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Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Pakistan vs West Indies, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, 1st Quarter Final Match Result: Pakistan beat West Indies by 10 wickets Man of the match: Mohd Hafeez (PAK) Series Status: Quarterfinals Toss won by: West Indies Status : Match Ended Batted First : West Indies Batted Second : Pakistan West Indies: 112 for 10 in 43.3 overs R/R: 2.57 West Indies Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Devon Smith lbw b Mohammad Hafeez 7 14 1 0 Chris Gayle c Shahid Afridi b Umar Gul 8 9 2 0 Ramnaresh Sarwan c Umar Akmal b Shahid Afridi 24 68 2 0 Darren Bravo lbw b Mohammad Hafeez 0 3 0 0 Shivnarine Chanderpaul not out 44 106 0 1 Kieron Pollard c Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi 1 7 0 0 Devon Thomas (W) lbw b Shahid Afridi 0 1 0 0 Darren Sammy (C) lbw b Saeed Ajmal 1 3 0 0 Devendra Bishoo b Saeed Ajmal 0 3 0 0 Kemar Roach c Younus Khan b Abdul Razzaq 16 43 2 0 Ravi Rampaul b Shahid Afridi 0 5 0 0 Extras :    11  (b - 0, w - 7, nb - 2, lb

Match no. 43  Pakistan v West Indies - Mirpur (March 23) Match no. 44 Australia v India - Ahmedabad (March 24) Match no. 45 New Zealand v South Africa - Mirpur (March 25) Match no. 46 Sri Lanka v England - Colombo (March 26)  ICC Cricket World Cup Quarterfinals Fixtures Cricket world cup 2011 schedule for quarterfinal

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - India vs West Indies, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Match 42 Match Result: India beat West Indies by 80 runs Man of the match:  Yuvraj Singh (IND) Toss won by: India Status : Match Ended Batted First : India Batted Second : West Indies India: 268 for 10 in 49.1 overs R/R: 5.45 India Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Gautam Gambhir c Andre Russell b Ravi Rampaul 22 26 4 0 Sachin Tendulkar c Devon Thomas b Ravi Rampaul 2 4 0 0 Virat Kohli b Ravi Rampaul 59 76 5 0 Yuvraj Singh c & b Kieron Pollard 113 123 10 2 MS Dhoni (C) (W) st Devon Thomas b Devendra Bishoo 22 30 1 0 Suresh Raina c Ravi Rampaul b Darren Sammy 4 8 0 0 Yusuf Pathan b Ravi Rampaul 11 10 1 0 Harbhajan Singh c Kieron Pollard b Andre Russell 3 6 0 0 Ravichandran Ashwin not out 10 7 1 0 Zaheer Khan b Ravi Rampaul 5 3 1 0 Munaf Patel b Andre Russell 1 2 0 0 Extras :    16  (b - 5, w - 9, nb - 0, lb - 2, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/8 (Sachin Tendulkar 1

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Australia vs Pakistan, R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Match 40 Match Result: Pakistan beat Australia by 4 wickets Man of the match: Umar Akmal(PAK) Toss won by: Australia Status : Match Ended Batted First : Australia Batted Second : Pakistan Australia: 176 for 10 in 46.4 overs R/R: 3.77 Australia Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Shane Watson b Umar Gul 9 16 1 0 Brad Haddin (W) c Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz 42 80 3 1 Ricky Ponting (C) c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Hafeez 19 33 2 0 Michael Clarke b Abdul Razzaq 34 48 2 0 Cameron White run out (Misbah-ul-Haq) 8 18 0 0 Michael Hussey c Misbah-ul-Haq b Abdur Rehman 12 22 0 0 Steven Smith b Shahid Afridi 25 32 1 0 Mitchell Johnson c Kamran Akmal b Abdul Razzaq 0 3 0 0 Jason Krejza b Umar Gul 7 19 0 0 Brett Lee c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul 5 8 1 0 Shaun Tait not out 0 1 0 0 Extras :    15  (b - 0, w - 10, nb - 0, lb - 5, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/12 (Shane Watson 4.3 ov.), 2/75 (

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Bangladesh vs South Africa, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Match 39 Toss won by: South Africa Status : South Africa beat Bangladesh by 206 runs Batted First : South Africa Batted Second : Bangladesh Man of the match : L Tsosobe (RSA)   South Africa: 284 for 8 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.68 South Africa Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Hashim Amla b Abdur Razzak 51 59 6 0 Graeme Smith (C) st Mushfiqur Rahim b Mahmudullah 45 68 4 0 Jacques Kallis c & b Shakib Al Hasan 69 76 5 1 JP Duminy c Mushfiqur Rahim b Rubel Hossain 17 22 1 0 Faf du Plessis c Tamim Iqbal b Rubel Hossain 52 52 4 1 Morne van Wyk (W) b Shakib Al Hasan 5 5 0 0 Johan Botha run out (Rubel Hossain) 12 6 2 0 Robin Peterson not out 22 9 4 0 Wayne Parnell b Rubel Hossain 0 1 0 0 Lonwabo Tsotsobe not out 4 2 1 0 Imran Tahir Extras :    7  (b - 0, w - 4, nb - 0, lb - 3, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/98 (Graeme Smith 20.4 ov.), 2/107 (Hashim Amla 22.3 ov.), 3/

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, Match 38 Match Result: Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 112 runs Man of the match: K Sangakkara (SRI) Toss won by: Sri Lanka Status : Match Ended Batted First : Sri Lanka Batted Second : New Zealand Sri Lanka: 265 for 9 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.3 Sri Lanka Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Upul Tharanga run out (Tim Southee) 3 7 0 0 Tillakaratne Dilshan c Jacob Oram b Tim Southee 3 15 0 0 Kumar Sangakkara (C) (W) b Nathan McCullum 111 128 11 2 Mahela Jayawardena lbw b Tim Southee 66 90 6 0 Angelo Mathews not out 41 35 4 0 Thilan Samaraweera c Brendon McCullum b Scott Styris 5 8 0 0 Chamara Silva c & b Nathan McCullum 3 5 0 0 Nuwan Kulasekara c Martin Guptill b Tim Southee 1 6 0 0 Lasith Malinga c Brendon McCullum b Jacob Oram 6 4 0 1 Muttiah Muralidaran run out (Martin Guptill) 7 3 0 1 Ajantha Mendis not out 0 2 0 0 Extras :    19  (b - 0, w - 12, nb - 3, lb - 4, Penalty - 0) Fal