South Africa's tryst with Cricket world cup illustrates the importance of mental strength in competitive cricket. South Africa reached semi-finals in its first world cup appearance in 1991-92 but lost to England in the semi-finals (thanks to duckworth-Lewis method). But, South Africans lost to Australia in the semi-finals of 1999 world cup due to lack of mental strength. South Africa is a perennial favourite but rarely wins crucial matches in the major tournaments. They are working hard to claim the "Chokers" tag at every major cricket tournament. In football, Spain and Holland also used to buckle under pressure in crucial games at FIFA World cup. But, South Africans can take inspiration from Spaniards who overcame this weakness and won in 2010 Soccer world cup held in South Africa. If these "Chokers" play to their potential, they can win title in 2011 Cricket world cup. ICC Rankings Highlight: World's top 2 oneday batsmen are South Africans. Best wicket-keeper batsman is a South African. 2011 Cricket world cup – South African team analysis: Current ICC one day Ranking: 4 Coach: Corrie van Zyl Captain: Graeme Smith Crucial players: Jacques Kallis, Dale Steyn, Hashim Amla & AB De Villiers Missing players: Mark Boucher, Herschelle Gibbs, Justin Kemp & David Miller Group B: South Africa, India, England, Bangladesh, West Indies, Ireland & Netherlands. Qualification: Directly qualified basing on ICC Oneday team team rankings. World cup history: South Africa caught the attention of cricket world with a series of outstanding performances (who can forget Jhonty … [Read more...]
Australia squad
Australia is the most successful team in the history of ICC Cricket world cup. Australia won the world cup in 1987, 1999, 2003 & 2007 and lost in the finals in 1975 & 1996. It is famous for making stunning bounce back from the edge of elimination. Who will forget its "spectacular recovery" in 1999 & 2003 world cups? Who forget its "assassination of India" in the finals of 2003 world cup? Never underestimate these Australians irrespective of form. 2011 Cricket world cup – Australian team analysis: Current ICC one day Ranking: 1 Coach: Tim Nielsen Captain: Ricky Ponting Crucial players: Shane Watson, Michael Hussey & Doug Bollinger. Missing stars: Clint McKay, Shaun Marsh, Ryan Harris, Brad Hodge, Xavier Doherty & Peter Siddle Group A: Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya Qualification: Australia is a top ranked ODI team in the world and also defending Champion. World cup hisotry: Australia won the Cricket world cup in 1987, 1999, 2003 & 2007 by defeating England, Pakistan, India & Sri Lanka respectively. Australia lost to Arjuna Ranatunga's Sri Lankans in the finals of 1996 world cup at Lahore. No looking back since then. In sub-continent world cups, Australia won in 1987 (Reliance world cup) and lost in the finals in 1996 (Wills world cup). Australian squad for 2011 Cricket World Cup: S.NoCricketer NameAgeICC RankState Batsmen: 1. … [Read more...]
Indian Team
After hosting Cricket world cup in 1987 (Reliance world cup) & 1996 (Wills world cup), India is once again hosting this prestigious event along with Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. India lost in the semi-finals in both world cups. 2011 world cup is also the last one for Cricket GOD Sachin Tendulkar. 2011 Cricket world cup – India squad analysis: Current ICC one day Ranking: 2 Coach: Gary Kirsten (South Africa) Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Jharkhand) Crucial players: India is no longer one-man team. 6-7 match winners are there in the squad (only on sub-continent pitches). Missing stars: Rohit Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Irfan Pathan, Robin Uthappa, Ishant Sharma & Pravin Kumar Group B: India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Netherlands & Ireland. 4 teams will qualify to quarter-finals. Qualification: Directly qualified being the host nation. World cup hisotry: Kapil Dev's India created sensation by defeating mighty West Indies at Lords in 1983. India reached finals in 2003 but was demolished by Australia in the crucial match. Forget about worst performance in 2007 world cup in West Indies. It lost in the semi-finals in 1987 and 1996 at home. Indian team for 2011 Cricket World Cup: S.NoCricketer NameAgeICC RankState/City Batsmen: 1. Virender Sehwag 32 11 Delhi 2. Sachin Tendulkar 37 14 Mumbai 3. Gautam … [Read more...]
India announced 2011 cricket world cup probables
Indian selectors today announced 30-member probables list for 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. Irfan Pathan and Rahul Dravid were not picked while selectors picked 4 wicket-keepers. 30-member probable list will be pruned to 15-member squad by January, 19. Indian probables squad for 2011 cricket world cup: Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni Top order: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Cheteswar Pujara, Murali Vijay & Shikhar Dhawan Middle order: Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Varat Kohli, Saurab Tiwary, Rohit Sharma & Ajinkya Rahane Wicket-Keepers: Dhoni, Parthiv Patel, Dinesh Karthik & Saha All-rounders: Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh & Ravindra Jadeja Bowlers: Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Munaf patel, Ishant Kumar, Vinay Kumar, R. Ashwin, Piyush Chawla, Amit Mishra & Ravindra Jadeja … [Read more...]
Results
Team standings in Group A & B: Group A: Group B: TeamPlayWonLostPointsTeamPlayWonLostPoints Sri Lanka 6 4 19 India 6 4 - 9 Australia 6 4 - 9 South Africa 6 5 - 10 Pakistan 6 5 1 10England 6 3 1 7 New Zealand 6 4 - 8 Bangladesh 6 3 2 6 Zimbabwe 6 2 34 West … [Read more...]
History
ICC Cricket World Cup history: YearWorld Cup HostsWinnerRunners-Up 2015 Australia & New Zealand 2011 India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh 2007 West Indies Australia Sri Lanka 2003 South Africa Australia India 1999 England Australia Pakistan 1996 India, Sri Lanka & Pakistan Sri Lanka Australia 1992 Australia Pakistan England 1987 India Australia England 1983 England India West Indies 1979 England West Indies England 1975 England West Indies Australia Highlights of Cricket World Cup history: 1. Australia is the best performer and won 4 times in last 6 Cricket world cups. 2. England never won ICC one day cricket world cup despite reaching finals in 3 world cups. … [Read more...]
Stadiums
2011 Cricket World Cup stadiums/venues: Click here to buy tickets for 2011 Cricket World Cup matches. CityStadiumCricket World Cup Matches Bangladesh: Dhaka Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket stadium 2 Quarterfinals and 4 Group matches including opening game of 2011 World cup Chittagong Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium 2 Group stage matches Sri Lanka: Colombo R. Premadasa International stadium One Semi-final, one quarterfinal and 5 Group stage matches Kandy Pallekele International Cricket Stadium3 Group stage games Hambantota Suriyawewa International Cricket Stadium 2 Group stage games India: Mumbai Wankhede Stadium World Cup final & 2 Group stage matches Mohali PCA Stadium One semi-final & 2 Group stage games Chennai M.A. Chidambaram Stadium 4 Group stage world cup matches including India Vs West Indies game Bengaluru M. Chinnaswamy Stadium 4 Group stage world cup matches including India Vs Ireland game Ahmedabad Sardar Patel Stadium One … [Read more...]
About WC
Even though first offcial cricket match was held between Engalnd and Australia in 19th century, it took 100 years for Cricket organisers to conduct a world cup, 45 years after inagural FIFA world cup. Emergence of one day cricket facilitated the conduction of cricket world cup. Emergence of T20 Cricket casted shadows on the one day cricket. 2011 Cricket World Cup format: 14 teams are divided into 2 groups of 7 teams each. Top 4 teams from each group will reach quarterfinals/knockout round. Highlights of ICC Cricket World cup: 1. Cricket world cup is conducted once in 4 years. 2. First 3 world cups were held in England and all are 60 over matches. 3. Reliance World cup in 1987 showed commercial potential of cricket. First world cup: 1975 in England. West Indies emerged as champions as expected. Second world cup: 1979 in England. Clyve Lloyd's West Indians thrashed everyone. Third word cup: 1983 in England. Indian cricket lovers will never forget the glorious moment. Who can forget Kapil's heroic 175 against Zimbabwe? Fourth World cup: 1987 in India. This is a significant event in cricket history. Australia never looked back after winning Reliance World cup. Commercialism entered into cricket arena and fortunes of cricketers changed forever. Fifth World cup: 1991-92 in Australia-New Zealand. Who can forget Imran Khan and his heroes? Sixth World cup: 1996 in India-Pakistan. Arjun Ranatunga's Sri Lankans are unstoppable in this world cup. Seventh world cup: 1999 in England. Unforgettable comeback by Steve Waugh's … [Read more...]
Black day in Indian cricket history
India was demolished by inspired Bangladesh in the group B match of 2007 cricket world cup at Port of Spain. March, 17, 2007 will be remembered as black day in Indian cricket. On a day of major upsets, India was outplayed by Bangladesh while Pakistan was defeated by Ireland. India’s famous paper tigers displayed worst batting performance while Bangladesh cricketers performed clinical exhibition of finest cricket. Why India was demolished by Bangladesh: 1. Fine performance from Bangladesh cricket team. 2. Lack of fighting spirit in Indian cricketers. 3. Increased confidence in Bangladesh cricketers after their win against New Zealand in the warm up match. 4. Poor shot selection by Indian batsmen. 5. Selection of Virender Sehwag ahead of Dinesh Karthik. Rahul Dravid should be blamed for his obsession with Virender Sehwag. In spite of repeated failures, Dravid prefers Sehwag ahead of fighting cricketer like Dinesh Karthik. Dinesh Karthik saved India in crisis situations in the past. 6. Young cricketers of Bangladesh shamed their experienced counterparts with their superb play. Mushfiqur, the 18-year-old wicketkeeper, shamed his opposite 30 year old 10,000 run scorers. Bangladesh cricketers are no more minnows in international cricket. They proved the critics wrong by their finest play on the greatest stage of world cricket. Bangla! Keep it up. Indian paper tigers should concentrate more on their cricket instead of endorsements. Will Indian team also return from West Indies like Pakistan? Wait and watch. … [Read more...]
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