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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MATCH 5, ENGLAND VS NETHERLANDS

We almost have 1st big upset in world cup 2011 on day 4 in a close encounter between England and Netherlands. In a exciting match between 2 European countries England clinch the match , thanks to their long, experienced batting line up.



Batting first Netherlands put a competitive total of 292 on the board. Ryan ten Doeschate was the hero of Dutch batting, as he used to be many times. He played a wonderful knock of 119 on 110 balls including 9 fours and 3 sixes before losing his wicket to Stuart Broad.

Dutch inning was also helped by the handy knocks of Tom cooper(47 on 73 bals) and captain Peter Borren(35 on 24 balls).

None of the English bowler (except Swann), was impressive on a dull and slow pitch,they were hammered by dutch batsmen all over the ground. The bad bowling performance was then joined by some very lazy fielding with Swann and Broad joining the party by dropping easy chances. Fielders have given 30-40 extra runs as admitted by Captain Andrew Strauss later.

With a competitive total on the board England start proceedings with their new opening pair of Peterson and Strauss. With the better experience and better batting line up England start snailing impressively, losing regular wickets after good partnerships.

Run getters among English team were Captain Andrew Strauss(88 for 83 balls including 9 fours) and Jonathan Trott(62 for 65).

Although the match goes till last overs but England was always looking comfortable. Collingwood and Ravi Bopara ended the match by adding 30 runs each.

Although Netherlands side lost the match but they must be prideful of what they have achieve. They simply prove that they are not minnows here and can upset any good team in the tournament.

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TOP 5 BOWLERS OF WORLD CUP 2011

	Name	Matches	Country	Total wickets	Economy
1	Shahid Afridi	2	Pakistan	9	2.77
2	Mitchell Johnson	2	Australia	8	2.81
3	KJR Roach	2	West Indies	7	4.2
4	Malinga	1	Srilanka	6	4.95
5	H.K.BENNET	2	New Zealand	6	6.58

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TOP 5 BATSMEN IN WORLD CUP 2011

	Name	Matches	Country	Total Runs	Average	Strike Rate
1	Andrew Strauss	2	England	246	123	107.89
2	Sehwag	2	India	210	105	126.5
3	Ian Bell	3	England	183	61	95.6
4	IJL Trott	3	England	170	56.66	101.5
5	Sangakara	3	Srilanka	168	84	97.5

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DHONI DECLARED INDIAN PLAYING 11 AGAINST BANGLADESH

Unofficially though but Indian skipper M.S.Dhoni has declared his playing 11 for the first match against Bangladesh.Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag
as expected will open the inning.

Gautam Gambhir will be the third batsman to come and the most wanted 4th slot is grabbed by Virat Kohli by his splendid knocks in past few matches. M.S.Dhoni, Yuvraj singh and Yusuf Pathan will be the other batsmen in playing 11.

The bowling department will have Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh for sure the other two bowling spots Dhoni has left with many options, which will be a headache for him.

The biggest surprise is the survival of Yuvraj Singh who is not among the run getter for last few months.Dhoni has given him a crucial and big chance, how to become an interpreter what Yuvraj need to do is a couple of 50's and wickets to retain the faith of his skipper.

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OPENING CEREMONY OF CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011

The stage is ready to welcome the world for cricketing extravaganza . The opening ceremony will take place tonight at Dhaka, proud capital of Bangladesh.



Bangladesh shares in the world cup were increased after Pakistan lost its shares of matches in world cup due to security concerns(After attack on Sri lankan players).

As world's richest organizations are co-hosting this event so every one must aspect something big.World renowned rock star Bryan Adams and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy(makers of official world cup song) will be the main attraction along with many dance and laser shows.

This time ICC is not taking any risk as it was in last sub continent world cup when the opening ceremony took place at Eden garden which damaged the pitch partially.

The world cup campaign will start after 2 days when co hosts India and Bangladesh will face each other at the Sher-e-Bangla National cricket stadium.

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MOST AWAITING INCOUNTERS IN UPCOMING CRICKET WORLD CUP

A lot of arch rivals will be head to head during the cricket world cup 2011. But the most awaiting encounters among those will be

1. AFRIDI(PAKISTAN) VS. HARBHAJAN(INDIA)




The first one has the reputation of destroying any bowling attack in slog overs and second one is known for keeping batsmen quiet.Their encounter will be special also because both are enjoying good form in their last series with New-Zea land and South Africa respectively.
They both can bowl and bat comprehensively. This makes their chances of encounter even more.

2. CHRIS GAYLE(WEST INDIES) VS. BRETT LEE(AUSTRALIA)


Although Brett lee makes an impressive come back in the national team of Australia and picking up regular wickets since then but it will be interesting to see how he will face west indies opener in this world cup. World must not have forgot 2009 t20 world cup match between these 2 teams when Chris gayle butchered the Australian bowling attack including Brett lee.
This will be probably the last time when Brett lee can take the revenge.

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JOY FOR KOLKATA AND EDEN GARDEN

ICC officials who visited the Eden garden are impressed by the speed of construction of new stands.ICC officials looking stunned praised the working speed.

They declared that although Eden garden lost its match between India and England but can comfortably host its other matches which are scheduled in march.

Eden garden has hosted some memorable matches and known for its pitch and crowd. This very pitch hosted the 1996 world cup semifinal match between host nations India and Sri lanka. Sri lanha won the match and further won the world cup.

Eden garden was slammed by ICC for unsatisfying construction during their visit on 25th January.

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PRAVEEN'S INJURED, DELIGHT FOR SREE

Indian cricket team and its hardcore fans get embarrassed just before the cricket world cup,when Indian pace bowler declared unfit for upcoming ICC world cup.

One of the in-form opening bowler of team India, Praveen kumar suffered from a tennis elbow injury during the only 20-20 cricket match with South Africa last year. BCCI have made the announcements that the injured Praveen will be replaced by SreeSanth .

Not able to hide his joy by getting this unexpected opportunity, Sreesanth told the reporters that he have performed well in south Africa and will try to continue his brilliant run.While showing his great disappointment Praveen kumar called it just a matter of time and hoping for the best in future.

India's pace attack will know be lead by Zaheer khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf patel along with Sreesanth. Every Indian cricket fan is know praying for other injured players including Sachin tendulkar and Virender sehwag.

BCCI officials are however confident with the past performances of Sreesanth but also agree that he has to control himself and put his energy on game only.

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 - Detail Schedule

See ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 - Detail Schedule

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 - Schedule and fixtures

Group Division:

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

Match no.	Time (local)	Date	Teams	Venue
1	14:30	19 Feb	India vs Bangladesh	Dhaka
2	09:30	20 Feb	New Zealand vs Kenya	Chennai
3	14:30	20 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Canada	Hambantota
4	14:30	21 Feb	Australia vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
5	14:30	22 Feb	England vs Netherlands	Nagpur
6	14:30	23 Feb	Pakistan vs Kenya	Hambantota
7	14:30	24 Feb	South Africa vs West Indies	New Delhi
8	09:30	25 Feb	Australia vs New Zealand	Nagpur
9	14:30	25 Feb	Bangladesh vs Ireland	Dhaka
10	14:30	26 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo
11	14:30	27 Feb	India vs England	Kolkata
12	09:30	28 Feb	West Indies vs Netherlands	New Delhi
13	14:30	28 Feb	Zimbabwe vs Canada	Nagpur
14	14:30	1 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Kenya	Colombo
15	14:30	2 Mar	England vs Ireland	Bangalore
16	14:30	3 Mar	South Africa vs Netherlands	Mohali
17	14:30	3 Mar	Pakistan vs Canada	Colombo
18	09:30	4 Mar	New Zealand vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
19	14:30	4 Mar	Bangladesh vs West Indies	Dhaka
20	14:30	5 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Australia	Colombo
21	09:30	6 Mar	India vs Ireland	Bangalore
22	14:30	6 Mar	England vs South Africa	Chennai
23	14:30	7 Mar	Kenya vs Canada	New Delhi
24	14:30	8 Mar	Pakistan vs New Zealand	Pallekelle
25	14:30	9 Mar	India vs Netherlands	New Delhi
26	14:30	10 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
27	09:30	11 Mar	West Indies vs Ireland	Mohali
28	14:30	11 Mar	Bangladesh vs England	Chittagong
29	14:30	12 Mar	India vs South Africa	Nagpur
30	09:30	13 Mar	New Zealand vs Canada	Mumbai
31	14:30	13 Mar	Australia vs Kenya	Bangalore
32	09:30	14 Mar	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
33	14:30	14 Mar	Bangladesh vs Netherlands	Chittagong
34	14:30	15 Mar	South Africa vs Ireland	Kolkata
35	14:30	16 Mar	Australia vs Canada	Bangalore
36	14:30	17 Mar	England vs West Indies	Chennai
37	09:30	18 Mar	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Mumbai
38	14:30	18 Mar	Ireland vs Netherlands	Kolkata
39	09:30	19 Mar	Australia vs Pakistan	Colombo
40	14:30	19 Mar	Bangladesh vs South Africa	Dhaka
41	09:30	20 Mar	Zimbabwe vs Kenya	Kolkata
42	14:30	20 Mar	India vs West Indies	Chennai
43	14:30	23 Mar	First Quarterfinal	Dhaka
44	14:30	24 Mar	Second Quarterfinal	Colombo
45	14:30	25 Mar	Third Quarterfinal	Dhaka
46	14:30	26 Mar	Fourth Quarterfinal	Ahmedabad
47	14:30	29 Mar	First Semifinal	Colombo
48	14:30	30 Mar	Second Semifinal	Mohali
49	14:30	02 Apr	FINAL	Mumbai

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