India vs England Cricket World Cup

Hosts and favorite India will take on another favorite England in the group matches of the ICC 2011 World Cup at Bangalore. The match was originally scheduled to be held at Eden Garden, Kolkata.But since the stadium was not ready so it was shifted to Bangalore. It will be a day night encounter. Bangalore wicket is always considered to be batting friendly in ODIs.

For India opener Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar is expected to give some fireworks in the beginning against a disciplined English bowling attack. India got the strongest middle order batting line up in the world in the form of Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, and Yuvraj Singh Captain MS Dhoni and hard hitting batsman Yusuf Pathan. These names are enough to be nightmare of any fast bowler in the world.

Match Details:
11th Match, Group B - India v England
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Time: 9:00 GMT, 14:30 India.

The bowling line up of India is not as strong as compared to its batting line ups still on a good day bowlers like Zaheer Khan, who is in his best form of his career along with Sreesanth and Nehra if fit is likely to taste the English batsmen. Spinner Harbhajan Singh who is himself a character in the field along with Piyush Chawla and the spin of all rounder Yusuf Pathan is very good one as far as spin department is concerned.

Moreover Bangalore wicket has the reputation to assist spinners to some extent too.
For England it will be like an acid test for them and hope that the opening pair of Indian team doesn’t click against them.Engliand got strong batting line up and most of their batsman are in good form. Captain Andrew Strauss and likely opener Kevin Pietersen is expected to exploit the opening spell of Indian attack. Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara and Paul Collingwood give stable to the middle order. But their weakness is exposed mostly against the spin attack.

The English team got a very good pace bowling attack which includes Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Tim Bresnan. Graeme Swann is a good spin bowler.
Team winning the toss will like to bat first on a flat track and it is expected to be 280 plus wicket. The winning chances of India to England is 60:40.

TEAMS:

India (from): MS Dhoni (captain, wkt), V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar, G Gambhir, V Kohli, YK Pathan, Y Singh, H Singh, Z Khan, S Sreesanth, MM Patel, R Ashwin, PP Chawla, SK Raina, A Nehra

England (from): AJ Strauss (captain), KP Pietersen, IJL Trott, IR Bell, PD Collingwood, MJ Prior (wkt), MH Yardy, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson, RS Bopara, A Shahzad

Umpires: B Bowden (NZ) and M Erasmus (SA)

Third umpire: R Tucker (Aus)

Match referee: R Mahanama (SL)

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England vs India 2011 World Cup match Preview

Hosts and favorite India will take on another favorite England in the group matches of the ICC 2011 World Cup at Bangalore. The match was originally scheduled to be held at Eden Garden, Kolkata.But since the stadium was not ready so it was shifted to Bangalore. It will be a day night encounter. Bangalore wicket is always considered to be batting friendly in ODIs.
For India opener Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar is expected to give some fireworks in the beginning against a disciplined English bowling attack. India got the strongest middle order batting line up in the world in the form of Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, and Yuvraj Singh Captain MS Dhoni and hard hitting batsman Yusuf Pathan. These names are enough to be nightmare of any fast bowler in the world.
The bowling line up of India is not as strong as compared to its batting line ups still on a good day bowlers like Zaheer Khan, who is in his best form of his career along with Sreesanth and Nehra if fit is likely to taste the English batsmen. Spinner Harbhajan Singh who is himself a character in the field along with Piyush Chawla and the spin of all rounder Yusuf Pathan is very good one as far as spin department is concerned.
Moreover Bangalore wicket has the reputation to assist spinners to some extent too.
For England it will be like an acid test for them and hope that the opening pair of Indian team doesn’t click against them.Engliand got strong batting line up and most of their batsman are in good form. Captain Andrew Strauss and likely opener Kevin Pietersen is expected to exploit the opening spell of Indian attack. Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara and Paul Collingwood give stable to the middle order. But their weakness is exposed mostly against the spin attack.
The English team got a very good pace bowling attack which includes Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Tim Bresnan. Graeme Swann is a good spin bowler.
Team winning the toss will like to bat first on a flat track and it is expected to be 280 plus wicket. The winning chances of India to England is 60:40.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka on ESPN,GEO Super ,Rupavahini Corporation

Asian Giant Sri Lanka will take on another giant killer Pakistan in their group match of the ICC 2011 world Cup on 26th Feb 2011 at Premasasa Ground in Colombo.

The match is a day night clash. Both teams have won their opening match comfortably and will try to have the much needed win. Sri Lanka as usual will be a very tough team to defeat at their home ground. Their opening batsman T. Dilshan is expected to explode against the strong pace Pakistani attack. Captain Kumar Sangakkara and the last match century maker M.Jayewardene will look forward to carry their last match form in this match too.

Sri Lanka has strong pace bowling attack. Lasith Malinga is a specialists ODI bowler along with Nuwan Kulasekara and have strong and perhaps presently the best off spinner in the world M. Muralidaran and might also include Ajantha Mendis.
On the other hand Pakistan will depend heavily upon their fragile but explosive middle order batsman namely Younus Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, all rounder Abdul Razzaq and their captain Shahid Afridi to score runs.

Their bowling will depend upon fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, Wahab Riaz and Umar Gul. Saeed Ajmal along with Captain Shahid Afridi who took 5 wickets in the last match will cover the spin department. If Pakistan can show good display of fielding mainly on catching they will definitely have advantage. The match will start at 2.30 PM IST and will be live on ESPN and STAR CRICKET. Overall it will be a 50:50 match. The wicket is expected to be batting friendlyand a high scoring match. eam batting first will have advantage.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka World Cup Preview

Asian Giant Sri Lanka will take on another giant killer Pakistan in their group match of the ICC 2011 world Cup on 26^th Feb 2011 at Premasasa Ground in Colombo. The match is a day night clash. Both teams have won their opening match comfortably and will try to have the much needed win. Sri Lanka as usual will be a very tough team to defeat at their home ground. Their opening batsman T. Dilshan is expected to explode against the strong pace Pakistani attack. Captain Kumar Sangakkara and the last match century maker M.Jayewardene will look forward to carry their last match form in this match too.

Sri Lanka has strong pace bowling attack. Lasith Malinga is a specialists ODI bowler along with Nuwan Kulasekara and have strong and perhaps presently the best off spinner in the world M. Muralidaran and might also include Ajantha Mendis.

On the other hand Pakistan will depend heavily upon their fragile but explosive middle order batsman namely Younus Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, all rounder Abdul Razzaq and their captain Shahid Afridi to score runs.

Their bowling will depend upon fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, Wahab Riaz and Umar Gul. Saeed Ajmal along with Captain Shahid Afridi who took 5 wickets in the last match will cover the spin department. If Pakistan can show good display of fielding mainly on catching they will definitely have advantage. The match will start at 2.30 PM IST and will be live on ESPN and STAR CRICKET. Overall it will be a 50:50 match. The wicket is expected to be batting friendlyand a high scoring match. eam batting first will have advantage.

Ireland vs Bangladesh match preview

Host Nation Bangladesh will take on Ireland in their second match at Dhaka. This match is expected to be a close contest as Ireland did a major upset in the last world cup by defeating Pakistan while Bangladesh showed India the exit door in the same tournament on the same date.


Though Bangladesh will have home ground and home crowd advantage, it also acts a pressure because of home expectations. And it’s the match they are looking to win deifnately.While Ireland also want to show its impact and improvement by defeating another Test Cricket playing nations.

Ireland vs Bangladesh Live Streaming TV Link Here

Ireland vs Bangladesh Live

Time: 09:45 GMT | 10:45 Local

For Bangladesh a lot will depend upon their opening batsman Tamim Iqbal followed by Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Ashraful and their captain and all rounder Shakib Al Hasan.Their bowling lineup is not bad.

Ireland got average batting line ups with decent but not strong bowling attack. Some of their players have experience to play in the county cricket in England. For them their key players are their captain W Porterfield, Paul Stirling, Niall O'Brien, Boyd Rankin, Trent Johnston and Alex Cusack. The chances of win for Bangladesh to Ireland is 65:35.

Ireland: William Porterfield (c), Paul Stirling, Ed Joyce, Niall O’Brien (wk), Andre Botha, Kevin O’Brien, Alex Cusack, Trent Johnston, Andrew White, George Dockrell, and Boyd Rankin.

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan (c), Raqibul Hasan, Mahmudullah, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Abdur Razzak, Shafiul Islam, and Rubel Hossain.

Australia vs New Zealand ICC Cricket World Cup

World Champion Australia will take on their traditional neighbour rival New Zealand in their group match of the ICC 2011 world Cup. The match will be played at Nagpur which has history to assist spinners in the later stage of the game.

This match is very important for both the teams as a win for either of the team will put them in a comfortable position to qualify for the quarter final. In the first match Australia though won comfortably but their batting line up was exposed to the mere weak Zimbabwe bowlers. On the other hand New Zealand showed a strong bowling attack against Kenya.

Much will depend upon the Aussie skipper Ponting who drew a lot of criticism for his ill behavior in the dressing room by the way of breaking the TV in their last game against Zimbabwe. Michael Clarke along with Shane Watson will try to carry on with their good batting form from their last games. While the Aussie pacers will try to run through the New Zealand formidable batting line ups. Fast bowlers Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait and spinner Jason Krejza is expected to show good performances.

Match: Australia vs New Zealand
Group: A
Date: 25-02-2011
Time: 04:00 until 12:00(GMT/UK)
Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association

New Zealand will try to regain some of their lost reputation with a win over the champions as their performances in last few series was far below their ability specially when then lost 4-0 to Bangladesh then to Pakistan too at their home ground.

For New Zealand, their key players will be Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Kyle Mills, and Martin Guptill along with their Captain Daniel Vettori. Now days Vettori himself is a good left handed batsman down in the batting order. As usual the match is expected to be a close contest. And Australia is definitely has an edge over New Zealand.

Australia Team Squad for ICC Cricket world Cup 2011
Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Doug Bollinger, Brad Haddin, John Hastings, Nathan Hauritz, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Tim Paine, Shaun Tait, Shane Watson, Cameron White, Steven Smith, Brett Lee.

New Zealand Team Squad for ICC Cricket world Cup 2011
Daniel Vettori, Hamish Bennett, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Jamie How, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson, Luke Woodcock.

Ireland vs Bangladesh Preview

Host Nation Bangladesh will take on Ireland in their second match at Dhaka. This match is expected to be a close contest as Ireland did a major upset in the last world cup by defeating Pakistan while Bangladesh showed India the exit door in the same tournament on the same date. Though Bangladesh will have home ground and home crowd advantage, it also acts a pressure because of home expectations. And it’s the match they are looking to win deifnately.While Ireland also want to show its impact and improvement by defeating another Test Cricket playing nations.

For Bangladesh a lot will depend upon their opening batsman Tamim Iqbal followed by Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Ashraful and their captain and all rounder Shakib Al Hasan.Their bowling lineup is not bad.

Ireland got average batting line ups with decent but not strong bowling attack. Some of their players have experience to play in the county cricket in England. For them their key players are their captain W Porterfield, Paul Stirling, Niall O'Brien, Boyd Rankin, Trent Johnston and Alex Cusack. The chances of win for Bangladesh to Ireland is 65:35.

Australia vs New Zealand Review

World Champion Australia will take on their traditional neighbour rival New Zealand in their group match of the ICC 2011 world Cup. The match will be played at Nagpur which has history to assist spinners in the later stage of the game. This match is very important for both the teams as a win for either of the team will put them in a comfortable position to qualify for the quarter final. In the first match Australia though won comfortably but their batting line up was exposed to the mere weak Zimbabwe bowlers. On the other hand New Zealand showed a strong bowling attack against Kenya.

 Much will depend upon the Aussie skipper Ponting who drew a lot of criticism for his ill behavior in the dressing room by the way of breaking the TV in their last game against Zimbabwe. Michael Clarke along with Shane Watson will try to carry on with their good batting form from their last games. While the Aussie pacers will try to run through the New Zealand formidable batting line ups. Fast bowlers Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait and spinner Jason Krejza is expected to show good performances.

New Zealand will try to regain some of their lost reputation with a win over the champions as their performances in last few series was far below their ability specially when then lost 4-0 to Bangladesh then to Pakistan too at their home ground.

For New Zealand, their key players will be Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Kyle Mills, and Martin Guptill along with their Captain Daniel Vettori. Now days Vettori himself is a good left handed batsman down in the batting order. As usual the match is expected to be a close contest. And Australia is definitely has an edge over New Zealand.

South Africa vs West Indies preview

A stable but choking South Africa will take on the unpredictable West Indies in their opening match in the ICC 2011 world Cup Cricket. This year South Africa is tagged as one of the favorite to win the ultimate crown of the ODI Cricket.

South Africa always remains a balanced team with their pace bowling the main weapon not to mention their fielding which had always been the bench mark for the other teams.

Under the aggressive leadership of Graeme Smith who himself is a very good opening batsman both in test and one day cricket, his opening partner Hashim Amla is in very good form to be followed by one of the greatest all rounder the game has seen ever Jacques Kallis. Middle order consists of AB de Villiers, Albie Morkel
Their bowling department is full of fast bowlers, perhaps presently the best pace attack in the world in the hands of Dale Steyn , Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Morne Morkel. Spinner Botha is also good in checking flow of runs.

Meanwhile West Indies who is always famous for making unpredictable results will depend heavily upon their opening batsman and former captain Chris Gayle known for hard hitting. Other batsman who can turn matches single handed in their own day are Kieron Pollard, Darren Bravo, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

Their bowling department is mainly packed with pacers not so effective but not bad at all with the pace and accuracy of Darren Sammy, Kemar Roach and Jerome Taylor.
The match will take place at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi. Last match played here between India and Sri Lanka was abandoned due to bad wicket. So ICC is looking forward about how the wicket behaves this time. Chances for South Africa and West Indies is 65: 35.

Teams

South Africa: Graeme Smith (capt), Hashim Amla, Johan Botha, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Colin Ingram, Jacques Kallis, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Morne van Wyk.

West Indies: Darren Sammy (capt), Kirk Edwards, Devon Thomas, Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, Nikita Miller, Kieron Pollard, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Andre Russell, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith.

Umpires: Simon Taufel (Australia) and Amish Saheba (India). Third Umpire: Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka).

Match Referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

South Africa vs West Indies Review

A stable but choking South Africa will take on the unpredictable West Indies in their opening match in the ICC 2011 world Cup Cricket. This year South Africa is tagged as one of the favorite to win the ultimate crown of the ODI Cricket. South Africa always remains a balanced team with their pace bowling the main weapon not to mention their fielding which had always been the bench mark for the other teams. Under the aggressive leadership of Graeme Smith who himself is a very good opening batsman both in test and one day cricket, his opening partner Hashim Amla is in very good form to be followed by one of the greatest all rounder the game has seen ever Jacques Kallis. Middle order consists of AB de Villiers, Albie Morkel

Their bowling department is full of fast bowlers, perhaps presently the best pace attack in the world in the hands of Dale Steyn , Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Morne Morkel. Spinner Botha is also good in checking flow of runs.

Meanwhile West Indies who is always famous for making unpredictable results will depend heavily upon their opening batsman and former captain Chris Gayle known for hard hitting. Other batsman who can turn matches single handed in their own day are Kieron Pollard, Darren Bravo, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

Their bowling department is mainly packed with pacers not so effective but not bad at all with the pace and accuracy of Darren Sammy, Kemar Roach and Jerome Taylor.

The match will take place at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi. Last match played here between India and Sri Lanka was abandoned due to bad wicket. So ICC is looking forward about how the wicket behaves this time. Chances for South Africa and West Indies is 65: 35.

Pakistan vs Kenya on GEO Super, SABC, ESPN

Pakistan will begin their World Cup campaign with a game against Kenya in the World Cup on February 23, 2011 at Hambanthota. The match will begin a 2:30 pm local, 9 GMT.

Pakistan will start their campaign in the ICC 2011 world cup against Kenya on 23rd Feb 2011 at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota. Pakistan will try to overcome the match fixing controversy by showing good display of both batting and bowling against a mere weak Kenya. Pakistan is always an unpredictable team and Kenya too has the capabilities to make an upset like they did against the West Indies in World cup previously. The batting line up the Pakistan though is strong but it looks most of the time fragile on the field and it is their bowling strength that always helps them to make comeback in most of the matches.

Controversial bowler Akthar is not fit for this match and their pace attack will rely on the rather new bowlers like Riaz, Umar Gul and all rounder Razzak. Their batting will depend upon the performance of Younis Khan, Misbah Ul Haq and Umar Akmal. Captain Sahid Afridi who holds the world record for the fastest century in ODI history will also look upon to bank this opportunity to score some quick runs.
For Kenya, they will rely heavily on their opening pair and average but controlled pace bowling attack. It is expected that Kenya will do brilliant fielding as African nations are known for.

Team winning the toss will look forward to bat first as in Sri Lanka it becomes difficult to chase runs under lights.

Kenya Team

1 Seren Waters, 2 Alex Obanda, 3 Collins Obuya, 4 Rakep Patel, 5 Steve Tikolo, 6 Maurice Ouma (wk), 7 Jimmy Kamande (capt), 8 Thomas Odoyo, 9 James Ngoche, 10 Shem Ngoche, 11 Nehemiah Odhiambo

Pakistan Team


1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Ahmad Shahzad, 3 Kamran Akmal (wk), 4 Younis Khan, 5 Umar Akmal, 6 Misbah-ul-Haq, 7 Shahid Afridi (capt), 8 Abdur Razzaq, 9 Umar Gul, 10 Wahab Riaz, 11 Shoaib Akhtar

Pakistan vs Kenya Cricket world Cup Preview

Pakistan will start their campaign in the ICC 2011 world cup against Kenya on 23^rd Feb 2011 at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota. Pakistan will try to overcome the match fixing controversy by showing good display of both batting and bowling against a mere weak Kenya. Pakistan is always an unpredictable team and Kenya too has the capabilities to make an upset like they did against the West Indies in World cup previously. The batting line up the Pakistan though is strong but it looks most of the time fragile on the field and it is their bowling strength that always helps them to make comeback in most of the matches. Controversial bowler Akthar is not fit for this match and their pace attack will rely on the rather new bowlers like Riaz, Umar Gul and all rounder Razzak. Their batting will depend upon the performance of Younis Khan, Misbah Ul Haq and Umar Akmal. Captain Sahid Afridi who holds the world record for the fastest century in ODI history will also look upon to bank this opportunity to score some quick runs.

For Kenya, they will rely heavily on their opening pair and average but controlled pace bowling attack. It is expected that Kenya will do brilliant fielding as African nations are known for.

Team winning the toss will look forward to bat first as in Sri Lanka it becomes difficult to chase runs under lights.

England vs Netherlands Cricket World Cup 2011 on ESPN, Sky Sports

England will take on another rare European cricket playing country Netherlands in their opening match of the ICC world cup Cricket 2011 on 22nd Feb 2011 at Nagpur. This time English team is considered to be one of the favorites to win the world Cup. The morale of the team is high after their successive Ashes victory over their arch rivals Australia both at home and abroad.

Feb 22, 2011 14:30
Group B : England vs Netherlands,
5th ODI Nagpur

Though this clash is believed to be one sided, still upsets can happen as it does happen in any major tournaments. Netherlands got some good players and knows the nerves of the English players as they too play against them in the English county Cricket regularly.

From English side the key players will be their captain Andrew Strauss and Kevin Petersen who is considering to open the innings. Another player is their once dependable batsman Collinwood. England got strong bowling attack mainly on pace with all their bowlers fit and in good form, still their spinner Swann is believed to be the secret weapon in their mission to win the cup as he will get help from the sub continent spinning track. The match will start 9 am GMT and is a day night match.

England Squad
AJ Strauss*, JM Anderson, IR Bell, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, PD Collingwood, KP Pietersen, MJ Prior†, A Shahzad, GP Swann, JC Tredwell, IJL Trott, LJ Wright, MH Yardy

Netherlands Squad
PW Borren*, Adeel Raja, W Barresi†, Mudassar Bukhari, AF Buurman†, TLW Cooper, TN de Grooth, AN Kervezee, BP Kruger, BP Loots, PM Seelaar, ES Szwarczynski, RN ten Doeschate, BA Westdijk, B Zuiderent

England vs Netherlands match preview

Formidable England will take on another rare European cricket playing country Netherlands in their opening match of the ICC world cup Cricket 2011 on 22nd Feb 2011 at Nagpur. This time English team is considered to be one of the favorites to win the world Cup. The morale of the team is high after their successive Ashes victory over their arch rivals Australia both at home and abroad.
Though this clash is believed to be one sided, still upsets can happen as it does happen in any major tournaments. Netherlands got some good players and knows the nerves of the English players as they too play against them in the English county Cricket regularly.
From English side the key players will be their captain Andrew Strauss and Kevin Petersen who is considering to open the innings. Another player is their once dependable batsman Collinwood. England got strong bowling attack mainly on pace with all their bowlers fit and in good form, still their spinner Swann is believed to be the secret weapon in their mission to win the cup as he will get help from the sub continent spinning track. The match will start 9 am GMT and is a day night match.

Australia V Zimbabwe 2011 ICC match analysis

World Champion Australia started their campaign to win their fourth consecutive ICC world Cup 2011 against Zimbabwe today on 21^st Feb. 2011. The batting by Australia was not as explosive as everyone would expect against a mere weak team. The unfortunate run out of the skipper Ponting resulted slow progress of the innings which is again contrast to the trend of fast and high scoring matches usually when played in India. Opening Batsman Shane Watson carried his good form by scoring 79 runs of 82 balls. Vice captain Michael Clarke also started getting back his golden touch by scoring a quick fire of 58 runs of 55 balls. Australia managed to score 262 runs in 50 overs thanks to some late hitting by the batsman in quick successions.

In reply Zimbabwe started their innings very cautiously but could not manage something that would make them feel proud of against the current world champions. The perfect display of fast bowling by the Aussie pacers resulted frequent breakthrough and none of the Zimbabwe batsman was comfortable against the fiery Aussie pace attack. They were struggling at 104 for the lost of 7 wickets and now only waiting for time to wrap up the innings. A huge win will definitely boost the morale of the Aussie.

Australia vs Zimbabwe Cricket World Cup

Today's ICC Cricket World Cup clash between Australia and Zimbabwe will be telecast LIVE on ESPN and star sports. You can watch Cricket World Cup Australia vs Zimbabwe live score, Cricket World Cup 2011 live telecast on ESPN and Star Sports.

Australia, begin their title defence with a match against Zimbabwe at Motera in Ahmedabad.But in the first ODI match in the ICC Cricket World Cup, Zimbabwe coach has made it clear that they are in no way overawed by its reputation. The Aussies have a fine batting line-up in which Shane Watson and Ponting are crucial in the top order to lay the platform for others to build upon. Ponting, whose fabulous innings of 140 not out in 121 balls in the 2003 World Cup final buried Indian hopes, has come back into action after a long injury lay-off following a broken little finger sustained during the Ashes series against England. Brad Haddin looked rusty initially, though he settled down to play lovely lofted drives and sweeps off the spinners.

Teams:

Australia: Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Callum Ferguson, David Hussey, Cameron White, Tim Paine (wk), Steven Smith, John Hastings, Mitchell Johnson, Jason Krejza, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait, Doug Bollinger.

Zimbabwe: Elton Chigumbura (capt), Regis Chakabva, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Terry Duffin, Gregory Lamb, Shingirai Masakadza, Chris Mpofu, Ray Price, Tatenda Taibu, Tinashe Panyangara, Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya and Sean Williams.

Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Richard Kettleborough, Third umpire: Amish Saheba, Match Referee: Jeff Crowe

New Zealand vs Kenya on Sky Sports, SABC, ESPN

New Zealand against Kenya in the World Cup second game which will be played at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai on February 20, 2011.

New Zealand has lost 14 of 17 matches last ten matches in the subcontinent , which proves that even her great upheaval comes at the turning wickets. Since arriving here on February 10 the situation in the subcontinent, especially against spin New Zealand weakness is exposed.Kiwis are not the favourites to win the World Cup, Kenyans come with the tag of minnows.New Zealand and Kenya take on each other in their World Cup opener, the inputs of these two South African greats will be invaluable to their respective teams.

Kenya Squad
JK Kamande*, T Mishra, JO Ngoche, SO Ngoche, AA Obanda, CO Obuya, DO Obuya†, NN Odhiambo, TM Odoyo, PJ Ongondo, E Otieno, MA Ouma†, RR Patel, SO Tikolo, SR Waters
New Zealand Squad
DL Vettori*, HK Bennett, JEC Franklin, MJ Guptill, JM How, BB McCullum†, NL McCullum, KD Mills, JDP Oram, JD Ryder, TG Southee, SB Styris, LRPL Taylor, KS Williamson, LJ Woodcock

India vs Bangladesh on ESPN, Star Sports, Cricket World Cup 2011

After the traditional opening of the ICC 2011 World Cup in Dhaka, India will take on its neighbor Bangladesh in the opening match of the tournament.

India will go to the field with the memory of shocking defeat at the hands of Bangladesh in 2007 which was the stepping stone for their shocking exit from the preliminary round. And Bangladesh will try to repeat the same performance. Presently India is one of the strong contenders for this edition of ICC World Cup. And the form Team India is maintaining for the last 24 months in both Tests and ODI will make it almost sure to overcome the minnows. But the home crowd and home ground will support the hosts, is the strong belief that goes on in respect of any major tournaments, which eventually prove to be not the case in almost all the cases.

The match is important from the prospective that top three Indian batsman are making comeback after injury and rests, Sachin Tendulkar, Virendar Shewag and Gautam Gambhir.

2011 Cricket World Cup India V Bangladesh Preview

After the traditional opening of the ICC 2011 World Cup in Dhaka, India will take on its neighbor Bangladesh in the opening match of the tournament. You can watch India vs Bangladesh Live coverage on ESPN, Star Sports.

India will go to the field with the memory of shocking defeat at the hands of Bangladesh in 2007 which was the stepping stone for their shocking exit from the preliminary round. And Bangladesh will try to repeat the same performance. Presently India is one of the strong contenders for this edition of ICC World Cup. And the form Team India is maintaining for the last 24 months in both Tests and ODI will make it almost sure to overcome the minnows. But the home crowd and home ground will support the hosts, is the strong belief that goes on in respect of any major tournaments, which eventually prove to be not the case in almost all the cases. The match is important from the prospective that top three Indian batsman are making comeback after injury and rests, Sachin Tendulkar, Virendar Shewag and Gautam Gambhir

Mahindra Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium - 2011 Cricket World Cup Stadiums

Mahindra Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium is a new cricket stadium in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. It was built for the 2011 Cricket World Cup and will host two matches, the first being Sri Lanka against West Indies, on 9 December 2010. The stadium will have a capacity of 35,000 people.

The first one day of this ground was played in December 9, 2010 between Sri Lanka and West indies. The stadium was actually set up for 2011 world cup.

The first official international match would be between Sri Lanka and Canada on 20 February, 2011. A total of two matches will be played at the venue during the World Cup.

The details of 2011 world cup schedule are given below:

* 20 February - Sri Lanka Vs Canada
* 23 February - Kenya Vs Pakistan

2011 Cricket World Cup Stadiums

2011 Cricket World Cup Stadiums

* Eden Gardens - Kolkata
* M Rajapaksa Stadium
* Pallekele Cricket Stadium
* Punjab Cricket Stadium
* Vidharba Cricket Stadium

* Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium
* M chinnaswamy Stadium
* Sardar Patel Stadium
* Wankhede Stadium Mumbai

* M A Chidambaram Stadium
* Premadasa Stadium
* Sher-e- Bangla Stadium
* Z A Chowdhury Stadium

2011 Cricket World Cup Teams and Groups

2011 Cricket World Cup: Teams and Groups

Total number of games: 49


Group A

Australia
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
New Zealand
Canada
Zimbabwe
Kenya

Group B

India
Engalnd
South Africa
West Indies
Bangladesh
Ireland
Netherlands

Cricket World cup 2011 Valuable Team players

World cup 2011 Valuable Team players

List of all the players who are likely to have great approaching and views about the action on the field.

INDIA

Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Yusuf Pathan
Anil Kumble
Sachin Tendulkar
Virender Sehwag
Zaheer Khan
Gautam Gambhir
Virat Kohli
Rahul Dravid
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Gautam Gambhir


SOUTH AFRICA

Graeme Smith
AB De Villiers
JP Duminy
Dale Steyn
Morne Morkel
Wayne Parnell
Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Johan Botha
Francois Du Plessis
Herschelle Gibbs

ENGLAND

Kevin Pietersen
Stuart Broad
Jimmy Anderson
Michael Vaughan
Graeme Swann
Eion Morgan
Simon Kerrigan
Barmy Army
Andrew Flintoff

AUSTRALIA

Michael Clarke
Shane Warne
Damien Martyn
Nathan Bracken
Jason Krezja

PAKISTAN

Shahid Afridi
Imran Khan
Wasim Akram

NEW ZEALAND

Scott Styris
Ross Taylor
Tim Southee


WEST INDIES

Chris Gayle
Dwayne Bravo
Darren Sammy
Jerome Taylor
Sulieman Benn
Nikita Miller

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Cricket World Cup 2011 opening ceremony

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 opening ceremony has scheduled for Thursday at Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. 25,000-seater Bangabandhu National Stadium, to be precisewhere the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will kick off at 5:30 p.m.

Many famous artists, singers, actors from east and west will perform to entertain largest number of fans. B-town actor Salman Khan will also shake his legs at the opening ceremony along with various Bangladeshi stars, Great Canadian singer Bryan Adams and many other artists. Mohammad Ali Ahsan, the ICC tournament director for Bangladesh said: “The ceremony is divided in three segments, with each segment categorically representing each of the host nations.” The famous Canadian Rockstar Bryan Adams is all set to rock the stage first, alongwith Indian singing trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Sonu Nigam to show their magnificence in the two-hour long program of song, dance and laser shows at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.

Eden Gardens - 2011 Cricket World Cup Venues

All the Indian stadiums for the 2011 World Cup had been finalized earlier, and the venues of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka were finalised in late October 2009. All the venues of the 2011 Cricket World Cup were announced on 2 November 2009 in Mumbai by the International Cricket Council.

Eden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata (previously called Calcutta), India. It is the home of the Bengal cricket team and the Indian Premier League's Kolkata Knight Riders, as well as being a Test and One Day International ground.

The stadium is located in the Binoy Badal Dinesh Bag(BBD Bag) area of the city, near the State Secretariat and the High Court. The first recorded Test at the venue was held in 1934, and its first One Day International in 1987. Sporting floodlights, bowlers deliver from the High Court End or the Pavilion End of a pitch under curator Probir Mukherjee.Eden Gardens is renowned for its large and vociferous crowds. It is said that "a cricketer's cricketing education is not complete till he has played in front of a packed Eden Gardens." The Club House of the stadium has been named as the B.C. Roy Club House, after former Chief Minister of the State of West Bengal Dr. B. C. Roy. The Headquarters of the Cricket Association of Bengal are also there at the Eden Gardens.

Matches


27 Feb India vs England
15 Mar South Africa vs Ireland
18 Mar Ireland vs Netherlands
20 Mar Zimbabwe vs Kenya

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

The World Cup will take place between February and early April 2011, with the first match to be played on 19 February 2011.The opening ceremony will be held on 17 February 2011, two days before the start of the tournament,with the final on 2 April 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.


ICC sold the broadcasting rights to ESPNStar for about $2 billion.The TV channels broadcasting the ICC cricket World cup 2010.

Afghanistan: Ariana Television Network: Lemar TV

Australia: Nine Network and Fox Sports

Africa : SABC and Supersport

Canada : Asian Television Network (ATN)

Europe (excluding UK and Ireland): Eurosport

India: ESPNStar and DD National (Doordarsan)

Middle East (Including Dubai, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and all): Arab Radio and Television Network

New Zealand : Sky Sport

Pacific Islands : Sky Pacific

Pakistan: GEO Super and Pakistan Television Network (PTN)

Sri Lanka : Rupavahini Corporation

South Africa : SABC and Supersport

South Asia (Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives): ESPNStar

United Kingdom and Ireland: Sky Sports

United States: DirecTV

West Indies : Caribbean Media Corporation

2011 Cricket World Cup Opening Ceremony

2011 cricket world cup is scheduled to begin on the 19th of February. The 2011 cricket world cup is co hosted by three countries namely India Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

The Opening Ceremony will be held in Bangladesh. The venue for the opening ceremony is Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The event will take place on February 17, 2011, 2 days prior to the first match of the World Cup.

This is the tenth cricket world cup and it is for the first time that the opening ceremony will be held in Bangladesh.The World Cup will take place between February and early April 2011, with the first match to be played on 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.