ICC World Cup – Pakistan made 317 for 7 against Kenya

According to the fresh news from the ICC World Cup Cricket 2011, the Pakistan team has managed to make 317 runs with the loss of seven wickets in their 50 over of play.

Pakistan's Younus Khan and Kamran Akmal takes a single against Kenya in World Cup Group A match.

The Pakistan captain has won the toss and elected to bat first. At one stage of the match, they were really in trouble as their two openers were back to the dressing room with just 12 runs on the board in just seven overs.

However, the middle order batsman as well as lower middle order batsman helped the Pak team to build a huge total.

Umar Akmal, yes, he is the batsman who led the team from the front and now they are out on the field against Kenya with a target of 318 runs.

On the other hand, other batsmen like Kamran Akmal 55, Younus Khan 50, Misbah-ul-Haq 65.

From the Kenya team, the most successful bowler was TM Odoyo, he took three major wickets for 41 runs in his seven over spell with two median overs.

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ICC World Cup- Netherlands scores 292 runs against England

This is really a superb batting performance by the Netherlands batsman. The team really played a good cricket here and put 292 runs on the board.

The star batsman from the Netherlands was Ryan ten Doeschate, he hit a blasting 100 and due to they were able to make 292 runs.

Ten Doeschate's career-best 119 came off just 110 balls which includes three sixes and nine fours as the Dutch, who beat England at Lord's in the opening match of the 2009 World Twenty20, eyed another upset victory in Group B.

Ten Doeschate shared a third-wicket stand of 78 with Tom Cooper (47) and then added further 50 in just 49 balls during the fifth with Tom de Grooth (28) after Dutch captain Peter Borren won the toss.

The Netherlands:

A KERVEZEE c Prior b Bresnan 16

W BARRESI st Prior b Swann 29

T COOPER c Anderson b Collingwood 47

R TEN DOESCHATE c Bopara b Broad 119

B ZUIDERENT c Collingwood b Swann 1

T DE GROOTH b Broad 28

P BORREN not out 35

M BUKHARI not out 6

Sundries (3b, 3lb, 2w, 3nb) 11

Total (6 wkts - 50 overs) 292

Fall of wickets: 36 (Kervezee), 58 (Barresi), 136 (Cooper), 149 (Zuiderent), 213 (de Grooth), 274 (ten Doeschate).

Bowling: J Anderson 10-0-72-0 (2nb), S Broad 10-2-65-2 (1w 1nb), T Bresnan 10-0-49-1 (1w), G Swann 10-0-35-2, P Collingwood 8-0-46-1, K Pietersen 2-0-19-0.

ICC World Cup: Australia will bat against Zimbabwe

The latest news from the sports desk reveals that Australia skipper Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat against Zimbabwe.

 The defending champions begin their World Cup campaign at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad.

Ponting said, “There were no injury worries for the four-time winner ahead of the Group A match at the Sardar Patel Stadium, and the Australians were eager to get going. Australia lost both its warm-up matches.”

As expected, Australia is going to play with three fast bowlers, with Brett Lee, Shaun Tait and Mitchell Johnson and with only one off-spinner Jason Krejza.

Australia have been unbeaten in 22 matches in the last two tournaments played in South Africa (2003) and West Indies (2007), under Ricky Ponting.

The Aussies have a superb batting line-up in which Shane Watson, who opens the batting, and Ponting are crucial in the top order to lay the platform for others to build upon.

Watson has performed brilliantly with the bat in ODIs in the last year, having scored 832 runs and Zimbabwe's think tank would have talked about ways of stopping the Queenslander from taking the game away.

Teams:

Australia: SR Watson, BJ Haddin (wk), RT Ponting (capt), MJ Clarke, CL White, DJ Hussey, SPD Smith, MG Johnson, SW Tait, JJ Krejza, B Lee

Zimbabwe: BRM Taylor, CK Coventry, T Taibu (wk), SC Williams, CR Ervine, E Chigumbura (capt), P Utseya, SW Masakadza, AG Cremer, Regis Chakabva, RW Price

Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Richard Kettleborough

Third umpire: Amish Saheba

Match Referee: Jeff Crowe

Yuvraj believes in winning matches than being strong on paper

The superb middle-order batsman from the home team, Yuvraj Singh feels that it won't matter how strong the team is on paper if they don't win matches.

Talking to media, he said, “Irrespective of everything, our team has been winning matches and that is very important. The 1983 team was a successful team and if we have to prove that we are a good team then we have to win matches. It doesn't matter how strong the team is on paper. More important is to win games.”

Further, the middle-order batsman said, “The key is to bat well in the middle overs and assess the situation. What situation are we in, whether we need to consolidate or we need to build partnerships. It is just what I have been trying to do in the last couple of years.”

"We have definitely thought about the 2007 World Cup in West Indies and the reasons for not qualifying. It's past now and we have made a new beginning. In the last World Cup, we didn't have momentum going. So, this time around it is very important to get the momentum. We have to prepare well and see how we start the tournament," he said.

The dashing batsman said that they have prepared well for the tournament.

"We are preparing very well and are charged up and raring to go in the first game (against Bangladesh). We have a lot of experience in our bowling and batting department. If we can field well consistently, it will definitely help us in the World Cup," he added.

Play for India, not for Sachin, says Steve Waugh

The great Australia's cricket Steve Waugh has told media that Indian players should not be talking of winning the World Cup for Sachin Tendulkar as this is not the right thing for them; the game is bigger than any individual.

While talking to media, the player said, “They should think of winning the World Cup for the team, most importantly for the country.”

He said, while asking by a reporter that what he thought of many Indian players parroting that they want to win the World Cup for Tendulkar.

 

ICC World Cup Steve said, “I don't think it is the right attitude. You cannot think of winning the World Cup for one player. The game is bigger than any individual. You have to win it for each other. I am sure that even Sachin Tendulkar will like to win it for the team and the country. Yes, if India win the World Cup it will cap off a brilliant career.”

According to him, Sachin Tendulkar would play a crucial role in the tournament. He said, “Tendulkar may not be the star of the tournament, but he is going to play a crucial for India. When you need to take control of the game or stop the opposition, he would play a major part. His inputs will be invaluable.”

However, the master blaster Tendulkar, who will be playing in his sixth World Cup, came close to winning it in 2003 when India lost the final.

ICC names umpires, referees for World Cup Group Matches

England’s Steve Davis and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Dharmasena will be the on-field umpires during the inaugural match of the ICC Cricket World Cup between India and Bangladesh to be played in Mirpur on February 19.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday named the umpires and match referees appointed for the warm-up and group stage matches of the cricket World Cup.

“Steve Davis of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Kumar Dharmasena of the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires and a former World Cup winner with Sri Lanka in 1996, will stand in the tournament opener which will be played between Bangladesh and India in Mirpur,” the ICC said in a statement.

The note from ICC said, “If all goes according to plan, on March 9 in New Delhi he will become the 14th umpire to complete a century of ODIs when he will officiate in the India-Netherlands match.”

Along with, Davis and Dharmasena, others who will share the on-field responsibilities in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 include ICC Umpire of the Year 2009 and 2010, Aleem Dar, Marais Erasmus, Ian Gould, Daryl Harper, Tony Hill, Asoka de Silva, four-time ICC Umpire of the Year Simon Taufel, Rod Tucker, Richard Kettleborough, Nigel Llong, Bruce Oxenford, Amish Saheba and Shahvir Tarapore.

The match referees for the event, besides Madugalle, are Chris Broad, Jeff Crowe, Roshan Mahanama and Andy Pycroft.

Indian World Cup team announced for World Cup 2011

The Indian World Cup cricket team has been announced today and with very few changes. The selection committee, led by chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth, took just an hour to announce the name of final 15-member Indian team for the upcoming World Cup 2011.

In the meantime, World Cup will be started from February 19 to April 2 in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

While talking to media, the chairman said, “This is the best balanced team that we can find. This team has a very strong batting line-up and good spinners.”

MS Dohni will be the Captain of the Indian team and the batting line-up will led by the blasting opener Sehwag and Gambhir and a set of explosive stroke-players like Little Master Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan and the Captain Dohni.

Further, the bowling department will headed by Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra and Munaf Patel while both R Ashwin and Piyush Chawla came in as spinners to help Harbhajan Singh. That effectively sealed pacer Sreesanth's fate.

The team: MS Dhoni (Captain), V Sehwag (Vice-captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, R Ashwin, Piyush Chawla.