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Australia 262 for 6 (Watson 79, Clarke 58*, Mpofu 2-58) beat Zimbabwe 171 (Cremer 37, Johnson 4-19, Tait 2-34) by 91 runs… Clinical Australia won their opening ICC Cricket World Cup encounter against a hapless Zimbabwe by 91 runs in Ahmedabad on Monday. Regis Chakabva (6) did not last long as Jason Krejza picked up [...… |
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Sri Lanka 332 for 7 (Jayawardene 100, Sangakkara 92) beat Canada 122 ( Cheema 37, Kulasekara 3-16)by 265 runs… For the many who slammed the ICC’s decision to expel Associates from the next World Cup, this was a bad day. After Kenya were embarrassed by a modest New Zealand team, Canada desperately needed to showcas… |
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New Zealand 70 for 0 (Guptill 39*, McCullum 26*) beat Kenya 69 (Bennett 4-16, Oram 3-2, Southee 3-13) by 10 wickets… Fast bowler Hamish Bennett grabbed four wickets in a sensational opening spell as New Zealand skittled out Kenya for 69 en route a 10-wicket win in just 8 overs in a World Cup Group [...] |
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India 370 for 4 (Sehwag 175, Kohli 100*) beat Bangladesh 283 for 9 (Tamim 70, Shakib 55, Munaf 4-48) by 87 runs… There was no reprise of the 2007 upset at Port of Spain in the opening game of this World Cup. Instead, Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli gave evidence of the havoc this Indian [...] |
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Those who were not at the Bangabandhu National Stadium will never know just how successful and moving the opening ceremony of the 2011 World Cup was. Those who saw it on TV would have cringed at Sonu Nigam crooning an English inspirational song, Bryan Adams of all people being the top draw, recordings of Shankar-Ehsan-LoyR… |
