ICC T20 World Cup 2012 Schedule

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MEN IN BLUE BAGS WORLD CUP -2011

Indian cricket team has won the ICC world cup 2011 defeating great giants like Australia in the quarter final, Pakistan in the semi final and Sri Lanka in the final match. This is the 10^th tournament of this edition and India is winning it for the second time after 28 years placing a full stop to the domination of Australia in cricket for almost 12 years. The last cup was bagged in 1983 under the captainship of Kapil Dev. India has become the first host-nation to win the world cup with final played in the host country itself. Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was adjudged man of the match for his unbeaten 91 in the final. Yuvraj Singh was adjudged man of the series for his performance with both ball and bat. Dilshan was the leading scorer of this tournament with 500 runs. Shahid Afridi and Zaheer khan shared the leading wicket takers record. There were two hat-tricks in this tournament; one by Roach (WI) and another by Malinga (SL).

It was an emotional moment for everyone and could witness the tears from almost everyone’s face over their victory. The whole Indian team helped the great Sachin Tendulkar to his first title in six attempts. Tendulkar was lifted onto his teammates' shoulders for a victory lap. "He carried the hopes of the nation for 21 years so it's time we carried him on our shoulders," batsman Virat Kohli said. "It's the ultimate thing and I'm experiencing it. I couldn't have asked for anything better. It's the proudest moment of my life. It's never too late to say thanks to all my teammates. Without such fabulous performance and such consistency it would never have happened” Legend Sachin Tendulkar said. He also added that he wasn't too proud to shed a tear. "They were happy tears, so I wouldn't mind crying".  

The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team, India would be taking home prize money of US$ 3 million and a replica of the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy that has been awarded since 1999.  The runner-up Sri Lanka would have US$ 1.5 million in its part. The total prize money on offer for the tournament for the teams placing from 1st to 8th is US$7.48 million. The remaining two semi-finalists will receive 0.75 million US$ each. The last four quarter-finalists will each receive 0.37 million US$. 

HAT-TRICK HISTORY by MALINGA

SriLankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga, known to be the demolition man of Cricket became the first bowler to claim two World Cup hat-tricks. He finished with a career best 6-38 against Kenya yesterday as Kenya were bundled out for 142. Collins Obuya scored 52 and his brother David 51, but none of their Kenya team-mates reached double figures. He trapped Tanmay Mishra lbw with the last ball of his seventh over. At the start of his next, he bowled Peter Ongondo and Shem Ngoche in successive balls to complete his hat-trick. In return Sri Lanka reached 146-1 to claim victory in Colombo in just 18.4 over. 

 

Four years back, Malinga took four wickets in a row against South Africa at the 2007 World Cup.  For the first time in World Cup history, two hat-tricks have been recorded on successive days - Kemar Roach for Windies against Netherlands on February 28 and Lasith Malinga for Sri Lanka against Kenya on March 1, 2011.  Lasith Malinga's hat-trick against Kenya is the seventh hat-trick in the World Cup. 

New Zealand sealed T20 series in Sri Lanka

                   

Having been beaten soundly in the Test series, New Zealand gained confidence after a second consecutive 20-over victory over Sri Lanka. Brendon McCullum and Jesse Ryder's clinical hitting and Nathan McCullum's teasing offspin drived New Zealand to victory and handing Sri Lanka their fourth Twenty20 loss in a row. Brendon McCullum and Ryder were badly out of form during the Test campaign, but showed both courage and muscle during an 84-run opening stand in 62 deliveries. In Srilankan side, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara were the only batsmen to reach decent scores.  There were no fireworks from Tillakaratne Dilshan who was expected a lot. Sanath continued his bad form and new comer also didn’t shine losing three early wickets for 11 runs. Bond completed the dénouement with 3 for 18 who was well supported by  Nathan McCullum. Jesse Ryder claimed both the Man of the Match and Man of the Series awards.