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Results

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

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)

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)

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

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Frozen Out
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Conversations with cricket writers - Part I
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The contributions of New Zealand's batsmen in the middle have been the worst among the top teams since 2007

World Cup Statistics

Players	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR
Most Runs
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

Players	Mat	WKts	BBI	Ave	Econ
Most Wickets
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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Teams

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

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Points Tables

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

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR
Group B
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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ICC Cricket World Cup - 34th match, Group B

Ireland v South Africa

South Africa won by 131 runs

ODI no. 3133 | 2010/11 season
Played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (neutral venue)
15 March 2011 - day/night (50-over match)

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