Pakistan defeats Kenya comprehensively - Group A

A 5 wicket haul by captain Shahid Afridi uprooted Kenya as the minnows got all out for a mere 112 runs in group A clash of world cup 2011.

The highlights of this Pakistan Kenya match is as follows:

* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 2 wickets)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 21 runs, 0 wicket)
* Pakistan: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (78 balls), Extras 6
* Drinks: Pakistan - 58/2 in 14.0 overs (Kamran Akmal 28, Younis Khan 14)
* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (Kamran Akmal 30, Younis Khan 16, Ex 4)
* Pakistan: 100 runs in 22.4 overs (140 balls), Extras 9
* Kamran Akmal: 50 off 62 balls (4 x 4)
* Pakistan: 150 runs in 32.1 overs (198 balls), Extras 10
* Drinks: Pakistan - 152/3 in 33.0 overs (Younis Khan 48, Misbah-ul-Haq 29)
* Younis Khan: 50 off 66 balls (2 x 4)
* Over 33.4: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - Younis Khan (Struck down)
* Pakistan: 200 runs in 38.4 overs (237 balls), Extras 24
* 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 16, Umar Akmal 20, Ex 14)
* Misbah-ul-Haq: 50 off 58 balls (1 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Powerplay 3: Overs 43.1 - 48.0 (Batting side - 70 runs, 1 wicket)
* Pakistan: 250 runs in 45.1 overs (277 balls), Extras 25
* Umar Akmal: 50 off 40 balls (7 x 4)
* 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 72 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 34, Umar Akmal 51, Ex 15)
* Over 48.3: Review by Kenya (Bowling), Umpire - AL Hill, Batsman - Shahid Afridi (Upheld)
* Pakistan: 300 runs in 48.5 overs (299 balls), Extras 40
* Innings Break: Pakistan - 317/7 in 50.0 overs (Abdul Razzaq 8, Abdur Rehman 5)

* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 1 wicket)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 14 runs, 1 wicket)
* Over 11.3: Review by Kenya (Batting), Umpire - AL Hill, Batsman - MA Ouma (Upheld)
* Kenya: 50 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 8
* Drinks: Kenya - 54/2 in 16.0 overs (CO Obuya 6, SO Tikolo 6)
* Over 26.3: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - T Mishra (Upheld)
* Over 28.5: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - NJ Llong, Batsman - TM Odoyo (Struck down)
* Kenya: 100 runs in 30.1 overs (182 balls), Extras 11

Group B - England beat Netherland in close counter

In a group b match England overpowered netherland by a fraction and won in 49th over while chasing 293.

The highlights of the match are as follows:

* Netherlands innings
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 1 wicket)
* Netherlands: 50 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 0
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 18 runs, 1 wicket)
* Drinks: Netherlands - 82/2 in 18.0 overs (TLW Cooper 25, RN ten Doeschate 12)
* Netherlands: 100 runs in 22.5 overs (137 balls), Extras 0
* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (TLW Cooper 28, RN ten Doeschate 23, Ex 0)
* RN ten Doeschate: 50 off 59 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Over 31.6: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - B Zuiderent (Struck down)
* Netherlands: 150 runs in 33.3 overs (201 balls), Extras 4
* Drinks: Netherlands - 162/4 in 35.0 overs (RN ten Doeschate 62, TN de Grooth 3)
* 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 49 balls (RN ten Doeschate 25, TN de Grooth 25, Ex 0)
* Netherlands: 200 runs in 41.1 overs (247 balls), Extras 4
* Powerplay 3: Overs 42.1 - 47.0 (Batting side - 50 runs, 1 wicket)
* RN ten Doeschate: 100 off 98 balls (7 x 4, 3 x 6)
* Over 45.3: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - PW Borren (Struck down)
* Netherlands: 250 runs in 45.4 overs (276 balls), Extras 7
* 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (RN ten Doeschate 32, PW Borren 17, Ex 4)
* Innings Break: Netherlands - 292/6 in 50.0 overs (PW Borren 35, Mudassar Bukhari 6)

* England innings
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 0 wicket)
* England: 50 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 0
* 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 49 balls (AJ Strauss 21, KP Pietersen 29, Ex 0)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 39 runs, 0 wicket)
* AJ Strauss: 50 off 34 balls (9 x 4)
* England: 100 runs in 16.6 overs (102 balls), Extras 9
* 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 102 balls (AJ Strauss 52, KP Pietersen 39, Ex 9)
* Drinks: England - 105/1 in 17.4 overs (AJ Strauss 57)
* England: 150 runs in 27.2 overs (164 balls), Extras 10
* 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 60 balls (AJ Strauss 26, IJL Trott 23, Ex 1)
* Drinks: England - 197/2 in 36.0 overs (IJL Trott 46, IR Bell 14)
* England: 200 runs in 36.6 overs (222 balls), Extras 10
* IJL Trott: 50 off 58 balls (3 x 4)
* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (IJL Trott 29, IR Bell 21, Ex 1)
* Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 45.0 (Batting side - 34 runs, 2 wickets)
* England: 250 runs in 44.2 overs (266 balls), Extras 13
* 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (PD Collingwood 24, RS Bopara 26, Ex 1)

Group A - Sri Lanka defeats Canada by 210 runs

Sri Lanka cricket team defeated Canada by huge 210 runs as the home team cruised to victory in single sided encounter with minnows Canada.

Match summary is as follows:

* Sri Lanka innings
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 0 wicket)
* Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (58 balls), Extras 4
* 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (WU Tharanga 18, TM Dilshan 29, Ex 4)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 19 runs, 1 wicket)
* Drinks: Sri Lanka - 78/1 in 16.0 overs (TM Dilshan 47, KC Sangakkara 7)
* TM Dilshan: 50 off 58 balls (8 x 4)
* Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 21.4 overs (131 balls), Extras 5
* Over 22.1: Review by Canada (Bowling), Umpire - SK Tarapore, Batsman - DPMD Jayawardene (Struck down)
* Over 24.3: Review by Canada (Bowling), Umpire - SK Tarapore, Batsman - DPMD Jayawardene (Struck down)
* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls (KC Sangakkara 15, DPMD Jayawardene 33, Ex 2)
* Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 28.4 overs (173 balls), Extras 7
* DPMD Jayawardene: 50 off 40 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Drinks: Sri Lanka - 176/2 in 31.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 44, DPMD Jayawardene 55)
* KC Sangakkara: 50 off 61 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
* 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 82 balls (KC Sangakkara 39, DPMD Jayawardene 59, Ex 3)
* Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 34.2 overs (207 balls), Extras 9
* 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 115 balls (KC Sangakkara 66, DPMD Jayawardene 80, Ex 4)
* Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 40.4 overs (245 balls), Extras 10
* DPMD Jayawardene: 100 off 80 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Powerplay 3: Overs 44.1 - 49.0 (Batting side - 44 runs, 3 wickets)
* Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 46.4 overs (281 balls), Extras 10
* Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 332/7 in 50.0 overs (TT Samaraweera 18, KMDN Kulasekara 7)

* Canada innings
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 20 runs, 3 wickets)
* Over 13.5: Review by Canada (Batting), Umpire - SK Tarapore, Batsman - A Bagai (Upheld)
* Over 15.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - SK Tarapore, Batsman - A Bagai (Struck down)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 20.1 - 25.0 (Bowling side - 21 runs, 2 wickets)
* Canada: 50 runs in 20.2 overs (122 balls), Extras 7
* Drinks: Canada - 53/4 in 21.0 overs (A Bagai 22, Rizwan Cheema 8)
* Over 21.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - SK Tarapore, Batsman - TG Gordon (Struck down)
* Powerplay 3: Overs 27.1 - 32.0 (Batting side - 29 runs, 1 wicket)
* Canada: 100 runs in 30.5 overs (186 balls), Extras 9
* Drinks: Canada - 115/9 in 35.0 overs (HS Baidwan 12, H Osinde 2)

Group A - Australia beat Zimbabwe by 91 runs

Brilliant pace bowling by Australian pacers sharing six wickets in a superb display of fast bowling to fire Australia to a crushing 91-run win over Zimbabwe in their opening World Cup match on Monday.

Johnson finished with 4/19 and Tait, bowling in short spells, took 2/34 as defending champions Australia dismissed Zimbabwe for 171 after scoring a challenging 262/6 in the day-night match.

There was no respite from pace for the hapless Zimbabwe as Brett Lee also tested the batsmen to finish with 1/34 as Australia continued their winning streak in the World Cup.

Gp A - New Zealand cruises to win against Kenya

Posted under Group A matches - New Zealand crushed Kenya by 10 wickets in a totally lop-sided Group A match for a perfect start to their World Cup campaign today. thus leaving behind the memories of 3 complete whitewashes before coming into world cup.

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Kenya captain Jimmy Kamande won the toss and opted to bat first before a horror story unfolded in front of his eyes. NewZealand reached the target in just 8 overs.

India beats Bangladesh in world cup opener ODI

Virender Sehwag's 175 and Virat Kohli's 100* set up a stupendous 87-run win for India against Bangladesh in the 2011 Cricket World Cup opener at the Shere Bangla stadium.

Sehwag completed his 37th one-day fifty with a big six as he raced to half-century in just 45 balls.

A horrible mix-up with Sehwag ended Tendulkar's (28) stay on crease. Sachin was run out by Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan in the eleventh over. The master blaster hit four boundaries in his 29-ball innings.

Put in to bat first, India openers added run-a-ball 69 runs partnership at Shere Bangla National stadium.

The dashing openers took India's score to 50 in just 8.5 overs, when Tendulkar slammed his fourth boundary of the innings.

Earlier, Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and decided to field against co-hosts India in the tournament-opener on Saturday.

Dhoni and his men are eager to settle the score after Bangladesh stunned them in 2007 and kick start their campaign on a positive note at the Shere Bangla National stadium.

Bangladesh, on the other hand, have so far been content with an odd upset and have been generally looked upon as underachievers but the tigers look to shrug off that tag when they lock horns with India at home.

Though they have just five victories from 20 World Cup matches to show, Bangladesh has the distinction of beating Pakistan on debut during the 1999 edition and ousting India and defeating South Africa four years ago.

Cricket world cup 2011 is open

In a spectacular opening ceremony for cricket world cup 2011 held in Dhaka, The Prime minister of Bangladesh opened the world cup 2011 today. India has it's match on feb 19th against bangladesh.

South Africa Cricket team squad for World cup 2011

South Africa is one of the favourites for this world cup, if they no-longer have habbit of loosing in crucial games. The team looks well balanced but would surely get tough competition from India, SriLanka and Australia.

Here is the squad of South Africa for World Cup 2011:

1. Graeme Smith
captain
Age: 29 years 351 days
Playing role: Opening batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

2. Hashim Amla
Age: 27 years 293 days
Playing role: Top-order batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

3. Johan Botha
Age: 28 years 261 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

4. AB de Villiers
wicketkeeper
Age: 26 years 335 days
Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

5.Jean-Paul Duminy
Age: 26 years 279 days
Playing role: Middle-order batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

6. Faf du Plessis
Age: 26 years 189 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak

7. Imran Tahir
Age: 31 years 297 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak googly

8. Colin Ingram
Age: 25 years 199 days
Playing role: Top-order batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat

9. Jacques Kallis
Age: 35 years 94 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

10. Morne Morkel
Age: 26 years 104 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast

11. Wayne Parnell
Age: 21 years 172 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Left-arm medium-fast

12. Robin Peterson
Age: 31 years 167 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

13. Dale Steyn
Age: 27 years 205 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast

14. Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Age: 26 years 317 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Left-arm fast-medium

15. Morne van Wyk
wicketkeeper
Age: 31 years 304 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

Sri lanka team squad for cricket world cup 2011

Playing as one of the co-hosts for cricket world cup 2011, Srilanka is familiar with the conditions of the subcontinent and can be one of the serious contendors of the cup along with team india.

Following is the squad for Sri Lanka in this world cup 2011 starting february 19:

1. Kumar Sangakkara
captain/keeper
Age: 33 years 72 days
Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbrea

2. Mahela Jayawardene
vice-captain
Age: 33 years 225 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

3. Tillakaratne Dilshan
Age: 34 years 85 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

4. Dilhara Fernando
Age: 31 years 172 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

5. Rangana Herath
Age: 32 years 294 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

6. Chamara Kapugedera
Age: 23 years 317 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

7. Nuwan Kulasekara
Age: 28 years 169 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

8. Lasith Malinga
Age: 27 years 132 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast

9. Angelo Mathews
Age: 23 years 219 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

10. Ajantha Mendis
Age: 25 years 302 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

11. Muttiah Muralitharan
Age: 38 years 265 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

12. Thisara Perera
Age: 21 years 279 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

13. Upul Tharanga
Age: 25 years 339 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat

14. Thilan Samaraweera
Age: 34 years 107 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

15. Chamara Silva
Age: 31 years 24 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak

West Indies team squad for world cup 2011

The two times world champions West Indies might not have all the firepower as in 1980's but still is second most successful cricket team after Australia.

Follwing is the squad for West Indies for this world cup:

1. Darren Sammy
captain
Age: 27 years 30 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

2. Adrian Barath
Age: 20 years 280 days
Playing role: Opening batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

3. Carlton Baugh
wicketkeeper
Age: 28 years 210 days
Playing role: Wicketkeeper
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak googly

4. Sulieman Benn
Age: 29 years 181 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

5. Dwayne Bravo
Age: 27 years 104 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

6. Darren Bravo
Age: 21 years 347 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

7. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Age: 36 years 156 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak

8. Chris Gayle
Age: 31 years 120 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

9. Nikita Miller
Age: 28 years 248 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

10. Kieron Pollard
Age: 23 years 252 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

11. Ravi Rampaul
Age: 26 years 96 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

12. Kemar Roach
Age: 22 years 203 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast

13. Andre Russell
Age: 22 years 265 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast

14. Ramnaresh Sarwan
Age: 30 years 210 days
Playing role: Batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak

15. Devon Smith
Age: 29 years 90 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

Zimbabwe Cricket Team squad for world cup 2011:

Following is squad of Zimbabwe for Cricket world cup 2011, currently regarded as underdogs, but in the game of uncertainity we dont know if Zimbabwe produces some surprise results in this cricket world cup 2011.

Zimbabwe Squad for World cup 2011:

1. Elton Chigumbura
captain
Age: 24 years 333 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

2. Regis Chakabva
Age: 23 years 143 days
Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

3. Charles Coventry
Age: 27 years 339 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak

4. Graeme Cremer
Age: 24 years 144 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak googly

5. Terry Duffin
Age: 28 years 327 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

6. Craig Ervine
Age: 25 years 175 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

7.Greg Lamb
Age: 29 years 343 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

8. Shingirai Masakadza
Age: 24 years 159 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

9. Chris Mpofu
Age: 25 years 75 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

10. Ray Price
Age: 34 years 243 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

11. Ed Rainsford
Age: 26 years 58 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

12. Tatenda Taibu
wicketkeeper
Age: 27 years 272 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

13. Brendan Taylor
Age: 25 years 4 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

14. Prosper Utseya
Age: 25 years 321 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

15. Sean Williams
Age: 24 years 137 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

16. Sean Ervine
withdrawn player
Age: 28 years 66 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

17. Tino Mawoyo
withdrawn player
Age: 25 years 33 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

Canada Team Squad for World Cup 2011

Cricket team of Canada is also part of this edition of World Cup 2011, and are capable of producing some sudden turnarounds in few matches so one has to keep a watch on them too, not seriously though.

Canada Cricket Team squad for world cup 2011:

1. Ashish Bagai
captain/keeper
Age: 28 years 358 days
Batting: Right-hand bat

2. Rizwan Cheema
vice-captain
Age: 32 years 157 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

3. Harvir Baidwan
Age: 23 years 172 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

4. Balaji Rao
Age: 32 years 321 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak googly

5. John Davison
Age: 40 years 255 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

6. Parth Desai
Age: 20 years 39 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

7. Tyson Gordon
Age: 28 years 353 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

8. Ruvindu Gunasekera
Age: 19 years 183 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak googly

9. Jimmy Hansra
Age: 26 years 21 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm slow

10. Khurram Chohan
Age: 30 years 331 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

11. Nitish Kumar
Age: 16 years 243 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

12. Henry Osinde
Age: 32 years 94 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

13. Hiral Patel
Age: 19 years 162 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

14. Zubin Surkari
Age: 30 years 327 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

15. Karl Whatham
Age: 29 years 145 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

16. Hamza Tariq
standby player
Age: 20 years 182 days
Batting: Right-hand bat

Bangladesh team squad for Cricket world cup 2011

Bangladesh cricket board also announced it's squad for the world cup 2011 starting on feb 19th 2011, Following is the squad for Bangladesh for this world cup.

Bangladesh Team for Cricket world cup 2011:


1. Shakib Al Hasan
captain
Age: 23 years 301 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

2. Tamim Iqbal
vice-captain
Age: 21 years 305 days
Batting: Left-hand bat

3. Abdur Razzak
Age: 28 years 218 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

4. Imrul Kayes
Age: 23 years 351 days
Playing role: Opening batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat

5. Junaid Siddique
Age: 23 years 81 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

6. Mahmudullah
Age: 24 years 349 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

7. Mohammad Ashraful
Age: 26 years 196 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

8. Mushfiqur Rahim
wicketkeeper
Age: 22 years 140 days
Batting: Right-hand bat

9. Naeem Islam
Age: 24 years 19 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

10. Nazmul Hossain
Age: 23 years 106 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

11. Raqibul Hasan
Age: 23 years 103 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak

12. Rubel Hossain
Age: 21 years 18 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast

13. Shafiul Islam
Age: 21 years 105 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

14. Shahriar Nafees
Age: 24 years 359 days
Batting: Left-hand bat

15. Suhrawadi Shuvo
Age: 22 years 59 days
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

Australian cricket squad for World Cup 2011

Australian cricket board announced the name of it's players for upcoming cricket world cup 2011 so here is Australian Cricket squad for world cup 2011:

Team Australia for world cup 2011:

1. Ricky Ponting

captain

Age: 36 years 51 days

Playing role: Top-order batsman

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm medium

2. Michael Clarke

vice-captain

Age: 29 years 312 days

Playing role: Middle-order batsman

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

3. Doug Bollinger

Age: 29 years 199 days

Playing role: Bowler

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Left-arm fast-medium

4. Callum Ferguson

Age: 26 years 79 days

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm medium

5. Brad Haddin

wicketkeeper

Age: 33 years 108 days

Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman

Batting: Right-hand bat

6. John Hastings

Age: 25 years 96 days

Playing role: Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

7. David Hussey

Age: 33 years 208 days

Playing role: Middle-order batsman

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

8. Mitchell Johnson

Age: 29 years 98 days

Playing role: Bowler

Batting: Left-hand bat

Bowling: Left-arm fast

9. Jason Krejza

Age: 28 years 25 days

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

10. Brett Lee

Age: 34 years 92 days

Playing role: Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm fast

11.Tim Paine

wicketkeeper

Age: 26 years 62 days

Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm medium

12. Steven Smith

Age: 21 years 251 days

Playing role: Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Legbreak googly

13. Shaun Tait

Age: 27 years 351 days

Playing role: Bowler

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm fast

14. Shane Watson

Age: 29 years 236 days

Playing role: Allrounder

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

15. Cameron White

Age: 27 years 174 days

Playing role: Middle-order batsman

Batting: Right-hand bat

Bowling: Legbreak googly

Pakistan's world cup 2011 squad

Pakistan World Cup squad: Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, Younus Khan, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir

Dhoni | Bhajji dedicate 2011 cricket world cup for Sachin Tendulkar

With Mahender Singh Dhoni following teammate harbhajan singh by dedicating the world cup 2011 cricket world cup to master blaster Sachin Tendulkar. Indian cricket team looks confident in producing a better performance then the last world cup which was worst cup to remember. In a press conference Indian Captain Dhoni told that Indian National Team is confident of winning the world cup as home advantage is with us.

He also told and looked like the world cup is not showing any signs of pressure on Dhoni as he looked cool as ever. presently he is busy in world cup preperation (I dont know whether it's preperation for game or Advertisements). Dhoni replied confidently to questions and added "I never predict much when it comes to cricket. We believe in each of us, and the support staff members are also there to help us. We believe in doing the process, so I have no prediction about the World Cup and we will just give it our best shot."

Best of luck team India for the world cup...CHAK DE INDIA!!