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| India win World Cup 2011 by beating Sri Lanka on April 2 |
| 2011-04-03 07:36:00 |
India have beaten Sri Lanka with 6 wickets in hand while chasing a target of 275 runs to clinch the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.On the crucial day, Kumar Sangakkara, the Lankan skipper won the toss and elected to bat first. Zaheer Khan provided a perfect start for the Indians with 3 maidens and a wicket as he put the 2003 World Cup final behind him. Upul Tharanga perished after scoring 2 runs off 20 deliveries. Tillakaratne Dilshan too, failed to deliver at the biggest stage and the business had to be done by Sangakkara and his deputy Mahela Jayawardena, who smashed a brilliant unbeaten century (103*) to guide Sri Lanka to 274/6 in 50 overs.Zaheer, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh got the breaks for India at the right moments were helped by a brilliant fiel...
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| India beat Pakistan at Mohali on March 30 |
| 2011-03-31 12:45:00 |
In what was billed as the “Mother of All Games” by cricketing experts, India have defeated Pakistan in the semi finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 by a margin of 29 runs at the PCA Stadium in Mohali to set up a clash against Sri Lanka in Mumbai for the Cup come Saturday.Team India captain MS Dhoni won the toss today and opted to bat first. Virender Sehwag gave India a terrific start as he bludgeoned Umar Gul all around the park for his 38 off 25 deliveries. Sachin Tendulkar anchored yet another innings for India today as he made his way to a lucky 85 runs. Sachin was dropped four times during his stay at the centre and had an lbw decision reversed his way after a successful review. Gautam Gambhir (27), MS Dhoni (25), and Suresh Raina (36*) betted well in what was a tough wicket t...
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| Sri Lanka enter World Cup 2011 final by beating New Zealand on March 29 |
| 2011-03-30 02:47:00 |
Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand comfortably by 5 wickets at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo to qualify for their second successive World Cup final.Kiwi skipper Daniel Vettori won the toss today and elected to bat first. Things looked good for the Black Caps as they got off to a steady start with Martin Guptill (39) looking good with the bat. Brendon McCullum blasted a sweep off Rangana Herath in one over and got out in the bowlers next over as he tried to repeat the same shot. Thereafter, wickets continued to fall at regular intervals as the Sri Lankan’s bowled brilliantly for the rest of the innings. Scott Styris (57) and Ross Taylor (36) also looked good but were undone by some brilliant spin bowling.Lasith Malinga and Ajantha Mendis claimed 3 wickets each for Sri Lanka as Rangana Hera...
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| South Africa choke again to go out of World Cup 2011 |
| 2011-03-26 00:59:00 |
South Africa lived up to their tag of ‘chokers’ as they crashed out of the World Cup today when they were defeated by New Zealand by a margin of 49 runs at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.Skipper Daniel Vettori won the toss for New Zealand and chose to bat first in today’s quarter final match up. South Africa claimed two early wickets in the form of Martin Guptill and the dangerous Brendon McCullum. Jesse Ryder (83) and Ross Taylor (43) built the innings patiently thereafter. The pair showed great application as they shared a 114 run stand for the third wicket. They had to work hard for runs for boundaries were rare given the slow wicket at the Shere Bangla stadium today. After the departure of these two batters, Kane Williamson (38*) arrived at the centre and help...
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| India send Australia out of the World Cup |
| 2011-03-26 00:55:00 |
India knocked out three time defending champions Australia in the second quarter final of the ICC Cricket World Cup by 5 wickets at the Motera in Ahmadabad to set up a mouth watering clash versus Pakistan for the semi finals.Ricky Ponting won the crucial toss today and chose to bat first. Australia got off to a slow start in contrast with their previous games and lost Shane Watson to a Ravichandran Ashwin delivery in the last ball of the mandatory powerplay. Ricky Ponting arrived at the crease to join Brad Haddin (53), with whom the Aussie captain shared a 70 run partnership. Ponting (104) rose to the occasion and went on to record a great century, anchoring the innings superbly. Yuvraj Singh got onto the act as he took two quick wickets of the dangerous Haddin and Michael Clarke. Thereaft...
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| Pakistan win by ten wickets against West Indies to enter semi-final |
| 2011-03-26 00:53:00 |
Pakistan dished out a 10 wicket victory to the West Indies in the first quarter final of the current edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup held at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.West Indies captain Darren Sammy won the toss on the day and elected to bat first. The events that followed were truly remarkable.Pakistan went into the game without pace spearhead Shoaib Akhtar, who will be retiring after the Cup. Umar Gul struck straight away for Pakistan as he dismissed the dangerous Chris Gayle in the third over. His opening partner Devon Smith was quick to follow as Mohammad Hafeez caught him leg before wicket. Darren Bravo went for a duck while Ramnaresh Sarwan stayed on to make 24 runs. Shivnarine Chanderpaul was unbeaten at 44 runs when the West Indies were bowled out for...
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| India beat west Indies to set up quarters against Australia |
| 2011-03-25 06:11:00 |
India have won their last group match of the ICC Cricket world cup by 80 runs against the West Indies at the M.A. Chidambaram stadium in Chennai to set up a quarter final clash against the defending champions Australia.Captain cool, MS Dhoni won the toss for the Indians on the day and chose to bat first. India lost the little master early on in the game as he walked of his own accord after edging a Ravi Rampaul delivery to the wicketkeeper. Gautam Gambhir, who opened the innings for India in the absence of fellow Delhi-ite Virender Sehwag started to build a good partnership with the young Virat Kohli but perished in the ninth over.He was replaced at the crease by the swashbuckling Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj shared a third wicket partnership of 122 runs with Virat Kohli, who batted extremely well...
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| Zimbawe end World Cup on a high with win over Kenya |
| 2011-03-25 06:09:00 |
Zimbabwe won their ICC Cricket World Cup Group A match against Kenya here at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata by 161 runs in an encounter which had no consequence to the Cup as both teams have failed to progress to the next round.Zimbabwe skipper Elton Chigumbura won the toss and elected to bat first on the day. Zimbabwe were able to post a total of 308 runs in their fifty overs thanks to a team effort by the batsmen. Regis Chakabva was the only man who missed out as Tatenda Taibu (53), Vusi Sibanda (61), Craig Ervine (66), and Chigumbura (38) all batted extremely well throughout the length of the innings. Greg Lamb and Prosper Utseya played quick fire innings at the depth to help Zimbabwe breach the coveted 300 run mark at the Eden.Elijah Otieno was the most successful bowler for Kenya with 2 ...
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| Pakistan stun Australia thanks to Gul spell on March 19 |
| 2011-03-20 03:11:00 |
Pakistan ended Australia’s unbeaten run of 34 matches in world cup cricket in today’s match held at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo as they defeated the Aussies by 4 wickets. Incidentally, Pakistan were the last team to have beaten Australia in 1999 before the Aussies embarked on this remarkable run.Ricky Ponting won the toss for Australia earlier in the day and elected to bat first. Australia’s best batsman in this year’s tournament – Shane Watson, was clean bowled by Umar Gul in the fifth over. Pakistan bowled exceptionally well to keep Brad Haddin (42) and Ricky Ponting (19) under enormous pressure by keeping the scoring rate at a minimum. Both perished as they tried to break the shackles. Michael Clarke struggled his way through to 34 runs before Abdur Razzaq claimed his wic...
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| South Africa stroll to win after bowling Bangladesh out for 72 on March 18 |
| 2011-03-20 03:09:00 |
South Africa have won their last group match against co hosts Bangladesh by a whopping margin of 206 runs at the Shere Bangla Stadium at Mirpur in Dhaka.Proteas skipper Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to bat first. Smith (45) provided a solid start for his team with opening partner Hashim Amla (51), who is in the form of his life at the moment. They shared a 98 run stand for the first wicket. After their departure Jacques Kallis arrived at the crease and batted beautifully for his 69 runs. JP Duminy faltered today after getting off to a start, however, there were no such mistakes from Faf du Plessis, who made a run a ball 52. Later on, Johan Botha and Robin Peterson scored some quick runs to help South Africa post a good total of 284/8 in their 50 overs.Rubel Hossain was Bangladesh...
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