New Zealand 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 / New Zealand

World Cup 2011

Kumar Sangakkara was named captain of the ICC's team of the World Cup 2011 that is dominated by players from India and Sri Lanka, with seven spots going to the finalists

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World Cup Performances

Year	Mat	Won	Lost	N/R	Winner
1975	4	2	2	0	West Indies
1979	4	2	2	0	West Indies
1983	6	3	3	0	India
1987	6	2	4	0	Australia
1992	9	7	2	0	Pakistan
1996	6	3	3	0	Sri Lanka
1999	9	4	4	1	Australia
2003	8	5	3	0	Australia
2007	10	7	3	0	Australia

POINTS TABLE GROUP A

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
Pakistan	6	5	1	0	10	+0.758	1312/275.1	1155/288.0
Sri Lanka	6	4	1	1	9	+2.582	1336/218.4	882/250.0
Australia	6	4	1	1	9	+1.123	1181/218.5	1030/241.0
New Zealand	6	4	2	0	8	+1.135	1257/241.3	1156/284.0
Zimbabwe	6	2	4	0	4	+0.030	1288/288.0	1189/267.4
Canada	6	1	5	0	2	-1.987	1054/295.3	1582/284.5
Kenya	6	0	6	0	0	-3.042	932/300.0	1366/222.1

Team fixtures

Date and Time	Match	Weather
Sun Feb 20 04:00 GMT \| 09:30 Local 23:00 EST -1d \| 22:00 CST -1d \| 20:00 PST -1d	2nd Match, Group A - Kenya v New Zealand at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	N/A
Fri Feb 25 04:00 GMT \| 09:30 Local 23:00 EST -1d \| 22:00 CST -1d \| 20:00 PST -1d	8th Match, Group A - Australia v New Zealand at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur	N/A
Fri Mar 4 04:00 GMT \| 09:30 Local 23:00 EST -1d \| 22:00 CST -1d \| 20:00 PST -1d	18th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad	N/A
Tue Mar 8 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 04:00 EST \| 03:00 CST \| 01:00 PST	24th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Pakistan at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Sun Mar 13 04:00 GMT \| 09:30 Local 23:00 EST \| 22:00 CST -1d \| 21:00 PDT -1d	30th Match, Group A - Canada v New Zealand at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	N/A
Fri Mar 18 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 05:00 EDT \| 03:00 CST \| 02:00 PDT	38th Match, Group A - New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	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
Tue Mar 29 09:00 GMT \| 14:30 Local 05:00 EDT \| 03:00 CST \| 02:00 PDT	1st Semi-Final - Sri Lanka v New Zealand at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A