India will go into their semi-finals as being one the best batting sides in the competition. Their middle order may have collapsed in the past in the tournament but one must need to see their performance in the quarter-final to understand the strength of their batting. On the other hand, the b....

The tickets for the ICC World Cup semi-finals and the finals will be in much demand and one will need to be lucky to get one. There are three games remaining, the two semi-finals at the Mohali and the Premadasa in Colombo, and the final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. What is inter....

In the Cricket World Cup round-up from the last week, the quarter-final line-up was decided on Sunday. After India beat West Indies in the last league game of the tournament, they finished second in the group whereas South Africa topped the Group B. West Indies, who had gone into the game af....

How things stand in Cricket World Cup Group A and B This is the last week of the qualifying group games before the business end of the competition will begin. March 20 is the last day of the league games after which the quarter-finals will begin. And the reason why this is called the b....

Pakistan were stunned in their last game by New Zealand despite going into the match as favourites to win the encounter. The game was played at the newly constructed Pallekele ground which was made near Kandy. The star of the game was obviously Ross Taylor who made a sizzling century afte....

Group B is the more exciting of the two groups so far. They have been able to create some magic through some close, exciting games and that has meant that there are many teams there which can still make it to the quarter-finals. On the other hand, in Group A, it is already known which teams wi....

At the end of the tenth game of the World Cup, the tournament is interestingly poised. Here is a brief lowdown on how the two groups are poised. Group A: Here, the Pakistani and the Aussies are at the top of the group. Both have won their opening couple of encounters and after going into the tourna....

Australian captain Ricky Ponting has supported the ICC decision to reduce the number of teams for the ICC World Cup from its next edition. According to Ponting, it does make sense for the ICC to have a World Cup with only the top ten teams. The decision to go ahead with a World Cup with only ten t....

India started off their world Cup campaign on a winning note as they crushed Bangladesh by 87 runs in the first game of the World Cup played at Mirpur. Batting first, India made 370/4 in their 50 overs and thenhad Bangladesh end their innings on 283/9 in their 50 overs. Bangladesh won the toss and....

The tournament has not even started but there have been many teams which have been hit by many injury issues. This will need the teams to come up alternative plans to counter the opposition. With the tournament as long as 45 days, but with many gaps between the games, it should help those who have a....

Indian captain MS Dhoni has said that Virat Kohli will play ahead of Suresh Raina in the first game of the World Cup. The 2011 edition of the World Cup which will be played from February 19 will see India take on Bangladesh in the opener, after the opening ceremony was held at Dhaka on February 17. ....

India beat New Zealand in the second warm-up game for the two sides played at Chennai on February 16. India were runaway winners as they piled up 360 in their 50 overs batting first and then went on to bowl the Kiwis out for 243 - a 117-run win for the home team. New Zealand were always going to....

South Africa defeated Australia in the second warm-up game for both the sides before the start of the World Cup 2011. This was Australia's second successive loss while South Africa won their second consecutive game. South Africa won by seven wickets and with many overs to spare. Unlike the last ga....

Former Pakistan wicket-keeper, Zulqarnain Haider, who ran away to England before the start of a game for the fear of his safety said that there were many other cricketers involved in the Pakistani cricket who had been involved with fixing. He claimed that the three players, Salman Butt, Muhammad Asi....

India beat Australia in the first warm-up game for both the sides that was played before the World Cup at the M Chinnaswamy in Bangalore. India won by 38 runs and saw the Australian captain Ricky Ponting involved in issues on and off the field. Chasing 215 for a win, Ponting was the lone Australia....