ICC World Cup 2011: Most Catches

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

Batting Records

Most Run Scorer Highest Scores Highest Averages Most 100s Most 50s

Bowling Records

Highest Wickets Best bowling figures in an innings Best averages Best economy rates Best strike rates Most 4 Wickets Most 5 Wickets

Fielding Records

Most catches Most catches in an innings

Partnership Records

Highest partnerships by wicket Highest partnerships by runs

Team Records

Match Results Top 20 Highest Totals Top 20 Highest match aggregates Largest victories Most extras in an innings

India in Final; Beat Pakistan by 29 runs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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