Rain caused the Australia-Sri Lanka game to be abandoned and in the process opened up the competition for the top spot. More than one team can aspire to head the group, with Pakistan and Australia the most likely contenders. Had Sri Lanka lost to Australia, they would be out of the leadership race, but Sangakkara’s men can still hope that other games pan out in their favour. Let’s take a look at the top four contenders:
It was good that Pakistan captain lost the toss today and got a feel of how his current team would fare batting second. If Pakistan makes a few changes in their team and batting line up, they are capable of chasing down any score. Pakistan should elect to bat whenever they win the toss, but they should be well prepared to chase down if they lose the toss and have to do the chasing.
As the Cricket World Cup 2011 is knocking at the door all cricket fans are highly excited. We can’t wait for it to start.
After England’s tied match with India at ICC World Cup 2011, Group B was thrown wide open. While making it tougher for India to head the group, the result also propelled England, and a win against against South Africa, however unlikely, could have pushed England to the top of the group with the prospect of facing New Zealand in the quarter-finals.
An article on the teams and the players participating in the on-going ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 in India. It features the names which matter the most in the grand tournament.
Group B is fascinatingly poised, after England’s win over South Africa, in ICC World Cup 2011. Theoretically, it is possible for four teams to top the group. If you are wondering why it is so important to top the group when the top four teams will qualify fro the quarter-finals, the answer lies in the choice of rivals for the semi-finals: the top team from each group will meet the fourth team from the other. Let’s take a look at the four contenders for the top spot from group B:
Arguably the best one day batting line-up in the world makes 338 and yet it’s not enough. While many will look at the English batting that rose to the occasion, the sad truth is that Indian bowling…well, for the sake of simplicity, sucked!
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 – India Versus England All Tied Up!
Rubbish is the word that sums up the analysis of cricket World Cup and cricket related issues on Indian news channels. The Indian media goes overboard on cricket-related discussions. There is exaggeration of praise for some players when they do something brilliant. Some players are called ‘Gods’ who are not as mighty as many of the human beings or their contemporaries.
While the eventual result, a tie, left both teams caught between disappointment and relief, it was England who took the honours, for having nearly chased down what was considered beyond them. That said, India did not eventually lose a game that as late as the 42nd over appeared destined for result only – an England win. And India can take three lessons from the result that could actually help their world cup bid more than 27 years after they last won the title.
ICC World Cup 2011: 3 Lessons For India From The England Game
Barely a few months before the ICC World Cup 2011 was to start, Pakistan were in disarray. A squad struggling to find their feet at a time when hardly any games were being hosted at home, Pakistan were hit where it hurt most when the spot-fixing scam erupted. After Pakistan’s famous victory over Sri Lanka on February 26, all that appears like the distant past…
ICC World Cup 2011: Are Pakistan Also-Rans Or Possible Winners?
Let’s consider the possibilities, were South Africa to beat India. Thereafter, if South Africa beat England, they would clearly be ahead of India. And if they lost to England, Both South Africa and England could be ahead of India on the points table, assuming that none of the three teams lost to any of the others in the group, including the West Indies.
ICC World Cup 2011: Why Their Game Against South Africa Is A Must-Win For India
If a team cannot defend 339 runs, then it just means that either they have been over powered or they have bowled badly. India has scored in excess of 325 runs in their last 3 outings. Witnessing the tie today, it seems very impractical that in order to win easily a team batting first must put up at least 350 – 360 runs on the board. Was it bad bowling by India or was it a fantastic effort by England? All said and done it was a case of an easy win situation that was squandered away by the Indians, it was an uphill task for the English players who transformed adversity into a match winning situation. Kudos to the England team for responding so well to the Indian Onslaught. All in all a great day for cricket!
India and England are set to meet at Bangalore, on Sunday, February 27, in a crucial encounter, at ICC World Cup 2011. For England, the result of the game will hinge on their self-belief, as India appear to have established a clear psychological advantage. The best bet for Strauss’s men would be to bat first and get the runs on the board, and to hope that India implode, in the chase.
ICC World Cup 2011: Why India Will Beat England At Bangalore
Sri Lanka are favourites going into the match against Pakistan at Colombo on Saturday, February 26. The hosts will back themselves to win the game owing to home advantage added to a settled team with several batsmen in form. Pakistan’s best bet is to bat first. Chasing under the lights will become tougher, as the ball tends to swing a lot more, and the likes of Perera and Kulasekara could be hard to handle.
Subhash Gupte is recognized as the best spinner India ever produced. Many like Garfield Sobers rated him the best leg spinner in the world. There is no doubt that Gupte was a classical spinner with flight and guile and his 149 wickets in 36 test matches is testimony to his potency and greatness.
For all cricket fans, Cricket World Cup 2011 is here. Cricket is one of the sports which is played and celebrated like a festival all over the world. Whether you are in stadium or watching television, the delighted and cheerful audience will increase your heart beat. Each and every ball played in the match is seen with so much enthusiasm that single line of joy can easily be seen on people faces.
With the ICC Cricket World Cup only a few days away, India has seen a spike in tourism. Many people are traveling to the nation, and the games may prove to be as successful for India as the FIFA World Cup was for South Africa in 2010, according to the International Business Times.
Sehwag became the first to achieve most of the milestones in the World Cup 2011. Sehwag kicked off India’s campaign for the World Cup 2011 by hitting the first ball of the World Cup 2011 for a four in his indomitable style. You could see a lot of nerves in the young Bangladesh bowlers at the beginning of the World Cup.
India could not have asked for a better start to their World Cup campaign. More than the win itself, the individual performance of most of the players will hold India in good stead for the rest of the Tournament. India will take a lot of encouragement from the performances of their pace bowlers Munaf Patel and Zaheer Khan.
I am desperate to see Pakistan in action in World Cup 2001. Pakistan is the most exciting team in the tournament and my favorite to win the World Cup apart from India. Sehwag gave ultimate entertainment in the first game, but the excitement of watching two Akmal brothers, Shahid Afridi or Abdul Razzak in full flight is quite different.
Misbah is one player who can make a difference to Pakistan fortunes in Cricket World Cup 2011. Misbah is a unique player of his type. Misbah may not be the batsmen of the class of certain Sachin Tendulkar, but when it comes to playing under pressure and orchestrating the innings he beats everyone and beats Sachin Tendulkar by miles. There is no other batsmen in the World in Misbah’s mould.
Misbah Can Make A Difference To Pakistan’s Fortunes In Cricket World Cup 2011
Rajdeep Sardesai asking all the cricket experts on Kings Of Cricket program to compare Bradman and Tendulkar made me laugh. Why people are so obsessed with calling Sachin as the greatest. What made me laugh even more was Border’s reply. Border said “look Bradman average is around 100 and Sachin averages in 50s with many other players.
World Cup 2011 is expected to be the greatest cricketing spectacle ever happened on the planet earth and for the first time in the history of the event, the Indian team has emerged as top favorites though only slightly. If the first two games are any indication, the challenge for the other teams in the tournament is going to be stiff.
Positive Signals For India’s Chances Ahead of World Cup 2011
The way Australia went today with the game augers well for them in this World Cup. First of all, Ricky Ponting did well to bat first on calling it right at the toss. It gave the Australian batsmen a chance to have an easy time at the crease. They could bat themselves in and hit the form.
Where there is Pakistan, there will be drama. They must have caused a few heartbreaks, but as usual, they can heal the wounds as well as nobody else could. Pakistan has a rather cautious beginning to their innings after wisely electing bat on winning the toss.
Characteristic Beginning To Pakistan’s Campaign In 2011 World Cup
When South African captain Graem Smith won the toss and elected to bowl, one would have been a bit unconvinced about his decision. South Africa could have been at the receiving end of calling it right at the toss as it happened many times throughout the history of the tournament. The doubts looks taking the shape of reality when Darren Bravo got going. But as it happened during the time when a certain Brian Lara was around, the West Indian team collapsed once Darren Bravo went back to the pavilion.
Another Great Start By Yet Another Top Contenders To Cricket World Cup 2011
Umar Akmal is the most talented batsmen in the World today. There is a reflection of Kamran Akmal, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, and Dean Jones in Umar Akmal’s batting. Darren Bravo is another immensely talented young batsmen. You can see the shadow of Brian Lara in Darren Bravo. Everything about Darren Bravo reminds you of Brian Lara. There is no cricketer similar to another cricketer as much as Darren Bravo is similar to Brian Lara.
Umar Akmal And Darren Bravo Will Rule The Cricket World In This Decade
ICC Cricket World Cup is the fourth largest and the most viewed sporting event of the world. Coming only once in four years it is the most sought after tournament for cricket lovers. But does its format justify its importance?
Youth in Australia and elite athletes have tested new accessories and clothing used in games such as 2XU, Skins etc. and have seen their potential take an upbeat through their use. Their love for sports is taking a new turn altogether.
Rising Craze for Sports Accessories and Sportswear Among Australians
One of the perennial problems that seems to be plaguing West Indian cricket is a lack of fitness amongst its current crop of players. Cricketers in general today seem more prone to injury than in the past (a classic example being Andrew Flintoff whose career basically came to a premature end due to fitness concerns). However this higher rate of injury is most likely related to the higher workload cricketers face today in terms of international cricket.
West Indian Cricket – Lack of Fitness Amongst Its Current Crop of Players
The West Indies have been in a permanent rebuilding phase for the past two decades, from the time they stopped producing fast bowlers of quality. In the last 20 years, there have been some brilliant players, but cohesion has been lacking. The current squad is no different…
With most clubs and organisations, it can be very difficult to get volunteers to commit their time, to projects and to prepare the ground or clubhouse, in readiness for the new season. It is different in cricket though, as they have a brilliant initiative with Nat West Bank, called NatWest CricketForce. Other sports should take note and try something similar.
How To Get The Most Out Of Your NatWest CricketForce Weekend?
A comprehensive and detailed article about the schedule of the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup in the Asian subcontinent from 19th February to 2nd April. The World Cup, to be played by fourteen top cricket-playing nations, is the third most watched sporting event in the world. It’s schedule and match fixtures were announced in June 2010.
Each cricket club must have good bowlers to win a tournament. Here are a list of different bowling techniques.
The Netherlands did the associate members of the ICC proud when they piled up 292 against England in Nagpur on Tuesday, February 22. But in the end it came down to the lack of Holland’s bowling resources and England ran out winners but not before some anxious moments following the regular loss of wickets after a century opening stand between newly baptised opener Pietersen and skipper Strauss.
All feature about the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup happening in the Asian subcontinent from 19th February to 2nd April. The World Cup, to be played by fourteen top cricket-playing nations, is the third most watched sporting event in the world.
India thrashed Bangladesh in the opening game of ICC World Cup 2011, after Shakib Al Hasan offered India a suicidal invitation to bat on the deadest of batting strips at Mirpur. India piled up 370/4 on the back of Sehwag’s (175) and Kohli’s (100) tons.
Australia face Zimbabwe in their opening game on February 21, at Ahmedabad, and expect Ponting’s men to fire on all cylinders against a team they should beat with relative ease. In the end, it will boil down to how well Australia do in three games, starting with the quarter-final. As he prepares to lead his team’s bid for four-in-a-row, Ponting will count on the absence of expectation, as his biggest ally.
Dilshan’s batting can more than make up for any lack of sting in his side’s bowling, provided the dashing opener makes the most of his starts. Dilshan has been guilty of throwing away his wicket after settling down, but fortunately for Sri Lanka, he has become aware of this tendency, and his conversion rate of 7 centuries in his last 41 matches is a fair indication of this latter-day maturity. Sri Lanka will need a full dosage of Dilshan’s said maturity if they are to make something of this world cup.
ICC World Cup 2011: Dilshan Holds The Key To Sri Lanka’s Fortunes
England are set to start their world cup bid against the Netherlands at Nagpur, on Tuesday, February 22. England have not had the best preparation ahead of the event – the seven match ODI series against Australia, coming as it did at the end of the Ashes test series, left senior players with little time to recharge their cells…
Pakpassion.net, a cricket forum based in Pakistan, is deserving of praise for the sheer breadth of the platform it has created for cricket fans, but not least for its unifying aspect, and its underlying “Hail fellow, well met” spirit of camaraderie. Cricket forums like PP ensure that cricket means more than than just victories on the fiel
The ICC World Cup 2011 beginning on February 19, is the tenth edition of this event. In this article.
The question is, with no Gambhir in the side this year, whether Viru would pass on the role of captaincy this year too, or would he accept the role that he did so well in the first two seasons. If he refuses, there lies a problem for DD, as there are not many players in our squad who can be called captain material.
In 1987, after hosting the cricket world cup, 3 consecutive times, the English crowd was deprived of it’s rights to enjoy the biggest cricketing extravaganza live in their country since this time it was the Sub-continent’s turn to host the grandest cricketing festival, the Reliance Cup (World Cup). There were a few changes in the format which signaled the fact that the ODI game would now have a sense of urgency to it and it would be a lot more entertaining than how it was played in the yester years.
With the ICC bringing in new rules to make the game of cricket ever more exciting and marketable globally, the format of T20 cricket has certainly breathed new life into the game. This has also managed to inject a sense of urgency amongst the sides to score runs at a rapid pace and hence within their arsenal they all have hard hitting batsmen whose job is not to look picturesque while playing his shots but too be effective and score runs quickly. One such hard hitter that has made a name for himself in the modern game is Shahid…
Ever since the retirement of legends like Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Mathew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist, the Australian team most definitely has lost it’s status as an invincible team and now it seems that they too could be beaten if the opponents apply themselves correctly. With the sub continent ready to host yet another edition of the world cup, the 2011 tournament could prove to be a hard fought affair with a number of teams likely to lay their hands on the Gold trophy. Coming off the back of a dismal Ashes series against the English at home, the…
There has been an ongoing debate amongst the experts as to who is the best batsman to have graced the game of cricket and they have all been divided over their opinions. Sachin Tendulkar has it seems every record that there is on offer for a batsman. He is the highest all time scorer in both forms of the game and has close to a hundred international centuries which only summarizes the greatness that this player echoes.
A solid opening batsman plays a pivotal role in any cricket team’s road to success since it is the opener that has to absorb the initial pressure on the pitch and set the tone for the batting side. One such brilliant left handed opening batsman was Saeed Anwar.
Warm-up matches for the 2011 Cricket World Cup will be taking place from February 12 onward, which means that anticipation is heavy in the air for one of the world’s most intense championships. There will be a total of 14 qualified teams competing for this year’s world cup – Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada and the West Indes. As India will be one of the co-hosts of the match, the country will be facing Bangladesh on February 19 for the first game…
India Determined to Break Host Nation Jinx at 2011 Cricket World Cup
After an absence of 12 years, the World Cup returned to the home of cricket, England in 1999 which eventually proved to be beginning of Australia’s total dominance of the world of cricket. Netherlands also had a chance to host a couple of games which intended to bring Europe onto the cricketing map as well.