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Logo Cricket World Cup 2015.

2011-04-12T03:23:00.000-07:00

ICC unveiled the 2015 Cricket World Cup logo after the final match of 2011 Cricket World Cup (Won by Indian Cricket Team) on April 2nd. Top 10 ODI teams will participate in 2015 Cricket World Cup.

Cricket World cup 2011 Performance

2011-04-11T04:10:00.000-07:00

Pakistan Cricket team has been lost a golden Chance to win ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. but Pakistani Cricket fans are happy for 2nd Position in hole tournament first time in cricket history.

India win the Semifinal against Pakistan

2011-03-30T11:04:00.000-07:00

India v Pakistan 2nd semi-final World Cup 2011
MOHALI: Pakistan lost the World Cup semi final by 29 runs against India on 30 march 2011.
Chasing a Fighting total of 261 runs, Pakistan were dismissed for 231 with a ball to spare after all of India's five bowlers took two wickets apiece.
Misbah-ul-Haq, who top scored for Pakistan with 56, helped take them from 208 for nine to a situation where an unlikely 30 was needed off the last over.
India's 260 for nine after winning the toss against their arch-rivals was built around Sachin Tendulkar's 85.But they might have made considerably less had not the star batsman been dropped four times in an innings that still left him one short of a hundred international hundreds.
Left arm fast bowler Wahab Riaz led Pakistan's attack with career best figures of 5/46.
For Pakistan, openers Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez provided a good start of 44 runs before Kamran was caught by Yuvraj Singh at point off Zaheer Khan for 19.
Mohammad Hafeez made 43 before he was caught behind after trying to sweep seamer Munaf Patel.The left arm spinner youvraj bowled Asad Shafiq (30) as the batsman made room to cut and then had the experienced Younus Khan (13) caught at cover by Suresh Raina.
Umar Akmal, however, counter-attacked in trademark style, pulling and driving Yuvraj for the first two sixes of the match.Pakistan required 84 off the last 10 overs and needed a big innings from big-hitting skipper Shahid Afridi who only managed 19 before he sliced Harbhajan to Virender Sehwag at cover-point and at 184 for seven the game was almost up for Pakistan.
Earlier, the 25-year-old Wahab Riaz kept his side in the match.
Man of the match : Sachin Tendulkar 85runs.

India will meet Pakistan in the semi finals

2011-03-24T20:28:00.000-07:00

WorldCup2011: India recorded a sensational five wicket victory to oust defending champions Australia in the 2nd quarter finals of the World Cup 2011 at the Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad.
Now India will meet Pakistan in the semi finals to be played on March 30 at Mohali.
Batting first after captain Ponting won the toss, defending champions Australia made 260 for six in their 50 overs.
Ricky Ponting made 104 from 118 balls with seven fours and a six, his 30th ODI hundred and the fifth in World Cups.
Chasing a modest total of 261, India completed the victory in 47.4 overs to shatter Australia's dream of an unprecedented fourth straight World Cup title and fifth in all was shattered.
Yuvraj Singh ( 57* ), who struck the winning boundary, was the man of the match yet again as he top scored with taking 2 wickets.
Sachin Tendulkar ( 53 his 94th ODI fifty ) and Gautam Gambhir also hit fifties for India.
Sachin Tendulkar completed 18,000 runs in one-day international cricket became the first batsman to score 18,000 one day international runs.

Green shirts Diverted to the black wind direction in Quarter Final .

2011-03-23T09:37:00.000-07:00

Mirpur ( Dhaka ): Pakistan dismissed West Indies for 112 runs in the first quarter finals of the ICC World Cup 2011 at Mirpur on 23 March ( Youm-e-Pakistan ).
West Indies could not resist against the Pakistan spin attack, led by Shahid Afridi, and were all out in 43.3 overs, giving Pakistan an easy target of 113.
Leg spinner Shahid Afridi, already the tournament's leading wicket taker, took his tally to 21 as he finished with four for 30, including two wickets off successive balls.
Off-spinners Mohammad Hafeez and Saeed Ajmal claimed two wickets each for 16 and 18, respectively, while pacers Umar Gul and Abdul Razzaq took a wicket each.
Kamran Akmal ( 47* ) and Muhammad Hafeez ( 61* ) put together an unbeaten 113 run stand for victory.
Man of the match: Muhammad Hafeez ( 61* )

Quarter Final Schedule.

2011-03-20T22:57:00.001-07:00

ICC World Cup 2011, I created a Quarter Final Schedule for cricket lovers.

Australia eventually failed by Pakistan in World Cup history

2011-03-20T00:51:00.000-07:00

World Cup 2011
COLOMBO: Asad Shafiq's 46 runs and Man of the match Umar Akmal's unbeaten 44runs helped Pakistan end Australia's 34th match unbeaten World Cup streak, with a victory in Colombo that takes them top of Group A.
Pakistan stopped Australia’s unbeaten 34 match run in the World Cup history on 19 March 2011.
Chasing an easy target of 177 runs, Pakistan completed victory with 9 overs to spare but they lost six wickets in the process.
Umar Gul took three for 30 to help Pakistan dismiss Australia for 176 -- their lowest World Cup total since 1992 -- before Umar Akmal hit an unbeaten 44 to steer Pakistan to victory in 41 overs, finishing top of the pool with 10 points.
This was Australia's first defeat in the World Cup since losing to Pakistan by 10 runs in Leeds in 1999 Worldcup, that time Wasim Akram was Skipper.
Abdul Razzaq hit two boundaries off spinner Jason Krejza to complete the victory.
Asad Shafiq, who hit five boundaries during his 81-ball knock, added 53 with Younis and 41 with Umar to keep Pakistan on track.
From Australian side Haddin make 42 runs, Michael Clarke 34 runs and Steve Smith 25 runs offered some resistance as Pakistan applied relentless pressure to take the last seven Australian wickets for a mere 59 runs after they were 117-3.
Brett Lee (4-28), fought hard and twice raised hopes of an unlikely win.

Asad Shafiq's unbeaten 78 runs

2011-03-14T21:10:00.000-07:00

ICC Cricket World Cup - 33rd match, Group A
Pallekele: Asad Shafiq's unbeaten 78 runs steered Pakistan to victory in world cup 2011.
Pakistan v Zimbabwe
Top scorer from winning side
Mohammad Hafeez 49
Asad Shafiq 78*

Result: Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Man of the match: Asad Shafiq

Opener Ahmed Shehzad 5th time fail in opening stand.

Happy birthday Rose Taylor 08 Mar 2011

2011-03-09T08:55:00.000-08:00

ICC Cricket World Cup - 24th match, Group A
Kamran Akmal dropped two catches of Ross Taylor behind the stumps at 0 and 4 and Pakistan loos match to New zealand.
Rose tayler said " kamran Akmal gave me a gift of birthday i will invite kamran at dinner party "
Result: New Zealand won by 110 runs
Man of the match: LRPL Taylor ( 131 runs )

Pakistan bowled Canada out for 138 runs

2011-03-03T22:21:00.000-08:00

World Cup 2011 Pak vs Canada
COLOMBO: Pakistan, one of the tournament favourites, slumped to a well below 184 runs off 43 overs against the unfancied Canada in their World Cup Group A match on 03 March 2011.
Winning the toss and taking first use of the pitch, Pakistan could not get their batting rhythm going and lost wickets at regular intervals.
They slumped to 67-4 before Misbah-ul-Haq (37runs) and top scorer Umar Akmal (48runs) posted the best partnership of the innings with 73 for the 5th wicket.
Despite the under par showing, Pakistan bowled Canada out for 138 runs, winning the Group A clash by 46 runs on Thursday to record their third win out of three at the World Cup 2011.
Afridi, won the man of the match award for his five wicket haul,
Man of the match: Shahid Afridi ( Pakistan )

Shahid Afridi complete 300 wickets in ODi career

2011-02-26T19:17:00.000-08:00

ICC Cricket World Cup2011 - Group A
Pakistan vs Srilanka
Shahid Afridi's 4 for 34 helped Pakistan defend 277 in their match against Sri Lanka in Colombo
Result: Pakistan won by 11 runs

Top Scorer from winning side
Misbah-ul-Haq 83*
Younis Khan 72

Shoaib Akhtar 10-42-2
Shahid Afridi 10-34-4
Man of the match: Shahid Afridi ( Pakistan )

Umar Akmal smashed 71 runs against Kenya

2011-02-25T06:35:00.000-08:00

ICC Cricket World Cup2011 - 6th match, Group A
Kenya v Pakistan
Result: Pakistan won by 205 runs

Top Scorer from winning side
Umar Akmal 71
Misbah-ul-Haq 65
Kamran Akmal 55
Younis Khan 50

Man of the match: Umar Akmal ( Pakistan )

Ryan ten Doeschate smashed a stunning hundred

2011-02-22T21:21:00.000-08:00

Netherlands 292/6 (50 overs)

England 296/4 (48.4 overs)

Result: England won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

Man of the Match: Ryan ten Doeschate ( Netherlands ) smashed a stunning hundred ( 119runs ) and added two wickets.

Australia vs Zimbabwe

2011-02-21T10:35:00.000-08:00

Australia 262/6 (50 overs)

Zimbabwe 171/all out (46.2 overs)

Result: Australia won by 91 runs

Sri Lanka won by 210 runs to Canada

2011-02-20T08:28:00.000-08:00

Sri Lanka 332/7 (50 overs)

Canada 122/all out (36.5 overs)

Result: Sri Lanka won by 210 runs

Man of the Match award to Mahela Jayawardene (100 runs)

Hamish Bennett blew away the Kenyan top order

2011-02-20T02:20:00.000-08:00

Kenya 69/all out (23.5 overs)

New Zealand 72/0 (8.0 overs)

Man of the match: HK Bennett 5 overs-16runs-4wikts
Result: New Zealand won by 10 wickets

Sehwag smashed 175 runs against Bangla Desh

2011-02-19T08:32:00.000-08:00

Bangladesh v India, World Cup 2011, Mirpur
India: 370/4 after 50 overs
Virat Kohli ( 100* ) and man of the match Virender Sehwag ( 175 runs ) celebrates after getting to a century.
Bangla Desh: 283/9 after 50 overs

Result: India own by 87 runs

Captains group photo with the World Cup 2011

2011-02-17T08:26:00.000-08:00

The new Pakistan World Cup team jersey

A group photo of 14 captains with the World Cup 2011

Three World Cup winning captains

2011-02-06T21:16:00.000-08:00

The three World Cup winning captains from the sub-continent

World Cup 2011 balloon

2011-02-04T07:45:00.000-08:00

Workers move a World Cup 2011 balloon in Hyderabad India !

Ahmed Shehzad's first ODI century ( 115 runs )

2011-02-03T20:48:00.000-08:00

19-year-old Ahmed Shehzad brought up his century ( 115 runs ) in 101 balls, with 11 fours and two sixes, as the visitors set a challenging target for New Zealand to chase in order to save the six-match series.
Pakistan won their first ODI series since November 2008 when they beat New Zealand by 41 runs in the fifth game of their six-match series at Seddon Park in Hamilton on 03.01.2011.
The victory, courtesy of Ahmed Shehzad's 115 runs and a polished bowling performance gave Pakistan an unassailable 3-1 Lead in the series.
Pakistan made a below par 268/9, but New Zealand wasted a golden opportunity to level the series with only Martin Guptill ( 65 runs )and stand-in captain Ross Taylor ( 69 runs ) posting any scores of substance in their 227 all out in 46.5 overs.
New Zealand have now lost 14 of their last 15 completed ODI's.The visitors had looked well set to push on to 300-plus on a good pitch with short boundaries and while several batsmen got starts,New Zealand's bowlers varied their pace and length to restrict the scoring in the final few overs.

Scorecard in the fifth ODI between New Zealand and Pakistan at Seddon Park in Hamilton 03.01.2011.

Pakistan
Ahmed Shehzad 115
Umar Akmal 32
Misbah-ul-Haq 25
Shahid Afridi 24
Total (9 wkts; 50 overs) 268
Best Bowling: Mills 10-2-42-2

New Zealand
R. Taylor 69
M. Guptill 65
J. Franklin 16
N. McCullum 14
Total (all out; 46.5 overs) 227
Best Bowling: Wahab Riaz 8.5-0-51-3

Pakistan take a 2-1 Lead in the best of six series.

2011-02-01T21:24:00.000-08:00

NAPIER: Misbah-ul-haq ( 93 not out ) overcame the loss of late wickets to keep his cool and guide Pakistan to a 2 wicket victory over New Zealand in their fourth one day international match in Napier on 01 Feb 2011 and take a 2-1 Lead in the best of six series.Misbah had been coasting to the victory target while batting with Younus Khan ( 42 runs), was forced to take all the responsibility of getting his side home when Younus was run out in the 38th over.
Abdul Razzaq ( 23 runs ) managed to keep pace with the required run rate and while Razzaq was well caught by a hobbling Vettori, Misbah smashed 10 runs off two balls from Scott Styris and Sohail Tanvir (14) hit three boundaries off Tim Southee the next 49th over to see their side home.

Fastest ODI fifty by Boom Boom Afridi

2011-01-29T08:22:00.000-08:00

First ODI century ( 115 runs ) of Mohammad Hafeez set up Pakistan's score of 293 against New Zealand in the 3rd ODI in Christchurch.
Pakistan's innings had been held together by Hafeez (115), who also shared a 94-run partnership with Misbah-ul-haq (35) and 52 runs with Umar Akmal (44).
Afridi then scored a blistering 65, which included five sixes and five boundaries, as he and Umar blasted a destructive 69-runs off 26 balls as Pakistan made full use of the final powerplay, scoring 126 runs in the last 10 overs.Afridi's half century was brought up on his 19th delivery, equaling the fastest one-day international half century scored in New Zealand, which is also held by Brendon McCullum.
New Zealand never really challenged Pakistan's imposing 293 runs for seven, with Martin Guptill ( 39 ), Jamie How (24) Scott Styris (46) and Kane Williamson (42) all getting starts but leaving too many runs for the lower order to overhaul the total.
Skipper Afridi also cleverly rotated his bowlers, who expertly changed their pace and angles, bowled to their fields and took wickets just as New Zealand's batsmen appeared set to push on.
Tim Southee (13 not out) hit a six off the last ball to drag New Zealand to 250 for nine. Hamnish Bennett was with Southee on four.

Abdur Rehman starred in an all round effort in Hamilton

2011-01-09T03:37:00.000-08:00

HAMILTON: Abdur Rehman starred in an all rounder effort in Hamilton cricket ground, helping Pakistan seal a 10-wicket win on a dramatic 3rd day.
The visitors had been given a victory target of just 19 runs after they established a 92 runs before left arm spinner Abdul Rehman was again the principle tormentor of New Zealand’s batsmen, taking 3 wickets for 24 runs and creating enormous pressure.Man of the match Abdur Rehman, also combined magnificently with left arm pace bowler Wahab Riaz (3/38), while Umar Gul (3/28) mopped up the tail to finish.
Mohamam Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar then wrapped up the victory in just 3.4 overs to guide the visitors to 21-0 and a 1-0 lead in the two test match series.
New Zealand had captured two wickets in two balls during the first session when Asad Shafiq (83runs) and Misbah-ul-haq (62runs), who had rescued the visitors on Saturday after they slumped to 107/4, were both given out lbw with the score on 256runs.
The Pakistani tail, however, wagged with Adnan Akmal (44runs) and Rehman (28runs), who was dropped three times, combining for a 76-run partnership before they were both dismissed with the score on 332 runs.
Pakistan had been bowled out for 367 runs midway through the middle session, an overall lead of 92 runs after New Zealand were dismissed for 275 early on Saturday.

Ahmed Shehzad cracked a half century

2010-12-30T20:15:00.000-08:00

CHRISTCHURCH: Ahmed Shehzad cracked a half century to help Pakistan gain a consolation win over New Zealand in the 3rd T20 match in Christchurch
Date: 30 Dec 2010
Pakistan humiliated New Zealand in the 3rd and final T20 international in Christchurch 30 Dec as the Black Caps slumped to their lowest ever total in the ultra short form of the game.
New Zealand collapsed spectacularly chasing Pakistan’s six for 183, with the top four batsmen all out for ducks as the mercurial tourists shrugged off a form slump that cost them the first two games of the three-match series.
Openers Ahmed Shehzad and Mohammad Hafeez went after New Zealand’s bowlers from the outset, scoring at a rate of almost 10 an over for a partnership of 81 to give Pakistan their best start of the series.
Hafeez made 34 from 23 balls before mistiming a wide pitched delivery from James Franklin and falling to a leaping one-handed catch from Taylor.
Boob Boom Razzaq also pitched in with 34 not out (11 balls faced) then took 3 wickets for 13 runs in a man of the match performance.
Tanvir Ahmed took 1 for 13 on debut.
New Zealand fell apart in reply and were four wickets down for three runs in the third over.