Results of the recent world cup matches

1. INDIA VS BANGLADESH AT DHAKA
India won by 87 runs



2. KENYA VS NEW ZEALAND AT CHENNAI
New Zealand won by 10 wickets


3. SRI LANKA VS CANADA AT HAMBANTOTA
Sri Lanka won by 210 runs


4. AUSTRALIA VS ZIMBABVE AT AHMEDABAD
Australia won by 91 runs


5. ENGLAND VS NETHERLANDS AT NAGPUR
England won by 6 wickets


6. KENYA VS PAKISTAN AT HAMBANTOTA
Pakistan won by 205 runs


7. SOUTH AFRICA VS WEST INDIES AT DELHI
South Africa won by 7 wickets


8. AUSTRALIA VS NEW ZEALAND AT NAGPUR
Australia won by 7 wickets


9. BANGLADESH VS IRELAND AT DHAKA
Bangladesh won by 27 runs


10. SRI LANKA VS PAKISTAN AT COLOMBO
Pakistan won by 11 runs


11. INDIA VS ENGLAND AT BANGALORE
Match tied


12. CANADA VS ZIMBABVE AT NAGPUR
Zimbabwe won by 175 runs


13. NETHERLANDS VS WEST INDIES AT DELHI
West Indies won by 215 runs


14. SRI LANKA VS KENYA AT COLOMBO
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets


15. ENGLAND VS IRELAND AT BANGALORE
Ireland won by 3 wickets


16. NETHERLANDS VS SOUTH AFRICA AT MOHALI
South Africa won by 231 runs


17. CANADA VS PAKISTAN AT COLOMBO
Pakistan won by 46 runs


18. NEW ZEALAND VS ZIMBABVE AT AHMEDABAD
New Zealand won by 10 wickets


19. BANGLADESH VS WEST INDIES AT DHAKA
West Indies won by 9 wickets


20. SRI LANKA VS AUSTRALIA AT COLOMBO
No result because of rain


21. ENGLAND VS SOUTH AFRICA AT CHENNAI
England won by 6 runs


22. INDIA VS IRELAND AT BANGALORE
India won by 5 wickets


23. CANADA VS KENYA AT DELHI
Canada won by 5 wickets


24. NEW ZEALAND VS PAKISTAN AT PALLEKELE
New Zealand won by 110 runs


25. INDIA VS NETHERLANDS AT DELHI
India won by 5 wickets


26. SRI  LANKA VS ZIMBABVE AT PALLEKELE
Sri Lanka won by 139 runs


27. IRELAND VS WEST INDIES AT MOHALI
West Indies won by 44 runs


28. BANGLADESH VS ENGLAND AT CHITTAGONG
Bangladesh won by 2 wickets


29. INDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA AT NAGPUR
South Africa won by 3 wickets


30. CANADA VS NEW ZEALAND AT MUMBAI
New Zealand won by 97 runs


31. AUSTRALIA VS KENYA AT BANGALORE
Australia won by 60 runs


32 BANGLADESH VS NETHERLANDS AT CHITTAGONG
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets


33. PAKISTAN VS ZIMBABVE AT PALLEKELE.
Pakistan won by 7 wickets  (D/L method)

The fastest hundred of the world cup history

The fastest hundred of the world cup history didn't came from the test playing nation's cricketer.  Kevin O'Brien of Ireland made the fastest hundred in the world cup history.
 It was only 50 balls taken to make  100 runs and guide his team to the famous victory. In his 100 he hit 13 fours and 6 sixes.

His innings eventually came to end when he was run out on 133 made from only 63 balls with a stunning strike rate of 179.36

He made a 162 run partnership with Cusack to bring back Ireland in the game after they lost 5 wickets for 115 runs.

Mathew Hayden, the Australia left handed opener, was in mesmerising form during 2007 world cup championship he made 101 from only 66 balls.


Davison was a very unknown player when he made his 67 ball century against mighty West Indies at Supersport park in Centurion as he played for Canada in the 2003 world cup.


In 1983 world cup Kapil Dev of India held the record of fastest century for a long time, 100 in 72 balls and scoring 175 unbeaten that day at Trent bridge which saved Indians a sorry defeat against debutant Zimbabweans when they were five wickets down for almost nothing on board.


Adam Gilchrist of Australia also scored 100 in 72 balls against Sri Lanka in the final of the 2007 world cup. 

Yorker a lethal weapon

The ball comes direct or near the feet of the batsman is called a yorker. Over the years the yorker has been the the most effective ball to get the batsman out. Very few batsman can successfully play out (dug out)that type of a delivery, which makes yorker a lethal weapon.

In the old days the great fast bowlers of the west indies used to bowl those deliveries very effectively.The duo of pakistan bowlers  Wasim akram and Waqar younis mastered the skill of bowling great yorkers, they got their ball to in swing very late and batsman felt very hard to pick those. In the recent time Lasith Malinga, Dale Styen , Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul , Brett Lee and Zaheer Khan are carrying forward the art of bowling a yorker .






In the matches of world cup 2011 we have seen many good yorkers bowl by the bowlers which got them the desired results.
The performance of Lasith Malinga against Kenya was just so superb, he was unplayable by the batsman and wickets fell like house of cards.

UDRS failure in world cup 2011

In the world cup 2011 the ICC has implemented use of UDRS . In the match of India against the England there was one incident when all the parameters met to give batsman out and yet he was given not out.

It was the over No. 24 and last ball of the over 
Yuvraj Singh to Bell, no run, Bell goes down very early to try and paddle one of those dinked sweep shots, ends up missing and is struck on the pads. Looks gone but Bowden gives it not out. India called for a review. Looks like it's given, all the replays showed it hitting and Bell is walking but NO!? Decision stays not out! Bell, apparently, was so far down the track that it remains up to the umpire
That's ridiculous if the ball met all the criteria to give a batsman out then he should have been given out. I was the supporter of the use of UDRS from the start but this makes me to think twice. In support of UDRS previously I did made a discussion at mylot " Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) in the world cup".
The summery of the discussion was using UDRS in world cup reduce the bad decisions and give a fair chance to all the teams. As far as I know India has suffered from the lot's of b ad decisions in past using this technology might help , but after seeing how it is used in the match against England I doubt it will be worth to use. There is no snicko meter or hotspot to help the decision to be made correctly .
There was one  more incident of UDRS failure , it was in the Sri Lanka vs Canada match.

First, in the 23rd over with Jayawardene on 11, spinner Jimmy Hansra and wicketkeeper-captain Ashish Bagai went up for a huge appeal convinced an edge had been pouched.

The umpire turned it down, but Canada went for an immediate referral. TV replays suggested an edge, but were ultimately inconclusive and the decision remained. Then, in Hansra's very next over, they went up as Jayawardene attempted a drive. Again the umpire turned it down only for the second referral to be called and again TV replays failed to provide a decisive picture.

content source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/current/story/502226.html

I think the UDRS is going to be biggest blunder like Duckworth-Lewis Method. The UDRS  is like curse in the blessings.

Time table of world cup 2011

Cricket World Cup 2011 venue: India , Sri lanka and Bangladesh together host of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Cricket World Cup 2011 matches to be played at venues in cities like Dhaka, Mumbai, Kolkata, Mohali, Colombo, Chennai, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, chittagong and Bangalore and  Pallekelle & Hambantota from Sri Lanka.

Cricket World Cup 2011 teams: Cricket World Cup 2011 teams includes  Australia,  West Indies, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Netherlands, Canada, Ireland, England and Kenya. Groups in which Cricket World Cup 2011 teams are divided:

Group A – Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya.

Group B – India, South Africa, England, Bangladesh, West Indies, Netherlands and Ireland.

Match	Date	Teams	Venue
1	19 Feb	India vs Bangladesh	Dhaka
2	20 Feb	New Zealand vs Kenya	Chennai
3	20 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Canada	Hambantota
4	21 Feb	Australia vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
5	22 Feb	England vs Netherlands	Nagpur
6	23 Feb	Pakistan vs Kenya	Hambantota
7	24 Feb	South Africa vs West Indies	New Delhi
8	25 Feb	Australia vs New Zealand	Nagpur
9	25 Feb	Bangladesh vs Ireland	Dhaka
10	26 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo
11	27 Feb	India vs England	Bangalore
12	28 Feb	West Indies vs Netherlands	New Delhi
13	28 Feb	Zimbabwe vs Canada	Nagpur
14	1 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Kenya	Colombo
15	2 Mar	England vs Ireland	Bangalore
16	3 Mar	South Africa vs Netherlands	Mohali
17	3 Mar	Pakistan vs Canada	Colombo
18	4 Mar	New Zealand vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
19	4 Mar	Bangladesh vs West Indies	Dhaka
20	5 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Australia	Colombo
21	6 Mar	India vs Ireland	Bangalore
22	6 Mar	England vs South Africa	Chennai
23	7 Mar	Kenya vs Canada	New Delhi
24	8 Mar	Pakistan vs New Zealand	Pallekelle
25	9 Mar	India vs Netherlands	New Delhi
26	10 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
27	11 Mar	West Indies vs Ireland	Mohali
28	11 Mar	Bangladesh vs England	Chittagong
29	12 Mar	India vs South Africa	Nagpur
30	13 Mar	New Zealand vs Canada	Mumbai
31	13 Mar	Australia vs Kenya	Bangalore
32	14 Mar	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
33	14 Mar	Bangladesh vs Netherlands	Chittagong
34	15 Mar	South Africa vs Ireland	Kolkata
35	16 Mar	Australia vs Canada	Bangalore
36	17 Mar	England vs West Indies	Chennai
37	18 Mar	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Mumbai
38	18 Mar	Ireland vs Netherlands	Kolkata
39	19 Mar	Australia vs Pakistan	Colombo
40	19 Mar	Bangladesh vs South Africa	Dhaka
41	20 Mar	Zimbabwe vs Kenya	Kolkata
42	20 Mar	India vs West Indies	Chennai
43	23 Mar	First Quarterfinal	Dhaka
44	24 Mar	Second Quarterfinal	Colombo
45	25 Mar	Third Quarterfinal	Dhaka
46	26 Mar	Fourth Quarterfinal	Ahmedabad
47	29 Mar	First Semifinal	Colombo
48	30 Mar	Second Semifinal	Mohali
49	02 Apr	FINAL	Mumbai

Cricket World Cup 2011 teams: Cricket World Cup 2011 teams include 4 times winner Australia, 2 times winners West Indies, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Netherlands, Canada, Ireland, England and Kenya. Groups in which Cricket World Cup 2011 teams are divided:

Group A – Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya.

Group B – India, South Africa, England, Bangladesh, West Indies, Netherlands and Ireland.