Spot fixing! Jury scrutinized all phone calls and video tapes
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The alleged spot-fixing trial, involving Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif at Southwark Crown Court, has entered another operative phase with the first witness, the ICC's chief investigator Ravi Sawani, being called. Before this the jury was shown video footage of the now infamous no-balls during the Lord's Test last year and also...

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Jonathan Trott was titled with the Cricketer of the Year 2011
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Jonathan Trott, the England batsman, has been named the Cricketer of the Year for 2011, the ICC's top accolade. He received the Sir Garfield Sobers trophy at the annual ceremony in London, after his team-mate Alastair Cook had won the Test Cricketer of the Year award. "It's fantastic to be part of a successful team and I never envisaged winning ...

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Participating Teams!

There are 14 teams participating in the Mega event ICC World Cup 2011. They are divided into two groups Group A and Group B,
In Group A, the teams are Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada, and Kenya.
Whereas Group B consists of 7 teams India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands.
ICC World Cup 2011 starts from 19th February, 2011 and ends on 2nd April, 2011. There are 42 group matches, 4 Quarter finals, 2 semi finals and one mega final match included in the schedule.
ICC starts world Cups from 1975 hosted by England, won by West Indies.
West Indies won two titles (1975, 1979), India won one time (1983), Australia has four titles so far (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007), whereas Pakistan (1992) and Sri Lanka (1996) won this trophy only one time.
At 2011, 10th ICC World Cup will be held and this time quarter finals and semi finals are included in this event. From last two times super eights and super sixes are being included in the fixtures but at this time, ICC excluded them.
England and South Africa are two big teams but still they are waiting for the title, South Africa always falls the victim after some bad luck but England has tried to achieve the goal every time but they still not succeeded in their plans.
Now we will see who wins the trophy this time? England, South Africa and India are in very good form and higher in ICC ranking. It will decide on 2nd April, 2011.

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