kenya it is their 2nd following defeat in the mega-event after being demolished by New Zealand by 10 wickets in their tournament-opener on Sunday.

Pakistan will next play Sri Lanka in Colombo on Saturday.

Against Kenya, Pakistan produced superb all-round display to seal the match in easy circumstances. After piling up a mammoth 317/7 on the board, they dismissed the minnows for a paltry 112 in 33.1 overs.

Even though he failed with the bat, Captain Shahid Afridi (5/16) led from the front while defending the target. For Kenya only four batsmen reached double figures with Collins Obuya top-scoring with a gutsy 47 off 58 balls.

Apart from Afridi, pacer Umar Gul picked up two Kenyan wickets while giving away just 12 runs.

Earlier, Pakistan's middle-order came up with a superb batting display to guide the team to a massive 317/7 after opting to bat. Shrugging off a poor start, Kamran Akmal (55), Younis Khan (50), Misbah-ul-Haq (65) and Umar Akmal (71) chipped in with valuable half-centuries each to post a challenging total.

Praveen Kumar ruled out World Cup, replaced by Sreesanth

2011-02-08T17:50:00.002+05:30

Praveen Kumar has been ruled out of the ICC World Cup 2011 after failing to recover from an elbow injury.

S. Sreesanth, who undergo a fitness test at the National Cricket Academy, was named as the replacement for Praveen Kumar.

"The ICC has confirmed that Praveen Kumar can be replaced in the squad by Sreesanth," BCCI secretary N. Srinivasan said in a statement.

Praveen Kumar, who returned early from the ODI series in South Africa to recover in time for the World Cup, went to England for further treatment but doctors took a final call on his fitness and ruled him out after the medical check-ups.

The Uttar Pradesh bowling-all rounder underwent a fitness test at the NCA but it seems the injury had not healed as fast as was expected, a BCCI source said.

ICC World Cup Cricket 2011 Squads

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Group A	Group B
Australia	India
Pakistan	South Africa
New Zealand	England
Sri Lanka	West Indies
Zimbabwe	Bangladesh
Canada	Ireland
Kenya	Netherlands

India squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

2011-01-25T12:08:00.000+05:30

The much awaited Indian squad for the World Cup has been announced. The only major surprise has been the exclusion of Rohit Sharma and Inclusion of Piyush Chawla.

There is no back-up wicket keeper in case Dhoni suffers an injury. There was no place for S.Sreesanth - who impressed the South Africa test series, while the disappointing Ishant Sharma has been omitted as expected.

MS Dhoni will lead a 15 member squad which includes 8 batsmen, 3 spinners and 4 Fast Bowlers.

India are clubbed in Group-B in the world Cup alongwith Bangladesh, England, South Africa, West Indies, Ireland and The Netherlands.

India will play the inaugural match of the World Cup 2011 against Bangladesh in Mirpur on February 19.

India squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Virender Sehwag (vc), Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel.

South Africa Squad for ICC World Cup 2011

2011-01-25T11:56:00.000+05:30

Uncapped leg-spin bowler Imran Tahir was named in South Africa's 15-man squad for the Cricket World Cup 2011 in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka from February 19 to April 2.

Remarkable omissions are veteran wicketkeeper batsman Mark Boucher and all-rounder Albie Morkel, who both had reputations as strong finishers in the closing overs of one-day games.

Tahir, John Botha and left-armer Robin Peterson will form South Africa's spin attack.

Morne van Wyk, who shone in a Twenty20 match against India, was chosen as the back-up wicketkeeper to de Villiers, had been selected to fill the number seven role.

South Africa Squad: Graeme Smith (c), Hashim Amla, Johan Botha, AB de Villiers(w), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Colin Ingram, Jacques Kallis, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Morne van Wyk(w).

Zimbabwe Squad for ICC World Cup 2011

2011-01-25T11:46:00.000+05:30

Zimbabwe's best known batsman Hamilton Masakadza not selected in World Cup Squad.

The squad: Elton Chigumbura (capt), Regis Chakabva, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Sean Ervine, Gregory Lamb, Shingirai Masakadza, Chris Mpofu, Ray Price, Edward Rainsford, Tatenda Taibu, Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya and Sean Williams. Manager Lovemore Banda.

Ireland squad for ICC World Cup 2011

2011-01-25T11:34:00.000+05:30

Sussex batsman Ed Joyce was named in the Ireland World Cup squad, despite having played for England at the 2007 World Cup.

Ireland have been drawn in Group B at the World Cup 2011, which runs from February 19 until April 2, alongside Bangladesh, India, England, Netherlands, South Africa and West Indies.

Ireland squad: William Porterfield (c), Andre Botha, Alex Cusack, Niall O'Brien (w), Kevin O'Brien, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston, Nigel Jones, John Mooney, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Albert van der Merwe, Gary Wilson (w), Andrew White, Ed Joyce.

New Zealand Squad for Cricket World Cup 2011

2011-01-21T14:57:00.000+05:30

New Zealand has been drawn in Group A against Kenya, Australia, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Canada and Sri Lanka for the ICC World Cup tournament 2011.

Jamie How was a surprise inclusion in New Zealand's 15-man World Cup squad.

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (c), Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Jamie How, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Kane Williamson, James Franklin, Jacob Oram, Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills, Hamish Bennett, Luke Woodcock.

West Indies squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

2011-01-21T14:52:00.000+05:30

Veteran batsman and former captain Ramnaresh Sarwan was recalled by the West Indies for the World Cup 2011 on Wednesday.

The West Indies will be captained by Darren Sammy who took over from Chris Gayle when the former captain snubbed a West Indies Cricket Board contract.

Fellow rebels Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard are also included in the 15-man squad for the 19th February-April 2 tournament being played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

They are in Group B at the World Cup and will face South Africa in their opener on February 24 in New Delhi followed by games against Netherlands, Bangladesh, Ireland, England and India.

West Indies squad: Darren Sammy (c), Chris Gayle, Adrian Barath, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Carlton Baugh Jr, Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Nikita Miller, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Devon Smith.

Netherlands Squad for ICC World Cup 2011

2011-01-21T14:46:00.000+05:30

Peter Borren was named the skipper of the Netherlands side while Ryan ten Doeschate, who was picked up by the Kolkata franchise for the IPL 4, would be the star attraction of the side.

Netherlands squad: Peter Borren (capt), Adeel Raja, Wesley Barresi (wk), Mudassar Bukhari, Atse Buurman, Tom Cooper, Tom de Grooth, Alexei Kervezee, Bradley Kruger, Bernard Loots, Pieter Seelaar, Eric Szwarczynski, Ryan ten Doeschate, Berend Westdijk, Bas Zuiderent

England 15-man squad for ICC World Cup 2011

2011-01-21T12:52:00.000+05:30

The England selectors announced the final 15-man squad for the forthcoming ICC World Cup 2011 hosted in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka commencing 19th February.

Matt Prior was the only surprise in the 15-man England Squad.

England squad: Andrew Strauss (Captain), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Ajmal Shahzad, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Jonathan Trott, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy

Bangladesh 15-man squad for ICC World Cup 2011

2011-01-21T12:42:00.000+05:30

Former Bangladesh Skipper Mashrafe Mortaza will not take part in World Cup 2011 after the injured fast bowler was left out of Bangladesh's world cup squad named on Wednesday.

Bangladesh who are in Group B with India, England, Ireland, Netherlands, South Africa and West Indies will begin their campaign against fellow co-hosts India in the tournament opener in Dhaka on Feb. 19.

Bangladesh Squad: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Shahriar Nafees, Zunaed Siddique, Mohammad Ashraful, Roqibul Hassan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Mohammad Sohrawardi, Shafiul Islam, Nazmul Hossain, Rubel Hossain.

Kenya squad for ICC World Cup 2011

2011-01-21T12:36:00.000+05:30

Kenya on Wednesday announced a 15-man squad for ICC Cricket World Cup in India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh.

Notable omissions in the team that lost all five build-up matches in India earlier this month are left-arm spinner, Hiren Varaiya and seamer Ragheb Aga.

But brothers, Shem Ngoche and James Ngoche who have played for the Under 19 team, have been included.

Kenya Squad: Jimmy Kamande (c), Seren Waters, Alex Obanda, David Obuya, Collins Obuya, Steve Tikolo, Tanmay Mishra, Rakep Patel, Morris Ouma, Thomas Odoyo, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Elijah Otieno, Peter Ongondo, Shem Ngoche, James Ngoche.

Canada squad for ICC World Cup 2011

2011-01-21T12:11:00.000+05:30

Canada World Cup Squad: Ashish Bagai (capt/wk), Rizwan Cheema (vc), Hamza Tariq, Jimmy Hansra, Harvir Baidwan, Khurram Chohan, Balaji Rao, Nitish Kumar, John Davison, Henry Osinde, Parth Desai, Hiral Patel, Tyson Gordon, Zubin Surkari, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Karl Whatham.

Australia's World Cup Squad

2011-01-19T11:59:00.000+05:30

Defending champions Australia revealed their squad for next month's World Cup, banking on the fitness of a pair of injury-prone pacemen and elder statesmen Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey.

Veteran fast bowler Brett Lee and short-form specialist Shaun Tait were both included in the 15-man squad, which they are trying to win for the fourth successive time.

Ricky Ponting was named as Captain, but is still recovering from a broken finger, while Hussey made the squad but is a major doubt after a severe hamstring tears in the six-wicket win over England at the MCG on Sunday.

Hussey is expected to be sidelined for at least six weeks, with Australia's first game on February 21, and chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch conceded he was a doubt for the showpiece event.

"It is a severe injury and we will make a decision closer to departure date," Hilditch said on Tuesday. Players can be replaced before the tournament.

The shocking selection was Victorian all-rounder John Hastings, who has played just two one-day internationals, while David Hussey, Mike's younger brother, also made the squad.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Paine, hyped by many as a future Australian skipper, is part of the 15.

Left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty, who played on Sunday, was overlooked in favour of the returning Nathan Hauritz, who was ignored for the entire Ashes series but has been in top form in domestic first-class cricket this season.

Victorian paceman Peter Siddle was not included, despite being one of the better Ashes performers for Australia with ball and bat.

Australia Squad: Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Cameron White, Brad Haddin, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Tim Paine, John Hastings, Doug Bollinger, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait, Steven Smith, Nathan Hauritz.

Pakistan's World Cup squad

2011-01-19T11:30:00.000+05:30

Pakistan left out veteran batsman Mohammad Yousuf from their final 15-man squad for next month's World Cup hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi will lead the team.

With Yousuf's exclusion the squad is largely inexperienced, with only seven players having featured in previous World Cups.

Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq and Shoaib Akhtar are the only survivors of Pakistan's runners-up finish in the 1999 tournament.

Pakistan will be without key players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer who were all provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on charges of spot-fixing during team's tour to England last year.

A decision on their case is due on February 5 and the PCB last week said they can be included in the team if absolved.

Another player, Kamran Akmal, who was also under suspicion of match-fixing, was included after being reportedly cleared by the ICC, but all-rounder Shoaib Malik and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria failed to get clearance.

Pakistan, who won the World Cup title in 1992, are placed in Group A of the 14-team event to be played between February 19 to April 2. They open their campaign against Kenya at Hambantota on February 23.

Pakistan Squad: Shahid Afridi (C), Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Tanveer, Ahmed Shahzad

Jayasuriya, Vaas out of Sri Lanka's final squad for the World Cup

2011-01-11T12:24:00.000+05:30

There was no place for sentiment in Sri Lanka's final team for the ICC World Cup Cricket 2011, with the national selection panel headed by former great Aravinda de Silva not selecting either Sanath Jayasuriya or Chaminda Vaas in the final fifteen.

Both Jayasuriya and Vaas had been team-mates of de Silva - with all three proving to be integral parts of the team that won the 1996 World Cup, which was the last one held in the subcontinent.

Sanath Jayasuriya and Vaas had been named in the provisional squad of 30 players, but their declining international powers meant that they couldn't find a place for themselves in the final squad, even though they had expressed their wish of playing a final World Cup before retiring. However, neither of them has featured in an ODI for Sri Lanka for over a year, and the chances of their both making the final squad were always slim.

Most of the squad that beat Australia in Australia 2-1 for a maiden ODI series triumph in the country has been retained. Among the surprise omissions was that of off-spinner Suraj Randiv. Randiv had given a good account of himself in his brief international career, alongwith proving to be a good fielder and decent batsman, but left-arm spinner Rangana Herath was preferred over him.

The absence of the veterans means Sri Lanka has only one player in their ranks who knows what it feels like to win a World Cup - world record holder Muttiah Muralitharan. Muralitharan had retired from Test cricket after the first Test against India with a fairytale finish getting to 800 wickets, but had said that he would be available for selection for the World Cup.

The team will be led by Kumar Sangakkara with Mahela Jayawardene being the vice-captain. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh host the 2011 World Cup, which will take place from February 19 to April 2.

Sri Lanka World Cup squad: Kumar Sangakkara (c & wk), Mahela Jayawardene (vc), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath.

ICC Cricket World Cup: Statistics and Records

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Top 10 Highest partnerships by runs

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Partners	Runs	Wkt	Team	Place
SC Ganguly, R Dravid	318	2nd	India v Sri Lanka	Taunton
SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly	244	2nd	India v Namibia	Pietermaritzburg
R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	237*	3rd	India v Kenya	Bristol
RT Ponting, DR Martyn	234*	3rd	Australia v India	Johannesburg
Kloppenburg, KJJ Noortwijk	228	2nd	Netherlands v Namibia	Bloemfontein
ME Waugh, SR Waugh	207	3rd	Australia v Kenya	Visakhapatnam
MJ Clarke, BJ Hodge	204	4th	Australia v Netherlands	Basseterre
SC Ganguly, V Sehwag	202	2nd	India v Bermuda	Port of Spain
CG Greenidge, HA Gomes	195*	3rd	West Indies v Zimbabwe	Worcester
Saeed Anwar, W. Wasti	194	1st	Pakistan v New Zealand	Manchester

ICC World Cup 2011 Warm-up Match Schedule

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Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Feb 12 - Sat	West Indies v Kenya	09:30	Colombo
Feb 12 - Sat	Bangladesh v Canada	09:30	Chittagong
Feb 12 - Sat	Ireland v New Zealand	09:30	Nagpur
Feb 12 - Sat	Sri Lanka v Netherlands	09:30	Pallekele
Feb 12 - Sat	South Africa v Zimbabwe	14:30	Chennai
Feb 13 - Sun	India v Australia	14:30	Bengaluru
Feb 15 - Tue	Kenya v Netherlands	09:30	Pallekele
Feb 15 - Tue	Ireland v Zimbabwe	09:30	Nagpur
Feb 15 - Tue	Bangladesh v Pakistan	14:00	Dhaka
Feb 15 - Tue	Australia v South Africa	14:30	Bengaluru
Feb 16 - Wed	Canada v England	09:00	Dhaka
Feb 16 - Wed	Sri Lanka v West Indies	09:30	Colombo
Feb 16 - Wed	India v New Zealand	14:30	Chennai
Feb 18 - Fri	England v Pakistan	14:00	Dhaka

India name preliminary World Cup squad

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Cheteshwar Pujara, Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane are included in the 30-man preliminary squad for the 2011 World Cup, while there was no place for veteran Rahul Dravid and Irfan Pathan.

Yusuf Pathan made it to the list of probables following his good performances against New Zealand in the recently concluded ODI series. Also named in the squad was Parthiv Patel, who hit two half-centuries in the last two matches of the five-match ODI series against New Zealand.

The batting had the likely names of Tendulkar, Sehwag, Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina. The ones who are likely to be challenging for a place in the final fifteen are Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahana, Saurabh Tiwary, Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara.

The fast department had well-known seniors such as Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel and Praveen Kumar, while Vinay Kumar also found a spot. The spinners were led by Harbhajan Singh and included Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra and R Ashwin, while Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja made it as the bits-and-pieces men.

The side had four wicket-keepers with Dinesh Karthik, Parthiv Patel and Wridhiman Saha joining captain MS Dhoni.

The final team is to be declared a month before the start of the World Cup as per the rules of the ICC and would be pruned to a squad of 15.

30-man list: MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Saurabh Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Parthiv Patel , R Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha, Dinesh Karthik, Shikhar Dhawan, Amit Mishra, Piyush Chawla, Cheteshwar Pujara, Pragyan Ojha, Praveen Kumar.