Total 12 teams Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies, Australia, India, England, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan (Assoicates1) and Ireland (Associates2) will participate in 2010 twenty20 cup.

The ICC has also announced top two ranked teams in each group and given them a number 1 and 2 respectively. They will retain this number irrespective of whether they finish first or second in the group.

Twnety20 World Cup 2010 Final (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)
Semi Final Fixtures of twenty20 world cup (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)

Super Eight GroupsGroup E –Pakistan (A1), New Zealand (B2), South Africa (C1) and England (D2)
Group F –Australia (A2), Sri Lanka (B1), India (C2), and West Indies (D1)
Super Eights Fixtures of twenty20 world cup 2010 (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)
Group A – Pakistan (A1), Australia (A2) and Bangladesh

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar pronunciation, born April 24, 1973 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. In 2002, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time next only to Sir Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day international (ODI) batsman of all time next only to Sir Viv Richards. In September 2007, Shane Warne, the world-record breaking Australian leg spinner, rated Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest player he has played with or against. Sachin Tendulkar was the only player of the current generation to be included in Bradman's Eleven, the dream team of Sir Donald Bradman, published in his biography. He is sometimes referred to as the Little Master or the Master Blaster. Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in both Test matches and ODIs, and also the batsman with the most centuries in either form of the game. On October 17, 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test Cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in that form of the game, having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket. He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 10 Test centuries against Australia, after only Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years back. Tendulkar has been honored with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honor.

Name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar  Born 24 April 1973, Mumbai  Major Teams Mumbai, Yorkshire, India, ACC Asian XI  Batting Style Right Hand Bat  Bowling Style Right Arm Off Break, Leg Break, Right Arm Medium  Test Debut 15-20 Nov,1989 (Ind vs Pak at Karachi)  ODI Debut 18 Dec 1989 (Ind vs Pak at Gujranwala) T20I Debut 1 Dec 2006 (Ind v RSA at Johannesburg) watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpqdLcvLwLs&feature=player_embedded

Cricket World Cup 2003

Welcome to our section of ICC Cricket World Cup 2003, where you would get useful info about ICC Cricket World Cup 2003, 2003 Cricket World Cup final scorecard, Cricket World Cup 2003 final match between India and Australia, Official Cricket World Cup 2003 song, 2003 Cricket World Cup teams and their respective groups and all other interesting and informative things about ICC Cricket World Cup 2003.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 was the eight Cricket World Cup. ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 was held in South Africa – the land of diamonds. It was the most successful World Cup held ever held. People still remember the Cricket World Cup 2003 final, which was held at Johannesburg on 23rd March 2003 between India and Australia.
That was Australia’s third World Cup title. On the other hand, India were the runner ups having lost the Cricket World Cup 2003 final by 122 runs. This was the second time an Indian team reached to the finals of Cricket World Cup. The other occasion was of course 1983 World Cup, where they defeated the mighty West Indies.
Cricket World Cup 2003 final seemed to be a one sided affair, though India fought really hard to secure the victory and win the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003. However, they fall short by 122 runs, chasing a victory target of 360 runs. 2003 Cricket World Cup final scorecard looked hugely in favour of Australia.
2003 Cricket World Cup final scorecard is as follows:
Australia innings:

Batsman		Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	Strike Rate
AC Gilchrist	c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh	57	66	48	8	1	118.75
ML Hayden	c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	37	93	54	5	0	68.51
RT Ponting	Not out	140	138	121	4	8	115.70
DR Martyn	Not out	88	112	84	7	1	104.76

Extras: (b 2, lb 12, w 16, nb 7) – 37
India Bowling:

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets	Economy Rate	Extras Given
Zaheer Khan	7	0	67	0	9.57	(2 nb, 6 w)
J Srinath	10	0	87	0	8.70	(3 nb, 2 w)
A Nehra	10	0	57	0	5.70	(3 w)
Harbhajan Singh	8	0	49	2	6.12
V Sehwag	3	0	14	0	4.66
SR Tendulkar	3	0	20	0	6.66	(1 w)
D Mongia	7	0	39	0	5.57	(2 nb)
Yuvraj Singh	2	0	12	0	6.00

India innings:

Batsman		Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	Strike Rate
SR Tendulkar	c & b McGrath	4	2	5	1		80.00
V Sehwag	Run out (Lehmann)	82	107	81	10	3	101.23
SC Ganguly	c Lehmann b Lee	24	44	25	3	1	96.00
M Kaif	c Gilchrist b McGrath	0	4	3			0.00
Rahul Dravid	b Bichel	47	87	57	2		82.45
Yuvraj Singh	c Lee b Hogg	24	48	34	1		70.58
D Mongia	c Martyn b Symonds	12	18	11	2		109.09
Harbhajan Singh	c McGrath b Symonds	7	12	8			87.50
Z Khan	c Lehmann b McGrath	4	20	8			50.00
J Srinath	b Lee	1	6	4			25.00
A Nehra	Not out	8	7	4	2		200.00

Extras: (b 4, lb 4, w 9, nb 4) – 21
Australia Bowling:

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets	Economy Rate	Extras Given
GD McGrath	8.2	0	52	3	6.24
B Lee	7	1	31	2	4.42	(4 nb, 2 w)
GB Hogg	10	0	61	1	6.10	(2 w)
DS Lehmann	2	0	18	0	9.00
AJ Bichel	10	0	57	1	5.70	(4 w)
A Symonds	2	0	7	2	3.50	(1 w)

2003 Cricket World Cup final scorecard shows the dominance of Australia in the Cricket World Cup 2003 final. 2003 Cricket World Cup final scorecard showed that India lost because of poor bowling and the initial onslaught done by Adam Gilchrist. Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn continued attacking Indian bowlers.

Official Cricket World Cup 2003 song: Cricket World Cup 2003 song was sung by Pakistani Pop Band Strings. The title of Cricket World Cup 2003 song was “Hai Koyi Hum Jaisa”. Cricket World Cup 2003 song featured students aspiring to become Cricketers in Pakistani team. Cricket World Cup 2003 song got immensely popular in Pakistan.
2003 Cricket World Cup teams: 2003 Cricket World Cup teams were divided into two Pools – Pool A and Pool B. Pool A 2003 Cricket World Cup teams were Australia, India, Sri Lanka, England, Pakistan, Netherlands and Namibia. Pool B 2003 Cricket World Cup teams include Sri Lanka, Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies, Canada and Bangladesh.

Cricket World Cup 2007

This ection is about Cricket World Cup 2007 West Indies, officially known as ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 was the ninth edition of World Cup. We will tell you about Cricket World Cup 2007 West Indies, Cricket World Cup 2007 final, Cricket World Cup 2007 song and every other detail involving ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.
Cricket World Cup 2007 final: Cricket World Cup 2007 final was played between the finalists of 1996 World Cup, Australia and Sri Lanka. Cricket World Cup 2007 final was a rain curtailed match and was of 38 overs only. Australia won the toss in the Cricket World Cup 2007 final against Sri Lanka and decided to bat first. Opening batsman and wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist was in a blazing form and scored 149 runs off just 104 balls with 13 fours and 8 sixes. Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds played useful innings to take Australia to a massive 281.
Sri Lanka, in reply chased the total bravely, as veteran batsman Sanath Jayasuriya scored 63 runs off 67 balls and shared a century stand for the second wicket with Kumar Sangakkara, who scored 54 off just 52 balls. But as soon as these two departed, Sri Lankans seemed to lose their way and lost the Cricket World Cup 2007 final by 53 runs.
Though, Sri Lanka lost the Cricket World Cup 2007 final by a big margin, still authorities were questioned as Sri Lankans have to play most part of their innings under dark. The flood lights were not installed in the stadium. This incident tainted the image of Cricket World Cup 2007 West Indies.
Official Cricket World Cup 2007 song: Official Cricket World Cup 2007 song was titled "THE GAME OF LOVE AND UNITY". The song was sung by Jamaican-born Shaggy, Barbadian entertainer Rupee and Trinidadian Faye-Ann Lyons. Cricket World Cup 2007 song became popular overnight and Cricket World Cup 2007 song was acclaimed all over the globe. Cricket World Cup 2007 song was aimed at global unity, peace and togetherness.

History

This section of our website would give you a brief history of Cricket World Cup. Cricket World Cup history has been fascinating and has witnessed some teams getting transformed from Majors to minnows and vice versa. The rich history of Cricket World Cup includes some interesting facts, figures and memories.
Cricket World Cup history starts from the year 1975, when the first World Cup was held in England. Eight teams participated in that World Cup and it was a huge success. West Indies were the winner in the inaugural World Cup. The final was between West Indies and Australia. West Indies won the game by 18 runs.
Cricket World Cup history then witnessed the second World Cup in the year 1979, once again in England. Again eight teams participated in this event and once again West Indies emerged as the winners. The format was same as 1975. Final was between West Indies and England. West Indies beat England by 92 runs.
History of Cricket World Cup then includes one of the most remarkable chapters in the Cricket World Cup history – India defeating the mighty West Indies. Out of the eight teams, only Zimbabwe was the minnows, Sri Lanka already had the Test status in the year 1982. Zimbabwe defeated the mighty Australians, but India was the real star of the tournament, as they come out from a situation of 17-5 against the minnows Zimbabwe and then managed to defeat West Indies by 43 runs.
The history of Cricket World Cup took a step outside England, as the tournament was hosted for the first time outside England. India and Pakistan were the joint hosts of the tournament. The final was between Australia and England and the former managed to run away with the title by just 7 runs. This is still the closest World Cup final, when one considers the World Cup of ODIs.
Cricket World Cup history got richer and richer, as the world entered into the fifth World Cup. This time, the hosts were Australia and New Zealand. With this, another venue was added in the history of Cricket World Cup. Pakistan was the new world champions, pinning England in a tense final that ended in a 22 run Pakistani victory. Imran Khan got retired after winning the World Cup for his team. This time, the number of teams was nine.
With the 1996 World Cup, history of Cricket World Cup was once again made on the pitches of the sub continent, as India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka were the joint hosts of the World Cup. This World Cup got a new winner in Sri Lanka. The minnows of the Cricketing world suddenly grew up to the levels of the Big Boys of the game. They remained unbeaten throughout the tournament, as they got a walkover against Australia and West Indies, as both the teams refused to play in the island country due to security reasons. Sri Lanka though, showed what it takes to beat the best team of the tournament, as they won the finals by 6 wickets against the Australians.
Cricket World Cup history saw another U turn, when the World Cup returned to England after a span of 16 years. As the trend started from the last World Cup that Australia would be playing against a team from Sub continent, Pakistan was the finalist this time. Though, this wasn’t their day as they were bundled out for a mere 123 by the mighty Australians. This World Cup victory marks the reign of Australian Cricket over the world of Cricket that lasted for almost a decade.
In 2003, Cricket World Cup history unfolds the drama in yet another venue – South Africa. The World Cup saw India’s reformation into one of the stronger sides of the world, which got defeated to only Australia, twice; once in the league games and the second one was the finals. India lost the finals to Australia by a huge margin of 122 runs.
History of Cricket World Cup unfolded its last chapter till date in yet another venue – West Indies. The group of island countries marked the reign of another Aussie victory in the World Cup finals. Again, the trend set back in 1996 World Cup with the finals between Australia and a sub continent country, continued as this time the finalists was Sri Lanka. Australia defeated Sri Lanka by 53 runs to complete their third straight World Cup victory and fourth World Cup victory overall.

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the tenth Cricket World Cup and will be hosted by three South Asian Test cricket playing countries: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It will be Bangladesh’s first time co-hosting a Cricket World Cup. The World Cup will use cricket’s One Day International format, with fourteen national cricket teams scheduled to compete. The World Cup will take place between February and early April 2011, with the first match to be played on 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
The World Cup was also supposed to be co-hosted by Pakistan, but in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to strip Pakistan of its hosting rights. The headquarters of the organising committee were originally situated in Lahore, but have now been shifted to Mumbai. Pakistan was supposed to hold 14 matches, including one semi-final. Eight of Pakistan’s matches have been awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Teams

Group A Matches

20 February 2011
09:30
New Zealand VS Kenya M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
20 February 2011
09:00
Sri Lanka VS Canada Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
21 February 2011
14:30
Australia VS Zimbabwe Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
23 February 2011
14:30
Pakistan Vs Kenya Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
25 February 2011
14:30
New Zealand Vs Australia Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
26 February 2011
14:30
Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
28 February 2011
09:30
Zimbabwe Vs Canada Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
1 March 2011
14:30
Sri Lanka Vs Kenya R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
3 March 2011
14:30
Pakistan Vs Canada R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
4 March 2011
09:30
New Zealand Vs Zimbabwe Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
5 March 2011
14:30
Sri Lanka Vs Australia R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
7 March 2011
14:30
Kenya Vs Canada Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
8 March 2011
14:30
Pakistan Vs New Zealand Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
10 March 2011
14:30
Sri Lanka Vs Zimbabwe Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
13 March 2011
09:30
New Zealand Vs Canada Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
13 March 2011
14:30
Australia Vs Kenya M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
14 March 2011
14:30
Pakistan Vs Zimbabwe Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
16 March 2011
14:30
Australia Vs Canada M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
18 March 2011
14:30
Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
19 March 2011
14:30
Pakistan Vs Australia R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
20 March 2011
09:30
Zimbabwe Vs Kenya Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Group B Matches

19 February 2011
14:30
India Match 1 Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
22 February 2011
14:30
England Vs Netherlands Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
24 February 2011
14:30
South Africa Vs West Indies Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
25 February 2011
09:30
Bangladesh Vs Ireland Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
27 February 2011
14:30
India Match 11 England Eden Gardens, Kolkata
28 February 2011
14:30
West Indies Vs Netherlands Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
2 March 2011
14:30
England Vs Ireland M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
3 March 2011
09:30
South Africa Vs Netherlands Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
4 March 2011
14:30
Bangladesh Vs West Indies Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
6 March 2011
14:30
India Vs Ireland M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
6 March 2011
09:30
England Vs South Africa M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
9 March 2011
14:30
India Vs Netherlands Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
11 March 2011
09:30
Ireland Vs West Indies Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
11 March 2011
14:30
Bangladesh Vs England Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong
12 March 2011
14:30
India Vs South Africa Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
14 March 2011
09:30
Bangladesh Vs Netherlands Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong
15 March 2011
14:30
South Africa Vs Ireland Eden Gardens, Kolkata
17 March 2011
14:30
England Vs West Indies M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
18 March 2011
09:30
Ireland Vs Netherlands Eden Gardens, Kolkata
19 March 2011
09:30
Bangladesh Vs South Africa Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
20 March 2011
14:30
India Vs West Indies M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Quarter-finals

23 March 2011
14:30
Group A1 Vs Group B4 Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
24 March 2011
14:30
Group A2 Vs Group B3 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
25 March 2011
14:30
Group A3 Vs Group B2 Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
26 March 2011
14:30
Group A4 Vs Group B1 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

Semi-finals

29 March 2011
14:30
Winner of Match 43 VS Winner of Match 44 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
30 March 2011
14:30
Winner of Match 45 Vs Winner of Match 46 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali

Final Match

2 April 2011
14:30
Winner of Match 47 Match 49 Winner of Match 48 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
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