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Cricket World Cup, 2011 - England vs West Indies, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Match 36 Match Result: England beat West Indies by 18 runs Man of the match: Tredwell (Eng) Toss won by: England Status : Match Ended Batted First : England Batted Second : West Indies England: 243 for 10 in 48.4 overs R/R: 4.99 England Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Andrew Strauss (C) c Chris Gayle b Andre Russell 31 39 3 1 Matt Prior (W) b Andre Russell 21 21 3 0 Jonathan Trott c Chris Gayle b Devendra Bishoo 47 38 7 0 Ian Bell b Kemar Roach 27 48 1 0 Eoin Morgan c Devon Thomas b Devendra Bishoo 7 13 0 0 Ravi Bopara b Andre Russell 4 16 0 0 Luke Wright c Andre Russell b Devendra Bishoo 44 57 5 0 James Tredwell run out (Kieron Pollard) 9 20 0 0 Tim Bresnan not out 20 27 2 0 Graeme Swann b Andre Russell 8 8 1 0 Chris Tremlett c Devon Thomas b Kemar Roach 3 7 0 0 Extras :    22  (b - 1, w - 15, nb - 2, lb - 4, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/48 (Matt Prior 9.1 ov.)

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Canada vs Australia, Match 35 (Final Scorecard) Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Australia vs Canada, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, Match 35 Match Result: Australia beat Canada by 7 wickets Man of the match: S Watson (AUS) Toss won by: Canada Status : Match Ended Batted First : Canada Batted Second : Australia Canada: 211 for 10 in 45.4 overs R/R: 4.62 Canada Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Hiral Patel c Mitchell Johnson b Shane Watson 54 45 5 3 John Davison c Brad Haddin b Brett Lee 14 12 3 0 Zubin Surkari b Shaun Tait 34 69 2 0 Ashish Bagai (C) (W) c Brad Haddin b Shaun Tait 39 55 6 0 Jimmy Hansra c Brett Lee b Jason Krejza 3 4 0 0 Rizwan Cheema b Brett Lee 2 2 0 0 Nitish Kumar c Shaun Tait b Mitchell Johnson 7 18 0 0 Karl Whatham b Brett Lee 18 41 2 0 Harvir Baidwan c Ricky Ponting b Jason Krejza 17 14 3 0 Balaji Rao b Brett Lee 5 12 0 0 Henry Osinde not out 2 3 0 0 Extras :    16  (b - 0, w - 11, nb - 1, lb - 4, Penalty -

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - South Africa vs Ireland, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Match 34 Match Result: South Africa beat Ireland by 131 runs Man of the match: JP Duminy (RSA) Toss won by: Ireland Status : Match Ended Batted First : South Africa Batted Second : Ireland South Africa: 272 for 7 in 50.0 overs R/R: 5.44 South Africa Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Hashim Amla c George Dockrell b Boyd Rankin 18 17 1 1 Graeme Smith (C) run out (John Mooney) 7 18 0 0 Morne van Wyk (W) b George Dockrell 42 41 7 1 Jacques Kallis run out (William Porterfield) 19 31 3 0 JP Duminy c Kevin O'Brien b John Mooney 99 103 6 1 Faf du Plessis c Trent Johnston b Paul Stirling 11 19 0 0 Colin Ingram b Trent Johnston 46 43 7 0 Johan Botha not out 21 28 1 0 Robin Peterson not out 0 0 0 0 Dale Steyn Morne Morkel Extras :    9  (b - 2, w - 4, nb - 0, lb - 3, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/24 (Hashim Amla 4.4 ov.), 2/52 (Graeme Smith 9.4 ov.), 3/84 (Morne van

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Pakistan vs Zimbabwe, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Match 33 Match Result: Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 7 wickets (D/L method) Man of the match: Asad Shafiq (Pak) Toss won by: Zimbabwe Status : Match Ended Batted First : Zimbabwe Batted Second : Pakistan Zimbabwe: 151 for 7 in 39.4 overs R/R: 3.80 Zimbabwe Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Brendan Taylor c Kamran Akmal b Abdul Razzaq 4 5 1 0 Regis Chakabva lbw b Umar Gul 0 6 0 0 Tatenda Taibu (W) c Shahid Afridi b Wahab Riaz 19 29 2 0 Vusi Sibanda c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul 5 11 1 0 Craig Ervine b Mohammad Hafeez 52 82 5 0 Greg Lamb c & b Shahid Afridi 16 28 1 0 Elton Chigumbura (C) not out 32 46 2 0 Prosper Utseya c Kamran Akmal b Umar Gul 18 32 0 0 Graeme Cremer Shingirai Masakadza Ray Price Extras :    5  (b - 0, w - 2, nb - 2, lb - 1, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/5 (Brendan Taylor 0.5 ov.), 2/5 (Regis Chakabva 2 ov.), 3/13 (Vusi S

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Netherlands vs Bangladesh, Match 32 (Final Scorecard) Netherlands innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR ES Szwarczynski run out (Shakib Al Hasan) 28 87 63 0 1 44.44 22.5 Shakib Al Hasan to Cooper , more action, this time a wicket, in the most unfortunate of manners, it was a full toss hit hard down the track, Shakib got a hand to it, and it rolled on to the stumps, the non-striker was watching all the action unfold calmly, but from a foot outside the crease, and has to walk back now 66/3 W Barresi† lbw b Shakib Al Hasan 10 30 29 1 0 34.48 9.1 85.6 kph, Shakib gets the breakthrough, strikes him on the pads as he pushed forward, playing outside the line for the turn, it went straight on, and umpire Tucker thought that was hitting the stumps after Shakib went down imploring on his knee, Netherlands think about a review, but decide against it 28/1