Now its just matter of 2 hours and first match of the 2011 cricket world cup will begin between two of the co-hosts India and Bangladesh. Media and many crciekting experts are considering India and the favorites for this world cup but I doubt if they will witn this wolrd cup. But as far as todays match is concerned defintiely India team is stronger than the the Bangladesh cricket team and definitely India will be goin to win this match.
But more important thing will be how they are going to win this match in case Indian team struggle to win easily then this world definitely is not be an easy ride for them. For Bangladesh team it is a journey for rising the team is slowly improving and hopefully one day they will rist to the status other Asian countries but world cup is not for them in near future, it may take centuries givend the fact that countries like South Africa, England are still to taste the world cup victory.
Watch all the live action of todays openign match of the world cup I'll keep you updated about anything and everytihng worth sharing.
Thanks and enjot the match....
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World Cup Warm up Matches Scoreboards Today
Well slowly and slowly team are arriving in the Indian sub-continent and also taking part in warm up matches. Minnows are specially taking part in warm up matches to make them selves accustom to the pitches and playing condition here. So far 6 warm up matches have been played and there weren’t any surprise results from the warm up matches.
Perhaps the reason behind this may be that the warm up matches so far are played between minnows like Canada, Ireland, Afghanistan, Netherlands and Kenya. So far from the warm up matches I can see the Zimbabwe team is going on a good track and this team can definitely cause some setbacks to the favorites in the world cup.
Below are the results of warm up matches played so far:
Kenya 289/4 v Afghanistan 240 (43 ov)
Kenya won by 49 runs
Netherlands 151 v Canada 152/6 (39.4 ov)
Canada won by 4 wickets (with 62 balls remaining)
Ireland 204 v Zimbabwe 208/4 (43.5 ov)
Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets (with 37 balls remaining)
Warm up matches to be played Today
Kenya v West Indies Warm-up Match
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
Sri Lanka v Netherlands Warm-up Match
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
Bangladesh v Canada Warm-up Match
14:30 local | 08:30 GMT | 14:00 IST | D / N
Ireland v New Zealand Warm-up Match
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | D / N
South Africa v Zimbabwe Warm-up Match
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | D / N
Perhaps the reason behind this may be that the warm up matches so far are played between minnows like Canada, Ireland, Afghanistan, Netherlands and Kenya. So far from the warm up matches I can see the Zimbabwe team is going on a good track and this team can definitely cause some setbacks to the favorites in the world cup.
Below are the results of warm up matches played so far:
Kenya 289/4 v Afghanistan 240 (43 ov)
Kenya won by 49 runs
Netherlands 151 v Canada 152/6 (39.4 ov)
Canada won by 4 wickets (with 62 balls remaining)
Ireland 204 v Zimbabwe 208/4 (43.5 ov)
Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets (with 37 balls remaining)
Warm up matches to be played Today
Kenya v West Indies Warm-up Match
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
Sri Lanka v Netherlands Warm-up Match
09:30 local | 04:00 GMT
Bangladesh v Canada Warm-up Match
14:30 local | 08:30 GMT | 14:00 IST | D / N
Ireland v New Zealand Warm-up Match
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | D / N
South Africa v Zimbabwe Warm-up Match
14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | D / N
Match 11 ICC World Cup - India vs England
Another Sunday encounter for team 11, this match will definitely be one turning highest crowd in the group stage matches. India will take on England in the group stage on 27th Feb in a day night match. Match will begin at 2:00 pm local time (+5:30 GMT).
No matter England has won the Ashes test series but for me England is a team capable of performing against Australia and Ashes only. In one day format team lacks the discipline in both batting and bowling. Specially when you check bowling in the sub-continent team definitely require someone in the spin bowling capable to turning matches. India team on the other hand have already 3 regular spin bowlers in the 15 members squad and they have other part times like Yuvraj, Raina, Sehwag etc who can bowl couple of good overs and hence India team can have the option of playing one extra batsmen if needed.
In this match Indian team definitely looks strong and capable of winning the match. Let the match begin and catch all the live action.
No matter England has won the Ashes test series but for me England is a team capable of performing against Australia and Ashes only. In one day format team lacks the discipline in both batting and bowling. Specially when you check bowling in the sub-continent team definitely require someone in the spin bowling capable to turning matches. India team on the other hand have already 3 regular spin bowlers in the 15 members squad and they have other part times like Yuvraj, Raina, Sehwag etc who can bowl couple of good overs and hence India team can have the option of playing one extra batsmen if needed.
In this match Indian team definitely looks strong and capable of winning the match. Let the match begin and catch all the live action.
World Cup 2011 Countdown Widget Removed
It was few months back when there weren't much news abount the world cup that I added the Countdown to the world cup 2011 script to my ICC Cricket blog. But noe I feel with only 9 days left everyone can count these days on fingure tips. So I've decided to remove the world cup countdown script from the blog.
Removng the script doesn't mean there won't be any updates regadring the tournament. All the visitors willbe regularly updated about the world cup. You can watch the live scorebaord , world cup points table and all other highlights of the 2011 world cup here. So keep visitng!
Removng the script doesn't mean there won't be any updates regadring the tournament. All the visitors willbe regularly updated about the world cup. You can watch the live scorebaord , world cup points table and all other highlights of the 2011 world cup here. So keep visitng!
Bryan Adams in World Cup opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of ICC world cup will be on Few 17th and biggest cricketing event that happens once in 4 years will become bigger this time by the presence of current pop icon Bryan Adams for the opening ceremony. Bran Adams is touring India during the world cup and will perform at the opening ceremony in Bangladesh. This thing has been confirmed by Universal Music India also.
Though nothing much was revealed about Adams performance but he is expected to play 3 songs with his crew.
Though nothing much was revealed about Adams performance but he is expected to play 3 songs with his crew.
Sreesanth replaces Praveen Kumar in World Cup squad
Indian selectors played a gamble by selecting pace bowler Praveen Kumar in the world cup squad. However the gamble didn’t turn up well and the bowler has been ruled out of the upcoming World Cup with just 10 days left for the tournament to begin. He is now replaced by S. Sreesanth.
This is a golden chance for Sreesanth which came from nowhere, perhaps this can make him perform 200% now. But I am still in doubt if he will make his way in the playing 11 in the knock out matches if he fails to do extraordinarily well in the group stages.
"Honestly speaking, I play with a lot of passion and people misunderstand my passion for aggression. I will play with passion and try to win for my country," he told CNN-IBN channel on Tuesday.
Umpires and referees for World Cup Announced
On ground umpires and match referees for the warm up matches and the group stage matches of the world cup are announced today by ICC. Steve Davis and Kumar Dharmasena will be the on-field umpires for the opening match of the ICC world cup 2011 to be played between between India and Bangladesh to be played on February 19. Billy Doctrove and Asad Rauf will be the fourth umpire for the match while Ranjan Madugalle will be the match referee. Other umpires and match referees include 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. Chris Broad, Jeff Crowe, Roshan Mahanama and Andy Pycroft.
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