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South Africa's early World Cup exit
Weak middle order cost South Africa - Kirsten
Weak middle order cost South Africa - Kirsten
Apr 5, 2011 Gary Kirsten says South Africa needed a more experienced middle order to win crunch games
World Cup 2011
Three sleepless nights before semi-final - Riaz
Three sleepless nights before semi-final - Riaz
Apr 5, 2011 Wahab Riaz, who picked up his maiden ODI five-for against India in the World Cup semi-final, had spent three nights planning his strategy against India's batsmen ahead of the clash
- India crowned world champions
Dhoni the greatest Indian captain - Ganguly
Apr 5, 2011 Sourav Ganguly, who led India to the final of the 2003 World Cup, has termed MS Dhoni as the best captain in the team's history - India crowned world champions
World Cup dream began after 2007 exit - Tendulkar
Apr 5, 2011 Sachin Tendulkar has revealed that he started nurturing ambitions of winning the 2011 World Cup right after India's crushing first-round exit in the 2007 edition of the tournament
Features
That April 2 feeling
Features: Two years ago India won their second World Cup, casting a luminous spell that lent the illusion of lasting greatness
Features: Two years ago India won their second World Cup, casting a luminous spell that lent the illusion of lasting greatness
The compelling story of Yuvraj Singh
Harsha Bhogle: How he fought cancer and came out on top after winning a World Cup is a heartwarming tale for the ages
Harsha Bhogle: How he fought cancer and came out on top after winning a World Cup is a heartwarming tale for the ages
Blogs
- Beyond the Test World: Karim ton leads Kenya to victory
- Beyond the Test World: Building pitches for the US future
- The Cricket Sadist Hour: How to lose a final
- The Confectionery Stall: MS Dhoni: thrives when the knives are sharpened
- The Cricket Sadist Hour: It's not Pat Howard's fault
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Travel
A city made for cricket
Oh to be in Colombo, smelling the flowers, watching the birds soar past the Premadasa and hanging out at the Blue Leopard (or is that the Blue Elephant?)
Timeline
Kapil's magic grab
How a running catch changed a World Cup final, and possibly even the game
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Final
India v Sri Lanka - Apr 2 India won by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining) -
2nd Semi-Final
India v Pakistan - Mar 30 India won by 29 runs
Results
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1st Semi-Final
Sri Lanka v New Zealand - Mar 29 Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining) -
4th Quarter-Final
Sri Lanka v England - Mar 26 Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets (with 63 balls remaining)
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3rd Quarter-Final
New Zealand v South Africa - Mar 25 New Zealand won by 49 runs -
2nd Quarter-Final
India v Australia - Mar 24 India won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
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1st Quarter-Final
Pakistan v West Indies - Mar 23 Pakistan won by 10 wickets (with 175 balls remaining) -
42nd Match, Group B
India v West Indies - Mar 20 India won by 80 runs
Latest Video and Audio
... and that's thatRunning Between the Cricket: Jaideep and Gokul look back at the memorable moments of their World Cup journey (13:40)
Inside ESPNcricinfoRunning Between the Cricket: Jaideep and Gokul explore the website most synonymous with cricket (12:49)
World Cup reviewESPNcricinfo Weekly: Ant and Dan discuss the highs, lows and memorable moments from the past six weeks of the World Cup (05:26)
'Dhoni made the difference for India'Time Out: Harsha Bhogle, Sanjay Manjrekar and Ian Chappell discuss India's World Cup triumph, its implications for Indian cricket and what went wrong for some of the other teams (46:04)
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Frozen OutSwitch Hit: The ICC's decision to exclude the Associates from future World Cups overshadows a magnificent Indian win. Plus, we look ahead to the start of the new County Championship season. (46:34)
Conversations with cricket writers - Part IRunning Between the Cricket: Jaideep and Gokul talk to Anand Vasu, Dileep Premachandran and Osman Samiuddin (16:58)
Latest Photos
Gary Kirsten strikes an emotional picture in his final press conference as India coach ©AFP
Gary Kirsten addresses a press conference in Mumbai ©AFP
Latest Galleries
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India v Sri Lanka, final, World Cup 2011, Mumbai ©AFP
Features and analysis
Numbers GameNew Zealand's middle-order problems
The contributions of New Zealand's batsmen in the middle have been the worst among the top teams since 2007
Ask StevenAn un-watchful nightwatchman, and big losers
Also, best figures and a pair, most no-balls in a Test, and keeper's catches
Numbers GameIPL's two halves, and its most productive overs
The last overs of IPL 2013 have been more productive than in previous seasons
World Cup Statistics
| Most Runs | ||||||
| Players | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | |
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| Tillakaratne Dilshan(SL) | 9 | 500 | 144 | 62.50 | 90.74 | |
| Sachin Tendulkar(India) | 9 | 482 | 120 | 53.55 | 91.98 | |
| Kumar Sangakkara(SL) | 9 | 465 | 111 | 93.00 | 83.78 | |
| Most Wickets | ||||||
| Players | Mat | WKts | BBI | Ave | Econ | |
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| Shahid Afridi(Pak) | 8 | 21 | 5/16 | 12.85 | 3.62 | |
| Zaheer Khan(India) | 9 | 21 | 3/20 | 18.76 | 4.83 | |
| Tim Southee(NZ) | 8 | 18 | 3/13 | 17.33 | 4.31 | |
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All-time World Cup records
Highest totals | Lowest totals | Most runs | High scores | Most hundreds | Most wickets | Best bowling | Best averages | Most dismissals | Most catches | More
2011 World Cup records
Highest totals | Lowest totals | Most runs | High scores | Most hundreds | Most wickets | Best bowling | Best averages | Most dismissals | Most catches | More
Teams
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Australia |  |
India |
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Pakistan |  |
South Africa |
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New Zealand |  |
England |
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Sri Lanka |  |
West Indies |
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Zimbabwe |  |
Bangladesh |
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Canada |  |
Ireland |
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Kenya |  |
Netherlands |
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Points Tables
| Group A | |||||||
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts | Net RR |
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| Pakistan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.758 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +2.582 |
| Australia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +1.123 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1.135 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.030 |
| Canada | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1.987 |
| Kenya | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.042 |
| Group B | |||||||
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts | Net RR |
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| South Africa | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +2.026 |
| India | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | +0.900 |
| England | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | +0.072 |
| West Indies | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.066 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1.361 |
| Ireland | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.696 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.045 |
World Cup 2011 Fantasy Cricket
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News, results, fixtures and photo gallery.
Partnership, Manhattan, Worm and Wagon-Wheel graphs (iPhone only).
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April 11, 2011
... and that's that
Jaideep and Gokul look back at the memorable moments of their World Cup journey
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... and that's that
Inside ESPNcricinfo
Conversations with cricket writers - Part I
Conversations with cricket writers - Part II
One of the funniest cricket writers
India win, but Mumbai loses
The grand finale at new Wankhede
Mohali's moment in the sun
Meeting Rahul Bhattacharya
Small city, big match
One last time in Colombo
A Sri Lankan cricket innovator
Dhaka bids farewell to the World Cup
India's most civilised metro?
Understanding Chennai's cricket fans
Chennai - Great crowd, great matches
Cricket on the air
Rainy-day men
Cricket, the universe and Andy Zaltzman
Of Bangalore and the Irish party
Contributors
- Jaideep Varma
- Jaideep Varma is a writer and film-maker based in Mumbai. He has had a novel published - Local (2005) - and a Hindi feature film released - Hulla (2008). His last feature film Leaving Home -the Life and Music of Indian Ocean opened the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India at Goa in November 2010. He is also the creator of Impact Index - a new statistical system in cricket.
- Gokul Chakravarthy
- Gokul Chakravarthy is a Fully Certified umpire of the West Indies Cricket Umpires Association and the ECB ACO. He is also the Assistant Secretary of the USA Cricket Umpires’ Association and officiates in USA’s premier cricket tournaments regularly as a well-respected umpire. He is also a radio anchor of the weekly cricket talk show FrontFoot on EBC radio in New Jersey, USA, where he is based.
- Indian Ocean
- Indian Ocean is India’s most significant music band, bar none. The Delhi-based band has also given music to films like Black Friday and Peepli Live. Their music is being exclusively used in this blog.