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Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Netherlands vs Ireland, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Match 37 Match Result: Ireland beat Netherlands by 6 wickets Man of the match: Paul Stirling (IRE) Series Status: Toss won by: Ireland Status : Match Ended Batted First : Netherlands Batted Second : Ireland Netherlands: 306 for 10 in 50.0 overs R/R: 6.12 Netherlands Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Eric Swarczynski c Niall O'Brien b Trent Johnston 1 4 0 0 Wesley Barresi lbw b Paul Stirling 44 49 4 2 Tom Cooper c William Porterfield b Boyd Rankin 5 5 1 0 Ryan ten Doeschate c John Mooney b Paul Stirling 106 108 13 1 Alexei Kervezee c Kevin O'Brien b John Mooney 12 16 2 0 Peter Borren (C) c William Porterfield b John Mooney 84 82 10 0 Atse Buurman (W) run out (Niall O'Brien) 26 30 4 0 Mudassar Bukhari run out (John Mooney) 11 8 0 1 Pieter Seelaar run out (John Mooney) 0 1 0 0 Adeel Raja run out (Ed Joyce) 0 0 0 0 Bernard Loots not out 0 0 0 0 Extras :    17  (b - 1

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - England vs West Indies, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Match 36 Match Result: England beat West Indies by 18 runs Man of the match: Tredwell (Eng) Toss won by: England Status : Match Ended Batted First : England Batted Second : West Indies England: 243 for 10 in 48.4 overs R/R: 4.99 England Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Andrew Strauss (C) c Chris Gayle b Andre Russell 31 39 3 1 Matt Prior (W) b Andre Russell 21 21 3 0 Jonathan Trott c Chris Gayle b Devendra Bishoo 47 38 7 0 Ian Bell b Kemar Roach 27 48 1 0 Eoin Morgan c Devon Thomas b Devendra Bishoo 7 13 0 0 Ravi Bopara b Andre Russell 4 16 0 0 Luke Wright c Andre Russell b Devendra Bishoo 44 57 5 0 James Tredwell run out (Kieron Pollard) 9 20 0 0 Tim Bresnan not out 20 27 2 0 Graeme Swann b Andre Russell 8 8 1 0 Chris Tremlett c Devon Thomas b Kemar Roach 3 7 0 0 Extras :    22  (b - 1, w - 15, nb - 2, lb - 4, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/48 (Matt Prior 9.1 ov.)

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Canada vs Australia, Match 35 (Final Scorecard) Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Australia vs Canada, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, Match 35 Match Result: Australia beat Canada by 7 wickets Man of the match: S Watson (AUS) Toss won by: Canada Status : Match Ended Batted First : Canada Batted Second : Australia Canada: 211 for 10 in 45.4 overs R/R: 4.62 Canada Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Hiral Patel c Mitchell Johnson b Shane Watson 54 45 5 3 John Davison c Brad Haddin b Brett Lee 14 12 3 0 Zubin Surkari b Shaun Tait 34 69 2 0 Ashish Bagai (C) (W) c Brad Haddin b Shaun Tait 39 55 6 0 Jimmy Hansra c Brett Lee b Jason Krejza 3 4 0 0 Rizwan Cheema b Brett Lee 2 2 0 0 Nitish Kumar c Shaun Tait b Mitchell Johnson 7 18 0 0 Karl Whatham b Brett Lee 18 41 2 0 Harvir Baidwan c Ricky Ponting b Jason Krejza 17 14 3 0 Balaji Rao b Brett Lee 5 12 0 0 Henry Osinde not out 2 3 0 0 Extras :    16  (b - 0, w - 11, nb - 1, lb - 4, Penalty -

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - South Africa vs Ireland, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Match 34 Match Result: South Africa beat Ireland by 131 runs Man of the match: JP Duminy (RSA) Toss won by: Ireland Status : Match Ended Batted First : South Africa Batted Second : Ireland South Africa: 272 for 7 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.44 South Africa Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Hashim Amla c George Dockrell b Boyd Rankin 18 17 1 1 Graeme Smith (C) run out (John Mooney) 7 18 0 0 Morne van Wyk (W) b George Dockrell 42 41 7 1 Jacques Kallis run out (William Porterfield) 19 31 3 0 JP Duminy c Kevin O'Brien b John Mooney 99 103 6 1 Faf du Plessis c Trent Johnston b Paul Stirling 11 19 0 0 Colin Ingram b Trent Johnston 46 43 7 0 Johan Botha not out 21 28 1 0 Robin Peterson not out 0 0 0 0 Dale Steyn Morne Morkel Extras :    9  (b - 2, w - 4, nb - 0, lb - 3, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/24 (Hashim Amla 4.4 ov.), 2/52 (Graeme Smith 9.4 ov.), 3/84 (Morne van

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Pakistan vs Zimbabwe, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Match 33 Match Result: Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 7 wickets (D/L method) Man of the match: Asad Shafiq (Pak) Toss won by: Zimbabwe Status : Match Ended Batted First : Zimbabwe Batted Second : Pakistan Zimbabwe: 151 for 7 in 39.4 overs R/R: 3.80 Zimbabwe Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Brendan Taylor c Kamran Akmal b Abdul Razzaq 4 5 1 0 Regis Chakabva lbw b Umar Gul 0 6 0 0 Tatenda Taibu (W) c Shahid Afridi b Wahab Riaz 19 29 2 0 Vusi Sibanda c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul 5 11 1 0 Craig Ervine b Mohammad Hafeez 52 82 5 0 Greg Lamb c & b Shahid Afridi 16 28 1 0 Elton Chigumbura (C) not out 32 46 2 0 Prosper Utseya c Kamran Akmal b Umar Gul 18 32 0 0 Graeme Cremer Shingirai Masakadza Ray Price Extras :    5  (b - 0, w - 2, nb - 2, lb - 1, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/5 (Brendan Taylor 0.5 ov.), 2/5 (Regis Chakabva 2 ov.), 3/13 (Vusi S