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ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 begins February 19th

* Jayawardene century sets up commanding Sri Lanka total.Sehwag out for a duck,Tendulkar out early but Gambhir maintains chase and Dhoni wins the match in style:World Cup Final at Mumbai Wankhede Stadium Sri Lanka 274-6,50 overs(Jayawardene 103*) lost to India 277-4,48.2 overs(Gambhir 97,Dhoni 91*) by 6 wickets Scorecard India World Champions for 2nd time Toss taken twice More Matthews injury causes four changes in Sri Lanka team,Mendis dropped.Sreesanth replaces injured Nehra for India. India victory picture

* India wins toss and elects to bat drops Ashwin and pick Nehra.After Sehwag cameo Pakistan fielding lases allow India to post decent total.After a bright start Pakistan's batsmen throw match away with rekless shots abeeted by Misbah's go slow t: 2nd Semi Final at Mohali India 260-9,50 overs(Tendulkar 85,Wahab Riaz 5-46) beat Pakistan 231,49.5(Misbah ul haq 56)by 29 runs Scorecard

* NZ win toss and bat first but fail to post challeging total.Despite brilliant fielding the bowlers were unable to restrict the Sri Lanka top order so Sri Lanka go through to final and Mural' plays his last international game at home:1st semi final at Colombo New Zealand 217,48.5 overs(Styris 57) lost to Sri Lanka 221-5,47.5 overs by 5 wickets Scorecard

* Sri Lanka's openers put out a lack lustre England:4th quarterfinal at Colombo England 229-6,50 overs(Trott 83,Morgan 50) lost to Sri Lanka 231-0,39.3 overs(Dilshan 108*,Tharanga 102*) by 10 wickets Scorecard Semifinals India v Pakistan & New Zealand v Sri Lanka

* Team NZ punch way above their weight and defeat favourites SA:3rd quarter final at Mirpur Dhaka New Zealand 221-8,50 overs(Ryder 83) beat South Africa 172,43.2overs(Kallis,Oram 4-39,B McCullum 3-24) by 47 runs Scorecard

* Yuvraj sees India through to semis after Oz score too few despite Ponting century: 2nd Quarter Final at Ahmedabad Australia 260-6,50 overs(Ponting 104) lost to India 261-5,overs(Y Singh 57*,Tendulkar 53,Gambhir 50) by 5 wickets and so relinquish World Cup Crown Scorecard

* Windies win toss and bat first soon in disarray then implode.Only Chanderpaul plays an innings doubtless had he played the last two games they may have won them.Pakistan romp home to 10 wicket victory:1st Quarter Final at Mirpur West Indies 112,43.3 overs(Chanderpaul 44*,Afridi 4-30) lost to Pakistan 113-0,20.5 overs( M Hafeez 63*,K Akmal 43*) by 10 wickets Scorecard

* Windies implode when well set in chase.Yurav hits century:Match 42 at Chennai India 262,49.1 overs(Y Singh 113) beat West Indies 188,43 overs(Smith 80) by 74 runs Scorecard Tables

* Australia lose world cup winning record:Match 40 at Colombo Group A Australia 176,46.4 overs lost to Pakistan 178-6,41 overs by 4 wickets Scorecard

* South Africa thrash feeble Bangladesh so England & Windies assured quater final places:Match 39 Group B at Mirpur South Africa 284-8,50 overs beat Bangladesh 78,28 overs by 206 runs Scorecard

* Irish chase down large Dutch total.Centuries by ten Doeschate and Stirling.Dutch lose 4 wickets in last over:Match 37 at Kolkatta Netherlands 306,50 overs(ten Doeschate 106,Borren 84) lost to Ireland 307-4,47.4 overs(Stirling 101,Porterfield 68,N O'Brien 57*) by 6 wickets Scorecard

* England scrape through maybe to quarters thanks to Windies' generosity:Match 36 at Chennai England 243,48.4 overs(Russell 4-49) beat West Indies 225,44.4 overs(Tredwell 4-48) by 18 runs Scorecard Windies hit 9 sixes,England 1.

* Bangladesh defeat England with 6 balls to spare after poor England batting:Match 28 at Chittagong England 225,49.4 overs(Trott,Morgan 63) lost to Bangladesh 227-8,49 overs by 2 wickets with 6 balls to spare Scorecard

* Irish fail in brave chase: 27th Match at Mohali Group B West Indies 275, 50 overs beat Ireland 231, 49 overs by 44 runs Scorecard

* Centuries for Sri Lanka's openers. Zim fails after decent start:Match 26 at Pallekele Group A Sri Lanka 327-6,50 overs(Dilshan 144,Tharanga 133) beat Zimbabwe 188,39 overs(Taylor 80,Dilshan 4-4) by 139 runs Scorecard

* Ross Taylor smashes ton and Pakistan batting fails:Match 24 at Pallelekele New Zealand 302-7,50 overs(R Taylor 131*)beat Pakistan 192,41.4 overs by 110 runs Scorecard

* Ugandan Osinde takes out Kenya's top order and after early wobble Canada's Hansra & Bagai secure win:Match 23 Kenya 198,50 overs(Mishra 51,Odoyo 51,Osinde 4-26) lost to Canada 199-5,45.3 overs(Hansra 70,Bagai 64*) by 5 wickets Scorecard Only two this Canada side were born in Canada.

* Pathan spoils Irish party.Irish bowlers make India work hard to win after Irish mid order batting fails,Johnston injured after taking 2 early wickets,Yuraj takes fifer and hits fifty:Match 22 Ireland 207,47.5 overs(Porterfield 75,Y Singh 5-31) lost to India 210-5,46 overs(Y Singh 50*,Pathan 34*) Scorecard

* England's bowlers snatch dramatic victory:Match 21 England 171,45.4 overs beat South Africa 165,47.4 overs by 6 runs Scorecard

* Wash out in Colombo:Match 20 at Colombo Group A Sri Lanka 146-3,32.5 overs v Australia Scorecard

* Bangladesh thrashe d by Windies:Match 19 Group B at Mirpur Bangladesh 58,18.5 overs lost to West Indies 59-1,12.2 overs by 9 wickets Scorecard

* Zim no match for Kiwis:Match 18 at Ahmedabad Zimbabwe 162,42.4 overs lost to New Zealand 166-0, 33 overs(Guptil 86*,McCullum 76*) by 10 wickets Scorecard

* Canada bowl well but batting fails the challenge as Pakistan notch up 3rd win:Match 17 Group A at Colombo Pakistan 184,43 overs beat Canada 138,42.5 overs by 44 runs Scorecard

* South Africans thrash Dutch:Match 16 at Chandigarth South Africa 351-5,50 overs beat Netherlands 120,34.5 overs by 231 runs Scorecard

* Irish eyes are smiling as England suffer defeat and Ireland's claim to Test status persists minus their best player England Morgan,Kevin O'Brien hits fastest ever ODI century:Match 15 at Bangalore England 327-8,50 overs(Trott 92,Bell 81,Mooney 4-63) lost to Ireland 329-7,49.1 overs(K O'Brien 113) by 3 wickets Scorecard England's bowlers have now conceded some 900 runs in 149 overs

* Slinger Malinga with sixfer routs Kenya:Match 12 at Colombo Kenya 142,43.4 overs(C Obuya 52,D Obua 51,Malinga 6-38) lost to Sri Lanka 146-1,18.5 overs(Tharanga 67*) by 9 wickets Scorecard

* Windies slaughter Dutch.Roache takes fifer: Match 13 Group B at Delhi West Indies 330-8,50 overs beat Netherlands 115,31.5 overs by 215 runs Scorecard

* Zim crush Canada after poor start: Match 12 Group A at Nagpur Zimbabwe 298-9,50 overs beat Canada 123,42.1 overs Scorecard

* England & India tie in a thriller.Centuries from Tendulkar & Strauss.Match 11 Group B at Bangalore India 338,49.5 tied with England 338-8,50 overs Scorecard

* Pakistanis take crucial win over Sri Lanka,Akhtar removes Jayawardene cheaply:Match 10 at Colombo Pakistan 277-7,50 overs beat Sri Lanka 266-9,50 overs by 11 runs Scorecard

* Irish batting fails to match their bowlers success to Bagladeshis' delight:Match 9 at Mirpur Group B Bangladesh 205,49.2 overs beat Ireland 178,45 overs by 27 runs Scorecard

* Distracted Kiwis no match for Oz:Match 8 at Nagpur New Zealand 206,45.1 overs lost to Australia 207-3,34 overs by 7 wickets Scorecard

* Chucker spinner Botha removes Gayle and Windies struggle to modest total with familiar tail collapse.Windies start with spinner Benn and SA lose two early wickets then de Villiers takes charge and easy win for SA:Match 7 at Delhi Group B West Indies 222,47.3 overs lost to South Africa 223-3,42.5 overs by 7 wickets Scorecard

* Pakistan bat first lose early wicket but achieve large total as Kenya bowl 37 wides!.Kenya batting fails again:Match 6 Group At Habantota Pakistan 317-7,50 overs beat Kenya 112,33.1 overs by 207 runs Scorecard

* Dutch bat first: Match 5 Group B at Nagpur Netherlands 292-6,9 overs(ten Doeschate 119) lost to v England 296-4,48.4 overs by 6 wickets Scorecard

* Zim restrain Oz but batting fails the challenge;Match 4 Group A at Ahmedabad Australia 262-6,50 overs beat Zimbabwe 171,46.2 overs by 91 runs Scorecard

* Sri Lanka set for big total.Uganda born Osinde breaks down after 2.1 overs:Match 3 Group A Sri Lanka 236-2,38.1 overs beat Canada 122,36.5 overs by 114 runs Scorecard

* Kiwis overwhelm Kenya:Match 2 Group A at Chennai Kenya 69,23.5 overs(Bennett 4-16,Southee 3-13) lost to New Zealand 72-0,8 overs by 19 wickets Scorecard

* India thumps Bangladash in high scoring opener.Sehwag hits 175:Match 1 Group B at Dhaka India 370-4,50 overs(Sewwag 175,Kohli 100*) beat Bangladesh 283-9,50 overs(Tamin Iqbal 70) by 87 runs Scorecard

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