The eleventh edition of ICC world cup 2011 is organized by three south Asian countries India , Srilanka and Bangladesh . The world cup was officially inaugurated in Bangla Bandhu stadium of Dhaka, and the real countdown of world cup had begun after the first played between to organizer India and Bangladesh . As world cup had gone about one week long here I am trying to analyze the week of world cup 2011. Till today all countries had played at least one match and shown their caliber .
First Match between India & Bangladesh :
The match played between India and Bangladesh is known for the brilliant performance by bats man. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field due to due factor, but India made huge total though it lost its key player Sachin early as run out. The day was for Virendra sehwag and he made explosive 175 in 140 ball and he was supported by Virat Kohli 100 of 83 ball. Munaf patel really bowled well and took 4 wicket to restrict Bangladesh just for 283/9 and India stopped the history to occur again by beating Bangladesh by 87 run and man of the match was offcourse Sehwag for his excellent inning.
Second match between Newzland and Kenya :
In the low scoring match in Chepauk Chennai Kenya lost to Newzland with huge margin and no player of Kenya shows any impressive game.Kenya won the toss and elected to bat but the decision turns out to be bad. After demolishing Kenyan batting for just 69 runs, Kiwi openers chased down the target inside 8 overs to register a comprehensive win against the Kenyan side. The man of the match was given to Hamish Bennett of newzland for his excellent bowling. Hamish Bennett took 4 wicket just for 16 run in five over.
Third match between Srilanka and Canada :
In the second match of the day & third match of the tournament again the minnows failed to show any impression as Srilanka beat Canada by huge margin of 210 runs with the help of record breaking century by Mahela Jayawardene. He shoed his batting skilling scoring century in just 81 ball. With the help of his century, Srilanka made 332/7 and on response minnows Canada were all out for 122 in 36.5 over, though Rizwan Cheema shows some struggle in middle order. The man of the match award goes to non other that century boy Mahela jayawardene.
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Fourth Match between Australia & Zimbabe:
Fifth Match between England and Netherland:
The fifth match seems to be really intrestinga nd it brings some hope for the non test playing nation . Though Netherland was defeated by England the team must be really happy. Needing 37 off last five overs, Collingwood and Bopara scored 30 not-out each give their team a comfortable win with 8 balls remaining. Netherland won the toss and elected to bat first and the hero of the match Ryan ten Doeschate scored the century and made huge total of 292/6 in 50 over. The chase wasn’t easy for England as sometime in the match England seems to be nervous towards Minnows. But finally England manged to win the match by 6 wicket though the man of the match goes to Ryan ten Doeschate for his marvelous century.
Sixth Match Between Pakistan & Kenya :
After the team failure against Ireland in previous world cup Pakistan had to prove themselves in this world cup and they did it defeating Kenya by the huge margin of 205 runs. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first and made huge total of 317/7 though their opener failed to perform well. Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul Haq & Umar Akmal all contributed half centuries. Excellent Bowling by captain Sahid afridi restricted Kenyan for 112 in just 33.1 over. Sahid afridi grab the man of the match in Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium.
Seventh Match between South Africa and West indies :
AB Devillers unbeaten run a ball century and a terrific spell of leg-spin bowling helped South Africa to fashion out a convincing 7 wicket victory over West Indies who were brilliant in patches in their first world cup Group B match played at Ferozshah Kotla Ground, Delhi. Winning the toss and elected to field first, they bowled out West Indies for 222 runs thanks to some good bowling performances from debutant leg-spinner Imran Tahir and Dale Steyn. Johan botha was impressive too. Later Man of the match Century boy wicket keeper batsman AB Devillers scored century after Jacques Kallis failed to score. Man of the Match goes to none other than AB Devillers
Eighth Match between Newzland & Australia:
An aggressive fast bowling display followed by solid opening partnership helped Australia to a thumping seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in their second group A match played at Nagpur . In Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Australia won the toss and invited Newzland to bat first and excellent bowling performance by Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Tait helped Australia to restrict newzland to 206 in 45.1 over and the runs was mainly contributed by lower order of newzland. Australia never seems in trouble on chasing the total and they chase the total in just 34 overs with the help of half century from opener shane Watson and haddin and lost three wicket to win the match by 7 wicket. Man of the match was none other than Mitchell Johnson for his four wicket.
Ninth Match Between Bangladesh & Ireland :
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An inspired fast bowling spell from young fast bowlers Shafi-ul-Islam of 4 for 18-best by any Bangladesh bowler in world cup- helped home team overcame some tough moments during their defence of a low total of 206 runs to win the game by 27 runs against Ireland in the crucial group B match at Mirpur. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first but didn’t show the same sort of batting against India and scored just 205 in 49.2 over and the main contribution was by opener Tamim Iqbal. Later Ireland showed some fighting sprit but failed to chase the total as Shafiul Islam took four wicket for just 21 runs. Man of the match was surprisingly Tamim Iqbal.
Tenth Match between Srilanka and Pakistan :