Canada v/s Zimbabwe world Cup match highlights

Minnows Zimbabwe defeated Canada comprehensively in their group A clash. Zimbabwe won the match by 175 runs and T Taibu remained player of the match.

Following are match highlights:

Zimbabwe innings
* Over 0.1: Review by Zimbabwe (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - BRM Taylor (Struck down)
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 2 wickets)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 29 runs, 0 wicket)
* Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (65 balls), Extras 2
* Zimbabwe innings: 1x5 ball over (11th over, bowled by Khurram Chohan, called by Umpire BNJ Oxenford)
* 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (T Taibu 36, CR Ervine 13, Ex 1)
* T Taibu: 50 off 45 balls (8 x 4)
* Drinks: Zimbabwe - 81/2 in 17.0 overs (T Taibu 55, CR Ervine 20)
* Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 2
* 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 105 balls (T Taibu 64, CR Ervine 39, Ex 1)
* Over 21.1: Review by Zimbabwe (Batting), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - T Taibu (Upheld)
* CR Ervine: 50 off 55 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
* Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 25.1 overs (151 balls), Extras 2
* 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 133 balls (T Taibu 82, CR Ervine 67, Ex 1)
* Drinks: Zimbabwe - 193/4 in 32.4 overs (T Taibu 97)
* Zimbabwe: 200 runs in 33.3 overs (201 balls), Extras 2
* Zimbabwe: 250 runs in 43.4 overs (262 balls), Extras 2
* Powerplay 3: Overs 45.1 - 50.0 (Batting side - 42 runs, 2 wickets)
* Over 48.4: Review by Canada (Bowling), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - CB Mpofu (Struck down)
* Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 298/9 in 50.0 overs (RW Price 10, CB Mpofu 3)

Canada innings
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 14 runs, 3 wickets)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 21 runs, 0 wicket)
* Over 12.2: Review by Canada (Batting), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - R Gunasekera (Upheld)
* Drinks: Canada - 45/3 in 18.0 overs (R Gunasekera 21, AS Hansra 19)
* Over 18.4: Review by Zimbabwe (Bowling), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - R Gunasekera (Struck down)
* Canada: 50 runs in 20.2 overs (122 balls), Extras 5
* Over 34.3: Review by Canada (Batting), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - Khurram Chohan (Struck down)
* Canada: 100 runs in 35.5 overs (215 balls), Extras 8
* Drinks: Canada - 106/8 in 37.0 overs (ZE Surkari 21, HS Baidwan 3)

West Indies crush netherlands in group B encounter

The unpredictable nature of West indies Cricket Team continued as it crushed Netherlands by a margin of 215 runs in their world cup clash. KAJ Roach from west-indies starred by taking hat-trick in this match.

Following are the highlights of the match:

* West Indies innings
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 63 runs, 0 wicket)
* West Indies: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (56 balls), Extras 5
* 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (DS Smith 39, CH Gayle 6, Ex 5)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 32 runs, 0 wicket)
* DS Smith: 50 off 45 balls (9 x 4)
* West Indies: 100 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 8
* 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 97 balls (DS Smith 53, CH Gayle 39, Ex 8)
* Drinks: West Indies - 100/1 in 16.3 overs (CH Gayle 39)
* CH Gayle: 50 off 63 balls (7 x 4)
* West Indies: 150 runs in 28.1 overs (169 balls), Extras 10
* 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (CH Gayle 31, DM Bravo 18, Ex 2)
* Powerplay 3: Overs 36.1 - 41.0 (Batting side - 56 runs, 1 wicket)
* Drinks: West Indies - 196/3 in 36.2 overs (RR Sarwan 18)
* West Indies: 200 runs in 37.2 overs (225 balls), Extras 16
* 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (RR Sarwan 21, KA Pollard 30, Ex 2)
* West Indies: 250 runs in 40.4 overs (245 balls), Extras 17
* KA Pollard: 50 off 23 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
* West Indies: 300 runs in 46.2 overs (279 balls), Extras 21
* Over 49.4: Review by West Indies (Batting), Umpire - AM Saheba, Batsman - DC Thomas (Struck down)
* Innings Break: West Indies - 330/8 in 50.0 overs (NO Miller 11, SJ Benn 3)

* Netherlands innings
* Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 4 wickets)
* Over 8.1: Review by Netherlands (Batting), Umpire - AM Saheba, Batsman - RN ten Doeschate (Struck down)
* Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 15 runs, 1 wicket)
* Over 10.2: Review by West Indies (Bowling), Umpire - AM Saheba, Batsman - TN de Grooth (Upheld)
* Netherlands: 50 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 1
* Drinks: Netherlands - 56/6 in 18.2 overs (TLW Cooper 21)
* Netherlands: 100 runs in 28.5 overs (173 balls), Extras 2
* 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (TLW Cooper 28, Mudassar Bukhari 23, Ex 0)
* TLW Cooper: 50 off 67 balls (9 x 4)

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 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.

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

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

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!!

Cricket World Cup 2011 News and Updates

Indian cricket team is all set to play for the Cricket World cup beginning on 19th Feb 2011.

The other cricket news for today is as following:

1. Eden Gardens wouldnot be ready for feb 27 match between India and England, match has high probability of shifting to bangalore.
2. Paul Collingwood is confident of returning to form in world cup.
3. Inzumam not confident with Pakistan's world cup chances.
4. 3 canadian players still waiting for indian visa.

Stay tuned for more latest updates for world cup.

Cricket World Cup 2011 Match Schedule table

As Cricket world cup 2011 is nearing and is going to start from 19th day of February, The heart beats of Indian Cricket fans and the bookies have already started to fasten. This world cup edition is a special one as it would probably be the last world cup for the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar.

So here is complete schedule of the Cricket World Cup 2011 which is going to be held in Indian Subcontinent.

Match	Date	Teams	Venue
1	19 Feb	India vs Bangladesh	Dhaka
2	20 Feb	New Zealand vs Kenya	Chennai
3	20 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Canada	Hambantota
4	21 Feb	Australia vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
5	22 Feb	England vs Netherlands	Nagpur
6	23 Feb	Pakistan vs Kenya	Hambantota
7	24 Feb	South Africa vs West Indies	New Delhi
8	25 Feb	Australia vs New Zealand	Nagpur
9	25 Feb	Bangladesh vs Ireland	Dhaka
10	26 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo
11	27 Feb	India vs England	Kolkata
12	28 Feb	West Indies vs Netherlands	New Delhi
13	28 Feb	Zimbabwe vs Canada	Nagpur
14	1 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Kenya	Colombo
15	2 Mar	England vs Ireland	Bangalore
16	3 Mar	South Africa vs Netherlands	Mohali
17	3 Mar	Pakistan vs Canada	Colombo
18	4 Mar	New Zealand vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
19	4 Mar	Bangladesh vs West Indies	Dhaka
20	5 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Australia	Colombo
21	6 Mar	India vs Ireland	Bangalore
22	6 Mar	England vs South Africa	Chennai
23	7 Mar	Kenya vs Canada	New Delhi
24	8 Mar	Pakistan vs New Zealand	Pallekelle
25	9 Mar	India vs Netherlands	New Delhi
26	10 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
27	11 Mar	West Indies vs Ireland	Mohali
28	11 Mar	Bangladesh vs England	Chittagong
29	12 Mar	India vs South Africa	Nagpur
30	13 Mar	New Zealand vs Canada	Mumbai
31	13 Mar	Australia vs Kenya	Bangalore
32	14 Mar	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
33	14 Mar	Bangladesh vs Netherlands	Chittagong
34	15 Mar	South Africa vs Ireland	Kolkata
35	16 Mar	Australia vs Canada	Bangalore
36	17 Mar	England vs West Indies	Chennai
37	18 Mar	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Mumbai
38	18 Mar	Ireland vs Netherlands	Kolkata
39	19 Mar	Australia vs Pakistan	Colombo
40	19 Mar	Bangladesh vs South Africa	Dhaka
41	20 Mar	Zimbabwe vs Kenya	Kolkata
42	20 Mar	India vs West Indies	Chennai
43	23 Mar	First Quarterfinal	Dhaka
44	24 Mar	Second Quarterfinal	Colombo
45	25 Mar	Third Quarterfinal	Dhaka
46	26 Mar	Fourth Quarterfinal	Ahmedabad
47	29 Mar	First Semifinal	Colombo
48	30 Mar	Second Semifinal	Mohali
49	02 Apr	FINAL	Mumbai

In this edition of the Cricket world cup there are two groups of teams made which are as follows:

Group A – Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya.

Group B – India, South Africa, England, Bangladesh, West Indies, Netherlands and Ireland.