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Seems like England have found a new way to give a treat to it's followers! take the game to the brink, to the last ball of the last over! This match ws no different! Cricket World Cup, 2011 - South Africa vs England, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Match 21 Toss won by: England Status : England Beat South Africa by 6 runs Batted First : England Batted Second : South Africa Man of the match - Stuart Broad (ENG) South Africa: 165 AllOut in 47.4 overs R/R: 3.47   Target: 172 South Africa Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Hashim Amla b Stuart Broad 42 51 3 0 Graeme Smith (C) c Matt Prior b Graeme Swann 22 41 2 0 Jacques Kallis c Matt Prior b Stuart Broad 15 20 3 0 AB de Villiers b James Anderson 25 44 0 0 Faf du Plessis run out (Ian Bell) 17 38 2 0 JP Duminy b James Anderson 0 4 0 0 Morne van Wyk (W) b Tim Bresnan 13 37 0 0 Robin Peterson c Matt Prior b Michael Yardy 3 16 0 0 Dale Steyn lbw b Stuart Broad 20 31 3 0 Morne Morkel c Prior b Stuart Broad 1 4 0

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - England vs Ireland, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, Match 15 Match Result: Ireland beat England by 3 wickets Man of the match: Kevin O'Brien (IRE) Toss won by: England Status : Match Ended Batted First : England Batted Second : Ireland England: 327 for 8 in 50.0 overs R/R: 6.54 England Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Andrew Strauss (C) b George Dockrell 34 37 2 1 Kevin Pietersen c Niall O'Brien b Paul Stirling 59 50 7 2 Jonathan Trott b John Mooney 92 92 9 0 Ian Bell c Paul Stirling b John Mooney 81 86 6 1 Paul Collingwood c Kevin O'Brien b John Mooney 16 11 0 1 Matt Prior (W) b Trent Johnston 6 5 1 0 Tim Bresnan c Trent Johnston b John Mooney 4 8 0 0 Michael Yardy b Trent Johnston 3 6 0 0 Graeme Swann not out 9 5 1 0 Stuart Broad James Anderson Extras :    23  (b - 1, w - 20, nb - 0, lb - 2, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/91 (Andrew Strauss 13.3 ov.), 2/111 (Kevin Pietersen 17 ov.), 3/278 (I

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - India vs England, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, Match 11 Toss won by: India Status : England tie with India Batted First : India Batted Second : England Man of the match : Andrew Strauss (ENG) England: 338 for 8 in 50.0 overs R/R: 6.76   Target: 339 England Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Andrew Strauss (C) lbw b Zaheer Khan 158 145 18 1 Kevin Pietersen c & b Munaf Patel 31 22 5 0 Jonathan Trott lbw b Piyush Chawla 16 19 1 0 Ian Bell c Virat Kohli b Zaheer Khan 69 71 4 1 Paul Collingwood b Zaheer Khan 1 5 0 0 Matt Prior (W) c sub b Harbhajan Singh 4 8 0 0 Michael Yardy c Virender Sehwag b Munaf Patel 13 10 1 0 Tim Bresnan b Piyush Chawla 14 9 0 1 Graeme Swann On Strike 15 9 0 1 Ajmal Shahzad Batting 6 2 0 1 James Anderson Extras :    11  (b - 1, w - 3, nb - 0, lb - 7, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/68 (Kevin Pietersen 9.3 ov.), 2/111 (Jonathan Trott 16.4 ov.), 3/281 (Ian Bell 42.4 ov.), 4/281 (Andrew Strauss

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 # 5 Netherlands vs England (Final Scoreboard) Cricket World Cup, 2011 - England vs Netherlands, Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, Match 5 Match Result: England beat Netherlands by 6 wickets Man of the match: Ryan Ten Doeschate Toss won by: Netherlands Status : Match Ended Batted First : Netherlands Batted Second : England Netherlands: 292 for 6 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.84 Netherlands Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Alexei Kervezee c Matt Prior b Tim Bresnan 16 25 2 0 Wesley Barresi (W) st Matt Prior b Graeme Swann 29 25 6 0 Tom Cooper c James Anderson b Paul Collingwood 47 73 3 0 Ryan ten Doeschate c Ravi Bopara b Stuart Broad 119 110 9 3 Bas Zuiderent c Paul Collingwood b Graeme Swann 1 10 0 0 Tom de Grooth b Stuart Broad 28 31 3 0 Peter Borren (C) not out 35 24 4 0 Mudassar Bukhari not out 6 5 0 0 Pieter Seelaar Bernard Loots Berend Westdijk Extras :    11  (b - 3, w - 2, nb - 3, lb - 3, Penalt