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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
The night of the possible
Awards: No one expected Ireland to pull off the biggest chase in World Cup history, against England. But they had one Kevin O'Brien in their midst to do just that
Awards: No one expected Ireland to pull off the biggest chase in World Cup history, against England. But they had one Kevin O'Brien in their midst to do just that
One-day giants
Features: Five one-day international sides that have left a lasting mark on the game
Features: Five one-day international sides that have left a lasting mark on the game
Blogs
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- Have your say: How does IPL 5 compare to previous seasons?
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- The View From Row Z: Through rivers of sweat we swim
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Travel
Capital ideas
Shopping, eating, monument-visiting: there's plenty to do in Delhi. Here's a list to get you started
Timeline
The Aussie who walked
Australians only walk when their car runs out of petrol. Except if they're called Adam Gilchrist
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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)
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Gary Kirsten strikes an emotional picture in his final press conference as India coach ©AFP
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Features and analysis
The Numbers GameThe best batsman in Twenty20 cricket
Chris Gayle has scored 2591 runs in this format in the last 17 months, at an average of 57 and a strike rate of 170. No other batsman comes close
The ListHeadingley's 82-year-old best
Venues with the longest-standing records for best score and best bowling
Ask StevenEngland's families, and Gabriel's start
Also: double and a ton in the same innings, Tendulkar's predecessor, T20 hat-tricks, and county hoppers
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
| Group A | Group B | ||
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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 |
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April 11, 2011
... and that's that
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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.