Sri Lanka v England 2011 Cricket World Cup 4th QF Photos - Tilakratne Dilshan Man of Match

Sri Lanka easily beat England in the 4th QF by 10 wickets and Sri Lankan openers put 231 not out runs and this is the highest total chased without a single wicket lost in a World Cup match surpassing the 221 by West Indies against Pakistan in 1992. Tilakratne Dilshan got Man of the Match for his unbeaten 108* runs and 1 wicket.

SRL v ENG 2011 CWC 4th QF Result - Sri Lanka Crushed England by 10 wickets, meet NZL in 1st SF

Coo-host Sri Lanka passed strong signal to opponents with superb performance from both bat and ball as they beat England by 10 wickets with 63 balls remaining, in the 4th QF of 2011 CWC on Saturday, 26th March at Colombo. Sri Lanka will now take New Zealand in the 1st Semi-Final on Tuesday, 29th March at Colombo.

England after winning the toss got a bad start but Trott hit 86 runs put 91 runs for the 4th wicket with Morgan who hit 50 runs, but unable to scored quick runs even at the end due to good bowling by Sri Lanka bowlers as Murali took 2 wickets.

Sri Lankan openers then dominated and chased the runs without loosing any wickets as Dilshan hit 108* runs off 115 balls with 10 fours and 2 sixes and Tharanga made 102 not out runs off 122 balls with 12 fours and a six.

Match Summary:

England - 229/6 in 50 overs (Trott 86, Morgan 50, Muralitharan 2-54)

Sri Lanka - 231/0 in 39.3 overs (Dilshan 108*, Tharanga 102*)

Toss - England won the toss and elected to bat first.

Man of the Match - Tilakratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)

Result - Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets (with 63 balls remaining)

Sri Lanka v England 2011 World Cup 4th Quarter Final Live Score at Colombo - SRL v ENG WC 4th QF Match Live Commentary

Watch and enjoy the live score card with ball by ball commentary of the 4th Quarter-Final of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, between title favorite Sri Lanka and injury hit England, on Saturday, 26th March, 2011 at R Premdasa, Colombo in a day-night match will start from 2.30 PM IST.

Sri Lanka v England World Cup 4th QF Match Live Score with ball by ball Commentary:

SRL v ENG 2011 CWC 4th QF Preview at Colombo - Sri Lanka v England Cricket WC 4th Quarter Final Teams

Co-host and one of the title contender Sri Lanka will take injury hit England in the 4th Quarter-Final of 2011 Cricket World Cup, on Saturday, 26th March, 2011 at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, in a day-night game starting from 09:00 GMT, 14:30 local, 14:30 IST.

Sri Lanka done pretty well in the league matches, and finished 2nd in Group B. Upal Tharanga and Dilshan giving good start to them while Kumara Sangakkara and Jayawardhane strengthening the middle order. On the turning track Muraltharan and Mendis will be unplayable after opening spell of Lasith malinga.

England, without their key players Pietersen and Broad due to injury highly depend on Strauss and Trott in batting and if Graem Swann can do magic with the ball they have some chance. James Anderson may find a place in playing 11

Sri Lankan Team, Squad for the 4th QF match of 2011 CWC:

Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis

England Team, Squad for the 4th QF match of 2011 CWC:

Andrew Strauss (capt), Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Ravi Bopara, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wk), Luke Wright, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, James Anderson

New Zealand v South Africa 2011 Cricket World Cup 3rd QF Photos - Jacob Oram Man of Match

New Zealand easily beat the title favorite South Africa by 49 runs in the 3rd QF, and reach the semi final after a long time in a low scoring game. Jesse Ryder hit 83 runs while Jacob Oram got Man of the Match for his 4 wickets.

NZL v SAF 2011 CWC 3rd QF Result - South Africa chokes again, New Zealand won by 49 runs

South Africa's world cup tragedy continues, as they proved they are chokers when they lost to New Zealand by 49 runs in the 3rd Quarter-Final of the 2011 CWC, on Friday, 25th March, 2011 at Mirpur. New Zealand will now face the winner of Sri Lanka v England match in the 1st semifinal.

New Zealand started badly with 2 early wickets but Taylor 43 runs and Jesse Ryder who hit 83 runs put 114 runs for the 3rd wicket and they managed only 221/8 in 50 overs thanks to good bowling by Morkel and Tahir, took 3 wickets each.

South Africa started well and they were comfortably ahead at 108-2 in 24 overs with Kallis 47 and de Villiers 35 palying but lost 6 quick wickets derailed their innings as Nathan McCullum and Oram took 3 & 4 wickets respectively. du Plessis tried hard to turn the match with 35 runs but run out of partner.


Match Summary:

New Zealand - 221/8 in 50 overs (Ryder 83, Taylor 43, Morkel 3-46, Imran 2-32)

South Africa - 172 all out in 43.2 overs (Kallis 47, N McCullum 3-24, Oram 4-39)

Toss - New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first.

Man of the Match - Jacob Oram (New Zealand)

Result - New Zealand won by 49 runs

New Zealand v South Africa 2011 World Cup 3rd Quarter Final Live Score at Mirpur - SAF v NZL WC 3rd QF Match Live Commentary

Watch and enjoy the live score card with ball by ball commentary of the 3rd Quarter-Final of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, between title favorite South Africa and New Zealand, on Friday, 25th March, 2011 at Mirpur, Dhaka in a day-night match will start from 2.00 PM IST.

South Africa v New Zealand World Cup 3rd QF Match Live Score with ball by ball Commentary:

NZL v SAF 2011 CWC 3rd QF Preview at Mirpur - South Africa v New Zealand Cricket WC 3rd Quarter Final Teams

Title favorite and chokers South Africa will take New Zealand in the 3rd Quarter-Finals of 2011 Cricket World Cup, on Friday, 25th March, 2011 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, in a day-night game starting from 08:30 GMT, 14:30 local, 14:00 IST.

South Africa will be favorite for this game as their batsmen, Amla, Kallis, de Villiers, Duminy and du Plessis are in great form well supported by their bowling by Dale Steyn, Peterson, Morkel and Botha. But looking in their past records in the knock-out stages its difficult to predict if they move ahead.

New Zealand on the other hand performed well in patches and they will be highly depend on Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor. It will be crucial if Daniel Vettori returns from the injury as he will be handful on the turning pitches.

South African Team, Squad for the 3rd QF match of 2011 CWC:

Graeme Smith (capt), Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers (wk), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Johan Botha, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir

New Zealand Team, Squad for the 3rd QF match of 2011 CWC:

Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (wk), Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, James Franklin, Scott Stryis, Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori, Nathan McCullum, Hamish Bennett, Tim Southee

India v Australia 2011 Cricket World Cup 2nd QF Photos - Yuvraj Singh is Man of Match

India won the mini final against defending champions Australia by 5 wickets with 14 balls remaining and set a semi-final clash with arch rivals Pakistan on Tuesday, 29th march at Mohali. Yuvraj Singh got his record 4th Man of the Match in 2011 CWC for his 2 wickets and 57 not out runs.

IND v AUS 2011 CWC 2nd QF Result - India in Semis, won by 5 wickets, IND v PAK semifinal

India has doe it, Yuvraj has done it again as he guided co-host in the Semi-Finals of the 2011 CWC, with a convincing 5 wickets with 14 balls remaining over defending champions Australia on Thursday, 24th March, 2011 at Ahmedabad. India now set semi-final clash with arch rivals Pakistan in the 1st SF on Tuesday, 29th March at Mohali.

Australi aafter winning the toss got a good start by Watson 25 and Haddin 52 runs and were at good position with 110-1 in 22 overs but soon reduced to 150-4. But captain Ricky Ponting hit a timely century with 118 balls 104 runs and set a competitive total of 260/6 as David Hussey contributed 26 balls 38 runs. Yuvraj, Ashwin and Zaheer took 2 wickets each.

India also got a good start as Tendulkar and Gambhir hit half centuries but at one stage they were looking like collapsing but in-form Yuvraj Singh again guided a comfortable but tensed 5 wicket win, put unbeaten 74 runs with Raina who made 28 balls 34 runs.

Match Summary:

Australia - 260/6 in 50 overs (Ponting 104, Haddin 52, Yuvraj 2-44, Ashwin 2-52)

India - 261/5 in 47.4 overs (Tendulkar 53, Gambhir 50, Yuvraj 57*)

Toss - Australia won the toss and elected to bat first.

Man of the Match - Yuvraj Singh (India)

Result - India won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)

India vs Australia 2011 World Cup 2nd Quarter Final Live Score at Ahmedabad - IND v AUS WC QF Match Live Commentary

Watch and enjoy the live score card with ball by ball commentary of the much awaited 2nd Quarter-Final of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, between co-host India and defending champions Australia, on Thursday, 24th March, 2011 at Motera, Ahmedabad in a day-night match will start from 2.00 PM IST.

India v Australia World Cup 2nd QF Match Live Score with ball by ball Commentary:

IND v AUS 2011 CWC 2nd QF Preview at Motera - Australia v India Cricket WC 2nd Quarter Final Teams

People are saying its final before 2011 CWC Final, yes it's the match between title favorite and co-host India and defending champions Australia in the 2nd Quarter-Finals on Thursday, 24th March, 2011 at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, in a day-night game starting from 09:00 GMT, 14:30 local, 14:30 IST.

Indian openers giving good start but the problem is their middle and lower order collapsed not once but many times in this WC, first against England they lost 7 wickets for 33 runs, then against South Africa, lost 9 wickets for 29 runs and against West Indies 7 wickets for 51 runs. They need good show from Dhoni and Pathan in the end as Sehwag, Tendulkar and Yuvraj are in good form and good thing is that their bowling also clicked in the last match.

Australia lost their winning streak in the last match when they defeated after 34 matchessince 1999. Ricky Ponting and Cameron White are totally out of form but their bowling is their fast biggest strength but looking weak in spin department.

Indian Team, Squad for the 2nd QF Match of 2011 CWC:

Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (wk/capt), Yusuf Pathan/Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, R Ashwin,Munaf Patel

Australian Team, Squad for the 2nd QF Match of 2011 CWC:

Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Cameron White, Steve Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Jason Krezja, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait


So hope for a exciting and thriller quarterfinal between 2 rivals...

Pakistan v West Indies 2011 Cricket World Cup 1st QF Photos - Mohammad Hafeez is Man of Match

Pakistan reached in the semi-finals of 2011 CWC after crushing West Indies by 10 wickets with 175 balls remaining. Mohammad Hafeez got Man of the Match for his 2 wickets for 16 runs and unbeaten 61 runs with 10 fours.