Zimbabwe vs Kenya (Kolkata) 20th March

ICC World Cup 2011 – 20^th March

41^st Match – Group A     (50-over match)

Played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata,

Zimbabwe won by 161 runs;

Zimbabwe won the toss and picked batting first;

Scoreboard:

Zimbabwe            308/6    (50 over)

Zimbabwe Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
BRM Taylor	c Ngoche b Otieno	26	36	5	0	72.22
RW Chakabva	c †DO Obuya b Odhiambo	9	22	1	0	40.90
T Taibu†	lbw b Ngoche	53	74	7	0	71.62
V Sibanda	run out (CO Obuya)	61	57	7	1	107.01
CR Ervine	b Otieno	66	54	9	1	122.22
E Chigumbura*	c Mishra b Ongondo	38	41	3	2	92.68
GA Lamb	not out	17	10	1	1	170.00
P Utseya	not out	19	6	3	1	316.66
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, w 14)	19

Total (6 wickets; 50 over) 308 (6.16 runs per over)

Did not bat:

AG Cremer, RW Price, CB Mpofu

Fall of wickets:

1-32 (Chakabva, 8.6 over), 2-36 (Taylor, 9.4 over), 3-146 (Sibanda, 29.1 over), 4-165 (Taibu, 32.4 over), 5-270 (Chigumbura, 46.6 over), 6-276 (Ervine, 47.6 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
PJ Ongondo	10	0	53	1	5.30	(3w)
E Otieno	10	0	61	2	6.10
NN Odhiambo	10	1	58	1	5.80	(3w)
JO Ngoche	10	0	68	1	6.80	(1w)
CO Obuya	3	0	14	0	4.66
SO Tikolo	7	0	49	0	7.00	(2w)

Kenya            147/10    (36 over)    (lost by 161 runs)

Kenya Innings	(target: 309 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
AA Obanda	lbw b Price	23	36	4	0	63.88
DO Obuya†	lbw b Mpofu	0	2	0	0	0.00
CO Obuya	run out (Sibanda)	1	6	0	0	16.66
SO Tikolo*	lbw b Price	10	14	2	0	71.42
T Mishra	c Cremer b Utseya	4	9	1	0	44.44
TM Odoyo	lbw b Lamb	14	29	2	0	48.27
RR Patel	c Chakabva b Lamb	24	37	3	0	64.86
NN Odhiambo	not out	44	47	5	0	93.61
PJ Ongondo	lbw b Cremer	6	2	0	1	300.00
E Otieno	run out (Chigumbura)	5	13	0	0	38.46
JO Ngoche	c Mpofu b Cremer	9	21	0	1	42.85
Extras	(lb 4, w 3)	7

Total (all out; 36 over) 147 (4.08 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-3 (DO Obuya, 0.5 over), 2-10 (CO Obuya, 3.3 over), 3-27 (Tikolo, 7.3 over), 4-44 (Mishra, 10.3 over), 5-44 (Obanda, 11.4 over), 6-73 (Odoyo, 19.5 over), 7-95 (Patel, 24.6 over), 8-101 (Ongondo, 25.2 over), 9-124 (Otieno, 31.2 over), 10-147 (Ngoche, 35.6 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
CB Mpofu	6	0	27	1	4.50	(2w)
RW Price	7	1	20	2	2.85
P Utseya	9	0	47	1	5.22
GA Lamb	7	0	21	2	3.00
AG Cremer	7	0	28	2	4.00	(1w)

Player of the match:    CR Ervine (Zimbabwe)

Umpires:        EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka) and HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)

TV umpire:        IJ Gould (England)

Zimbabwe ended their campaign with a crushing victory over Kenya by 161-run margin. Zimbabwe's spinners' commanded complete hold on Kenya's batsmen as they all bowled out in 36 over for 147 runs. This match was the last in the tournament for both teams. Half centuries from Tatenda Taibu, Vusi Sibanda and Craig Ervine drove Zimbabwe to 300 plus but Kenya's chase was not up to mark.

Chris Mpofu, the solitary specialist pacer in Zimbabwe's side, started Kenya's dilemma by removing opener David Obuya in the first over and three over afterward Collins Obuya's run-out brought Tikolo to the crease for the final time in internationals. He created a couple of firm flicks to the deep-midwicket boundary but then played back to Price and was struck in line with leg stump to be sent on his way. In a poignant sign of respect to the retiring Tikolo, the Zimbabweans swift to shake his hand and he left the field, obviously emotional, to a standing applause from both teams and the smattering of audience around the ground.

Pakistan vs Australia (Colombo) (19th March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 19^th March

40^th Match – Group A     (day/night    50-over match)

Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo,

Pakistan won by 4 wickets (with 54 balls remaining);

Australia won the toss and chose to bat first;

Scoreboard:

Australia            176/10    (46.4 over)

Australia Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
SR Watson	b Umar Gul	9	16	1	0	56.25
BJ Haddin†	c †Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz	42	80	3	1	52.50
RT Ponting*	c †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Hafeez	19	33	2	0	57.57
MJ Clarke	b Abdul Razzaq	34	48	2	0	70.83
CL White	run out (Misbah-ul-Haq/†Kamran Akmal)	8	18	0	0	44.44
MEK Hussey	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Abdur Rehman	12	22	0	0	54.54
SPD Smith	b Shahid Afridi	25	32	1	0	78.12
MG Johnson	c †Kamran Akmal b Abdul Razzaq	0	3	0	0	0.00
JJ Krejza	b Umar Gul	7	19	0	0	36.84
B Lee	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul	5	8	1	0	62.50
SW Tait	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 5, w 10)	15

Total (all out; 46.4 over) 176 (3.77 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-12 (Watson, 4.3 over), 2-75 (Ponting, 18.4 over), 3-90 (Haddin, 23.4 over), 4-117 (White, 30.1 over), 5-134 (Clarke, 34.4 over), 6-144 (Hussey, 37.4 over), 7-147 (Johnson, 38.4 over), 8-169 (Krejza, 44.3 over), 9-176 (Smith, 45.5 over), 10-176 (Lee, 46.4 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Umar Gul	7.4	1	30	3	3.91	(1w)
Abdur Rehman	10	0	34	1	3.40	(1w)
Shahid Afridi	9	0	34	1	3.77	(1w)
Wahab Riaz	6	0	39	1	6.50	(3w)
Mohammad Hafeez	10	0	26	1	2.60
Abdul Razzaq	4	0	8	2	2.00

Pakistan            178/6    (41 over)    (won by 4 wickets)

Pakistan Innings	(target: 177 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
Kamran Akmal†	lbw b Lee	23	27	5	0	85.18
Mohammad Hafeez	c & b Lee	5	8	1	0	62.50
Asad Shafiq	c Watson b Johnson	46	81	5	0	56.79
Younis Khan	c †Haddin b Lee	31	42	4	0	73.80
Misbah-ul-Haq	c †Haddin b Lee	0	1	0	0	0.00
Umar Akmal	not out	44	59	4	1	74.57
Shahid Afridi*	c Lee b Krejza	2	4	0	0	50.00
Abdul Razzaq	not out	20	24	2	0	83.33
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 4)	7

Total (6 wickets; 41 over) 178 (4.34 runs per over)

Did not bat:

Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz

Fall of wickets:

1-12 (Mohammad Hafeez, 2.4 over), 2-45 (Kamran Akmal, 8.4 over), 3-98 (Younis Khan, 22.4 over), 4-98 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 22.5 over), 5-139 (Asad Shafiq, 31.6 over), 6-142 (Shahid Afridi, 32.5 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
B Lee	8	1	28	4	3.50
SW Tait	8	1	37	0	4.62	(3w)
MG Johnson	9	1	40	1	4.44	(1w)
SR Watson	6	0	26	0	4.33
JJ Krejza	10	0	44	1	4.40

Player of the match:    Umar Akmal (Pakistan)

Umpires:        M Erasmus (South Africa) and AL Hill (New Zealand)

TV umpire:        NJ Llong (England)

Pakistan finally broke the winning streak of 34 consecutive wins for Australia in World Cup tournaments as they sealed a four wicket victory in a nerve thrilling contest over World Champions Australia in Colombo. Pakistan assured top spot in Group A. 176 was the lowest total for Australia in a World Cup since 1992. Umar Akmal and Abdul Razzaq impelled Pakistan to a great victory despite Brett Lee's potent bowling spells. Pakistan was the last team which defeated Australia in World Cup 1999 at headingly before starting the winning streak of 34 consecutive matches of World Cup tournament.

After Australian batting subsided with 20 balls spare, Australia's only probability was to bowl Pakistan out, but in the event it required Lee himself to do most of the scratch. He removed both openers in a scorching new-ball burst before returning to assert Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq with consecutive deliveries in 23rd over, leaving Pakistan trembling on 98 for 4. However, not enough runs on the board for Aussies to defend, Mitchell Johnson had Asad Shafiq taken at slip off the glove for a collected 46 and Shahid Afridi brainlessly carved to long-on against Jason Krejza. Pakistan would play in quarter-final match with the side at 4^th spot of Group B.

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand (Mumbai) (18th March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 18^th March

38^th Match – Group A     (day/night 50-over match)

Played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai,

Sri Lanka won by 112 runs;

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose batting first;

Scoreboard:

Sri Lanka            265/9    (50 over)

Sri Lanka Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
WU Tharanga	run out (Southee)	3	7	0	0	42.85
TM Dilshan	c Oram b Southee	3	15	0	0	20.00
KC Sangakkara*†	b NL McCullum	111	128	12	2	86.71
DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Southee	66	90	6	0	73.33
AD Mathews	not out	41	35	4	0	117.14
TT Samaraweera	c †BB McCullum b Styris	5	8	0	0	62.50
LPC Silva	c & b NL McCullum	3	5	0	0	60.00
KMDN Kulasekara	c Guptill b Southee	1	6	0	0	16.66
SL Malinga	c †BB McCullum b Oram	6	4	0	1	150.00
M Muralitharan	run out (Oram/Guptill/NL McCullum)	7	3	0	1	233.33
BAW Mendis	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, w 12, nb 3)	19

Total (9 wickets; 50 over) 265 (5.30 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-13 (Tharanga, 2.6 over), 2-19 (Dilshan, 4.3 over), 3-164 (Jayawardene, 36.1 over), 4-210 (Sangakkara, 41.4 over), 5-219 (Samaraweera, 44.1 over), 6-224 (Silva, 45.4 over), 7-232 (Kulasekara, 46.6 over), 8-239 (Malinga, 47.5 over), 9-260 (Muralitharan, 49.2 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
TG Southee	10	0	63	3	6.30	(5w)
JDP Oram	10	1	57	1	5.70	(1nb, 1w)
HK Bennett	4.1	0	16	0	3.84	(1nb, 1w)
JD Ryder	3.5	0	18	0	4.69	(1nb, 1w)
JEC Franklin	3	0	11	0	3.66
SB Styris	8	0	44	1	5.50
NL McCullum	10	0	48	2	4.80
KS Williamson	1	0	4	0	4.00

New Zealand            153/10    (35.0 over)    (lost by 112 runs)

New Zealand Innings	(target: 266 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
MJ Guptill	lbw b Kulasekara	13	23	1	0	56.52
BB McCullum†	c Jayawardene b Mathews	14	16	2	0	87.50
JD Ryder	c †Sangakkara b Mendis	19	23	2	0	82.60
LRPL Taylor*	lbw b Muralitharan	33	55	3	1	60.00
KS Williamson	st †Sangakkara b Muralitharan	5	8	0	0	62.50
SB Styris	c & b Muralitharan	6	10	0	0	60.00
JEC Franklin	c Dilshan b Muralitharan	20	29	2	0	68.96
NL McCullum	c Jayawardene b Dilshan	4	8	0	0	50.00
JDP Oram	not out	20	27	2	0	74.07
TG Southee	lbw b Mendis	8	8	1	0	100.00
HK Bennett	b Malinga	0	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, w 6, nb 1)	11

Total (all out; 35 over) 153 (4.37 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-29 (BB McCullum, 6.2 over), 2-33 (Guptill, 7.1 over), 3-82 (Ryder, 16.5 over), 4-88 (Williamson, 19.2 over), 5-93 (Taylor, 21.1 over), 6-102 (Styris, 23.5 over), 7-115 (NL McCullum, 26.5 over), 8-129 (Franklin, 31.3 over), 9-144 (Southee, 33.4 over), 10-153 (Bennett, 34.6 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
SL Malinga	5	0	38	1	7.60	(3w)
KMDN Kulasekara	7	0	19	1	2.71	(2w)
AD Mathews	3	0	19	1	6.33
BAW Mendis	6	0	24	2	4.00	(1w)
TM Dilshan	6	0	24	1	4.00
M Muralitharan	8	0	25	4	3.12	(1nb)

Player of the match:    KC Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

Umpires:        Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and RA Kettleborough (England)

TV umpire:        AM Saheba (India)

Sri Lanka's old card mingled to elevate his side to Group A as Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by 112-runs in Mumbai. Kumar Sangakkara secured a maiden century in 50-over format match since June 2008. Mahela Jayawardene and skipper Sangakkara shared 145-runs in vital third wicket stand which propelled Sri Lanka up to 265 before Muralitharan delivered a disastrous 8-over spell to trounce Kiwis with 4 for 25.

New Zealand, though, will lament their calamity when Jayawardene was reprieved at a critical jiffy. Sri Lanka had lost both openers and were struggling to get on top of the New Zealand spinners when, in the 24th over, Jayawardene chipped a return catch to Nathan McCullum.

It went squat to McCullum's right and the bowler dived full-length to scrape the ball centimeters off the turf. The batsman stood his ground and the decision was sent to TV umpire. Side-on replays seemed to clearly show McCullum's fingers under the ball but a front-on shot, as it so often does, created doubt that the third umpire, Amiesh Saheba, ruled on. Before then Jayawardene had knotted for 50 deliveries to build 26 but silkily added a auxiliary 40 at a run a ball and Sri Lanka never looked back. Both teams already qualified for quarter-finals.