2011 Cricket World Cup

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was the tenth Cricket World Cup was played in the most important for the trophy in cricket. The World Cup will be held in the One- Day International format, in which each team plays each innings over a maximum of 50 over. The event was held in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka from February 19 to April 2, 2011. Pakistan was deposed as a result of the attack on the Sri Lankan Cricket Team in 2009 as co- host. The opening ceremony took place on 17 February 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka instead. In the final, India won against Sri Lanka by six wickets.

• 5.1 Group A
• 5.2 Group B

Participant

In addition to the current ten test nations with teams from Ireland, Canada, Kenya and the Netherlands four qualifiers who were able to prevail in the 2009 World Cup Qualifiers, qualified for the tournament. The field thus consisted of the following 14 national teams:

• Australia
• Bangladesh Bangladesh
• England
• India
• Ireland
• Canada Canada
• Kenya

• Netherlands The Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Pakistan
• South Africa
• Zimbabwe
• Sri Lanka
• West Indies

Format

In two preliminary round groups of seven teams each playing against each, with one win, two points, a draw or a no result brings a point. It will qualify the top four teams of each group for the quarter-finals. Meanwhile determine winner in the semi-finals then the finalists. In total, 49 games were played.

Venues

As venues 13 stages were selected, with are eight in India, three in Sri Lanka and two in Bangladesh.

Before the tournament

Award

The rights for the Cricket World Cup 2011 were awarded to the four South Asian nations of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in April 2006. She sat down against the advertising Australia and New Zealand in the crucial vote by ten to three. In return, the underdog the Cricket World Cup 2015 received.

Deprivation of rights organizer Pakistan

On 3 March 2009, the attack on the Sri Lankan Cricket Team in Lahore was attended to the already existing security concerns of many nations. On 17 April 2009 the ICC ruled that none of the planned 14 games in Pakistan to be discharged, but these are distributed to the other three hosts. Pakistan then threatened with legal action and demanded financial compensation in addition to that the games would be held in Pakistan at a neutral Ausrichtungsort ( being considered the United Arab Emirates were ) will be awarded. Ultimately, one could agree on a financial compensation.

Associates

The focus was at this tournament, the Associate Member of the ICC, the second row of the teams that were represented at the tournament by Ireland, Canada, Kenya and the Netherlands. Reason is resolved for future World Cup tournaments reduction of participants to 10 teams, and the fear that it would be so impossible that one of these teams could still participate in the World Cup. At the ICC meeting directly after the tournament, fears, when it was decided that the World Cup in 2015 only allowed to participate the ten full members of the ICC confirmed.

Preliminary round

The group stage will be played in two groups of seven teams, with each of the first four of a group qualify for the quarter-finals.

Group A

In group A, the test nations Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka met the Associates Canada and Kenya and Zimbabwe, whose test status rested. The qualifiers for the quarter-finals were the four Test nations is discovered early, as it succeeded no lesser nation to cause an upset. When playing out of position for the quarter-finals, among other things was a because of rain abandoned match between Sri Lanka and Australia is of importance, which was regarded as no result. Win the group could ultimately save Pakistan, which struck Australia in the last game.

Group B

In Group B, the four test favored nations England, India, South Africa and the West Indies were offset by the Asocciates Ireland and the Netherlands and considered more as outsider host test nation Bangladesh. Voltage, the group was the fact that England lost to Ireland and Bangladesh and was able to escape at the last match against the West Indies with a win before retirement. Bangladesh playful in the last game turn against the West Indies their chance at the quarter-finals, so that ultimately could enforce the favorite teams.

Quarterfinals

After completion of the preliminary round the venues were as planned (not Fixtures ) set so as to India and Sri Lanka to allow home games.

The West Indies began at bat, but quickly lost three wickets. When stabilized performance at low run rate, it came in the 27th and 28th over within eight balls in the loss of four wickets further. Shivnarine Chanderpaul reach with two wickets remaining still 44 runs before even these were lost in the 43rd and 44th over. For the runs only 112 reached mainly Mohammad Hafeez, who was honored with his two wickets at just 16 runs approved as a player of the game, and Shahid Afridi were responsible with four wickets. In the Pakistani batsmen Kamran Akmal the two innings and Mohammad Hafeez attended with 47 and 61 runs for victory never endangered in the 21st over.

Australia chose to run as first batting team, and played a solid innings. It was especially made captain Ricky Ponting with his 104 runs to keep Australia in the game. The wickets on the Indian side shared while Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh. In the following Indian hunting Sachin Tendulkar the 18000th run of his career succeeded in the ODI format. Him (53 runs ), Gautam Gambhir (50) and ultimately Yuvray Singh (57 ) each get more than 50 runs and so they sealed before a home crowd, the resignation of the titleholder. Player of the game was Yuvray Singh.

New Zealand lost its first two wickets quickly, but then allowed to stabilize with the help of Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor. This brought the team to 130 runs for three wickets. Subsequently, the New Zealand batsmen were able to maintain the current level, which did not succeed in South Africa to bring all the wickets. Here, Morne Morkel was the most successful bowler with three wickets of South Africans. The following South African hunting was despite the loss of the first wicket in the first over initially promising, but lost the middle of the innings with the loss of Jacques Kallis enormous momentum. In the following ten Over Jacob Oram and Nathan McCallum attended the four and three wickets achieved in this game that South Africa came under increasing pressure. So it came to 132 runs for the seventh Wicketverlust the 35th over. Since South Africa was not able to initiate a turn, was the 44th over, with 49 runs to little end. Player of the game was Jacob Oram.

England started moderately. The Runs rate was in the first half of the first innings only average, and when they lost their third wicket in the 26th over, they stood at 95 runs. Then was the next to blow Eoin Morgan along with Jonathan Trott lifting it, and both get 50 runs ( Morgan ) or more ( Trott 86 ). This level could be held by the next batsmen, so you came to acceptable 229 runs. The answer of Sri Lanka was a march through the two opening batsmen. Both Tillakaratne Dilshan (108 runs ), Upul Tharanga and (102 ) reach more than 100 runs and England so could be defeated without the loss of wickets.

Semifinal

New Zealand chose, first playing as a batting side, and scored until the third wicket in the 21st over only a modest run rate. Only with the use of Scott Styris, who scored a total of 57 runs, the situation improved for the New Zealanders. They could increase to 192 runs in 45 overs, as the sixth wicket fell. From this point, New Zealand lost its stability in shock and lost shortly thereafter the remaining four wickets between them they were able to achieve only 13 more runs. As best pitcher could excel on the Sri Lankan Ajantha Mendis and Lasith Malinga side with three wickets. Sri Lanka remained first with his run rate than that of New Zealand, but without significantly pull away. Tillakaratne Dilshan responsible for themselves and Kumar Sangakkara showed with 73 or 54 runs. From the 32nd Over the game even threatened to tip when Sri Lanka lost three wickets within four over. Also, it was then with the run rate significantly downhill. Only in the 45th and 46th over Sri Lanka was able to make the game definitively for itself. First, the New Zealand wicket keeper Brendon McCullum could not reach a ball from Andy McKay and had for five wides accept. In the following the possible ball wicket of Angelo Mathews was not recognized as it could not be clarified in the video evidence, if he had touched the ball with his bat when he was caught by New Zealand wicket-keeper. This in turn succeeded in the following over then two strokes over the boundaries of the field also. With these ten runs, the game was as good as decided then and Sri Lanka this opportunity could no longer even take.

India decided to bat first, and started in the first ten overs, which are generally discharged as a power play, with 73 runs, with only the wicket of Virender Sehwag was lost. Could continue the run rate be kept high until eventually dropped out in the 25th over within two balls Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh. The best batsman of the Indians, Sachin Tendulkar finally retired after 36 overs with 85 runs after Pakistan players had previously dropped the ball four times for blows from him. The remaining batsmen had trouble afterwards to save himself until the end of 50 overs, giving them but thanks to Suresh Raina succeeded, who was able to achieve 36 runs. The Pakistani bowlers Wahab Riaz emerged especially, who scored five wickets. The Pakistan fightback began less peppy than India before, which they no longer were able to make in the course of their innings. The two opening batsmen Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez had already dropped out after 15 overs, and among the remaining was Misbah -ul -Haq with 56 runs the most successful. All five Indian bowlers used each reached two wickets, said Ashish Nehra Come join the team the fewest runs (33 ) allowed. Ultimately, it was enough for India with 29 runs ahead when they sent Pakistan with the penultimate ball from the potential field.

Final

After a controversial coin toss, which had to be repeated due to a communication problem, Sri Lanka began as a strike team. Their start began initially bumpy, as were lost until 17 Over both "opening batsmen ," Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan for 60 runs. The then coming into play Mahela Jayawardene made ​​his 103 runs that Sri Lanka was able to provide a decent result. He was, after the following two wickets of his partners in quick succession in the 39th and 40th over, fell mainly supported by Nuwan Kulasekara and Thisara Perera, who conquered 32 or 22 runs of relatively few balls. As best Indian bowler Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh himself could emphasize with 2 wickets. The Indian innings also began with the rapid loss of the two "opening batsmen " until the 7th over. Responsible for this was the bowler Lasith Malinga, who took both wickets. It was then especially on Gautam Gambhir (97 runs ) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (91 runs ) that India could reach the benchmark yet. Dhoni made ​​with a blow on the limitation on the 49th then over the second World Cup victory of the Indians after 1983 perfectly.