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Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Australia vs Kenya, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, Match 31 Match Result: Australia beat Kenya by 60 runs Man of the match: C Obuya (KEN) Toss won by: Australia Status : Match Ended Batted First : Australia Batted Second : Kenya Australia: 324 for 6 in 50.0 overs R/R: 6.48 Australia Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Shane Watson c Morris Ouma b Nehemiah Odhiambo 21 17 3 1 Brad Haddin (W) c Rakep Patel b Jimmy Kamande 65 79 9 1 Ricky Ponting (C) lbw b Collins Obuya 36 54 5 0 Michael Clarke c Rakep Patel b Nehemiah Odhiambo 93 80 7 1 Cameron White b Jimmy Kamande 2 6 0 0 Michael Hussey c David Obuya b Nehemiah Odhiambo 54 43 4 0 Steven Smith not out 17 15 2 0 Mitchell Johnson not out 12 7 2 0 Brett Lee Jason Krejza Shaun Tait Extras :    24  (b - 2, w - 16, nb - 1, lb - 5, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/38 (Shane Watson 7.2 ov.), 2/127 (Brad Haddin 24.4 ov.), 3/131 (Ricky Ponting 25.4 ov.), 4/143 (Cameron Whi

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - New Zealand vs Canada, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, Match 30 Match Result: New Zealand beat Canada by 97 runs Man of the match: Brendon McCullum Toss won by: Canada Status : Match Ended Batted First : New Zealand Batted Second : Canada New Zealand: 358 for 6 in 50.0 overs R/R: 7.16 New Zealand Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Martin Guptill c Ashish Bagai b Harvir Baidwan 17 29 3 0 Brendon McCullum (W) c Ruvindu Gunasekera b Harvir Baidwan 101 109 12 2 Jesse Ryder c Henry Osinde b John Davison 38 56 3 0 Ross Taylor (C) c Jimmy Hansra b Balaji Rao 74 44 6 5 Nathan McCullum c & b Balaji Rao 10 9 2 0 Kane Williamson not out 34 27 4 0 Scott Styris c John Davison b Harvir Baidwan 35 20 3 2 James Franklin not out 31 8 2 3 Jacob Oram Kyle Mills Tim Southee Extras :    18  (b - 2, w - 11, nb - 2, lb - 3, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/53 (Martin Guptill 9.5 ov.), 2/149 (Jesse Ryder 29.2 ov.), 3/185 (Brendon M

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - India vs South Africa, Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, Match 29 Match Result: South Africa beat India by 3 wickets Man of the match: D Steyn (RSA) Toss won by: India Status : Match Ended Batted First : India Batted Second : South Africa India: 296 for 10 in 48.4 overs R/R: 6.08 India Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Virender Sehwag b Faf du Plessis 73 66 12 0 Sachin Tendulkar c JP Duminy b Morne Morkel 111 101 8 3 Gautam Gambhir c Jacques Kallis b Dale Steyn 69 75 7 0 Yusuf Pathan c Graeme Smith b Dale Steyn 0 2 0 0 Yuvraj Singh c Johan Botha b Jacques Kallis 12 9 0 1 MS Dhoni (C) (W) not out 12 21 0 0 Virat Kohli c & b Robin Peterson 1 3 0 0 Harbhajan Singh b Dale Steyn 3 9 0 0 Zaheer Khan c Morne Morkel b Robin Peterson 0 3 0 0 Ashish Nehra c Graeme Smith b Dale Steyn 0 3 0 0 Munaf Patel b Dale Steyn 0 1 0 0 Extras :    15  (b - 0, w - 12, nb - 1, lb - 2, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/142 (Virender

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - England vs Bangladesh, Match 28 (Final Scorecard) Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Bangladesh vs England, Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Match 28 Match Result: Bangladesh beat England by 2 wickets Man of the match: Imrul Kayes (Bang) Toss won by: Bangladesh Status : Match Ended Batted First : England Batted Second : Bangladesh England: 225 for 10 in 49.4 overs R/R: 4.53 England Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Andrew Strauss (C) c Zunaed Siddique b Naeem Islam 18 31 2 0 Matt Prior (W) st Mushfiqur Rahim b Abdur Razzak 15 20 2 0 Jonathan Trott c Zunaed Siddique b Shakib Al Hasan 67 99 2 0 Ian Bell c Naeem Islam b Mahmudullah 5 23 0 0 Eoin Morgan c Imrul Kayes b Naeem Islam 63 72 8 0 Ravi Bopara c Naeem Islam b Abdur Razzak 16 22 1 0 Graeme Swann c & b Shakib Al Hasan 12 8 2 0 Paul Collingwood run out (Mahmudullah) 14 13 0 0 Tim Bresnan c Shafiul Islam b Rubel Hossain 2 2 0 0 Ajmal Shahzad b Shafiul Islam 1 3 0 0 J

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - West Indies vs Ireland, Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Match 27 Match Result: West Indies beat Ireland by 44 runs Man of the match: Kieron Pollard (WI) Toss won by: Ireland Status : Match Ended Batted First : West Indies Batted Second : Ireland West Indies: 275 for 10 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.5 West Indies Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Devon Smith b Kevin O'Brien 107 133 11 1 Shivnarine Chanderpaul c William Porterfield b Kevin O'Brien 35 62 3 0 Darren Bravo b Kevin O'Brien 0 3 0 0 Ramnaresh Sarwan c John Mooney b George Dockrell 10 19 1 0 Kieron Pollard c Boyd Rankin b John Mooney 94 55 8 5 Darren Sammy (C) c George Dockrell b Kevin O'Brien 4 3 1 0 Devon Thomas (W) c Niall O'Brien b Boyd Rankin 2 8 0 0 Andre Russell b John Mooney 3 7 0 0 Nikita Miller not out 5 6 0 0 Sulieman Benn run out (John Mooney) 2 2 0 0 Kemar Roach c Paul Stirling b Andre Botha 1 2 0 0 Extras :    12  (b - 3, w - 3, nb