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South Africa stroll to top of table
Netherlands have slipped to a massive defeat, the fourth-biggest in World Cup history. Tahir wrapped up the tail while the seamers dealt blows at the top. Not the most exciting game we've had this World Cup. Much was expected out of Netherlands after they pushed England so close, but they slipped up badly since then. Amla and de Villiers set up a mammoth score, though it didn't seem as though South Africa would get that far given the manner in which they had gone about their innings in the first half. South Africa now lead Group B with two wins in two games. We'll get you the presentation details in just a bit. Nitin Sundar is updating the bulletin and it should be ready shortly.
Peter Borren: "Anytime you lose by such a big margin, it's pretty hard to take. I think we'll learn more playing top quality opposition than playing the Associates. We play the Indians in Delhi next. It was a fantastic result for the Irish last night."
Graeme Smith: "It was nice to get a win. Hashim and AB had terrific knocks, and they laid an excellent platform. We're looking forward to playing England on Sunday. We're enjoying ourselves so far on this trip. AB picked up a niggle while he was batting, so it didn't feel necessary to push him in the field today."
AB is Man of the Match: "We had to work quite hard this morning. Nice to start the World Cup on a high. I've been feeling my back the last few days, it's just the workload of keeping."
Australia in Bangladesh 2011
Australia to tour Bangladesh after World Cup
Australia will tour Bangladesh for the first time since 2006 in April 2011, straight after the on-going World Cup, for a three-match bilateral one-day series. They are scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on April 4, just two days after the World Cup final, and will play ODIs on April 9, April 11 and April 13, all at the Shere Bangla Stadium in Mirpur.
In accordance with the ICC Future Tours Programme, Test playing nations must tour each other at least once every six years, and Australia have toured Bangladesh just once since they attained Test status. That tour was in April 2006 and Australia won both Tests and all three one-dayers. The FTP had Australia scheduled to play two Tests this time around as well, but the Bangladesh Cricket Board have announced Australia will leave immediately after the three ODIs.
One repercussion of the tour will be that the players from both teams' squads will miss the first week of the IPL, which begins on April 8. As many as 36 current Australia players were sold to IPL franchises during January's auction, while Shakib Al Hasan is the only Bangladesh player who is part of the Twenty20 tournament.
Australia have had a busy last five months, having played series against India, Sri Lanka and England in the lead-up to the World Cup. Bangladesh have enjoyed a slightly more spread-out schedule, with a couple of one-day home series the only cricket they played in the six months before the World Cup.
Bangladesh have beaten Australia just once in 16 one-dayers against them, back in 2007 in Cardiff. Since they last played Australia in September 2008, they have won 25 of their 53 one-day games, and have been on a good run at home, where they recently won series against New Zealand and Zimbabwe.
Biggest victory for Irish cricket
England were helpless in the face of his barrage, and watched as O’Brien reached three figures in just 50 balls, comfortably beating the previous record of 66 deliveries that was set by Matthew Hayden in 2007.
Instead of topping Group B, England were left needing two victories from their remaining three games and Strauss could hardly believe the gumption of O’Brien.
“It was an outstanding innings - the gall he showed to take the game to us in that situation,” said the England skipper.
A crucial part of the Ireland duo’s shock tactics came when they took the batting powerplay in just the 32nd over and plundered 62 runs over the next five overs on their way to a 162-run stand.
“They took the powerplay, and Kevin O’Brien struck the ball beautifully,” admitted Strauss.
“He rescued them from a pretty perilous position to one where they were up with the rate and just needed to keep their heads in the end.
“It was a bit of a shock to us, and I’m bitterly disappointed because we did a lot of things badly in the field again.”
England dropped four catches in all, with reprieves for O’Brien and Cusack the most important. Strauss was the man responsible for putting down O’Brien when the plucky batsman was on 91, and was left to reflect on a costly error.
“We could have taken our catches. I dropped one, and we dropped three others as well. That cost us the game - there’s no doubt about it,” he said.
“Our bowling could have been better. We got taken by surprise there - and we can’t afford to give away those kind of chances here.
“They are very flat wickets and you have to take every chance you can get.”
Strauss refused to be drawn on where the three-wicket defeat ranked in his lowest moments, insisting that rating such occasions was not a habit of his, and backed his team to bounce back from the shock result.
With matches against South Africa, West Indies and Bangladesh to come and another two wins likely to be needed in order to progress to the quarter finals, England have their backs to the wall.
“We were thinking we were getting some momentum after the India game,” he said, referring to Sunday’s dramatic tie.
“We’re not out of the World Cup by any means - but we need to be better than we were today.”
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
ICC World Cup 2011 Schedule
ICC World Cup 2011
Cricket Schedule of ICC World Cup 2011. Fixtures of ICC World Cup 2011 has been announced. The first schedule match of ICC World Cup 2011 between India vs Bangladesh begins Feb 19, 2011 onwards. Keep viewing CriSchedule for latest updates on Cricket Schedule and Fixtures of upcoming ICC World Cup 2011.
Good times are here for India. The country will get to host the tenth world cup of its most loved sport in 2011 along with co-hosts Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It will be the first time co-hosting for Bangladesh in a cricket world cup. Fourteen national teams are scheduled to compete for the coveted cup between February and early April 2011. According to the announced fixtures of ICC World Cup 2011, the first match will be played among co-hosts India and Sri Lanka at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
The formerly announced time-table of 2011 world cup also included Pakistan as a co-hosting nation but the 2009 attack on Sri Lankan cricket team at Lahore which left seven players injured, forced the world cup governing body (ICC) to strip off Pakistan of its co-hosting rights on Apr 17, 2009. India will now host 29 of the total 49 planned matches including the all important grand final at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai and one semi-final as well. Sri Lanka will host 12 matches while the first time nation Bangladesh has been given the opportunity to host the tournament opener along with eight other matches. Since India has been allotted the highest number of matches, the ICC has moved its headquarters to Mumbai to ensure smooth and timely preparations for the event. Mr. Ratnakar Shetty has been appointed as the managing director of the event, while the security directorate will be headed by Mr. Shashank Manohar of BCCI.
The allocation of world cup venues is always a much sought after event with major cricketing nations bidding for hosting rights. To avoid favoritism, the ICC prefers to rotate venues between major cricket playing nations. In the bidding for the 2011 event, Australia/New Zealand had an upper hand over the trio of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as they had not had a chance to host the World cup since 1992. But Indias argument that the trio being a bigger group of countries helped clinch the final deal. The 2015 cricket world cup will be held in Australia/New Zealand.
Cricket world cup organized every four years is the fourth largest and one of the most eagerly awaited and viewed event of the cricket world. It is widely considered to be the pinnacle of achievement in this sport. The excitement among fans is already palpable as the first phase of tickets was put for sale in Mumbai on 1 June 2010. Priced affordably at around 20 US cents, the organizing committee is expecting to reap in bumper sales and not diminish the euphoria of fans. The new revised format of the world cup wherein 14 teams instead of 16 will be participating also ensures that fans get to see their favorite teams play a minimum of six matches even if they are ruled out of the tournament due to early defeats.
Cricket fan or not- there is no way you can escape the all-engulfing madness. From cricket merchandise at stores to travel packages to host nations and restaurants and cafes serving cricket-themed food, the fever is all over. Personal relationships too are not unaffected by the craze. While the love for cricket unites some, it also spells doom for many relationships. There is simply no running away, so prepare to drown yourself in the drone of cricket slogans in the year to come.
So, Get the latest ICC World Cup 2011 Schedule to be played in 2011. The world cup 2011 schedule will begin on Feb 19, 2011. Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule will have 14 teams, out of which 10 would be of test rank status.
Day | Local | GMT | BST | Match Details | Venue |
Mar 1 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group A : Sri Lanka vs Kenya | Colombo |
Mar 2 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group B : England vs Ireland | Bangalore |
Mar 3 | 09:30 | 04:00 | 10:00 | Group B : South Africa vs Netherlands | Mohali |
Mar 3 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group A : Pakistan vs Canada | Colombo |
Mar 4 | 09:30 | 04:00 | 10:00 | Group A : New Zealand vs Zimbabwe | Ahmedabad |
Mar 4 | 14:30 | 08:30 | 14:30 | Group B : Bangladesh vs West Indies | Mirpur |
Mar 5 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group A : Australia vs Sri Lanka | Colombo |
Mar 6 | 09:30 | 04:00 | 10:00 | Group B : South Africa vs England | Chennai |
Mar 6 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group B : India vs Ireland | Bangalore |
Mar 7 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group A : Canada vs Kenya | Delhi |
Mar 8 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group A : Pakistan vs New Zealand | Kandy |
Mar 9 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group B : India vs Netherlands | Delhi |
Mar 10 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group A : Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe | Kandy |
Mar 11 | 09:30 | 04:00 | 10:00 | Group B : West Indies vs Ireland | Mohali |
Mar 11 | 14:30 | 08:30 | 14:30 | Group B : Bangladesh vs England | Chittagong |
Mar 12 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group B : India vs South Africa | Nagpur |
Mar 13 | 09:30 | 04:00 | 10:00 | Group A : New Zealand vs Canada | Mumbai |
Mar 13 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group A : Australia vs Kenya | Bangalore |
Mar 14 | 09:30 | 03:30 | 09:30 | Group B : Bangladesh vs Netherlands | Chittagong |
Mar 14 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group A : Pakistan vs Zimbabwe | Kandy |
Mar 15 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group B : South Africa vs Ireland | Kolkata |
Mar 16 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group A : Australia vs Canada | Bangalore |
Mar 17 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group B : England vs West Indies | Chennai |
Mar 18 | 09:30 | 04:00 | 10:00 | Group A : Ireland vs Netherlands | Kolkata |
Mar 18 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group A : Sri Lanka vs New Zealand | Mumbai |
Mar 19 | 09:30 | 03:30 | 09:30 | Group B : Bangladesh vs South Africa | Mirpur |
Mar 19 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group A : Pakistan vs Australia | Colombo |
Mar 20 | 09:30 | 04:00 | 10:00 | Group A : Zimbabwe vs Kenya | Kolkata |
Mar 20 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | Group B : India vs West Indies | Chennai |
Mar 23 | 14:30 | 09:30 | 15:30 | TBC vs TBC, 1st Quarter Final ODI Day Night Match | Mirpur |
Mar 24 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | TBC vs TBC, 2nd Quarter Final ODI Day Night Match | Ahmedabad |
Mar 25 | 14:30 | 09:30 | 15:30 | TBC vs TBC, 3rd Quarter Final ODI Day Night Match | Mirpur |
Mar 26 | 14:30 | 09:00 | 15:00 | TBC vs TBC, 4th Quarter Final ODI Day Night Match | Colombo |
Mar 29 | 14:30 | 10:00 | 16:00 | TBC vs TBC, 1st Semi Final ODI Day Night Match | Colombo |
Mar 30 | 14:30 | 10:00 | 16:00 | TBC vs TBC, 2nd Semi Final ODI Day Night Match | Mohali |
Apr 2 | 14:30 | 10:00 | 16:00 | TBC vs TBC, The Final ODI Day Night Match | Mumbai |
Please note: Fixtures are subject to change. http://iccworldcup-net.blogspot.com is not responsible. | |||||
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