Oct 22, 2010

India or Sri Lanka may win ICC WorldCup 2011: Rodney Marsh

India and Sri Lanka will be hot favorites’ to win cricket World Cup 2011 which would be held in the sub-continent, according to ex-Australian wicketkeeper Rodney Marsh.

Marsh feels Asian countries will have an edge during the February-March tournament which would be jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Marsh said Australia's chances in the World Cup 2011 would also get clearer depending on how they fare against India and England in the coming days.

"I think we'll get a fair idea of how Australia are going to fair in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 once we've seen the results of the ODI games Australia are playing against India and also against England.

"We'll also get an idea of how England and India are going to fair too with those results," Marsh, who represented Australia in 92 ODIs, said on this week's ICC Cricket World audio show.

"I think the fact that the tournament is being held in the sub-continent means it will be very difficult for teams England, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa to win.

"I would think a team from Asia would be successful, perhaps Sri Lanka, I quite fancy them for the title and of course India," he said.

Marsh is an ICC Cricket Hall of Famer, who played in the 1975 and 1983 World Cups in England.

Oct 13, 2010

ICC World Cup: Top 10 Highest Batting Averages

Player Name
MatchRunsHighestAvg.S.Rate
L Klusener1437257124.00121.17
A Symonds18515143*103.0093.29
SB Styris1876714169.7289.08
IVA Richards23101318163.3185.05
R Dravid2286014561.4274.97
GM Turner14612171*61.2064.01
RR Sarwan145849258.4083.54
SR Tendulkar36179615257.9388.21
HH Gibbs25106714356.1587.38
Sourav Ganguly21100618355.8877.50

Oct 7, 2010

ICC World Cup: Top 10 Highest Wicket Takers

NameTeamWicketsMatch
GD McGrathAustralia7139
M MuralitharanSri Lanka6840
Wasim AkramPakistan5536
C VaasSri Lanka4931
Zaheer KhanIndia4423
J SrinathIndia4433
AA DonaldSouth Africa3825
Jacob OramNew Zealand3623
Brett LeeAustralia3517
GB HoggAustralia3421

Oct 5, 2010

ICC Cricket World Cup: Most Man of the Match Awards

NameMatchMOM Awards
SR Tendulkar368
GD McGrath396
L Klusener145
GA Gooch215
IVA Richards235
ST Jayasuriya385
DC Boon164
SK Warne174
SC Ganguly214
ME Waugh334
BC Lara344
A de Silva354

Sep 30, 2010

ICC Cricket World Cup: Highest Run Scorer

PlayerMatchRunsHSAvg10050
SR Tendulkar (India)36179615257.93413
RT Ponting (Aus)391537140*48.0346
BC Lara (WI)34122511642.2427
ST Jayasuriya (SL)38116512034.2636
AC Gilchrist (Aus)31108514936.1618
Javed Miandad (Pak)33108310343.3218
SP Fleming (NZ)331075134*35.8325
HH Gibbs (SA)25106714356.1528
PA de Silva (SL)35106414536.6826
IVA Richards (WI)23101318163.3135
SC Ganguly (India)21100618355.8843
ME Waugh (Aus)22100413052.8444

Sep 29, 2010

ICC Cricket World Cup: Top 10 Highest Innings Totals

TeamScoreOverInningsOppositionPlaceYear
India413/5501v BermudaPort of Spain2007
Sri Lanka398/5501v KenyaKandy1996
Australia377/6501v South AfricaBasseterre2007
India373/6501v Sri LankaTaunton1999
New Zealand363/5501v CanadaGros Islet2007
West Indies360/4501v Sri LankaKarachi1987
Australia359/2501v IndiaJohannesburg2003
Australia358/5501v NetherlandsBasseterre2007
South Africa356/4501v West IndiesSt George's2007
South Africa353/3401v NetherlandsBasseterre2007

Sep 9, 2010

Young cricketers fall victim to fast money: Steve Waugh

Describing the recent spot-fixing scandal as "unfortunate", former Australia skipper Steve Waugh said young cricketers are giving in to the prey of fast money.

"We need to take appropriate measures to curb fixing. Now a day, a lot of youngsters are playing cricket. They are getting fascinated to making easy and fast money by the bookies," he said.

"There has to be stringent measures and the guilty should be heavily punished at any cost. This is very unfortunate," Waugh added.

Suspended by ICC, Pakistan Test skipper Salman Butt and pace duo of Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer are under the scanner for their alleged role in spot fixing scandal exposed by a British tabloid.