‘ICC World Cup 2011’ Archives
Ireland ready for the high voltage match
With opinion divided world over on the Associates' participation in future World Cups, with opinions ranging from that of Ricky Ponting's to Graeme Swann's, the one voice that should matter the most, that of Ireland, is typical of how the team plays its cricket. Four years ago, they not only won [...]
4000 tickets to be sold for World Cup final
Ratnakar Shetty, the World Cup's tournament director, has said that the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai will have all the necessary permissions in place before it hosts the group-stage game between New Zealand and Canada on March 13. The stadium recently failed a fire inspection, raising concerns that [...]
India won the game
The Tigers scored 283 for nine in 50 overs with Tamim Iqbal topscoring with 70. Shafiul Islam was run out when Harbhajan Singh threw down the stumps after Zaheer Khan trapped Abdur Razzak lbw for 1. Raqibul Hasan, batting on 27, launched Munaf Patel into the stands with a mighty swipe [...]
Harbhajan Sing, India’s Spin tram Card
In the wake of the Centurion Test, India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni came down unusually hard on his bowlers. His post-match comments were an exercise in stating the blindingly obvious -- and stating them with unusual vigor. You need to take 20 wickets to win a Test, Dhoni pointed out -- and [...]
“For Bangladesh, progress is the mantra”- Venkat Ananth | Cricket Column
our years is a long time in sport, they say. Not only are medals and World Cups won and lost, records surpassed and horizons breached, but also the duration becomes quite the benchmark to gauge progress made by individuals and sporting teams - or as they put it, a four-year period is pretty [...]
Whole Bangladesh decorated with cricket
ICC World Cup just started in Bangladesh today. Bangladesh winning the toss put India into Bat First. India on the wing of Virender Shehwag and Virat Kohli made a daunting task of 370/4 from their 50 overs. Shehwag made 175 runs and Kohli played a clever innings of 100 not out. Chasing almost an [...]
We won’t be under pressure against India: Shakib
Dhaka, Feb 18 (AFP): Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan on Friday brushed aside fears about taking on power-packed India in Saturday's World Cup opener, saying his side was confident of doing well. "Our bowlers are in good form, the batsmen have been doing their job and our fielding has [...]
