Ireland will first Bowl against South Africa today

South Africa team

According to the fresh reports from the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, South Africa is all set to face Ireland in today’s match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (neutral venue).

The captain from Ireland has won the toss and elected to Bowl first.

Toss: William Porterfield wins the toss and Ireland will bowl first. "I think the pitch will stay the same throughout the game. Trent Johnston is back in for Botha who is not well. There is no pressure on us. We have to win this one to stay in the tournament. Not many people are giving us a chance in this game."

Smith: "We have decided to rest AB. We noticed there could be a bit of dew around in the evening. This is a very important game for us."

World Cup 2011:- South Africa v/s West Indies updates

Today in the World Cup Cricket, the match is between South Africa and West Indies.

According to the fresh news from the Cricket World Cup 2011, West Indies has put a total of just 222 runs on the board.

DM Bravo from West Indies played some really big shorts against South African bowlers. He made 73 runs from 82 balls with 4x8 and 6x1.

Further, a superb batting performance was showed by DJ Bravo, he hit 40 runs from just 37 balls with 3 huge sixes and one four.

As per the latest update from the match, South Africa lost 2 wickets for just 20 runs on the board and now Captain Smith is playing at 25 runs and  AB De Villiers is batting at 39 runs from 40 balls.

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Here are some more EXTRA SHORTS about World Cup

Fact 1

India’s master blaster Sachin Tendulkar was the first batsman to be dismissed via third umpire during the World Cup 1992.

Fact 2

The one-day matches were reduced from 60 overs to 50 overs, during the 1987 World Cup matches mainly due to shorter daylight hours in the region.

Fact 3

South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs smashed six sixes in an over, the first time ever in an ODI and the first ever in the World Cup match against the Netherlands during a group league match in 2003.

Fact 4

Arjuna Ranatunga, the captain of Sri Lanka team that lifted the world cup in 1996, played around 93 tests smashing 5105 runs and 269 ODIs and scoring 7456 runs before being selected as Member of Parliament.

V. Sehwag wants to bat for complete 50 overs

As per the media reports, hard-hitting Indian opener Virender Sehwag on Friday told media that he would like to bat for the complete innings.

The batsman, who opens the innings with batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, is well-known for giving flying starts with his hard and clean hitting and has so far scored 7,380 runs in 228 one-dayers with 13 centuries.

While talking to media, Sehwag said, “I think I have never played 50 overs in one-day cricket. The maximum I have played is 43 or 44 overs.”

According to him, “But this time, I will try to bat 50 overs and give a good start to the team. I have been unsuccessfully trying this for the past 10 years, but the effort is still on.”

Sehwag said he was not feeling any pressure as his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coach Gary Kirsten had always backed him to play his natural game.

"The coach and captain just allow me to bat the way I bat. So, they are not putting any pressure on me. They have said 'you just go and play your natural game'," said Sehwag.

He said, “My role is to go out there and enjoy myself and give a good start to the team. If I score 20 runs in 10 balls or 100 in 70 or 80 balls, I am happy with that. The coach and captain just allow me to bat the way I bat. So, they are not putting any pressure on me. They have said 'you just go and play your natural game.”

The player missed the one-day series in South Africa because of shoulder injury.

India are in Group B with South Africa, England, the West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and the Netherlands, with the top four sides making it to the quarter-finals.