Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Cricket World cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World, Facts !!

Hello everyone,
I'm back with some interesting facts which can improve your knowledge about cricket and history of cricket world cup ! I'll be sharing 10 facts which are really interesting and mind boggling. I chose them randomly, which I would call it as top 10 world cup facts.
I'm gonna share more facts in my next article about cricket world cup facts-2 :D
As the cricket world cup 2011 is nearing, I'm focusing more on cricket world cup and trying to share the stories, facts, etc. about Cricket World cups. Cricket World cup tournament was started in the year 1975 and it was won by West Indies comfortably. In those times ODI matches used to be 60 overs each side instead of 50 overs each side (which is played presently, by name ODI).

Fact-1:
No. of Countries who have won this Title: 5 !
And they are (in alphabetical order of country name),
Australia (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007) ->4 times
India (1983) ->1 time
Pakistan (1992) ->1 time
Sri Lanka (1996) ->1 time
West Indies (1975,1979) ->2 times

Fact-2:
Only Australia has won 3 or more than 3 world cup title and they are the only team which has won world cup 3 times in a row !

Fact-3:
Australia is the only team to win more than 50 World cup matches !
They have played 69 matches in World cup tournament and won 51 matches, one tied and 17 lost. That means winning percentage is 73.9, almost 74% !

Cricket World Cup Australia Champion


Fact-4:
Highest Score reached by a team in a World cup match is 413 and this was achieved by India against minnows Bermuda in the year 2007. They broke the previous record held by Sri Lankans, that is 398 against another minnows Kenya in the year 1996.

Fact-5:
Lowest total scored by any team in World cup matches is 36 all out, by Canada against Sri Lanka in the year 2007.

Fact-6:
The highest margin by which any team has won against opposition in terms of runs is India. Indian thrashed Bermuda in the world cup 2007 by 257 runs. It is the largest victory margin with respect to runs.

Fact-7:
In terms of wickets, there are 7 instances when a team won against there opposition by 10 wickets, and that is the maximum margin they can win in terms of wicket !

Fact-8:
Sachin Tendulkar of India holds the record for most 50+ scores in World cup matches. He has scored 50+ runs 17 times, which includes 4 century and 13 half centuries.
Next in the list is Herschelle Gibbs (2 centuries, 8 half-centuries) of South Africa and Ricky Ponting (4 centuries, 6 half-centuries) of Australia having scored 10 times 50+ score.

Note: Century means 100 or more than 100 runs scored, and half century means 50 or more than 50 runs scored.

Fact-9:
Sachin Tendulkar of India holds the record for scoring highest amount of runs in World cup matches, that is he scored 1796 runs from only 36 games. And then in the list comes, Ricky Ponting of Australia, Brian Lara of West Indies, Sanath Jayasuriya os Sri Lanka, Adam Gilchrist of Australia, Javed Miandad of Pakistan, Stephen Fleming of New Zealand, Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa, Aravinda de Silva of Sri Lanka, Viv Richards of West Indies, Sourav Ganguly of India and Mark Waugh of Australia. Each have scored 1000+ runs in World cup tournament the amount of runs scored decreases in the order I gave.

Sachin Tendulkar World Cup


Fact-10:
Glenn McGrath and Ricky Ponting holds the record for appearing in highest number of matches in World cup Tournaments, each has played 39 games in World Cup till now. And others who are in the range of 35+ games in world cup are Sanath Jayasuriya played 38 matches, Wasim Akram played 38 matches and Sachin Tendulkar played 36 matches in world cup.

Ricky Ponting Glenn McGrath World cup


Hope you liked the way I presented these facts. I'll be sharing the facts version 2 in short time, till then keep surfing and have fun.. :)

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Cricket World cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World, Schedule !!

Last Time I gave you a brief introduction about Cricket world cup 2011, The Biggest tournament of Cricket World, remember ?
No ? Then I would strongly recommend you to visit Cricket World cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of Cricket World !! so that you get an idea about the tournament we are discussing/sharing, teams participating in the tournament, venues, etc...
Today I'll be sharing the schedule of matches to be held in Cricket World cup 2011. There are 49 matches to be played in total (1 Final, 2 Semi-Finals, 4 Quarter finals, 42 group stage matches). You can see the match schedule in tabular way. And match number (Match no. column) gives the match number of the match in the Cricket World Cup 2011.

Schedule for Group Stage Matches:
  • Schedule for Group-A:
  • Group-A: Group stage Matches
    Match No.Teams playingVenueMatch date & Type of Match (Day or D/N)
    2Kenya
    v/s
    New Zealand
    M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India20th February, 2011
    Day
    3Canada
    v/s
    Sri Lanka
    Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka20th February, 2011
    Day
    4Australia
    v/s
    Zimbabwe
    Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India21st February, 2011
    D/N
    6Kenya
    v/s
    Pakistan
    Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka23rd February, 2011
    D/N
    8Australia
    v/s
    New Zealand
    Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India25th February, 2011
    D/N
    10Pakistan
    v/s
    Sri Lanka
    R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka26th February, 2011
    D/N
    13Canada
    v/s
    Zimbabwe
    Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India28th February, 2011
    Day
    14Kenya
    v/s
    Sri Lanka
    R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka1st March, 2011
    D/N
    17Canada
    v/s
    Pakistan
    R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka3rd March, 2011
    D/N
    18New Zealand
    v/s
    Zimbabwe
    Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India4th March, 2011
    Day
    20Australia
    v/s
    Sri Lanka
    R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka5th March, 2011
    D/N
    23Canada
    v/s
    Kenya
    Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi7th March, 2011
    D/N
    24New Zealand
    v/s
    Pakistan
    Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, kandy, Sri Lanka8th March, 2011
    D/N
    26Sri Lanka
    v/s
    Zimbabwe
    Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, kandy, Sri Lanka10th March, 2011
    D/N
    30Canada
    v/s
    New Zealand
    Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India13th March, 2011
    Day
    31Australia
    v/s
    Kenya
    M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India13th March, 2011
    D/N
    32Pakistan
    v/s
    Zimbabwe
    Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, kandy, Sri Lanka14th March, 2011
    D/N
    35Australia
    v/s
    Canada
    M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India16th March, 2011
    D/N
    37New Zealand
    v/s
    Sri Lanka
    Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India18th March, 2011
    D/N
    39Australia
    v/s
    Pakistan
    R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka19th March, 2011
    D/N
    41Kenya
    v/s
    Zimbabwe
    Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India20th March, 2011
    Day

  • Schedule for Group-B:
  • Group-B: Group stage Matches
    Match No.Teams playingVenueMatch date & Type of Match (Day or D/N)
    1Bangladesh
    v/s
    India
    Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh19th February, 2011
    D/N
    5England
    v/s
    Netherlands
    Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India22nd February, 2011
    D/N
    7South Africa
    v/s
    West Indies
    Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, India24th February, 2011
    D/N
    9Bangladesh
    v/s
    Ireland
    Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh25th February, 2011
    Day
    11England
    v/s
    India
    M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India27th February, 2011
    D/N
    12Netherlands
    v/s
    West Indies
    Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, India28th February, 2011
    D/N
    15England
    v/s
    Ireland
    M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India2nd March, 2011
    D/N
    16Netherlands
    v/s
    South Africa
    Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India3rd March, 2011
    Day
    19Bangladesh
    v/s
    West Indies
    Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh4th March, 2011
    D/N
    21England
    v/s
    South Africa
    M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India6th March, 2011
    Day
    22India
    v/s
    Ireland
    M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India6th March, 2011
    D/N
    25India
    v/s
    Netherlands
    Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, India9th March, 2011
    D/N
    27Ireland
    v/s
    West Indies
    Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India11th March, 2011
    Day
    28Bangladesh
    v/s
    England
    Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh11th March, 2011
    D/N
    29India
    v/s
    South Africa
    Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India12th March, 2011
    D/N
    33Bangladesh
    v/s
    Netherlands
    Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh14th March, 2011
    Day
    34Ireland
    v/s
    South Africa
    Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India15th March, 2011
    D/N
    36England
    v/s
    West Indies
    M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India17th March, 2011
    D/N
    38Ireland
    v/s
    Netherlands
    Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India18th March, 2011
    Day
    40Bangladesh
    v/s
    South Africa
    Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh19th March, 2011
    Day
    42India
    v/s
    West Indies
    M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India20th March, 2011
    D/N

Note:
  • D/N means Day-Night match, and it will start at 2:30 PM IST, that is 14:30 IST
  • All Day matches will start at 9:00 AM IST.
  • IST = GMT + 5:30
  • Bengaluru and Bangalore indicate same city (Bengaluru is alias/pet name for Bangalore or you can say it is vice-versa). So, don't get confuse when somebody says you that match is in Bengaluru but not in Bangalore.
I've given the schedule of knockout round of this world cup in the pictorial way in my last post. You can see the image from Cricket World Cup 2011, Biggest Tournament of cricket knock out rounds schedule .It includes the venue and date of the match, but it doesn't include the type of the match, as all the knockout round matches are scheduled as Day-Night matches.
You can see the schedule in stylish way, that in a oval shape (cricket ground shape) developed in flash from everything-underthe-sun :)

We will update you with more information about this tournament (Biggest tournament of cricket) as the tournament approaches. Hope you like this article also, keep surfing while having fun :)