MATCH - 17 , CANADA VS PAKISTAN

It was a match between Canada and Afridi which Shahid Afridi won impressively.











Canada bowling first, inspired by the performance of Ireland the day before bowled very well.
After loosing their openers quickly Pakistan never came back on track and keep loosing wickets at regular intervals.

Although Umar Akmal and Misbah Ul Haq showed a little resistance in the middle of inning but not for a long time . It was the spin magic of Balagi Rao who send them back in pavilion.No other batsmen able to impress the spectators and the whole pakistani team got packed on a mere 184 runs.

Canada with a full chance to disturb the giants started their batting with a new opening pair, 3rd in their third match.The openers showed a little character and surely their lack of big stage performances used a lot of balls before got out on 8 and 2 runs respectively.

The middle order than start snailing with a very slow rate making required run rate very high ,out of reach . It was then came a splendid spell of captain Afridi who again took 5 wicket hall in recent world cup and established himself as top wicket taker in recent world cup and will enjoy that position for a long enough time.

He wrapped up Canadian inexperience middle order and also helped his team with a catch and run out.Top scorer from Canada was Jimmy Hansara who scored 43 runs on 75 balls including 4 fours and 1 six.


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MATCH - 15 , IRELAND VS ENGLAND

Finally, Finally World cup spirit is touching skies due to a couple of fantastic matches in row.Excitement started with a tie between England-India match and further carried by England in their encounter with Ireland.







Match 15 of world cup was between Ireland and England.After their stunning performance against India , England was looking favorite but the Irishmen have other plans .

Batting first England openers were looking more then comfortable.They just start demoralize the bowlers from very first ball.Kevin Peterson produced his first half century as a opener. He scored 59 runs on 50 balls including 7 fours and 2 sixes.The centurion of last match,Andrew strauss only scored 34 runs on 37 balls .

England middle order continued their brilliant run as Ian Bell and Trott both held a hundred run partnership.

Trott just missed his century by a mere 8 runs as he scored 92 runs out of 92 balls including 9 fours while his companion Ian Bell put up 81 runs on 86 balls including 6 fours and 1 six.Other English batsmen played short and quick innings and England put a healthy score of 327 runs on the loss of 8 wickets.

Chasing a huge total one always need a good opening partnership but the Irish opener and captain Porterfield lost his wicket on the very first ball of the match .Ireland team then start snailing , losing regular wickets at regular intervals .

But the equations changed when Kevin O'Brien came into the field.He just start throwing his bat on every ball and start butchering the England fast bowling .Meanwhile he hit the longest six of recent world cup covering 102 meters . He than scored the Fastest century of world cup ever leaving behind the record of Mathew Hyden(Aus) who scored it in 66 balls while O'Brien took 47 balls to reach the mark.

Alex Cussac on other hand played a sensible inning of 47 runs on 52 balls hitting 3 fours and 1 six. Match was finished by John Mooney and Trent Johntson.

The victory of Ireland was the result of great determination of Ireland player to prove that they are not the minnows of this world cup and on the other hand bowling and fielding of England helped them a lot in their cause.


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MATCH - 14 , SRILANKA VS KENYA

It was a one way traffic when sub-continent expert Srilanka were up against Kenya.Srilankan team brought back their star bowler Malinga into the team for this game.







Much was expected from Kenyan team after their shaky performance in earlier matches, but every thing went same as Sri Lanka won the match by 9 wickets.

Batting first Kenya was expecting a decent total but SriLanka have other plans in mind. Opening spell of Kulasekara and Malinga was not only economical but also added two wickets in srilankan kitty.

Obuyo brothers then produced individual half centuries. But their pace of batting was not suitable to a one day inning .Collin Obuyo took 100 balls to reach 52 mark while David Obuyo took 106 balls to reach his 51 runs.

The Kenyans were looking to get a comfortable 200+ but then came a memorable spell of Maligna. He took a ha-trick and completed his 6 wicket spell in 7.4 overs giving away only 38 runs. He bowled some splendid yorkers and looked like taking wickets on his will.

Chasing a total of 143 runs Srilankan openers start toying the Kenyan bowlers. Dilshan was only player to get out on 44 runs .Captain Sangakara and opener Upul Tharanga then lead Srilanka to a comfortable winin 18.4 overs.






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MATCH - 11 , INDIA VS ENGLAND

It was so far the most exciting encounter in world cup, where host India faced England.





Although current form and home conditions made India favorite but the match ends up in a tie.
Batting first India was expected to put an immense total on board specially with no Stuart Broad in English side.

The opening partnership was good till Sehwag produced an edge to wicketkeeper on the bowling on Bresnan.Sehwag scored fast 35 runs on 26 balls including 6 fours.Then held a big partnership between Sachin and Gambhir. Both played sensibly and maturely specially against Englad spin attack including Yardy and Swann.

Sachin guided Indian inning and completed his 47 th ODI century. He scored 120 runs on 115 balls including 10 fours and 5 mighty sixes.After reaching 50 run mark, he entertained spectators by butchering England spin attack. He planted 2 consecutive sixes to Swann in his 3rd spell.

India then lost the wicket of Gambhir who scored 51 runs on 61 balls including 5 fours.
Yuvraj then came out on ground then Virat Kohli , leaving every one in surprise.But the trick worked as he scored 58 runs on 50 balls including 9 fours.

Sachin after his century tried to push the tempo and lost his wicket to Anderson during batting powerplay .When India looking comfortable for 350+ scores, it was Bresnon who spoil the party by picking 5 wickets.

Anderson and Swann were turning out to be a big disappointment for England team. India ended up with a total of 338 on board.

Chasing a big total a solid start was needed as so given by England openers.Munaf patel cause the first blow by dismiss Peterson(31 runs on 22 balls including 5 fours). Andrew Strauss was pick of England batting scored 158 runs on 145 balls including 18 fours and 1 big six.

The match was looking completely England way but then came a ripping last spell of Zaheer Khan ,which brought India back into the game . Match then went till last over in which England needed 14 runs but then a six to Munaf changed the equations and match ended up in tie.



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Match no.8 , AUS v NZ - current updates

Match 8 of world cup and arch rivals New Zealand and Australia facing each other.

Both the teams have registered impressive victories in their last match of world cup.Australia after lossing the toss , asked for bowling first by Vittori.Opener B.Mc Cullum started the inning in his own fashion but not for a long time. He was caught by kreza on the bowling of Shawn Tait.Martin Guptil then tried to build a strong partnership with Rider. After devolping a small partnership Rider edged a Beauty by Johnson who is the pick of bowler for Australia till now.

After lossing the wicket of Rider ,the New Zealand middle order collapsed with Styris and Franklin dismissed for duck.



The lower order then show some spirit and added valuable runs. Nathen McCullum and Vittori added 52(3 fours) and 44(5 fours) respectively.But when both were looking good, Ricki Ponting bring Johnson back to attack and equations changed dramatically.

The New Zealand team put up a total of 206 runs in 45.1 overs and credit goes to Australian pace bowling attack.

Johnson picks 4 wickets in his 9.1 overs on 33 runs while Tait picks 3 wickets in his 7 overs for 35 runs.

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