2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Digest

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The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It wasplayed in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first timeco-hosting a World Cup. The World Cup was also supposed to be co-hostedby Pakistan, but in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national

cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council The headquartersof the organising committee were originally situated in Lahore, but have nowbeen shifted to Mumbai. Pakistan was supposed to hold 14 matches, includingone semi-final. Eight of Pakistan's matches (including the semi-final) wereawarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh. (ICC) decided tostrip Pakistan of its hosting rights.

All matches in the World Cup were accorded One Day Internationalfullmembersassociate members. The World Cup took place between Februaryand 2nd April 2011, with the first match played on 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla NationalStadium in Mirpur, Dhaka. The opening ceremony was held on 17 February2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, two days before the start ofthe tournament with the final on 2 April 2011 between India and Srilanka atWankhede Stadium, Mumbai. status, with all matches being played over 50overs. Fourteen national cricket teams competed in the tournament,including ten and four

The tournament was won by India who defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets.

India became the first host-nation to win the world cup with final played inthe host country itself. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a captain'sknock of unbeaten 91 in the final and was adjudged man of the match. Thebiggest upset of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was the defeat of Englandby Ireland. Ireland's Kevin O'Brien made 100 in just 50 balls (and a total of113 off 63 balls), the fastest World Cup Century. Also Ireland made thehighest successful run chase in World Cup history beating Sri Lanka's 313against Zimbabwe at New Plymouth in New Zealand in 1992.

Hosts Selection:

Bids


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The ICC originally announced its decision as to which countries would hostthe 2011 World Cup on 30 April 2006. Australia and New Zealand also bidfor the tournament, and a successful Australasian bid for the 2011 WorldCup would have seen a 5050 split in games, with the final still up for

negotiation. The TransTasman bid, Beyond Boundaries, was the only bid for2011 delivered to ICC headquarters in Dubai ahead of the 1 March deadline.Considerable merits of the Australasian bid were the superior venues andinfrastructure and the total support of both the New Zealand andAustralian governments on tax and customs issues during the tournament,according to Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland. The NewZealand government had also given assurance that Zimbabwe would beallowed to compete in the tournament, following political discussions in thecountry over whether their cricket team should be allowed to tour Zimbabwe

in 2005.

ICC President Ehsan Mani said the extra time taken by the Asian block tohand over its bid compliance book had harmed the four-nation bid. However,when the time came to vote, Asia won the hosting rights by seven votes tothree. The Pakistan Cricket Board has revealed that it was the vote of theWest Indies Cricket Board that swung the matter, as the Asian bid had thesupport of the four bidding countries along with South Africa and Zimbabwe.It was reported in Pakistani newspaper Dawn that the Asian countriespromised to hold fund-raising events for West Indian cricket during the

2007 World Cup, which may have influenced the vote. that there "was noquid pro quo for their support", and that playing the West Indies had"nothing to do with the World Cup bid". However, chairman of theMonitoring Committee of the Asian bid, I. S. Bindra, said it was theirpromise of extra profits in the region of US$400 million that swung thevote,

The ICC prefers to rotate World Cup venues between major cricket playingnations. The World Cups have been hosted by England (three times: 1975,

1979, 1983), India/Pakistan (1987), Australia/New Zealand (1992),India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka (1996), England/Netherlands (1999), SouthAfrica/Zimbabwe/Kenya) (2003) and West Indies (2007). For the 2011World Cup Australia/New Zealand were a strong contender ahead ofIndia/Pakistan/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh because they had not hosted a WorldCup since 1992. In the final voting India won because they argued that since


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they were a bigger group of countries they should be assigned a World Cupmore frequently. Australia/New Zealand were awarded the 2015 World Cup.

Format

Late in 2007, the four host nations agreed upon a revised format for the2011 World Cup identical to the 1996 World Cup, the only change being thenumber of teams: it was 12 in 1996 and 14 in 2011. The first round of thetournament will be a round-robin in which the 14 teams are divided into twogroups of 7 teams each. The 7 teams play each other once with the top 4from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals. The format ensures thateach team gets to play a minimum of 6 matches even if they are ruled out ofthe tournament due to early defeats.

Qualification:

As per ICC regulations, all 10 full members automatically qualify for theWorld Cup, including Zimbabwe who have given up their Test playing statusuntil the standard of their team improves.

The ICC also organised a qualifying tournament in South Africa to determinewhich Associate teams would participate in 2011 event. Ireland, who hadbeen the best performing Associate nation since the last World Cup, won thetournament, beating Canada in the final. The Netherlands and Kenya alsoqualified by virtue of finishing third and fourth respectively.

The following 14 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Group A Group B

Rank Team Rank Team

Full Members

1 Australia 2 India

3 Pakistan 4 South Africa

5 New Zealand 6 England

7 Sri Lanka 8 West Indies

9 Zimbabwe 10 Bangladesh


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Associate Members

11 Canada 12 Ireland

13 Kenya 14 Netherlands

Preparations

Pakistan loses co-host status

In April 2009 the ICC announced that Pakistan had lost its right to co-hostthe 2011 World Cup due to ongoing concerns about the "uncertain securitysituation" prevailing in the country, especially in the aftermath of the 2009attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore.

It is estimated that the PCB will lose $10.5 million due to the tournamentbeing taken away from them. This figure only includes the match-fee of$750,000 per match guaranteed by the ICC. The overall loss to the PCB andthe Pakistani economy is expected to be much greater.

On 9 April 2009, PCB chairman Ijaz Butt revealed that they had issued alegal notice to oppose ICC's decision. However, the ICC claims that PCB isstill a co-host and they have only shifted the matches out of Pakistan.2015World Cup and Australia/New Zealand host 2011, however this option did notfind favour with their co-hosts and hence didn't materialise. Pakistan had

proposed that South Asia host the

Allocation of matches

On 11 April 2005, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan Theoriginal plan involved India hosting the final, while Pakistan and Sri Lankawould host the semi-finals. and the opening ceremony will take place inBangladesh. announced an agreement about the allocation of games.

After being stripped of its co-host status, Pakistan made the bid to host itshome games in the cities of UAE as a neutral home venue. This is a result ofPakistan playing matches in the preceding months in Abu Dhabi,DubaiSharjah. The pitches in these stadiums have also been developed tosuit the Pakistani players. and


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However, on 28 April 2009, the ICC announced the re-allocation of matchesoriginally intended to be played in Pakistan. As a result, India hosted 29matches across eight venues including the final and one semi-final; Sri Lankahosted 12 in three venues, including one semi-final; while Bangladesh staged

eight at two grounds as well as the opening ceremony on 17 February 2011.

On 1 June 2010, the first phase of tickets for the 2011 World Cup in India,Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were put on sale following a meeting of thetournament's Central Organising Committee in Mumbai. The tickets werepriced affordably, with the cheapest costing 20 US cents in Sri Lanka, thecommittee said. In January 2011, the ICC declared the Eden Gardens groundin Kolkata, India to be unfit and unlikely to be complete by 27 February whenit was scheduled to host a match between India and England. As a result, thematch was moved to Bangalore.

Media and promotion

The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament. TheInternational Cricket Council has sold the rights for broadcasting of the2011 Cricket World Cup for around US$ 2 Billion to ESPN Star Sports andStar Cricket.

Song and other promotions

The official event ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is SachinTendulkar, promoting various ICC initiatives for the tournament.

The official song of the 2011 World Cup "De Ghuma Ke" was composed bythe trio of ShankarEhsaanLoy, and is sung in Hindi, Bengali and Sinhala. Itincorporates an array of Indian rhythms, as well as elements of rock and hip-hop. The song was performed at the opening ceremony of the tournament,which was held in Bangladesh on 17 February 2011.

Mascot

Stumpy, a young elephant, is the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket WorldCup. He was unveiled at a function in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Friday, 2 April2010. The official name of the mascot was released on Monday, 2 August


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2010 after an online competition conducted by the International CricketCouncil in the last week of July, 2010.

Opening ceremony

The Opening Ceremony was held in Bangladesh. The venue for the openingceremony was Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Theevent took place on 17 February 2011, 2 days prior to the first match of theWorld Cup.

Prize money

The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team would be taking home a prizemoney of US$ 3 million and US$ 1.5 million for runner-up, with theInternational Cricket Council deciding to double the total allocation for thecoveted tournament to US$ 10 million. The winning team will also take homea replica of the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy, that has been awarded since1999. The decision was taken at the ICC Board meeting which was held inDubai on April 20, 2010. The total prize money on offer for the tournamentfor the teams placing from 1st to 8th is US$7.48 million. The remaining two

semi-finalists will receive 0.75 million US$ each. The last four quarter-finalists will each receive 0.37 million US$.

Venues

All the venues of the 2011 Cricket World Cup were announced on 2November 2009 in Mumbai by the International Cricket Council. Two newstadiums in Sri Lanka have been constructed for the World Cup atKandyHambantota. and

Venue City Capacity

India

Wankhede Stadium Mumbai 33,317

Eden Gardens Kolkata 90,000

MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai 50,000


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M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore 55,000

Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad 54,000

Feroz Shah Kotla New Delhi 48,000

Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium Nagpur 45,000

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Mohali 35,000

Sri Lanka

R Premadasa Stadium Colombo 35,000

Muttiah Muralitharan InternationalCricket Stadium

Kandy 35,000

Mahinda Rajapaksa International StadiumHambantota 35,000

Bangladesh

Shere Bangla National Stadium Dhaka 25,000

Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium Chittagong 20,000

Umpires

The Umpire selection panel selected 18 umpires excluding a reserve umpire,

Enamul Haque (Bangladesh) to officiate at the World Cup: 5 from Australia,6 from Asia, 3 from England, 2 from New Zealand and 1 each from SouthAfrica and West Indies.

Australia

Simon Taufel Steve Davis Rod Tucker Daryl Harper Bruce Oxenford

New Zealand

Billy Bowden Tony Hill

South Africa

Marais ErasmusPakistan

Aleem Dar Asad Rauf

India

Shavir Tarapore

England

Ian Gould Richard Kettleborough Nigel Llong

Sri Lanka

Asoka de Silva Kumar Dharmasena

West Indies


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Amiesh Saheba Billy Doctrove

Matches

Group A

Team Pld W L T NR NRR Pts

Pakistan 6 5 1 0 0 +0.758 10

Sri Lanka 6 4 1 0 1 +2.582 9

Australia 6 4 1 0 1 +1.123 9

New Zealand 6 4 2 0 0 +1.135 8

Zimbabwe 6 2 4 0 0 +0.030 4

Canada 6 1 5 0 0 1.987 2

Kenya 6 0 6 0 0 3.042 0

Kenya

69 (23.5 overs)v New Zealand

72/0 (8 overs)20

February2011

Scorecard

New Zealand won by

10 wicketsMA ChidambaramStadium, Chepauk,Chennai

Sri Lanka

332/7 (50 overs)v Canada

122 (36.5 overs)20

February2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Sri Lanka won by

210 runsMahinda RajapaksaInternationalStadium,Hambantota

Australia

262/6 (50 overs)v Zimbabwe

171 (46.2 overs)21


Australia won by 91

runsSardar PatelStadium, Motera,


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Ahmedabad

Pakistan

317/7 (50 overs)v Kenya

112 (33.1 overs)23


Pakistan won by 205

runsMahinda RajapaksaInternationalStadium,Hambantota

New Zealand

206 (45.1 overs)

v Australia

207/3 (34 overs)

25

February2011

Scorecard

Australia won by 7

wicketsVidarbha CricketAssociation Stadium,Jamtha, Nagpur

Pakistan

277/7 (50 overs)v Sri Lanka

266/9 (50 overs)26

February

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Pakistan won by 11

runs

R PremadasaStadium, Colombo

Zimbabwe


123 (42.1 overs)28

February2011

Scorecard

Zimbabwe won by

175 runsVidarbha CricketAssociation Stadium,Jamtha, Nagpur

Kenya

142 (43.4 overs)v Sri Lanka

146/1 (18.4 overs)1 March

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Sri Lanka won by 9

wicketsR Premadasa


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Stadium, Colombo

Pakistan

184 (43 overs)v Canada

138 (42.5 overs)3 March

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Pakistan won by 46

runsR PremadasaStadium, Colombo

Zimbabwe

162 (46.2 overs)v New Zealand


2011 (D/N)Scorecard

New Zealand won by

10 wicketsSardar Patel

Stadium, Motera,Ahmedabad

Sri Lanka

146/3 (32.5 overs)v Australia5 March

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Match abandonedR PremadasaStadium, Colombo

Kenya

198 (50 overs)v Canada


2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Canada won by 5

wicketsFeroz Shah Kotla,New Delhi

New Zealand

302/7 (50 overs)

v Pakistan

192 (41.4 overs)

8 March

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

New Zealand won by

110 runsPallekeleInternational CricketStadium, Kandy


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Sri Lanka

327/6 (50 overs)v Zimbabwe

188 (39 overs)10 March

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Sri Lanka won by

139 runsPallekeleInternational Cricket

Stadium, Kandy

New Zealand


261/9 (50 overs)13 March

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

New Zealand won by

97 runsWankhede Stadium,Mumbai

Australia



2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Australia won by 60

runsM ChinnaswamyStadium, Bangalore

Pakistan

164/3 (34.1/38overs)

v Zimbabwe

151/7 (39.4/39.4overs)

14 March

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Pakistan won by 7

wicketsPallekeleInternational CricketStadium, Kandy

Canada

211 (45.4 overs)v Australia

212/3 (34.5 overs)16 March

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Australia won by 7

wicketsM ChinnaswamyStadium, Bangalore

18 March2011 (D/N)

Sri Lanka

265/9 (50 overs)v New Zealand

153 (35 overs)Sri Lanka won by

112 runs


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Scorecard Wankhede Stadium,Mumbai

Australia

176 (46.4 overs)v Pakistan


2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Pakistan won by 4

wicketsR PremadasaStadium, Colombo

Zimbabwe



2011

Scorecard

Zimbabwe won by

161 runs

Eden Gardens,Kolkata

Group B

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Group B

Team Pld W L T NR NRR Pts

South Africa 6 5 1 0 0 +2.026 10

India 6 4 1 1 0 +0.900 9

England 6 3 2 1 0 +0.072 7

West Indies 6 3 3 0 0 +1.066 6

Bangladesh 6 3 3 0 0 1.361 6

Ireland 6 2 4 0 0 0.696 4

Netherlands 6 0 6 0 0 2.045 0

India

370/4 (50 overs)v Bangladesh

283/9 (50 overs)19


India won by 87

runsShere BanglaNational Stadium,Mirpur, Dhaka


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Netherlands

292/6 (50 overs)v England

296/4 (48.4 overs)22

February

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

England won by 6

wickets

Vidarbha CricketAssociation Stadium,Jamtha, Nagpur

West Indies

222 (47.3 overs)v South Africa

223/3 (42.5 overs)24


South Africa won

by 7 wicketsFeroz Shah Kotla,New Delhi

Bangladesh

205 (49.2 overs)v Ireland

178 (45 overs)25


Bangladesh won by

27 runsShere BanglaNational Stadium,Mirpur, Dhaka

India

338 (49.5 overs)v England

338/8 (50 overs)27


Match tiedM ChinnaswamyStadium, Bangalore

West Indies

330/8 (50 overs)

v Netherlands

115 (31.3 overs)

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West Indies won by

215 runsFeroz Shah Kotla,New Delhi

2 March England v Ireland Ireland won by 3


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327/8 (50 overs) 329/7 (49.1 overs)2011 (D/N)Scorecard


South Africa

351/5 (50 overs)v Netherlands


2011Scorecard

South Africa won

by 231 runsPunjab CricketAssociation Stadium,Mohali, Punjab

Bangladesh58 (18.5 overs)

v West Indies59/1 (12.2 overs)

4 March2011 (D/N)Scorecard

West Indies won by9 wicketsShere BanglaNational Stadium,Mirpur, Dhaka

England

171 (45.4 overs)

v South Africa

165 (47.4 overs)

6 March

2011Scorecard

England won by 6

runsMA ChidambaramStadium, Chepauk,Chennai

Ireland

207 (47.5 overs)v India


2011 (D/N)Scorecard

India won by 5


9 March2011 (D/N)

Netherlands

189 (46.4 overs)v India

191/5 (36.3 overs)India won by 5

wickets


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Scorecard Feroz Shah Kotla,New Delhi

West Indies

275 (50 overs)v Ireland


2011Scorecard

West Indies won by

44 runsPunjab CricketAssociation Stadium,Mohali, Punjab

England

225 (49.4 overs)

v Bangladesh

227/8 (49 overs)

11 March

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Bangladesh won by

2 wicketsZahur AhmedChowdhury Stadium,Chittagong

India

296 (48.4 overs)v South Africa

300/7 (49.4 overs)12 March

2011 (D/N)

Scorecard

South Africa won

by 3 wickets

Vidarbha CricketAssociation Stadium,Jamtha, Nagpur

Netherlands

160 (46.2 overs)v Bangladesh

166/4 (40.2 overs)14 March

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Bangladesh won by

6 wicketsZahur AhmedChowdhury Stadium,Chittagong

15 March2011 (D/N)

South Africa

272/7 (50 overs)v Ireland

141 (33.2 overs)South Africa won

by 131 runs


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Scorecard Eden Gardens,Kolkata

England

243 (48.4 overs)v West Indies


2011 (D/N)Scorecard

England won by 18


Netherlands

306 (50 overs)

v Ireland

307/4 (47.4 overs)

18 March

2011Scorecard

Ireland won by 6

wicketsEden Gardens,Kolkata

South Africa

284/8 (50 overs)v Bangladesh


2011Scorecard

South Africa won

by 206 runsShere Bangla

National Stadium,Mirpur, Dhaka

India

268 (49.1 overs)v West Indies


2011 (D/N)Scorecard

India won by 80


Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final


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23 March Dhaka,Bangladesh

WestIndies

112

30 March Mohali,India

Pakistan 113/0

Pakistan 231

24 March Ahmedabad, India

India 260/9

Australia 260/6

2 April Mumbai,India

India 261/5

India 277/4

25 March Dhaka,Bangladesh

Sri 274/6


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Lanka

New

Zealand221/8

29 March Colombo,Sri Lanka

SouthAfrica

172

NewZealand

217

26 March Colombo,Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 220/5

England 229/6

Sri Lanka 231/0

Quarter-finals

West Indies

112 (43.3 overs)v Pakistan

113/0 (20.5 overs)23 March

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Pakistan won by 10

wicketsShere BanglaNational Stadium,Mirpur, Dhaka


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Australia

260/6 (50 overs)v India

261/5 (47.4 overs)24 March

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

India won by 5

wicketsSardar PatelStadium, Motera,

Ahmedabad

New Zealand

221/8 (50 overs)v South Africa


2011 (D/N)Scorecard

New Zealand won by

49 runsShere BanglaNational Stadium,Mirpur, Dhaka

England

229/6 (50 overs)v Sri Lanka

231/0 (39.3 overs)26 March

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Sri Lanka won by

10 wicketsR PremadasaStadium, Colombo

Semi-finalsNew Zealand

217 (48.5 overs)v Sri Lanka

220/5 (47.5 overs)29 March

2011 (D/N)Scorecard

Sri Lanka won by 5

wicketsR PremadasaStadium, Colombo

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Semifinal: India v Pakistan

India260/9 (50 overs) v Pakistan231(49.5 overs)30 March2011 (D/N)Scorecard

India won by 29runsPunjab CricketAssociation Stadium,Mohali, Punjab


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Final

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Final

Sri Lanka

274/6 (50 overs)v India

277/4 (48.2 overs)2 April

2011 (D/N)

Scorecard

India won by 6

wickets

Wankhede Stadium,Mumbai

Team statistics

Highest team totals

The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.

Team Total Opponent Ground

India 370/4 BangladeshShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur,Dhaka

NewZealand

358/6 Canada Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

SouthAfrica

351/5 NetherlandsPunjab Cricket Association Stadium,Mohali

India 338 England M Chinnaswamy Stadium, BangaloreEngland 338/8 India M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

SriLanka

332/7 CanadaMahinda Rajapaksa International CricketStadium, Hambantota

WestIndies

330/8 Netherlands Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Ireland 329/7 England M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

England 327/8 Ireland M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

SriLanka 327/6 Zimbabwe Pallekele International Cricket Stadium,Kandy

Batting statistics

Most runs


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The top ten highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are includedin this table.

Player TeamRuns

Matches

Inns

Avg

S/RHS

100s

50s

4s

6s

Tillakaratne Dilshan

SriLanka

500 9 962.50

90.74 144 2 2 61 4

SachinTendulkar India

482 9 953.55

91.98 120 2 2 52 8

KumarSangakkara

SriLanka

465 9 893.00

83.78 111 1 3 44 5

JonathanTrott England422 7 7 60.28 80.84 92 0 5 28 0

UpulTharanga

SriLanka

395 9 956.42

83.68 133 2 1 52 2

GautamGambhir India

393 9 943.66

85.06 97 0 4 37 0

VirenderSehwag India

380 8 847.50

122.58

175 1 1 49 7

YuvrajSingh India 362 9 8

90.50 86.19 113 1 4 37 3

AB deVilliers

SouthAfrica

353 5 588.25

108.28

134 2 1 31 7

AndrewStrauss

England

334 7 747.71

93.55 158 1 1 34 3

Highest scores

This table contains the top ten highest scores of the tournament made by abatsman in a single innings.

Player Team Score Balls 4s 6s Opponent Ground

VirenderSehwag

India 175 140 14 5 BangladeshShere BanglaNational


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Stadium,Mirpur,Dhaka

AndrewStrauss

England 158 145 18 1 India

M

ChinnaswamyStadium,Bangalore

TillakaratneDilshan

Sri Lanka 144* 131 16 1 Zimbabwe

PallekeleInternationalCricketStadium,Kandy

AB deVilliers

SouthAfrica

134 98 13 4 Netherlands

Punjab

CricketAssociationStadium,Mohali

UpulTharanga

Sri Lanka 133* 141 17 0 Zimbabwe


Ross TaylorNew

Zealand131* 124 8 7 Pakistan


SachinTendulkar

India 120 115 10 5 England

MChinnaswamyStadium,Bangalore

Ryan tenDoeschate Netherlands

119 110 9 3 England

VidarbhaCricketAssociationStadium,Nagpur

Kevin Ireland 113 63 13 6 England M


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O'Brien ChinnaswamyStadium,Bangalore

HashimAmla

SouthAfrica

113 130 8 0 Netherlands

Punjab

CricketAssociationStadium,Mohali

* = Not outHighest partnerships

The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for thetournament.

By wicket

Wicket Runs Team Players Opposition

1st 282 Sri Lanka Upul TharangaTillakaratneDilshan

Zimbabwe

2nd 134 IndiaSachinTendulkar

Gautam Gambhir England

3rd 221 SouthAfrica

Hashim Amla AB de Villiers Netherlands

4th 132 Canada Ashish Bagai Jimmy Hansra Kenya

5th 121 NetherlandsRyan tenDoeschate

Peter Borren Ireland

6th 162 Ireland Kevin O'Brien Alex Cusack England

7th 85New

ZealandRoss Taylor Jacob Oram Pakistan

8th 54 NewZealand

NathanMcCullum

Daniel Vettori Australia

9th 66 Pakistan Abdul Razzaq Umar GulNew

Zealand

10th 23 KenyaNehemiahOdhiambo

James Ngoche Zimbabwe


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By runs

1st 282 Sri Lanka Upul TharangaTillakaratneDilshan

Zimbabwe

1st 231* Sri Lanka Upul Tharanga

Tillakaratne

Dilshan England

3rd 221South

AfricaHashim Amla AB de Villiers Netherlands

3rd 203 IndiaVirenderSehwag

Virat Kohli Bangladesh

1st 183 Australia Shane Watson Brad Haddin Canada

3rd 181 Zimbabwe Tatenda Taibu Craig Ervine Canada

3rd 179 Sri LankaKumar

Sangakkara

Mahela

JayawardeneCanada

1th 177 IrelandWilliamPorterfield

Paul Stirling Netherlands

3rd 170 EnglandAndrewStrauss

Ian Bell India

3rd 167 England Jonathan Trott Ian Bell Ireland

Bowling statistics

Most wickets

The following table contains the ten leading wicket-takers of thetournament.

Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI

Shahid Afridi Pakistan 21 8 12.85 21.2 3.62 5/16

Zaheer Khan India 21 9 16.66 22.5 4.45 3/20

Tim Southee New Zealand 18 8 17.33 24.1 4.31 3/13

Robin PetersonSouth

Africa15 7 15.86 22.4 4.25 4/12

MuttiahMuralitharan

Sri Lanka 15 8 16.80 25.2 4.0 4/25

Yuvraj Singh India 15 9 25.13 30.0 5.02 5/31


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Imran TahirSouth

Africa14 5 10.71 16.9 3.79 4/38

Umar Gul Pakistan 14 8 19.42 25.9 4.49 3/30

Kemar Roach West Indies 13 6 15.00 21.2 4.23 6/27

Brett Lee Australia 13 7 18.07 25.0 4.42 4/28

Harvir Baidwan Canada 13 6 23.61 25.3 5.58 3/35

Best bowling figures

This table lists the top ten players with the best bowling figures in thetournament.

Player Team Overs Figures Opponent Ground

Kemar RoachWest

Indies8.3 6/27 Netherlands

Feroz Shah Kotla,Delhi

LasithMalinga

SriLanka

7.4 6/38 KenyaR PremadasaStadium, Colombo

ShahidAfridi Pakistan

8.0 5/16 Kenya

Mahinda RajapaksaInternationalCricket Stadium,Hambantota

ShahidAfridi Pakistan 10.0 5/23 Canada R PremadasaStadium, Colombo

Yuvraj Singh India 10.0 5/31 IrelandM ChinnaswamyStadium, Bangalore

Wahab Riaz Pakistan 10.0 5/46 IndiaPunjab CricketAssociation Stadium,Mohali

Tim Bresnan England 10.0 5/48 IndiaM ChinnaswamyStadium, Bangalore

Dale SteynSouth

Africa9.4 5/50 India

Vidarbha CricketAssociation Stadium,Nagpur

Ravi RampaulWest

Indies10.0 5/51 India

MA ChidambaramStadium, Chepauk,Chennai


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TillakaratneDilshan

SriLanka

3.0 4/4 Zimbabwe

PallekeleInternationalCricket Stadium,Kandy

Hat-tricks

Player TeamBatsmen

outOpponent Figures Ground

KemarRoach

WestIndies

PieterSeelaarBernardLoots

BerendWestdijk

Netherlands 6/27Feroz Shah Kotla,Delhi

LasithMalinga

SriLanka

TanmayMishraPeterOngondoShemNgoche

Kenya 6/38R PremadasaStadium, Colombo

Fielding statistics

Most dismissals

This is a list of the wicketkeepers who have made the most dismissals in thetournament.

Player Team Matches Dismissals Caught Stumped

Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 8 14 10 4

Brad Haddin Australia 7 13 13 0Kamran Akmal Pakistan 8 12 8 4

Matt Prior England 7 10 7 3

Devon Thomas West Indies 7 10 7 3

M S Dhoni India 9 10 7 3


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Most catches

This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in thetournament.

Player Team Matches Catches

Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 8 18

Jacques Kallis South Africa 7 6

Robin Peterson South Africa 7 6

Kieron Pollard West Indies 7 6

John Davison Canada 5 5

Player of the match awards

This is a list of the top 5 players awarded Player of the match more thanonce in the tournament.

Player Team Matches Awards

Yuvraj Singh India 9 4

AB de Villiers South Africa 5 2

Kemar Roach West Indies 6 2

Imrul Kayes Bangladesh 6 2Shahid Afridi Pakistan 8 2

Incidents

The West Indies' team bus had rocks thrown at it by Bangladeshifans on its way back to the team hotel after their win over Bangladeshin Dhaka on March 4. It was later claimed that the rock-throwers hadconfused the Windies' bus with the Bangladesh bus.Bangladeshs eliteRapid Action Battalion arrested 38 people after the attack.

On 8 March, fans who lined up outside the Vidarbha CricketAssociation Ground in Nagpur to buy tickets of the match betweenIndia and South Africa were caned by the local police.


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The political party Shiv Sena threatened to disrupt the match ifPakistan had reached the final in Mumbai.

The Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) came under scrutinywhen Indian skipper MS Dhoni complained about inconsistencies about

the 2.5m rule in the LBW dismissal appeal for Ian Bell's wicket duringthe India-England match in the group stage which eventually ended ina tie. The rules were subsequently revised and the umpires were givennew guidelines. Subsequently, Sri Lanka captain, Kumar Sangakkaracriticized the decision to alter 2.5m rule during an ongoingtournament.

In the final between India and Sri Lanka, there was a mix up at thetoss. Due to the loud crowd noise, match referee Jeff Crowe couldn'thear the Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara's call as the coin was

tossed by the Indian captain MS Dhoni and as a result the toss had tobe redone - a virtually unheard of event, especially on a stage as big asthe World Cup Final. The next time, the call was heads andSangakkara won the toss and decided to bat first.

Documents

2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Digest