4th Quarter-Final Sri Lanka vs England (Colombo) 26th March

ICC World Cup 2011 – 26^th March

46^th Match – 4^th Quarter-Final     (day/night    50-over match)

Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo,

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

England won the toss and opted to bat first;

Scoreboard:

England            229/6    (50 over)

England Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
AJ Strauss*	b Dilshan	5	19	0	0	26.31
IR Bell	c Samaraweera b Mathews	25	32	3	0	78.12
IJL Trott	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	86	115	2	0	74.78
RS Bopara	lbw b Muralitharan	31	56	1	0	55.35
EJG Morgan	c Mathews b Malinga	50	55	4	0	90.90
GP Swann	lbw b Mendis	0	1	0	0	0.00
MJ Prior†	not out	22	19	2	0	115.78
LJ Wright	not out	1	3	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 3, w 6)	9

Total (6 wickets; 50 over) 229 (4.58 runs per over)

Did not bat:

TT Bresnan, JC Tredwell, CT Tremlett

Fall of wickets:

1-29 (Strauss, 7.6 over), 2-31 (Bell, 8.6 over), 3-95 (Bopara, 26.6 over), 4-186 (Morgan, 42.6 over), 5-186 (Swann, 43.1 over), 6-212 (Trott, 48.3 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
SL Malinga	10	0	46	1	4.60	(2w)
TM Dilshan	6	1	25	1	4.16	(1w)
AD Mathews	5	0	20	1	4.00
HMRKB Herath	10	1	47	0	4.70
BAW Mendis	10	0	34	1	3.40
M Muralitharan	9	0	54	2	6.00	(1w)

Sri Lanka                231/0    (39.3 over)    (won by 10 wickets)

Sri Lanka Innings	(target: 230 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
WU Tharanga	not out	102	122	12	1	83.60
TM Dilshan	not out	108	115	10	2	93.91
Extras	(b 9, lb 6, w 6)	21

Total (0 wickets; 39.3 over) 231 (5.84 runs per over)

Did not bat:

KC Sangakkara*†, DPMD Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera, LPC Silva, AD Mathews, SL Malinga, HMRKB Herath, BAW Mendis, M Muralitharan

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
TT Bresnan	8	1	40	0	5.00
GP Swann	9	0	61	0	6.77	(2w)
CT Tremlett	7.3	0	38	0	5.06	(1w)
RS Bopara	5	1	22	0	4.40
JC Tredwell	6	0	38	0	6.33
LJ Wright	4	0	17	0	4.25	(1w)

Player of the match:    TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka)

Umpires:        BR Doctrove (West Indies) and SJA Taufel (Australia)

TV umpire:        AL Hill (New Zealand)

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga twin hundreds set an emphatic win over chaotic England to guide to their home semi-final with New Zealand on 29^th March. Setting a testing total of 229 at the Premadasa Stadium by visitors, Sri Lankan openers set about proving that history is malarkey as they sauntered to victory of 10 wickets with 63 balls to spare. Only eight times in forty nine 50-over format internationals contests at the venue had a team batting second chased 230 or more for triumph.

Such was Sri Lanka's supremacy that the match was able to finish in absurdly contrived scenes, as Dilshan, who had already reached his landmark of hundred cut for four off Graeme Swann - set about steering his partner to his own hundred. With seven runs still needed and Tharanga on 98, Dilshan fortuitously carved Swann clean through the covers, and was scowling his apologies before the ball had crossed the rope. Dilshan responded with two of the most overstated forward defenses he has ever played, Tharanga finished the game three balls into Chris Tremlett's following over, with a flat-footed swipe through the off-side.

The statistics described an apologetic tale for England. They managed only 12 fours in the whole of their 50 over quota, two of which were scored by Jonathan Trott, whose 86 from 115 balls was his fifth half-century in his seven innings, as he became the first batsman to pass 400 runs in this World Cup tournament. Eoin Morgan provided some impulsion with a 55-ball 50, but the batting Power-play once again cracked their momentum, as they were restricted to 23 runs and two vital wickets in their five over of fielding restrictions. Sri Lanka by contrast thumped 22 fours and three sixes in less than 40 over.

3rd Quarter-Final New Zealand vs South Africa (Mirpur) 25th March

ICC World Cup 2011 – 25^th March

45^th Match – 3^rd Quarter-Final     (day/night    50-over match)

Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur,

New Zealand won by 49 runs;

New Zealand won the toss and settled on batting first;

Scoreboard:

New Zealand            221/8    (50 over)

New Zealand Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
MJ Guptill	c Botha b Steyn	1	14	0	0	7.14
BB McCullum†	c & b Peterson	4	4	0	0	100.00
JD Ryder	c sub (CA Ingram) b Imran Tahir	83	121	8	0	68.59
LRPL Taylor	c Kallis b Imran Tahir	43	72	1	1	59.72
SB Styris	b Morkel	16	17	3	0	94.11
KS Williamson	not out	38	41	1	1	92.68
NL McCullum	c Duminy b Steyn	6	18	0	0	33.33
JDP Oram	b Morkel	7	6	1	0	116.66
DL Vettori*	b Morkel	6	4	1	0	150.00
LJ Woodcock	not out	3	3	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, w 6)	14

Total (8 wickets; 50 over) 221 (4.42 runs per over)

Did not bat:

TG Southee

Fall of wickets:

1-5 (BB McCullum, 2.1 over), 2-16 (Guptill, 5.6 over), 3-130 (Taylor, 32.6 over), 4-153 (Styris, 37.2 over), 5-156 (Ryder, 38.5 over), 6-188 (NL McCullum, 45.3 over), 7-204 (Oram, 48.1 over), 8-210 (Vettori, 48.5 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
RJ Peterson	9	0	49	1	5.44
DW Steyn	10	0	42	2	4.20	(2w)
J Botha	9	0	29	0	3.22	(1w)
M Morkel	8	0	46	3	5.75
Imran Tahir	9	0	32	2	3.55	(1w)
JH Kallis	3	1	6	0	2.00
JP Duminy	2	0	9	0	4.50	(1w)

South Africa                172/10    (43.2 over)    (lost by 49 runs)

South Africa Innings	(target: 222 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
HM Amla	c Vettori b NL McCullum	7	5	1	0	140.00
GC Smith*	c sub (JM How) b Oram	28	34	2	0	82.35
JH Kallis	c Oram b Southee	47	75	3	0	62.66
AB de Villiers†	run out (Guptill/†BB McCullum)	35	40	4	0	87.50
JP Duminy	b NL McCullum	3	12	0	0	25.00
F du Plessis	c Southee b Oram	36	43	3	1	83.72
J Botha	b Oram	2	10	0	0	20.00
RJ Peterson	c †BB McCullum b Oram	0	5	0	0	0.00
DW Steyn	c Oram b NL McCullum	8	18	1	0	44.44
M Morkel	c sub (JM How) b Woodcock	3	17	0	0	17.64
Imran Tahir	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 2, w 1)	3

Total (all out; 43.2 over) 172 (3.96 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-8 (Amla, 0.6 over), 2-69 (Smith, 14.2 over), 3-108 (Kallis, 24.1 over), 4-121 (Duminy, 27.4 over), 5-121 (de Villiers, 27.6 over), 6-128 (Botha, 32.5 over), 7-132 (Peterson, 34.2 over), 8-146 (Steyn, 37.4 over), 9-172 (du Plessis, 42.5 over), 10-172 (Morkel, 43.2 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
NL McCullum	10	1	24	3	2.40
DL Vettori	10	0	39	0	3.90
TG Southee	9	0	44	1	4.88
JDP Oram	9	1	39	4	4.33
LJ Woodcock	5.2	0	24	1	4.50	(1w)

Player of the match:    JDP Oram (New Zealand)

Umpires:        Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and RJ Tucker (Australia)

TV umpire:        HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)

Another upset with South Africa in World Cup tournaments ensued, another hot favorite team excluded. New Zealand managed 221 on good batting surface and it was apparently easy for Proteas having burly batting lineup, South Africa side was cruising at 108 for 2 in halfway mark of their innings when Jacques Kallis fell and were all bowled out for 64 runs. New Zealand gripped them in high pressure and restricted them within 172 runs in 44^th over. Jacob Oram titled with Player of Match played a vital character regarding disciplined bowling and terrific fielding.

South Africa attacked with spin and pace while New Zealand opened their batting, jumbled up their bowlers regularly like a pack of cards, and shoved on the field to keep a tight bridle on New Zealand. Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor were at the forefront of revitalization from the depths of 16 for 2 but their leaving in quick succession left New Zealand messing up towards a below-par total on a slow track.

2nd Quarter-Final India vs Australia (Ahmedabad) 24th March

ICC World Cup 2011 – 24^th March

44^th Match – 2^nd Quarter-Final     (day/night    50-over match)

Played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad,

India won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining);

Australia won the toss and decided on batting first;

Scoreboard:

Australia            260/6    (50 over)

Australia Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
SR Watson	b Ashwin	25	38	5	0	65.78
BJ Haddin†	c Raina b Yuvraj Singh	53	62	6	1	85.48
RT Ponting*	c Khan b Ashwin	104	118	7	1	88.13
MJ Clarke	c Khan b Yuvraj Singh	8	19	0	0	42.10
MEK Hussey	b Khan	3	9	0	0	33.33
CL White	c & b Khan	12	22	0	0	54.54
DJ Hussey	not out	38	26	3	1	146.15
MG Johnson	not out	6	6	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 2, w 9)	11

Total (6 wickets; 50 over) 260 (5.20 runs per over)

Did not bat:

B Lee, JJ Krejza, SW Tait

Fall of wickets:

1-40 (Watson, 9.6 over), 2-110 (Haddin, 22.5 over), 3-140 (Clarke, 30.4 over), 4-150 (MEK Hussey, 33.3 over), 5-190 (White, 41.2 over), 6-245 (Ponting, 48.3 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
R Ashwin	10	0	52	2	5.20	(1w)
Z Khan	10	0	53	2	5.30
Harbhajan Singh	10	0	50	0	5.00	(4w)
MM Patel	7	0	44	0	6.28
Yuvraj Singh	10	0	44	2	4.40
SR Tendulkar	2	0	9	0	4.50
V Kohli	1	0	6	0	6.00

India                261/5    (47.4 over)    (won by 5 wickets)

India Innings	(target: 261 runs from 50 over)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
V Sehwag	c MEK Hussey b Watson	15	22	2	0	68.18
SR Tendulkar	c †Haddin b Tait	53	68	7	0	77.94
G Gambhir	run out (White/DJ Hussey)	50	64	2	0	78.12
V Kohli	c Clarke b DJ Hussey	24	33	1	0	72.72
Yuvraj Singh	not out	57	65	8	0	87.69
MS Dhoni*†	c Clarke b Lee	7	8	1	0	87.50
SK Raina	not out	34	28	2	1	121.42
Extras	(lb 3, w 16, nb 2)	21

Total (5 wickets; 47.4 over) 261 (5.47 runs per over)

Did not bat:

R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, MM Patel

Fall of wickets:

1-44 (Sehwag, 8.1 over), 2-94 (Tendulkar, 18.1 over), 3-143 (Kohli, 28.3 over), 4-168 (Gambhir, 33.2 over), 5-187 (Dhoni, 37.3 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
B Lee	8.4	1	45	1	5.19	(3w)
SW Tait	7	0	52	1	7.42	(2nb, 6w)
MG Johnson	8	0	41	0	5.12	(2w)
SR Watson	7	0	37	1	5.28	(1w)
JJ Krejza	9	0	45	0	5.00
MJ Clarke	3	0	19	0	6.33
DJ Hussey	5	0	19	1	3.80

Player of the match:    Yuvraj Singh (India)

Umpires:        M Erasmus (South Africa) and IJ Gould (England)

TV umpire:        RA Kettleborough (England)

Sub-continent team, this time is India, crushed Australia and booked a place at Mohali for nerve thrilling Semi-Final with their archery rival Pakistan on 30^th March. A stand-out hundred of Ricky Ponting astonished whereas Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir notched up enchanting fifties but Yuvraj Singh propelled India to another great encounter at Mohali. Spare contemplation for the Australian skipper, possibly playing his last World Cup match and to Australia, who were last eliminated before the finals of a World Cup way back in 1992.

The pitch was dry in Ahmedabad, India hinged on their spinning tactics, and Australia were driven by Brad Haddin, who oscillated between vital nudges and intended risks, and the contest hung in balance at the half-way mark. Australia had the advantage but Haddin's dismissal in the 23rd over, brought India back into the game. Australian Captain, Ponting, who was under critics regarding his form, probably clinched his last century of World Cup tournaments but his blistering hundred went into hollow when Yuvraj spanked Shaun Tait for a stunning four over backward point in the final ball of the 39^th over, the next over expensive-one proved to be the game-breaker as Brett Lee was conceded 14 runs and no Aussies bowler could succeed in the breaking of an unbeaten partnership between Yuvraj and Raina, Yuvraj snatched a famous win from defending champions Australia.