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What a game! What a tournament! Finally, India break all myths about Hosts not winning World Cups etc. Sreesanth's luck showing him way into the team twice (and not performing either times, I don’t blame him, he’s a good bowler, just wasn’t his days) and then Yuvraj's absolute splendor with the bat and ball. Sachin's final call came up with Dhoni's awesome leadership. Don't forget the presence of Rajini (Rajinikanth) and Ghajini (Aamir Khan) at the finals. When the two DEMIGODS of India (Sachin & Rajini) are in the same stadium who can dare take away the cup from us? Overall, spectacular effort by Team India. Besides, Our Pakistani brothers and Sri Lankan machans also did great! It was an Asian dominated tournament that was able put a brake on the great Australian express. Once again, Well done India, Sri Lanka and congratulating all the other sides for putting up a healthy competition and taking it till the end. This is our Winning Eleven ....

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Sri Lanka vs England, R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, 4th Quarter Final Match Result: Sri Lanka beat England by 10 wickets Man of the match: T Dilshan (SRI) Toss won by: England Status : Match Ended Batted First : England Batted Second : Sri Lanka England: 229 for 6 in 50.0 overs R/R: 4.58 England Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Andrew Strauss (C) b Tillakaratne Dilshan 5 19 0 0 Ian Bell c Thilan Samaraweera b Angelo Mathews 25 32 3 0 Jonathan Trott c Mahela Jayawardena b Muttiah Muralidaran 86 115 2 0 Ravi Bopara lbw b Muttiah Muralidaran 31 56 1 0 Eoin Morgan c Angelo Mathews b Lasith Malinga 50 55 4 0 Graeme Swann lbw b Ajantha Mendis 0 1 0 0 Matt Prior (W) not out 22 19 2 0 Luke Wright not out 1 3 0 0 Tim Bresnan James Tredwell Chris Tremlett Extras :    9  (b - 0, w - 6, nb - 0, lb - 3, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/29 (Andrew Strauss 8 ov.), 2/31 (Ian Bell 9 ov.), 3/95 (Ravi Bopara 27 ov.), 4/186 (E

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Zimbabwe vs Kenya, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Match 41 Match Result: Zimbabwe beat Kenya by 161 runs Man of the match: Craig Ervine (ZIM) Toss won by: Zimbabwe Status : Match Ended Batted First : Zimbabwe Batted Second : Kenya Zimbabwe: 308 for 6 in 50.0 overs R/R: 6.16 Zimbabwe Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Brendan Taylor c James Ngoche b Elijah Otieno 26 36 5 0 Regis Chakabva c David Obuya b Nehemiah Odhiambo 9 22 1 0 Tatenda Taibu (W) lbw b James Ngoche 53 74 7 0 Vusi Sibanda run out (Collins Obuya) 61 57 7 1 Craig Ervine b Elijah Otieno 66 54 9 1 Elton Chigumbura (C) c Tanmay Mishra b Peter Ongondo 38 41 3 2 Greg Lamb not out 17 10 1 1 Prosper Utseya not out 19 6 3 1 Graeme Cremer Ray Price Chris Mpofu Extras :    19  (b - 2, w - 14, nb - 0, lb - 3, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/32 (Regis Chakabva 9 ov.), 2/36 (Brendan Taylor 9.4 ov.), 3/146 (Vusi Sibanda 29.1 ov.), 4/165 (Tatenda Taibu 32.4 ov.), 5

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - South Africa vs Netherlands, Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Match 16 Match Result: South Africa beat Netherlands by 231 runs Man of the match: AB de Villiers Toss won by: Netherlands Status : Match Ended Batted First : South Africa Batted Second : Netherlands South Africa: 351 for 5 in 50.0 overs R/R: 7.02 South Africa Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Hashim Amla c Tom Cooper b Ryan ten Doeschate 113 130 8 0 Graeme Smith (C) b Bernard Loots 20 32 1 0 Jacques Kallis c Wesley Barresi b Ryan ten Doeschate 2 12 0 0 AB de Villiers run out (Berend Westdijk) 134 98 13 4 Faf du Plessis not out 18 14 1 0 JP Duminy c Peter Borren b Ryan ten Doeschate 40 15 2 4 Morne van Wyk (W) not out 0 0 0 0 Robin Peterson Dale Steyn Morne Morkel Imran Tahir Extras :    24  (b - 2, w - 16, nb - 1, lb - 5, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/51 (Graeme Smith 12.5 ov.), 2/58 (Jacques Kallis 15.3 ov.), 3/279 (Hashim

Navigation 20.2.11 ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 # 3 Canada vs SriLanka (Scoreboard) ICC Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Sri Lanka vs Canada, Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota, Match 3 Toss won by: Sri Lanka Status : Innings Break Batted First : Sri Lanka Batted Second : Canada Sri Lanka: 332 for 7 in 50.0 overs R/R: 6.64 Sri Lanka Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Upul Tharanga run out (Ruvindu Gunasekera) 19 31 1 0 Tillakaratne Dilshan c John Davison b Rizwan Cheema 50 59 8 0 Kumar Sangakkara (C) (W) c & b John Davison 92 87 7 1 Mahela Jayawardena c Balaji Rao b John Davison 100 81 9 1 Thisara Perera run out (Zubin Surkari) 11 11 1 0 Angelo Mathews c & b Harvir Baidwan 21 16 3 0 Chamara Kapugedera c sub b Harvir Baidwan 2 3 0 0 Thilan Samaraweera not out 18 10 3 0 Nuwan Kulasekara not out 7 3 1 0 Muttiah Muralidaran Ajantha Mendis Extras :    12  (b - 0, w - 8, nb - 1, lb - 3, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/63 (Upul

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 # 2 Kenya vs Newzealand (Full Scoreboar d) Final Scorecard, Icc Cricketworldcup 2011 scoreboard updates downloads   ICC Cricket World Cup, 2011 - New Zealand vs Kenya, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Match 2 Toss won by: Kenya Status : Innings Break Batted First : Kenya Batted Second : New Zealand Kenya: 69 for 10 in 23.5 overs Man of the match - Hamish Bennett (NZ - 4/23) R/R: 2.9 Kenya Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Alex Obanda lbw b Tim Southee 6 19 0 0 Seren Waters lbw b Hamish Bennett 16 42 1 0 Collins Obuya lbw b Hamish Bennett 14 19 2 0 Steve Tikolo b Hamish Bennett 2 2 0 0 Morris Ouma (W) lbw b Hamish Bennett 1 6 0 0 Rakep Patel not out 16 23 1 0 Jimmy Kamande (C) c Brendon McCullum b Jacob Oram 2 16 0 0 Thomas Odoyo c Jesse Ryder b Jacob Oram 2 6 0 0 Nehemiah Odhiambo b Tim Southee 0 6 0 0 Shem Ngoche lbw b Tim Southee 0 1 0 0 Elijah Otieno c Scott Styris b Jacob Oram 0 4 0 0 Extras :    10  (b - 4, w - 2, nb - 1,

India won by 87 runs Man of the match - Virendra Sehwag (175) India ICC Cricket World Cup, 2011 - India vs Bangladesh, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Match 1Toss won by: Bangladesh Status : Innings Break Batted First : India Batted Second : Bangladesh India: 370 for 4 in 50.0 overs R/R: 7.4 India Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Virender Sehwag b Shakib Al Hasan 175 140 14 5 Sachin Tendulkar run out (Shakib Al Hasan) 28 29 4 0 Gautam Gambhir b Mahmudullah 39 39 3 0 Virat Kohli not out 100 83 8 2 Yusuf Pathan c Mushfiqur Rahim b Shafiul Islam 8 10 0 0 Yuvraj Singh MS Dhoni (C) (W) Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Sreesanth Munaf Patel Extras :    20  (b - 1, w - 16, nb - 1, lb - 2, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/69 (Sachin Tendulkar 10.5 ov.), 2/152 (Gautam Gambhir 23.2 ov.), 3/355 (Virender Sehwag 47.3 ov.), 4/370 (Yusuf Pathan 50 ov.) Bowler O M R Wkts W No Econ Shafiul Islam 7 0 69 1 2 1 9.86 Rubel Hossa

De Ghuma Ke (ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Anthem) Genre - World, Rap, Rock, Indian Language - Hindi, Bangla, Sinhalese Artist & Music - Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Lyrics - Manoj Yadav MY RATING - 8.5/10 FOR IPL 2011 TEAMS ANALYSIS CLICK HERE FOR IPL 2011 NEWS CLICK HERE Reflections   The opening ceremony may not have gone as expected, people were disappointed, but this song has surely caught our tongues. Though, Rahman was given a break from composing another album, so the trio of Shankar Ehsaan Loy were roped in to compose the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011's anthem. Here's what wikipedia has covered - De Ghumaa Ke (Hindi: दे घुमा के) is a song composed by the trio of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy (Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa) and has been sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Divya Kumar. It is the official song for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. It was released worldwide on 31 December 2010. The song has three different versions in Hindi, Bangla and Sinhalese, as Banglades

Source- Espncricinfo India innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR V Sehwag b Oram 23 30 4 0 76.66 9.1 Oram's removed Sehwag's off stump with the first ball of his spell. Good delivery, but it kept low as a befuddled Sehwag looked back after it went through under his bat. On a length on off stump and Sehwag got marginally forward and looked to guide through the off side. The ball slid under the bat and sent off stump cartwheeling. Oram's pleased with the result. 42/2 SR Tendulkar b Southee 17 23 3 0 73.91 7.3 Southee has silenced Chennai with a full slower ball on middle and off. Sachin initially throught of driving down the ground, then realised it was coming slow and looked to force it through mid on with the bottom hand. It came through too slow even for that shot. It found a way past between bat and pad and disturbed the timber. Lovely delivery. 35/1