Virender Sehwag Record 175 runs in India Vs Bangladesh World Cup 2011 Opening Match

Virender Sehwag Record 175 runs in India Vs Bangladesh World Cup 2011 Opening Match

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England Won by 18 Runs Vs West Indies. England have still chance for Quarter Finals

England won in an exciting and thrilling match against West Indies by 18 Runs and now hopes for England to remain in Cricket World Cup 2011 is still live. This league match was do or die match for England.

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A pair of blistering cameos from Chris Gayle and Darren Sammy put West Indies firmly on course for victory in their Group B showdown with England, but a steady stream of wickets - first for the spinner James Tredwell and then for the medium-pace of Ravi Bopara - left the match firmly in the balance at the halfway mark of yet another fascinating contest in Chennai, with the big hitter Kieron Pollard unbeaten on 15 alongside Ramnaresh Sarwan.

England's total of 243 was better than they might have anticipated at 151 for 6, but it still seemed a good 30 runs below par, especially when Gayle tore onto the offensive in a thrillingly belligerent 43 from 21 balls. With Devon Smith a mere bystander at the top of the order, Gayle smashed the usually reliable Tim Bresnan for four fours in his second over of the match, before welcoming Chris Tremlett to World Cup cricket in no-less-devastating fashion, with three fours and a dismissive six over wide long-on.

After five overs, West Indies already had 50 on the board, but not for the first time at Chennai, the arrival of the spinners signalled a change of tempo. Graeme Swann's first over went for a tidy three runs, before Tredwell struck with his fourth ball of the tournament, one delivery after Gayle had swatted him for his ninth boundary in 20 balls. Leaning onto the front foot, he was rapped on the pad in front of middle, and a full four years after his international debut, Tredwell finally had his first ODI wicket.

One over later, Tredwell had his second. He had to wait until Sammy had slapped him into the stands for six, but when Smith came onto strike, Tredwell fired a yorker into his boot, which dribbled out past the off stump for Matt Prior to pull off a sharp stumping as he scooped the ball in his right glove. And Tredwell made it three wickets in four overs when Darren Bravo was caught in two minds as he pushed outside off, for Strauss at slip to cling onto a sharp low catch.

Sammy by this stage was into his stride. West Indies' captain had promoted himself to No. 3 primarily to combat the offspin of Swann and Tredwell, but he continued to attack the off-colour Bresnan who switched ends to no avail as he was flogged for two further boundaries. Another big six over long-on off Tredwell took Sammy to 36 from 21 balls, but after a relative period of calm, Bopara nailed him via an inside-edge onto the off stump.

The same mode of dismissal then accounted for Devon Thomas, who had been playing the anchor role in his 10 from 20 balls, and at 118 for 5 after 20 overs, England felt as though they had the upper hand for the first time in the innings. Pollard, however, took his time to get involved as he and Sarwan played out three consecutive maidens, and he didn't truly play a shot in anger until Swann returned for his second spell. His second ball was thumped high over midwicket for six, but his fourth was badly dropped by Bopara in the covers, as he ran back to a miscued swipe.

48.4 overs England 243 (Trott 47, Russell 4-49) v West Indies

England's reshuffled bowling attack will need to defend their second below-par total in consecutive matches at Chennai, after yet another schizophrenic performance left their World Cup hopes dangling tantalisingly in their must-win Group B fixture against West Indies. After winning the toss on a decent batting track, England squandered a flying start from Jonathan Trott to lose four key wickets in a calamitous mid-innings collapse, before a ballsy 44 from the recalled Luke Wright hosted them back up towards a passable total of 243.

It was a batting performance that epitomised England's extraordinary campaign. While Trott was at the crease, caressing boundary after boundary in a 38-ball 47, there seemed no reason to doubt that, at the sixth time of asking, his team would finally produce the command performance that has been so glaringly absent from their efforts to date. But then, when he fell in the 22nd over to a feeble clip to short midwicket, the middle order lost all semblance of direction and had collapsed to 151 for 6 before Wright's run-a-ball stand of 41 with James Tredwell prompted a vital revival.

Devendra Bishoo, the Guyanese legspinner, bowled supremely on debut to claim 3 for 34 in his ten overs, including 2 for 23 in a massively composed first spell of eight off the reel, while the bustling Andre Russell was a constant threat as he mixed boundary balls with wicket-taking deliveries to finish with a career-best 4 for 49. But England once again will wonder how they threw away a position of such dominance, having at one stage been cruising on 121 for 2.

Needing victory even to give themselves a chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals, England were handed a solid platform through a 48-run stand for the first wicket between Andrew Strauss and Matt Prior, who produced his most fluent innings of the tournament to date with a run-a-ball 21, before Russell produced a beauty that slid back through the gate to demolish his middle stump.

Nevertheless, before the over was done, Trott had broken into a gallop with three fours from his first five balls - a perfectly timed flick through midwicket to get off the mark, followed by a dismissive pull and a dead-eyed drive through the covers, all along the ground and racing across a lightning-quick outfield. He then added a further three in a row from Darren Sammy and Russell - every one a result of placement over power - to rush along to a heady 26 from nine balls.

At the other end, Strauss had bedded down for a typically determined performance, as he played out a maiden first-up from Kemar Roach before greeting Darren Sammy with a second-ball pull for six over midwicket, but the extra lift of Russell scuppered him on 31, as another attempted pull scuffed off a top-edge, for the fit-again Chris Gayle to complete an excellent catch running back from short midwicket.

It was the introduction of Bishoo that undermined the momentum of the innings. Ian Bell once again proved reluctant to use his feet as he dealt almost exclusively in singles for the first 30 balls of his innings, but Trott was the first man to be unseated by the leggie, as he flicked loosely against the turn, and lobbed a gentle catch straight to Gayle at midwicket. After such a poised start to his innings, it was a rare misjudgement from a batsman who had scarcely played a false shot all tournament.

Bell, whose returns have dropped off in recent weeks, looked to have laid the foundations of a decent innings with 26 from 47 balls before he was undone by the extra pace of Roach, who blasted out his off stump from the first ball of his new spell. And England's campaign was officially on the skids when Eoin Morgan, their undisputed trump card, attempted to get too cute - even by his inventive standards - and dabbed an attempted back-sweep off Bishoo straight into the gloves of Devon Thomas for 7.

Ravi Bopara, who looked leaden-footed and unsure of his role throughout a 16-ball stay, then poked limply at Russell and took out his own stumps via an inside-edge, leaving England's fate in the hands of two men who had barely featured in their plans at any stage of their long tour. Wright last played at Perth during the Australia ODIs, while Tredwell's only outing of the whole winter came at Hobart. But they played sensibly enough in a 41-run stand for the seventh wicket - a tally that was boosted by two lots of five wides - before a disastrous mix-up on a Kieron Pollard misfield led to Tredwell's run-out for 9.

Wright clumped five fours in a 57-ball stay before launching Bishoo down the throat of Russell at cow corner, whereupon the reliable tonker Tim Bresnan took up the cudgels in the closing overs with an unbeaten 20 from 27 balls. The final wicket fell to Roach, who banged in a short ball that extracted Chris Tremlett with eight deliveries left unused. It might be enough, but this is a much firmer surface than the one on which England defended 171. And they have the services of neither the dropped James Anderson, nor the injured Stuart Broad. And nor even the mercurial wiles of Ajmal Shahzad, whose campaign has been ended by a hamstring strain.

England 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Matt Prior (wk), 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Ian Bell, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Ravi Bopara, 7 Tim Bresnan, 8 Luke Wright, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 James Tredwell, 11 Chris Tremlett.

West Indies 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Devon Smith, 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Darren Sammy (capt), 7 Andre Russell, 8 Devon Thomas (wk), 9 Devendra Bishoo, 10 Sulieman Benn, 11 Kemar Roach.

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India Won by 5 Wickets Vs Ireland Cricket World Cup 2011 Group B Match

Yuvraj Singh The Real Hero of India's Victory against  Ireland in Group B Match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

Yuvraj Singh 5/31 & 50* on 75 balls Score and Yusuf Pathan smashing 30* on 24 balls helps to this great indian win in this world cup and now India is on top of Group B Match with 5 points in 3 matches.

One time India has loose 5 wickets only on 167 when MS Dhoni Departs on 34  (50 Balls)

Yuvraj Singh The Real Hero of India's Victory against  Ireland in Group B Match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

Virender Sehwag     5 (3 balls)
Sachin Tendulkar     38 (56 balls)
Gautam Gambhir     10 (15 balls)
Virat Kohli              34 (53 balls)
Ms Dhoni               34  (50 Balls)
Yuvraj Singh          50 (75 balls)
Yusuf Pathan         30 (24 balls)

Man Of the Match : Yuvraj Singh

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2011: Australia Lanka Match Is Canceled Due To Heavy Rains

COLOMBO: World Cup Match, with defending champions Australia and Sri Lanka here today has been said, when heavy rains.

Both sides taking a point each after the match was abandoned.

The choice of the bat, Sri Lanka 146 for three after 32.5 Transfers to open the R Premadasa Stadium here.

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera was defeated 34 to 73, then.

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INDIA VS IRELAND CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011 MATCH

AT M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, cricket spectators watched two high voltage dramas in the last week. First, in-spite of scoring 338 runs, India tied their match against England on Sunday, February 27. Next, on March 2, Ireland upset the English team by three wickets after chasing the Cricket World Cup record of 327 runs. The Irish batsman Kevin O'Brien scored the fastest 100 in world cups in just 50 deliveries.

MS Dhoni-led Indian team won the inaugural match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 against Bangladesh by 87 runs. Team India is in third place in the points table after South Africa and West Indies in group 'B', whereas the Irish team is in the fifth spot with one victory.

Indian bowling attack is one of the biggest obstacles for team India to lift ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 trophy. In the last two matches, main weapons in the bowling department Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Munaf Patel conceded 321 runs for 13 wickets.

Meanwhile, Indian batsman scored more than 330 runs on both the occasions, however, during the last match against England, team India lost their last seven wickets for just 33 runs in four overs. Indian fielding is also a big concern for the team management. In this area Indians need to improve a lot.

Ireland started their ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 campaign with a loss against Bangladesh. In the next match they beat England. Prior to the World Cup, the Irish team lost to New Zealand by 32 runs and beat Zimbabwe by four wickets in the warm-up matches. Their batting is mainly dependent on O'Brien brothers (Kevin and Niall O'Brien), Ed Joyce and John Mooney.

Once again, if Dhoni will win the toss at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, he will likely to decide bat first. Once again Indian batsmen will set a huge target for the Irish batsmen in the 22nd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Dhoni will likely to play with the same team who had played against England.

Indian and Ireland squads for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011:

India: MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag(vice capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, R. Ashwin, Piyush Chawla, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel and S. Sreesanth.

Ireland: William Porterfield (capt), Trent Johnston, Alex Cusack, Andre Botha, Kevin O'Brien, Niall O'Brien (wk), Nigel Jones, Ed Joyce, John Mooney, Paul Stirling, Gary Wilson (wk), George Dockrell, Boyd Rankin, Albert van der Merwe, Andrew White.

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England Won By 6 Wickets Vs Neitherlands World Cup 2011 League Match

Netherlands 292/6 (50 ov)

England 296/4 (48.4 ov)

England won by 6 wickets in World Cup League Match (with 8 balls remaining)

    * ICC Cricket World Cup - 5th Match, Group B
    * ODI no. 3104 | 2010/11 season
    * Played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur (neutral venue)
    * 22 February 2011 - day/night (50-over match)

                           
    Netherlands innings (50 overs maximum)  

Match details
Toss Netherlands, who chose to bat
Points England 2, Netherlands 0
ODI debut BA Westdijk (Netherlands)
Player of the match tba
Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
TV umpire HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire SJ Davis (Australia)
Match notes

    * 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)

    * 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)

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ten Doeschate takes Dutch to 292 England vs Netherlands World Cup 2011 Match

Feb 22  - Netherlands scored 292-6 in their Group B match against England on Tuesday.

Netherlands 292-6 (R. ten Doeschate 119) v England

 The Netherlands batting line-up blended obdurate resistance with a measure of flair on an easy-paced wicket to push along to a solid 119 for 2 at the halfway mark of their World Cup opening fixture against England at Nagpur. After a lively cameo from the rookie wicketkeeper, Wesley Barresi, it was left to the established pair of Tom Cooper and Ryan ten Doeschate to keep the scoreboard ticking in an unbeaten 61-run stand for the third wicket.

Two years on from his side's shock victory in the opening match of the World Twenty20 at Lord's in 2009, the Dutch skipper Peter Borren won the toss and trusted the men at his disposal to post a competitive total. They started with some aplomb, as Barresi and Worcestershire's starlet Alexei Kervezee picked off a boundary apiece as James Anderson and Stuart Broad strayed onto the pads in their first overs, before Kervezee launched Anderson over mid-on for another four.

Broad showed good pace and aggression in his first proper international for two months, having sustained a stomach injury during the Ashes, but his third over was dispatched for 13 as Barresi fenced a lifter through the clutches of Matt Prior behind the stumps, before giving himself room outside leg to pick off two more off-side fours in the same over.

It was Tim Bresnan, recovered from the calf injury that curtailed his one-day campaign in Australia, who made the first breakthrough, as Kervezee got underneath an attempted pull and top-edged a looping chance straight into Prior's gloves for 16. Cooper was then gifted a leg-stump half-volley to get off the mark first-ball, as he and Barresi marked the start of the end of the bowling Powerplay by taking Netherlands to a comfortable 57 for 1 after 11.

Graeme Swann, back with the squad following the birth of his son Wilfred, and thrust straight back into the starting XI, did as he invariably does and struck in the first over of his spell, as Barresi dragged his back foot out of the crease as he was beaten outside off, and Prior whipped off the bails to end a 25-ball innings of 29.

Ten Doeschate, the kingpin of the Dutch batting line-up, was greeted by the nagging medium pace of Paul Collingwood, whose canny offcutters could have a big role to play in this tournament. He used his wrists well to pick off a pair of boundaries in a three-over spell, before Andrew Strauss returned to the pace of James Anderson in a bid to break the stand. But he was unable to do so, as the Dutch pair extended their stand with a succession of easy singles.

In the absence of the second spinner, Michael Yardy, Kevin Pietersen was tossed the ball to give his offspin an airing, but Cooper cut a short ball through third man to bring up the hundred in the 24th over, before Collingwood's fourth over was greeted with a one-bounce four from ten Doeschate over wide mid-on.

England 1 Kevin Pietersen, 2 Andrew Strauss (capt), 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Ian Bell, 5 Paul Collingwood, 6 Ravi Bopara, 7 Matt Prior (wk), 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Graeme Swann, 11 James Anderson.

Netherlands 1 Alexei Kervezee, 2 Wesley Barresi (wk), 3 Tom Cooper, 4 Ryan ten Doeschate, 5 Bas Zuiderent, 6 Tom de Grooth, 7 Peter Borren (capt), 8 Mudassar Bukhari, 9 Pieter Seelaar, 10 Bernard Loots, 11 Berend Westdijk. 

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New Zealand Won By 10 Wickets With 252 Balls Remaining, Kenya vs New Zealand World Cup Match

Kenya vs New Zealand World Cup Match Chennai . New Zealand won by 10 wickets (with 252 balls remaining)Kenya won the toss chose to bat first. All out on 69 in 23.5 over SR Waters and RR Patel 16 was the top run scrore for Kenya, HK Bennett took 4 /16 in 5 overs for New Zealand, JDP Oram took 2/3 in 2.5 over. New Zealand openers hit all the required run within 8 overs

Match Preview

Under the guidance of new coach John Wright New Zeland will attempt to regain the lost confidence.New Zealand would like to go back in rhythm by win against Kenya in their first match. New Zealand has lost 14 of 17 matches last ten matches in the subcontinent , which proves that even her great upheaval comes at the turning wickets. Since arriving here on February 10 the situation in the subcontinent, especially against spin New Zealand weakness is exposed. They suffered heavy 117-run defete in Warm-up match against India. Even before the first match against Kenya in the dilemma. After warmp match against India BB McCullum wicketkeeper-batsman said on Friday, team is struggling with a lack of confidence.

Kenya v New Zealand, World Cup 2011, Chennai Match details

Kenya Squad

JK Kamande*, T Mishra, JO Ngoche, SO Ngoche, AA Obanda, CO Obuya, DO Obuya†, NN Odhiambo, TM Odoyo, PJ Ongondo, E Otieno, MA Ouma†, RR Patel, SO Tikolo, SR Waters

New Zealand Squad

DL Vettori*, HK Bennett, JEC Franklin, MJ Guptill, JM How, BB McCullum†, NL McCullum, KD Mills, JDP Oram, JD Ryder, TG Southee, SB Styris, LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson, LJ Woodcock

Toss Kenya, who chose to bat

Points New Zealand 2, Kenya 0

Player of the match HK Bennett (New Zealand)

Umpires M Erasmus and RJ Tucker

TV umpire Aleem Dar

Match referee RS Mahanama

Reserve umpire S Asnani

Kenya vs New Zealand World Cup Match Highlights

Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 1 wicket)

Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 15 runs, 3 wickets)

Over 13.5: Review by Kenya (Batting), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - CO Obuya (Struck down)

Drinks: Kenya - 49/5 in 15.3 overs (RR Patel 4)

Kenya: 50 runs in 16.3 overs (100 balls), Extras 6

Innings Break: Kenya - 69/10 in 23.5 overs (RR Patel 16)

Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 72 runs, 0 wicket)

Over 2.5: Review by Kenya (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - MJ Guptill (Struck down)

New Zealand: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 3

1st Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (MJ Guptill 37, BB McCullum 10, Ex 3)

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Kenya v New Zealand - World Cup Group B League Matches Scoreboard,

Scoreboard in the World Cup Group A match between Kenya and New Zealand at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Kenya innings A. Obanda lbw b Southee 6 S. Waters lbw b Bennett 16 C. Obuya lbw b Bennett 14 S. Tikolo b Bennett 2 M. Ouma lbw b Bennett 1 R. Patel not out 15 J. Kamande c B McCullum b Oram 3 T. Odoyo c Ryder b Oram 2 N. Odhiambo b Southee 0 S. Ngoche lbw b Southee 0 E. Otieno c Styris b Oram 0

Extras (b-4, lb-3, w-2, nb-1) 10

Total (all out; 23.5 overs) 69

Fall of wickets 1-14 2-40 3-42 4-44 5-49 6-59 7-63 8-68 9-68 10-69

Bowling: T. Southee 6-0-13-3 (1nb), N. McCullum 4-0-15-0 (1w), H. Bennett 5-0-16-4 (1w), D. Vettori (6-1-16-0), J. Oram 2.5-1-2-3

New Zealand innings M. Guptill not out 39 B. McCullum not out 26

Extras (b-2, lb-1, w-3, nb-1) 7

Total (0 wickets; 8 overs) 72

Did not bat: J. Ryder, R. Taylor, J. Franklin, S.Styris, D. Vettori, N. McCullum, J. Oram, T. Southee, H. Bennett

Bowling: T. Odoyo 3-0-25-0 (1w), E.Otieno 2-0-18-0, J. Kamande 2-0-21-0 (1w), N Odhiambo 1-0-5-0 (1nb, 1w)

Result: New Zealand won by 10 wickets.

Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

Kenya's 69 is the fifth lowest in World Cup

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INDIA WON BY 87 RUNS in of 1st ODI of ICC World Cup 2011 : India vs Bangladesh

INDIA WON BY 87 RUNS in 1st ODI – India vs Bangladesh – 1st ODI ICC World Cup 2011 ,Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh, 19 February

Shere Bangla National Stadium



One of the bigger stadiums of Bangladesh with a seating capacity of 25000 was established in 2006. The first test was played a year later between Bangladesh and India from May 25-27, 2007 and the first ODI was played between the home team and Zimbabwe on December 8, 2006. Although the shift from Bangabandhu to Mirpur was met with much anger, but Bangladesh needed a stadium reserved exclusively for cricket. The ground has excellent drainage facilities and the grassless plot next to the stadium is a ground for children to play with a tape-tennis ball every evening and morning.

Match Information

    * Series: ICC World Cup 2011
    * Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) & Kumar Dharmasena (SL)
    * Third Umpire: Billy Doctrove (WI)
    * Match Referee:

Toss Won By Ranjan Madugalle (SL)

Bangladesh and Elected to Field first

India Batting : 370/4 (50) Run Rate: 7.4


Virender Sehwag 175 (140 balls )

A tired Sehwag departs! A scintillating knock comes to an end. 175 off just 140 balls. He raises his bat while returning back as the Bangladeshi crowd applauds his effort. Fullish delivery outside off, he just plays it back onto his stumps off the inside edge. Kohli makes it a point to pat his Delhi team-mates back. Brilliant innings!


Sachin Tendulkar 28 (29 balls)

That is disaster for India! The Mirpur crowd is up on their feet, seeing the Little Master walk back. Tendulkar just plays it towards mid-wicket and charges to the opposite end, Sehwag is ball-watching and doesn’t even move. Both the openers are stranded at the same end and the bails are off. Tendulkar doesn’t even bother watching back as he makes his way out of the center. India one down!

Gautham Gambhir 39(39 balls)

Mahmudullah strikes in his first over! Gambhir departs after a steady knock. It was the straighter one, came in a touch after pitching, Gambhir tried whipping it away but missed after getting an inside edge and the ball went on to disturb the wooden framework. India lose their second wicket.

Virat Kohli 100 (83 balls)

Yusuf Pathan 8 (10 balls)

Mahmudullah strikes in his first over! Gambhir departs after a steady knock. It was the straighter one, came in a touch after pitching, Gambhir tried whipping it away but missed after getting an inside edge and the ball went on to disturb the wooden framework. India lose their second wicket.

Fall of Wickets: 1-69 (Sachin Tendulkar, 10.5 Over) 2-152 (Gautam Gambhir, 23.2 Over) 3-355(Virender Sehwag, 47.3 Over) 4-370 (Yusuf Pathan, 50 Over)

Bangladesh Batting : 283/9 (50) Run Rate: 5.70

Tamim Iqbal 70(86 balls)

Munaf strikes as Iqbal departs! A steady innings, unlike Iqbal, comes to a soft end. Length ball on the middle, the left-hander swats it straight to the man at mid-wicket. Yuvraj takes the catch and the Indians celebrate. Bangladesh three down!

Imrul Kayes 34(29 balls)

Bowled ‘em! Kayes chops it on. Patel is delighted. The cameo was short-lived. Length ball wide outside off, Kayes cuts and gets an inside edge onto the stumps. This is a big wicket for the Indians.

Zunaed Siddique 37(52 balls)

Siddique is smartly stumped by Dhoni. Bangladesh lose their second wicket. Harbhajan is rewarded for his fine bowling effort. Flighted delivery, lands outside off and turns away to beat the outside edge. Dhoni collects the ball and whips the bails off in a flash. They appeal but Dhoni didn’t seam confident as it was referred upstairs. Though, the backfoot was on the line and hence OUT was flashed on the giant screen. Pin drop silence in the stands.

Shakib Al Hasan 55(50 balls)

Shakib departs! The party is over, says Ravi Shastri (on air). Length ball, the left-hander slogs it straight down the throat of Harbhajan at deep mid-wicket. He takes the catch, turns to the crowd, keeps the ball inside his pocket and bows to the audience! Pathan is ecstatic as the crowd is stunned in silence!

Mushfiqur Rahim 25(30 balls)

Rahim exits in his attempt to accelerate in the powerplay. A cleverly bowled slower delivery by Zaheer, outside off, Rahim plays it uppishly through the covers but fails to get the desired elevation. Raina takes a simple catch leaping up. Bangladesh look completely out now.

Roqibul Hassan 28 (28 balls)

Mahmudullah 6 (6 balls)

Naeem Islam 2(8 balls)

Abdur Razzak 1(5balls)

Shafiul Islam 0 (1 ball)

Rubel Hossain 1 (6balls)

Fall Of Wicket: 1-56 (Imrul Kayes, 6.5 Over) 2-129 (Zunaed Siddique, 23.1 Over) 3-188(Tamim Iqbal, 32.1 Over) 4-234 (Shakib Al Hasan, 39.4 Over) 5-248(Mushfiqur Rahim, 42.3 Over) 6-261 (Mahmudullah, 44.3 Over) 7-275(Naeem Islam, 46.3 Over) 8-279 (Abdur Razzak, 48 Over) 9-280 (Shafiul Islam, 48.3 Over)

RESULT: INDIA WON BY 87 RUNS in 1st ODI

India Batting : 370/4 (50) Run Rate: 7.4
Bangladesh Batting : 283/9 (50) Run Rate: 5.70

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Bangladesh v India, Group B, World Cup 2011, Mirpur

Bangladesh spirited in improbable chase

Junaid Siddique was stumped off Harbhajan Singh's bowling as the spinners reined in Bangladesh's scoring rate to put India in front in Mirpur

Virat Kohli scored a century in his first World Cup game

Bangladesh did not go quietly. Their batsmen revived a Mirpur crowd reeling from the Indian onslaught with a spirited chase, but despite their swinging approach, their chances of overhauling the target of 371 were remote. The pitch quickened under lights, making shot-making easier, and the dew made the outfield slick and the ball harder to grip, but Bangladesh's bowlers had conceded far too much ground for their batsmen to make up.

It was Imrul Kayes, and not their leading batsman Tamim Iqbal, that kickstarted Bangladesh's innings. He carved Sreesanth over point and pulled Zaheer through square leg and those shots, combined with a few glances and inside-edges to fine leg, had boosted the score to 28 after four overs. And then Kayes exploded, and Sreesanth lost the plot.

During his first spell, Sreesanth had bowled inswinging yorkers, which both the left-handers somehow survived. The first ball of his fifth over, though, was a wide one that Kayes slashed at and bottom-edged past MS Dhoni to the fine-leg boundary. Sreesanth changed his line of attack, going round the wicket, and over-stepped while bowling a full delivery that Kayes flicked for four. A free-hit followed, and Kayes rocked back to pull towards the boundary, after which he drove a length ball through cover for four more. Sreesanth responded by slanting one so far down leg side that Dhoni couldn't reach it, resulting in five wides. He had conceded 24 off the over and Bangladesh were 51 for 0 after five.

While Zaheer had control over the run-rate at his end, Dhoni had had no option but to take Sreesanth off and bring Munaf Patel into the attack, a move that had immediate results. Kayes tried to force the slower pace of Munaf through the off side and played on, ending the opening partnership at 56.

The momentum, however, did not abate immediately as Junaid Siddique laid into the bowling, hoisting Munaf over the square leg boundary. Yusuf backpedalled, trying to catch it, and ended up crashing into the advertisement hoardings after tripping over the boundary skirting. Yusuf also failed to hold on to a tough chance after Siddique, on 10, had skied Munaf towards midwicket. Tamim then found his fluency and lofted Munaf over mid-on and punched him through cover.

Dhoni brought spin into the attack and Harbhajan Singh and Yusuf slowly but surely reined in the Bangladesh batsmen. Though Tamim and Siddique kept their wickets intact, the rise in dot balls heaped pressure on them. Siddique's dismissal - he was caught short of his crease by Dhoni's quick gloves in the 24th - for 37 further dampened Bangladesh's hopes. The lack of boundaries steadily forced the asking-rate up and at the half-way stage it was 9.36 per over.

50 overs India 370 for 4 (Sehwag 175, Kohli 100*) v Bangladesh

With a withering drive off the back foot, Virender Sehwag slammed the first ball of the 2011 World Cup to the cover boundary and, silencing a boisterous Mirpur crowd, recorded his maiden one-day international century against Bangladesh. He and Virat Kohli, who justified his captain's decision to leave out Suresh Raina with a century of his own, gave evidence of the havoc India's batting line-up can create, as Bangladesh's bowlers failed to maintain composure in the grandest match of their lives.

There was wisdom in Bangladesh choosing to chase - the previous 12 day-night matches at the Shere Bangla were won by the team batting second - but the bowlers offered abundant scoring opportunities on a slow pitch that kept low and had loopy bounce not conducive to shot-making. Shakib Al Hasan had said he wanted keep India below 260 when he put them in because of the dew factor later in the evening. He watched the target swell past that as Sehwag and Kohli dismantled the attack in front of a shell-shocked crowd.

Sehwag bookended the tournament's first over, from Shafiul Islam, with powerful drives to the cover-point boundary. Shafiul was guilty of giving Sehwag too much width, and in his second over he erred by straying twice on to Sachin Tendulkar's pads, and watched one ball disappear behind square and the other in front. His day would not get better and he conceded 69 off seven. In between Shaiful's first two overs, Rubel Hossain conceded two boundaries as well, and India raced to 36 after four.

Shakib turned to his premier spinner, Abdur Razzak, in the fifth over and he brought a semblance of control over the run-rate. Razzak looped the ball into Sehwag from round the wicket, following the batsman and cramping him for room as he tried hit inside out through the off side. Sehwag had scored 12 off his first six balls and 13 off his next 24.

Bangladesh were listless, though, as Sehwag regained his touch and drove the first ball off the bowling Powerplay to the long-on boundary, before finally making powerful contact with an inside-out drive. And then they had some good fortune. A mix-up, during which both Tendulkar and Sehwag were ball-watching, left both batsmen at one end and the Mirpur crowd found its voice again.

Sehwag, however, continued piercing gaps and hit the tournament's first six by hoisting Razzak over wide long-on to bring up his half-century off 45 balls. With his regular opening partner, Gautam Gambhir, Sehwag added 83 to build on the opening stand of 69. But while Sehwag used muscle on a sluggish surface, Gambhir played with surgical precision, dabbing, pushing and chipping into gaps to score at a run-a-ball without fuss. His dismissal for 39, bowled after missing a straight one from Mahmudullah, brought the crowd to life momentarily.

The stand out feature of Kohli's innings was his driving. On a surface this slow, he got to the pitch of the ball, gathering momentum with a forward thrust of his body, and drove the ball crisply through the off side with a whip of his wrists. He did it repeatedly against pace and spin, scoring effortlessly at more than a run a ball.

In the 32nd over, Sehwag reached his century off 94 balls with a nudge through midwicket. In the 33rd, Kohli drove Naeem Islam twice to the cover boundary and pulled him behind square as well. India took the batting Powerplay soon after the mandatory ball change and began to toy with the bowling. They would the boundary at will, the inside-edges missed the stumps and the lofted mis-hits fell into gaps. India scored 48 for 0 during the last block of fielding restrictions.

At one stage in seemed as though Sehwag, who had Gambhir running for him because of an injury, had a shot at a double-century. He ran out of steam, though, in the 48th over, almost making good his pledge to bat through the innings.

Kohli, however, moved seamlessly towards a hundred in his first World Cup match. He got there off the penultimate ball of the innings and leapt in celebration, possibly having secured his spot for the rest of the tournament.

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India Seek Revenge Against Bangladesh in World Cup 2011 Opener

MIRPUR (Bangladesh): Title aspirants India will have revenge on their minds when they launch their 2011 cricket World Cup campaign against co-hosts Bangladesh in the tournament-opener on Saturday, fully aware that any slip-up could prove costly.

Minnows Bangladesh had ensured India's early exit in the first round of the 2007 edition at the Caribbeans and Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men will be eager to settle the score and kick start their campaign on a positive note at the Shere Bangla National stadium.

Tipped as one of the favourites, the current world number two side, boasts off an exceptionally balanced team, but such a pool of talented players will also pose a few selection questions for skipper Dhoni.

Dhoni though seems to have sorted out his problem of plenty in the batting department when he tipped Virat Kohli ahead of Suresh Raina after their second warm-up match against New Zealand.

"The number four slot is very important for us. Right now it is a slot war. It is the number four slot where Kohli needs to bat with Gautam Gambhir at number three," Dhoni said.

"Kohli is sort of a player who likes to spend little bit of time early and then go after the bowlers. Still, there is a bit of chance where Virat may get an edge over (Suresh) Raina seeing the current form he is in," he added.

Dhoni also hinted that he would stand by Yuvraj Singh as his ability to spin the ball away makes him an asset to the team even though currently he is a bit short of runs.

"We are playing with four bowlers. A part-time spinner is really important especially if it is a left-arm away going spinner. That's the one big advantage he (Yuvraj) has got over others," Dhoni said.

The explosive batting line-up will be marshalled by Sachin Tendulkar, who would be participating in his sixth World Cup this time around and the senior batsmen will look to give India a flying start with Virender Sehwag.

Gautam Gambhir will be next, while the middle-order also looks rock solid with Kohli, Dhoni, Yuvraj and Yusuf Pathan -- all capable of playing big-shots and also rotating the strike.

In their second and last warm-up game, India scored a mammoth 360 against New Zealand and it will give a lot of confidence to the batsmen, especially skipper Dhoni and Gambhir, who hit an unbeaten 108 and 89 respectively.

Kohli and Raina also cracked half-centuries against New Zealand and Dhoni would be hoping his boys continue the good work.

In the bowling department, Dhoni will have to pick his options carefully since India is going with a four-pronged attack.

Indian spinners Harbhajan Singh and surprise inclusion Piyush Chawla have taken five and six wickets in the last two warm-up games. Even R Ashwin and part-time spinner Yuvraj scalped two and three wickets respectively.

In contrast, the pacers have struggled with Ashish Nehra claiming two and Praveen Kumar's replacement S Sreesanth taking one wicket, while Munaf Patel remaining wicketless in the warm-up matches.

But with pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, who didn't feature in the two warm-up ties because of a minor niggle, returning to action on Saturday, a much better performance can be expected from the seamers.

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 would 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.

Skippered by Shakib-Al-Hasan, Bangladesh have a few good batsmen in talented Mohammad Ashraful, the pint-sized dynamic opener Tamim Iqbal and wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim. Besides, captain Shakib-Al-Hasan, himself, ranks number one in the ICC's all-rounders list and knows how to wield the willow.

Bangladesh won their first warm-up match against Canada but lost to Pakistan in the second tie. However, their openers Tamim and Imrul Kayes have got runs under their belt in the two matches.

Though their pace attack will lack the fire-power of speedster Mashrafe Mortaza, 21-year-old pacer Rubel Hossain had claimed five wickets in the warm-up matches.

Besides, Bangladesh also have some good tweakers in left-arm slow bowlers Shakib and Abdur Razzaq, who can get handy support from many other part-timers.

Bangladesh can also take heart from the fact that they came into the tournament after having made a clean sweep against New Zealand, a full-fledged Test playing country and defeating Zimbabwe 3-1 at home, where they will play all their six league games.

Teams (from):

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, S Sreesanth, Piyush Chawla, R Ashwin, Ashish Nehra.

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (C), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Shahriar Nafees, Raqibul Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Naeem Islam, Mahmudullah, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Nazmul Hossain, Suhrawadi Shuvo.

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