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Sri Lanka vs Australia, 20th Match, Group A Venue : R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo    Toss : Sri Lanka (Elect to bat) Other innings : SL Inngs   Sri Lanka Innings R B 4s 6s SR   U Tharanga c S Smith & b B Lee 6 18 0 0 33.33   T Dilshan c C White & b S Tait 4 4 1 0 100   K Sangakkara(c) & (wk) not out 73 102 7 0 71.57   M Jayawardene runout (S Smith) 23 25 3 0 92   T Samaraweera not out 34 48 2 0 70.83   C Silva dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00   A Mathews dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00   L Malinga dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00   R Herath dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00   M Muralitharan dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00   A Mendis dnb 0 0 0 0 0.00   Extras b - 0, lb - 1, w - 5, nb - 0, Total - 6   Total: (146 for 3 in 32.5 overs) 146 (4.45 runs per over) Fall of Wickets 1/6 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 1.4 ov.), 2/31 (Upul Tharanga, 6.4 ov.), 3/75 (Mahela Jayawardene, 15.2 ov.) Bowler   O M R W Econ   Brett Lee   5 0 27 1 5.4   Shaun Tait   5 0 23 1 4.6   Shane Watson   7 0 29 0 4.14   Mitchell Johnson   4 0 15 0 3.75

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Match no. 8 Australia vs Newzealand (Final Scoreboard) Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Australia vs New Zealand, Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, Match 8 Match Result: Australia beat New Zealand by 7 wickets Man of the match: Mitchell Johnson Series Status: Toss won by: Australia Status : Match Ended Batted First : New Zealand Batted Second : Australia New Zealand: 206 for 10 in 45.1 overs R/R: 4.56 New Zealand Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Martin Guptill b Shane Watson 10 25 2 0 Brendon McCullum (W) c Jason Krejza b Shaun Tait 16 12 3 0 Jesse Ryder c Brad Haddin b Mitchell Johnson 25 31 6 0 Ross Taylor b Shaun Tait 7 22 1 0 James Franklin c Brad Haddin b Mitchell Johnson 0 3 0 0 Scott Styris c Brad Haddin b Shaun Tait 0 4 0 0 Jamie How lbw b Steven Smith 22 47 1 0 Nathan McCullum lbw b Mitchell Johnson 52 76 3 0 Daniel Vettori (C) c Brad Haddin b Brett Lee 44 43 5 0 Tim Southee c Ricky Ponting b Mitchell Johnson 6

ICC Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Australia vs Zimbabwe, Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera, Match 4 Match Result: Australia beat Zimbabwe by 91 runs Man of the match: Series Status: Toss won by: Australia Status : Match Ended Batted First : Australia Batted Second : Zimbabwe Australia: 262 for 6 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.24 Australia Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Shane Watson lbw b Graeme Cremer 79 92 8 1 Brad Haddin (W) lbw b Prosper Utseya 29 66 3 0 Ricky Ponting (C) run out (Chris Mpofu) 28 36 0 0 Michael Clarke not out 58 55 4 0 Cameron White b Chris Mpofu 22 36 0 0 David Hussey b Ray Price 14 8 1 1 Steven Smith c Regis Chakabva b Chris Mpofu 11 4 1 1 Mitchell Johnson not out 7 3 1 0 Shaun Tait Jason Krejza Brett Lee Extras :    14  (b - 0, w - 7, nb - 0, lb - 7, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/61 (Brad Haddin 18.5 ov.), 2/140 (Shane Watson 31.2 ov.), 3/144 (Ricky Ponting 32.5 ov.), 4/207 (Cameron White 45 ov.), 5/241 (David

Who will win the 2011 Cricket World Cup? India Australia South Africa Pakistan Sri Lanka Westindies England Newzealand Bangladesh Zimbabwe Canada Kenya Netherlands Ireland    pollcode.com free polls India vs Australia (World Cup 2011 - Warmup match 1, Final Scorecard) Source - http://cricketnext.in.com/scorecard/match/full/inau1302.html India Innings Batsman Status Runs Balls 4's 6's Gautam Gambhir   c Cameron White b Doug Bollinger 6 15 1 0 Virender Sehwag   b Jason Krejza 54 56 8 1 Virat Kohli   c David Hussey b John Hastings 21 33 3 0 Yuvraj Singh   c Tim Paine b Mitchell Johnson 1 7 0 0 MS Dhoni (C) (W)   b John Hastings 11 24 1 0 Suresh Raina   c Tim Paine b Brett Lee 12 16 1 0 Yusuf Pathan   c Jason Krejza b David Hussey 32 38 0 2 Harbhajan Singh   b Brett Lee 4 2 1 0 Piyush Chawla   b Brett Lee 0 6 0 0 Ravichandran Ashwin   not out 25 47 2 0 Ashish Nehra   c Jason Krejza b David Hussey 19 24 3 0 Extras :    29  (b - 0, w