ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

India beat Sri Lanka to win ICC World Cup 2011

After 14 Years,Cricket World Cup is finally returned to Asia (India-Sri Lanka-Bangladesh).Last time World Cup was hosted in Asia in the year 1996 and Sri Lanka emerge winners of the ICC Wills World Cup. Unfortunately, Pakistan will not host any games of 2011 world cup,because of security concern.

ICC has tried their best to shorten the 2011 world cup as compared to 2007 world cup. So there will be 49 number of games will be played in 2011 as compared to 51 in 2007. Also the length of the tournament will be shorten by a week. Out of forty nine games, India will host 29 matches, Sri Lanka will host 12 matches and 8 games will be hosted by Bangladesh.India will host one quarter final in Ahmedabad, one semi final in Mohali and Final of World Cup 2011 in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. While Sri Lanka will host the 2nd quarterfinal and 1st semi final in R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo and Bangladesh will host 1st and 3rd quarterfinal in Mirpur, Dhaka. 

 
Fourteen teams will participate in 2011 World Cup and divided into two groups each containing seven teams. Group A contains Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Canada while Group B includes India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands.

The tournament will start with the game between India and Bangladesh on February 19th at Mirpur, Dhaka and tournament will ends with the Final on April 2 in renovated Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. There will be total 13 venues will be used for the tournament. First quarter final will be played on March 23rd in Mirpur, while second quarter final will be played on March 24th in Ahmedabad. Third quarterfinal will be played in Mirpur on 25th March and fourth quarterfinal will be hosted by Sri Lanka in Colombo on March 26th 2011. First semi final will be played on 29th March in Colombo and second semi final will be played on March 30th in Mohali.

 Groups:

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

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

Previous ICC World Cup Winners

1975 – West Indies

1979 – West Indies

1983 – India

1987 – Australia

1992 – Pakistan

1996 – Sri Lanka

1999 – Australia

2003 – Australia

2007 - Australia

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World Cup Records

World Cup Records(By Team and Individual)
Team
Highest score	India v Bermuda	413/5 (19 Mar 2007)
Lowest score	Canada v Sri Lanka	36 (19 Feb 2003)
Highest successful run chase	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	313-7(1992)
Highest winning margin (by runs)	India v Bermuda	257 (19 Feb 2003)
Lowest winning margin (by runs)	Australia v India	1 (9 Oct 1987)
Most Extras in an Innings	Pakistan v Scotland	59 (20 May 1999)
Highest winning(%)	Australia	74.63%
Most wins	Australia	51
Most losses	Zimbabwe	33
Battings
Most Runs	SR Tendulkar	1796(36 match)
Highest score	Gary Kirsten	188*(159 ball) (16 Feb 1996)
Highest partnership	Rahul Dravid & Sourav Ganguly (2nd wicket) v Sri Lanka	318 (1999)
Most runs in a tournament	Sachin Tendulkar	673(11) (2003)
Fastest century	Matthew Hayden vs South Africa 2007	66 balls
Fastest fifty	Brendon McCullum vs Canada 2007	20 balls
Most centuries	Sourav Ganguly Mark Waugh Sachin Tendulkar Ricky Ponting	4
Most 50+ scores	Sachin Tendulkar	17
Most ducks	Nathan Astle	5 out of 22
Most sixes	Ricky Ponting	30
Most runs through boundaries in an innings	Sourav Ganguly 1999	110
Highest strike rates in an innings	Shoaib Akhtar	43(16) 22 Feb 2003
Bowling
Most wickets	Glenn McGrath	71 (39)(1996–2007)
Best bowling figures	Glenn McGrath v Namibia	7/15 (27 Feb 2003)
Most wickets in a tournament	Glenn McGrath	26(11) (2007)
Most wickets in consecutive balls	Lasith Malinga	4 v South Africa 2007
best avg.	Glenn McGrath	18.19(39)
Best economy rates	AME Roberts (WI)	3.24
Best economy rates in an innings	DA Reeve	0.40(1 Mar 1992)
Most runs conceded in an innings	MC Snedden(NZ)	105(12 ovs) 9 Jun 1983
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper)	Adam Gilchrist	52 (45 C, 7 St) (1999–2007)
Most catches (fielder)	Ricky Ponting	24 (1996–2007)
Most dismissals in an innings	AC Gilchrist	6 catch (27 Feb 2003
Most dismissals in a series	AC Gilchrist	21(10 match)
Most catches in an innings	M.kaif	vs srikanka 4 catch 10 Mar 2003
Most matches	GD McGrath (Aus)	39

ICC ODI Ranking

ICC Cricket ODI Rankings(Team)
Rank	Team	Points	Rating
1	Australia	6041	131
2	India	5802	118
3	South Africa	4137	118
4	Sri Lanka	4596	118
5	England	4362	106
6	Pakistan	3641	101
7	New Zealand	3605	92
8	West Indies	1719	69
9	Bangladesh	2515	68
10	Ireland	712	42
11	Zimbabwe	1380	36
12	Netherlands	117	10
13	Kenya	0	0

ICC Test Ranking

ICC Cricket Test Rankings(Team)
Rank	Team	Points	Rating
1	India	5357	128
2	South Africa	4228	117
3	England	5165	115
4	Sri Lanka	2951	109
5	Australia	4583	107
6	Pakistan	2615	90
7	West Indies	2128	85
8	New Zealand	2482	78
9	Bangladesh	131	7

ICC Rankings

Kenya Team

The Kenyan Cricket Team is the official cricket team of Kenya.Kenya was previously playing cricket with Tasmania and Uganda in a team, which is collectively called East Africa. East Africa has been participated in the 1975 world cup. In 1981 Kenya got associate membership of the ICC. Kenya team is considered as best non-Test playing nation in the world, Kenya have participated in three editions of world cup in 1996,1999,2003 and 2007. Kenya team is considered one of the strongest of the associate member nations of the ICC, since reaching the semi-final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Kenya has qualified for the 1996 world cup because sue to they are the runners up 1994 ICC Trophy. They have not well in world cup matches but they made major upsets by defeating the West Indies by 73 runs. After that World Cup Kenya had given their outstanding performance in 2003 world cup by defeating three Test Playing nations and surprised entered into the semi-final. The Kenya cricket team has played some of the world's most outstanding players like Martin Suji ,Steve Tikolo,Kennedy Otieno,Peter Ongondo .

Kenya Team

The Kenya Cricket Team is the official cricket team of Kenya.Kenya was previously playing cricket with Tasmania and Uganda in a team, which is collectively called East Africa. East Africa has been participated in the 1975 world cup. In 1981 Kenya got associate membership of the ICC. Kenya team is considered as best non-Test playing nation in the world, Kenya have participated in three editions of world cup in 1996,1999,2003 and 2007. Kenya team is considered one of the strongest of the associate member nations of the ICC, since reaching the semi-final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Kenya has qualified for the 1996 world cup because sue to they are the runners up 1994 ICC Trophy. They have not well in world cup matches but they made major upsets by defeating the West Indies by 73 runs. After that World Cup Kenya had given their outstanding performance in 2003 world cup by defeating three Test Playing nations and surprised entered into the semi-final. The Kenya cricket team has played some of the world's most outstanding players like Martin Suji ,Steve Tikolo,Kennedy Otieno,Peter Ongondo .

World Cup 2011 Squads

Group A	Group B
Australia Team Ricky Ponting (c) Michael Clarke (vc) Doug Bollinger Shaun Tait Shane Watson Cameron White David Hussey Mitchell Johnson Callum Ferguson Brad Haddin (wk) John Hastings Jason Krejza Brett Lee Tim Paine (wk) Steven Smith	India Team MS Dhoni (c/wk) Sachin Tendulkar Virender Sehwag (vc) Gautam Gambhir Yuvraj Singh Virat Kohli Suresh Raina Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Ravichandran Ashwin Piyush Chawla Ashish Nehra Munaf Patel Yusuf Pathan Sreesanth
Pakistan Team Shahid Afridi (c) Misbah-ul-Haq (vc) Abdul Razzaq Abdur Rehman Ahmed Shehzad Asad Shafiq Junaid Khan Kamran Akmal (wk) Mohammad Hafeez Saeed Ajmal Shoaib Akhtar Umar Akmal (wk) Umar Gul Wahab Riaz Younis Khan	South Africa Team Graeme Smith (c) Hashim Amla Johan Botha Colin Ingram Jacques Kallis Morne Morkel AB de Villiers (wk) Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe Jean-Paul Duminy Faf du Plessis Imran Tahir Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Morne van Wyk (wk)
New Zealand Team Daniel Vettori (c) Hamish Bennett James Franklin Brendon McCullum (wk) Nathan McCullum Kyle Mills Jesse Ryder Tim Southee Martin Guptill Jamie How Jacob Oram Scott Styris Ross Taylor Kane Williamson Luke Woodcock	England Team Andrew Strauss (c) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Kevin Pietersen Graeme Swann Tim Bresnan Matt Prior (wk) Ajmal Shahzad Stuart Broad Paul Collingwood James Tredwell Jonathan Trott Luke Wright Michael Yardy Chris Tremlett
Sri Lanka Team Kumar Sangakkara (c/wk) Mahela Jayawardene (vc) Tillakaratne Dilshan Angelo Mathews Ajantha Mendis Rangana Herath Chamara Kapugedera Dilhara Fernando Muttiah Muralitharan Nuwan Kulasekara Lasith Malinga Thisara Perera Thilan Samaraweera Chamara Silva Upul Tharanga	West Indies Team Darren Sammy (c) Adrian Barath Carlton Baugh (wk) Sulieman Benn Dwayne Bravo Darren Bravo Shivnarine Chanderpaul Chris Gayle Nikita Miller Kieron Pollard Ravi Rampaul Kemar Roach Andre Russell Ramnaresh Sarwan Devon Smith
Zimbabwe Team Elton Chigumbura (c) Regis Chakabva Charles Coventry Graeme Cremer Craig Ervine Greg Lamb Shingirai Masakadza Tino Mawoyo Chris Mpofu Ray Price Ed Rainsford Tatenda Taibu (wk) Brendan Taylor Prosper Utseya Sean Williams	Bangladesh Team Shakib Al Hasan (c) Tamim Iqbal (vc) Abdur Razzak Imrul Kayes Junaid Siddique Mahmudullah Mohammad Ashraful Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Naeem Islam Nazmul Hossain Raqibul Hasan Rubel Hossain Shafiul Islam Shahriar Nafees Suhrawadi Shuvo
Canada Team Ashish Bagai (c/wk) Rizwan Cheema (vc) Harvir Baidwan Balaji Rao John Davison Parth Desai Tyson Gordon Ruvindu Gunasekera Jimmy Hansra Khurram Chohan Nitish Kumar Henry Osinde Hiral Patel Zubin Surkari Karl Whatham Hamza Tariq	Ireland  Team William Porterfield (c) Andre Botha Alex Cusack George Dockrell Trent Johnston Nigel Jones Ed Joyce John Mooney Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien (wk) Boyd Rankin Paul Stirling Albert van der Merwe Andrew White Gary Wilson (wk)
Kenya Team Jimmy Kamande (c) Tanmay Mishra James Ngoche Shem Ngoche Alex Obanda Collins Obuya David Obuya (wk) Nehemiah Odhiambo Thomas Odoyo Peter Ongondo Elijah Otieno Maurice Ouma (wk) Rakep Patel Steve Tikolo Seren Waters	Netherlands Team Peter Borren (c) Adeel Raja Wesley Barresi (wk) Mudassar Bukhari Atse Buurman (wk) Tom Cooper Tom de Grooth Alexei Kervezee Bradley Kruger Bernard Loots Pieter Seelaar Eric Szwarczynski Ryan ten Doeschate Berend Westdijk Bas Zuiderent

History(2007)

This was the nineth world cup event and was held from from 13 March to 28 April 2007 . first time it had been held in the West Indies. The tournament consisted of 16 teams, including all 10 Test playing nations and 6 qualifiers.The 10 Test match playing countries plus Kenya qualified automatically. The other five teams qualified via the 2005 ICC Trophy. The field of sixteen teams is the largest ever for the Cricket World Cup. The 16 teams will be allocated into four groups of four. Within each group, the teams will play each other in a round-robin format and the top two teams will advance to a 'Super 8' round. These eight teams will again play in a round-robin format, except that they will not play the other team that advanced from their respective group. The top four teams from the Super 8 round will advance to the semi-finals. The first hat-trick plus one (4 wickets in 4 balls) in World Cup history was by Sri Lankan Lasith Malinga against South Africa. The Final was played between Australia and Sri Lanka 28th april in Kensington Oval, Bridgetown,West Indies. Australia batted first and made 281 in 39 overs by losing only 4 wickes. In reply Sri Lanka 215 in 36 overs by losing 8 wickets. Australia were champions after beating Sri Lanka by 52 runs. This was the nineth world cup event and was held from from 13 March to 28 April 2007 . first time it had been held in the West Indies. The tournament consisted of 16 teams, including all 10 Test playing nations and 6 qualifiers. The 10 Test match playing countries plus Kenya qualified automatically. The other five teams qualified via the 2005 ICC Trophy. The field of sixteen teams is the largest ever for the Cricket World Cup. The 16 teams will be allocated into four groups of four. Within each group, the teams will play each other in a round-robin format and the top two teams will advance to a 'Super 8' round. These eight teams will again play in a round-robin format, except that they will not play the other team that advanced from their respective group. The top four teams from the Super 8 round will advance to the semi-finals. The first hat-trick plus one (4 wickets in 4 balls) in World Cup history was by Sri Lankan Lasith Malinga against South Africa. The Final was played between Australia and Sri Lanka 28th april in Kensington Oval, Bridgetown,West Indies. Australia batted first and made 281 in 39 overs by losing only 4 wickes. In reply Sri Lanka 215 in 36 overs by losing 8 wickets. Australia were champions after beating Sri Lanka by 52 runs. Score: Australia 281/4 off 39 overs ( AC Gilchrist 149) Sri Lanka 215/8 off 36 overs (ST Jayasuriya). Australia won the World Cup 2007 lifted by RT Ponting(who is the member of 2011 WC Sqad). Summary of 2007 world Cup Tournament formats - Round robin and Knockout Host - West Indies Champions - Australia (4th title) Participants - 16 Matches played - 51 Most runs - Matthew Hayden (659) Most wickets - Glenn McGrath (26) Player of the Match - AC Gilchrist Player of the series - Glenn McGrath (Australia)

History(2003)

This was the eighth Cup event and was held from 9 February to 24 March. 2003 in South Africa,Zimbabwe,Kenya was the first time that the Cricket World Cup had been held in Africa The tournament followed the format introduced in the 1999 Cricket World Cup with the teams divided into 2 groups, and the top three in each group qualifying for the Super Sixes stage. The tournament saw upsets in the first round with South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies and England failing to make it to Super Sixes stage while Zimbabwe and Kenya made it to Super Sixes stage and Kenya, a non-Test playing nation, made the semi-finals of the tournament. It saw the number of participating teams increase to 14, comprising of Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and Zimbabwe, along with the ICC Trophy Qualifiers - Canada, Namibia, and the Netherlands. A total of 54 matches were played in the tournament (the most in World Cup history so far). The Match was held in various venues in the three countries. While The Wanderers, Newlands, Kingsmead, St Georges Park, Super Sport Park, Goodyear Park, Buffalo Park, De Beers Diamond Oval, Boland Park, City Oval, Willowmoore Park and North West Cricket Stadium were the stadiums that hosted the tournament in South Africa, Harare Sports Club and Queens Sports Club were venues to Cricket World Cup 2003 in Zimbabwe. Nairobi Gymkhana Club was the stadium that was a witness to one of the matches in the tournament. The teams were divided into Group A and Group B. Australia, England, Pakistan, India, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Holland belonged to Group A whereas South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, New Zealand, Kenya, Bangladesh and Canada were put in Group B. The Final was played between Australia and India on 23 March in Johannesburg, South Africa. Australia batted first and made 359 runs in 50 overs losing only 2 wickets. In reply India made 234 after being all out in 39.2 overs. Australia were crowned champions after beating India by 125 runs. Scores: Australia 359/2 50 overs (RT Pointing 140) India 232 off 39.2 overs (Sehwag 82). Australia won by 125 Runs and The World Cup 2003 lifted by RT Ponting(who is the member of currect WC Sqad). Summary of 2003 World Cup Tournament formats - Round robin and Knockout Hosts - South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya Champions - Australia (3rd title) Participants - 14 Matches played - 54 Most runs - Sachin Tendulkar (673) Most wickets - Chaminda Vaas (23) Man of the Match - RT Ponting Player the series - Sachin Tendulkar(India)

History(1999)

This was the seventh world Cup tournament and was held from May 14 to June 20, 1999. This was primarily hosted by England but it was also held in Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands. Twelve teams took part in the tournament in which 42 matches were played. This tournament has a similar group stage format to in 1996, though there was a dramatic change in the second stage, where a "Super Six" round replaced the quarter-finals One of the greatest matches in the ICC World Cup history was the Australia and South Africa tied game in their semi-final. The main venues of the tournament include the Lord's Stadium in London, County Ground at Hove, County Ground at Taunton, VRA Cricket Ground at Amstelveen in the Netherlands, County Ground in Worcester in England, County Ground in Chelmsford, St Lawrence Ground at Canterbury, County Ground in Northampton, Grange Cricket Club at Edinburgh in Scotland, Sophia Gardens at Cardiff in Whales, Riverside Ground at Chester-le-Street in England, Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds, County Ground in Southampton, Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester, Trent Bridge at Nottingham, County Cricket Ground at Birmingham and Castle Avenue at Dublin in Ireland. The concept of Super Six was introduced in this tournament. The teams were divided into Group A and Group B. The top three from each group were qualified to play in the Super Six matches where each of the three teams from Group A had to face the three teams from Group B. The top four teams in the Super Six matches participated in the semi finals. The final was played between Australia and Pakistan at Lords, London. Australia made 133 runs in 20.1 overs for 2 wickets, in reply Pakistan made 132 All out in 39 Overs. Australia won by 8 Wickets. Scores: Pakistan 132 off 39 overs (Ijaz Ahmed 22) Australia 133/2 off 20.1 overs (AC Gilchrist 54). Australia won by 8 Wickets and The World Cup 1999 was lifted by SR Waugh. Summary of 1999 World Cup Tournament formats - Round robin and Knockout Host - England Champions - Australia (2nd title) Participants - 12 Matches played - 42 Most runs - Rahul Dravid (461)) Most wickets - Geoff Allott (20) and Shane Warne (20) Man of the Match - SK Warne Player the series - Lance Klusener (South Africa)

History(1996)

This was the sixth World Cup event (called Wills World Cup) and was held from from 16th February to 17th March 1996. It was the second World Cup to be hosted by Pakistan and India, for the first time by Sri Lanka. Twelve teams competed in the tournament that had 37 matches. The sixth world cup tournament began with a controversy, when Australia and West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka where LTTE triggered major attacks. The tournament has introduction of third umpire in front of the TV monitor that gives the final decision if the field umpire is confused on taking a decision of whether the player is out or not out. The third umpire gives the decision by repeatedly monitoring the TV display. Several players bid adieu to their profession after this tournament. Manoj Prabhakar of India Javed Miandad and Ramiz Raja of Pakistan, Robin Smith of England, Richie Richardson and Roger Harper of West Indies, Asanka Gurusinha of Sri Lanka, Dipak Patel of New Zealand, Andy Waller of Zimbabwe and Australian player Craig McDermott. Pakistan bowler Waqar Younis made his first World Cup appearance in this tournament. Indian bowler Anil Kumble took 15 wickets in the tournament and set the record for the top wicket-taker. Sachin Tendulkar scored 523 runs top break the record of top run scorer. These are some of the various records in the Cricket world Cup 1996. The final was played between Sri Lanka and Australia in Lahore, Pakistan. Australia made 241 runs in 50 overs for a loss of 7 wickets. In reply, Sri Lanka made 245 runs in 46.2 overs and won by 3 wickets. Scores: Australia 241/7 off 50 (MA Tayler 74) Sri Lanka 245/3 off 46.2 overs (PA De Silva 107). Sri Lanka won by 3 Wickets and The Wills World Cup was lifted by A. Ranatunga. Summary of 1996 World Cup Tournament formats - Round robin and Knockout Host - India, Pakistann and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (1st title) Participants -12 Matches played - 37 Most runs - Sachin Tendulkar (523) Most wickets - Anil Kumble (15) Man of the Match: PA de Silva Player the series - Sanath Jayasuriya