South Africa at the cricket World Cup

Most Runs
Players	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR
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
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

Group A	Group B
	Australia		India
	Pakistan		South Africa
	New Zealand		England
	Sri Lanka		West Indies
	Zimbabwe		Bangladesh
	Canada		Ireland
	Kenya		Netherlands

Group A
Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR
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
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

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 / South Africa

South Africa's early World Cup exit

Weak middle order cost South Africa - Kirsten

Gary Kirsten says South Africa needed a more experienced middle order to win crunch games

World Cup 2011

'We knew we were going to win' - Kirsten

Gary Kirsten has called the tough quarter-final against Australia was a tipping point in self-belief in the Indian camp, and that it led to a "sense of destiny" about winning the World Cup

South Africa's early World Cup exit

Smith's no-show stokes fans' wrath

Graeme Smith did not return to South Africa with the rest of his team-mates 10 days ago, even though the World Cup was his last assignment as captain

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Squads

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Gary Kirsten addresses a press conference in Mumbai © AFP

John Wright and Allan Donald at a training session © AFP

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Features

When a choke isn't a choke
South Africa losing the plot against New Zealand was more panic than choke. There is a difference

The problem with South Africa
There have been specific reasons why each of South Africa's World Cup campaigns was unsuccessful. Now all they can do is focus on moving on

Malinga's magic and Ryder's Leverock moment
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World Cup Performances

Year	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Winner
1992	9	5	4	0	Pakistan
1996	6	5	1	0	Sri Lanka
1999	9	6	2	1	Australia
2003	6	3	2	1	Australia
2007	10	6	4	0	Australia

POINTS TABLE GROUP B

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
South Africa	6	5	1	0	10	+2.026	1595/292.3	1028/300.0
India	6	4	1	1	9	+0.900	1673/282.3	1505/299.4
England	6	3	2	1	7	+0.072	1600/298.4	1576/298.1
West Indies	6	3	3	0	6	+1.066	1299/262.2	1138/292.5
Bangladesh	6	3	3	0	6	-1.361	1017/290.2	1276/262.2
Ireland	6	2	4	0	4	-0.696	1393/296.5	1595/296.0
Netherlands	6	0	6	0	0	-2.045	1182/300.0	1641/274.1

Team fixtures

Date and Time	Match	Weather
Thu Feb 24 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 04:00 EST \| 03:00 CST \| 01:00 PST	7th Match, Group B - South Africa v West Indies at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	N/A
Thu Mar 3 04:00 GMT \| 09:30 Local 23:00 EST -1d \| 22:00 CST -1d \| 20:00 PST -1d	16th Match, Group B - Netherlands v South Africa at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh	N/A
Sun Mar 6 04:00 GMT \| 09:30 Local 23:00 EST -1d \| 22:00 CST -1d \| 20:00 PST -1d	21st Match, Group B - England v South Africa at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Sat Mar 12 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 04:00 EST \| 03:00 CST \| 01:00 PST	29th Match, Group B - India v South Africa at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur	N/A
Tue Mar 15 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 05:00 EDT \| 03:00 CST \| 02:00 PDT	34th Match, Group B - Ireland v South Africa at Eden Gardens, Kolkata	N/A
Sat Mar 19 03:30 GMT \| 09:30 Local 23:30 EDT -1d \| 21:30 CST -1d \| 20:30 PDT -1d	39th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v South Africa at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	N/A
Fri Mar 25 08:30 GMT \| 14:30 Local 04:30 EDT \| 02:30 CST \| 01:30 PDT	3rd Quarter-Final - New Zealand v South Africa at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	N/A