quad of all fourteen participating teams for the World Cup 2011

Here is the Squad of all fourteen participating teams for the World Cup 2011:

India: M.S.Dhoni (Captain & WK), Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Virendra Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Zaheer Khan, R. Ashwin, P.Chawla, Ashish Nehra, S.Sreesanth, Munaf Patel.
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (Captain & WK), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath.
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (Captain), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Junaid Siddique, Shahriar Nafees, Raqibul Hasan, Naeem Islam, Mahmudullah, Abdur Razzak, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Nazmul Hossain, Suhrawadi Shuvo.

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal (WK), Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Asad Shafiq, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Ahmed Shehzad.

Australia: Ricky Ponting (Captain), Michael Clarke, Callum Ferguson, David Hussey, Cameron White, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (WK), Tim Paine (WK), Steven Smith, John Hastings, Mitchell Johnson, J.Krejza, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait, Doug Bollinger.

South Africa: Graeme Smith (Captain), Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers (WK), Jacques Kallis, Morne van Wyk (WK), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Colin Ingram, Johan Botha, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

England: Andrew Strauss (Captain), Matt Prior (WK), Jonathan Trott, Paul Collingwood, Ravi Bopara, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Ajmal Shahzad, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (Captain), Martin Guptill, Jamie How, Jesse Ryder, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson, Luke Woodcock, James Franklin, Jacob Oram, Nathan McCullum, Brendon McCullum (WK), Kyle Mills, Hamish Bennett, Tim Southee.

West Indies: Darren Sammy (Captain), Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Darren Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith, Sulieman Benn, Nikita Miller, Carlton Baugh (WK), Andre Rusell, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Adrian Barath.


Zimbabwe: Elton Chigumbura (Captain), Regis Chakabva, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Terry Duffin, Gregory Lamb, Shingirai Masakadza, Christopher Mpofu, Raymond Price, Edward Rainsford, Tatenda Taibu, Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya, Sean Williams


Kenya: Jimmy Kamande (Captain), Seren Waters, Alex Obanda, David Obuya, Collins Obuya, Steve Tikolo, Tamnay Mishra, Rakep Patel, Maurice Ouma, Thomas Odoyo, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Elijah Otieno, Peter Ongondo, Shem Ngoche, James Ngoche.

Canada: Ashish Bagai (Captain & WK), Rizwan Cheema (VC), Harvir Baidwan, Nitish Kumar, Hiral Patel, Tyson Gordon, Henry Osinde, John Davison, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Parth Desai, Karl Whatham, Khurram Chohan, Jimmy Hansra, Zubin Surkari, Balaji Rao.

Ireland: William Porterfield (Captain), Andre Botha, Alex Cusack, Niall O’Brien (WK), Kevin O’Brien, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston, Nigel Jones, John Mooney, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Albert van der Merwe, Gary Wilson (wk), Andrew White, Ed Joyce.

Netherlands: Peter Borren (Captain), Wesley Baressi (WK), Mudassar Bukhari, Atse Buurman Tom Cooper, Tom de Grooth, Alexei Kervezee, Bradley Kruger, Bernard Loots, Adeel Raja, Pieter Seelaar, Eric Swarczynski, Ryan Ten Doeschate, Berend Westdijk, Bas Zuiderent.

DURBAN: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Our bowling plans didn’t work in the 1st Test: Dhoni

DURBAN: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni conceded that even though they devised a few plans for the South African batsmen, it didn’t work out well.

The Indian bowlers were plundered for 620 runs at the Centurion and they managed to dismiss only four South African batsmen.

“It was difficult because there was not much help from the wicket. We don’t have bowlers with express pace. They don’t bowl in 140s so they have to be even more precise with their line and length,” Dhoni tried to defend the pace trio of S Sreesanth, Ishant Sharma and rookie Jaydev Unadkat.

“We tried different fields. We tried to contain them but were unsuccessful for the better part of their innings,” the Indian captain said.

When asked whether Zaheer Khan’s absence made a big difference in the first Test, he said, “It’s not that whenever Zaheer plays, he gets wickets. But with the amount of experience in his repertoire, he always has a back-up plan ready in case the first strategy doesn’t work.”

“It’s always difficult to predict the performance of an individual. Especially, we talk a lot about an individual when he is not present,” Dhoni added.

The skipper also admitted that losing the first Test match of an overseas tour is something this team needs to get rid of.

“That’s one quality we have,” Dhoni said sarcastically. “We don’t really do well in the first Test. It’s not only in India but even overseas. However, if you look at the previous records, we have come back well in the later stages. Hopefully, we will be back in the next two Test matches,” an optimistic Dhoni said.

Source : Times of India

Harbhajan, Symonds to share dressing ...

 Harbhajan, Symonds to share dressing

Bitter rivals Andrew Symonds of Australia and India’s Harbhajan Singh are set to share the same dressing room after the Indian Premier League auction on Saturday.
The Australian was bought for $850,000 by Mumbai Indians, who have already retained off-spinner Harbhajan for the fourth edition of the Twenty20 tournament, set to kick off on April 8.
Saturday’s signing will see two of the most volatile players in world cricket don the same team colours, which is bound to catch the eye of fans.
Harbhajan and Symonds were involved in a scandal three years ago that threatened to divide the cricketing world.
Symonds, dubbed the bad boy of Australian cricket for his drinking binges, accused the Indian spinner of calling him a “monkey” during the fractious second Test in Sydney in 2008.
Harbhajan, himself no stranger to controversies, was then banned for three matches by the International Cricket Council, the game’s governing body.
But his ban was overturned on appeal, leading to much acrimony among players of both teams.
Symonds played for the Deccan Chargers in the first three editions of the IPL and was part of the team that won the 2009 crown.
Mumbai Indians, owned by business tycoon Mukesh Ambani, are yet to win the IPL despite having record-breaking batsman Sachin Tendulkar in their ranks.
Source : times of india

World Cup hat-tricks:

World Cup hat-tricks:

List of players who have claimed hat-tricks in the Cricket World Cup after Sri Lanka’s Lasith MalingaLasith Malinga became the first bowler to achieve the feat twice when he picked up three Kenyan wickets off consecutive balls on Tuesday.

1987: Chetan Sharma (India) v New Zealand (Ken Rutherford, Ian SmithIan Smith, Ewen Chatfield)

1999: Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) v Zimbabwe (Henry Olonga, Adam Huckle, Pommie Mbangwa)

2003: Chaminda VaasChaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) v Bangladesh (Hannan Sarkar, Mohammad AshrafulMohammad Ashraful, Ehsanul Haque)

2003: Brett LeeBrett Lee (Australia) v Kenya (Kennedy Otieno, Brijal PatelBrijal Patel, David Obuya)

2007: Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) v South Africa (Shaun PollockShaun Pollock, Andrew Hall, Jacques KallisJacques Kallis, Makhaya Ntini)*

2011: Kemar Roach (West Indies) v Netherlands (Pieter Seelaar, Bernard Loots, Berend Westdijk)

2011: Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) v Kenya (Tanmay Mishra, Peter Ongondo, Shem Ngoche)

* Malinga got four wickets in four balls

Lasith Malinga Picked Up Six Wickets Including a Hat-trick

World Cup - Lasith Malinga Picked Up Six Wickets Including a Hat-trick


COLOMBO – Lasith MalingaLasith Malinga picked up six wickets including a hat-trick; which is his second hat-trick of the career and world cups as well. He has done the same with South African team; where he picked up 4 wickets in 4 balls. Malinga picked up three out of total six wicket in his 8th over.

This is the second hat-trick of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011; as Kemar Roach has done the same the other night against Netherlands picking up last three wickets on three successive deliveries.

Kenyan innings wrapped up for paltry 142 courtesy to half centuries by Obuya brothers. Collins Obuya scored 52 off 100 balls; while David Obuya made 51 runs off 106 balls.

Kemar Roach Hat-trick in World Cup Cricket 2011

Kemar Roach Hat-trick in World Cup Cricket 2011
West Indies Pace bowler Kemar Roach creates history in the World Cup Cricket 2011 by taking the first Hat-trick in the World Cup 2011 against the Neitherlands in New Delhi.

The three wickets that fall during the Hat-trick are - First to go was the Neitherland player Pieter Seelaar, who was IBW on a full length delivery which was pitched on off,the second player to go was Bernard Loots ,who was also LBW which was a full length delivery.The third player to go was Berend Westdijk in which he was completely bowled out which was a fast ball having 142.1kph.

Kemar Roach got the Man of the Match not for only the Hat-trick but in this match he grabbed total six wickets for just 27 runs in 8.3 overs.On the other hand it was a disappointing day for the Neitherlands after their first match wonderful performance against the England team.

Cricket World Cup

After the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, we can all look forward to the 2011 World Cup in Asia.

The competition will be hosted by India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, who have promised a spectacular event that will be “as big as the one for football”.

They could be right. Their winning bid stressed how "cricket is a religion" in their part of the world, and how everything, including marriages and Bollywood movies are organised around the cricket schedule.
The Cricket World Cup Even the ferocious traffic stops when a big game happens, and there are likely to be a billion viewers and spectators on the sub continent alone (Dawn, 2 May 2006).

The ICC have acknowledged that the 2007 event was too long, and will likely reduce it by about a week to 40 days. Lets hope that ticket prices are far less than in the West Indies – you need to be an ultra passionate local to pay a month’s wages to see a one day cricket match.