Leading Wicket Takers – Top Bowlers-ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Glenn McGrath hold the record for the most Wickets in a World Cup and that was acheived in the 2003 World Cup. While he also lead the all time World Cup wicket takes as he has around 71 wickets in the World Cups he played so far, total of 71 wickets in the 39 matches he played while Muralitharan is 2nd with 56 wickets to his name and Wasim Akram has 55. Now its 2011 World Cup and it is being played in India and Sri Lanka and here you can follow the Leading wicket takes in the World Cup event.

We will update this table of leading wicket takers in the Cricket World Cup 2011. So Far Shahid Afrid and Johanson are leading the pack. 

World Cup 2011 Leading Wicket takers

Most wickets
Player	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ
Shahid Afridi (Pak)	3	28.0	3	73	14	5/16	5.21	2.60
KAJ Roach (WI)	3	22.3	0	88	10	6/27	8.80	3.91
MG Johnson (Aus)	2	18.3	5	52	8	4/19	6.50	2.81
SJ Benn (WI)	3	23.5	3	97	8	4/18	12.12	4.06
Imran Tahir (SA)	2	16.5	1	60	7	4/41	8.57	3.56
TG Southee (NZ)	3	25.2	5	87	7	3/13	12.42	3.43
HS Baidwan (Can)	3	25.5	1	141	7	3/35	20.14	5.45
TT Bresnan (Eng)	3	30.0	1	161	7	5/48	23.00	5.36
SL Malinga (SL)	1	7.4	0	38	6	6/38	6.33	4.95
HK Bennett (NZ)	3	20.0	0	116	6	4/16	19.33	5.80
MM Patel (India)	2	20.0	0	118	6	4/48	19.66	5.90
GP Swann (Eng)	3	29.0	1	141	6	3/47	23.50	4.86
WD Balaji Rao (Can)	3	27.0	0	155	6	4/57	25.83	5.74
RN ten Doeschate (Neth)	3	30.0	0	196	6	3/72	32.66	6.53
SW Tait (Aus)	2	16.0	1	69	5	3/35	13.80	4.31
NLTC Perera (SL)	2	16.0	0	86	5	3/24	17.20	5.37
JF Mooney (Ire)	2	16.0	0	88	5	4/63	17.60	5.50
Shafiul Islam (Ban)	3	17.0	1	101	5	4/21	20.20	5.94
Z Khan (India)	2	20.0	0	104	5	3/64	20.80	5.20
DW Steyn (SA)	2	13.3	2	50	4	3/24	12.50	3.70
RW Price (Zim)	3	25.0	4	82	4	3/16	20.50	3.28
Umar Gul (Pak)	3	20.1	1	92	4	2/12	23.00	4.56
DJG Sammy (WI)	3	22.0	0	94	4	3/21	23.50	4.27
M Muralitharan (SL)	3	27.0	0	97	4	2/38	24.25	3.59
DT Johnston (Ire)	2	18.2	0	98	4	2/40	24.50	5.34
KMDN Kulasekara (SL)	3	25.0	4	98	4	3/16	24.50	3.92
AG Cremer (Zim)	3	26.1	1	110	4	3/31	27.50	4.20
Rizwan Cheema (Can)	3	24.0	0	131	4	2/33	32.75	5.45
PM Seelaar (Neth)	3	30.0	1	173	4	3/45	43.25	5.76
JDP Oram (NZ)	1	2.5	1	2	3	3/2	0.66	0.70
AC Botha (Ire)	1	9.0	1	32	3	3/32	10.66	3.55
TM Odoyo (Kenya)	2	10.0	2	66	3	3/41	22.00	6.60
Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	3	18.2	0	90	3	2/28	30.00	4.90
P Utseya (Zim)	3	23.0	2	90	3	2/24	30.00	3.91
GH Dockrell (Ire)	2	20.0	2	91	3	2/23	30.33	4.55
Mudassar Bukhari (Neth)	3	29.0	1	163	3	2/65	54.33	5.62

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Online tickets to be sold via lottery

Online tickets for the knockout rounds of the World Cup will be available via an online lottery system after a heavy load crashed the tournament's official ticketing website on Monday.

Organizers are working out the exact schedule and details for the online lottery by which people will be given an extended period in which to put their names into the ballot on the World Cup's official ticketing website, Kyazoonga.com. The lottery will take place after the period to register is completed. This will be the first time that there will be an online lottery for a sports event held in the subcontinent.

Organizers say the lottery is a common practice at other global sporting events where there is a heavy demand for tickets. The lottery for the London Olympic Games in 2012, for example, opens on March 15, 2011. Each winner will be restricted to just two tickets, however. "This way at least more people will have a chance to get the tickets," Ratnakar Shetty, the tournament director, told Times of India.

Kyazoonga says that they had suggested a lottery system at the start of the tournament as one means of ticket distribution, but the idea had been rejected because of its novelty in the subcontinent. At one stage on Monday, the website had 500,000 concurrent users trying to buy tickets to the World Cup final. Of the 4000 tickets being put on sale for the game, only 1000 will be available online.


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Zimbabwe vs Australia 4th Match Live Score, Feb 21

Watch Australia Vs Zimbabwe Live Stream At Ahmedabad ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Online Broadcast Pc Tv here. The fourth match of the World Cup will be played between Australia and Zimbabwe. The game will be played on February 21 at Motera in Ahmedabad and will see the Aussies try to overcome their poor form in the warm-ups to get a move on.

On the other hand, Zimbabwe had even poorer form in the practice games but they will know that they need a miracle to win games in the World Cup. Against a side which has beaten them 25 times, Zimbabwe will struggle.

Australia will need to stall their batting collapses. They had a good time back in England but in India where the tracks turn and make life that much more difficult for those coming from the hard bouncy wickets, the Zimbabwean spinners could come handy.

ICC cricket world cup 2011 Match 4 - Australia vs Zimbabwe -Ahemdabad

Fourth match of the ICC cricket world cup will be a group A match played between Australia v Zimbabwe at Ahmedabad. Given the fact that Australia has won the world cup maximum number of times and Zimbabwe is a troubled nation team, this match is also going to be a one sided match. Now till now we have seen that all the 3 previous matches also seem to be one sided affairs. Her is the pre-match review of the first three matches of the 2011 world cup:

• ICC Cricket World Cup Opening Match - World Cup 2011
• Match 2 World Cup 2011 Kenya v New Zealand at Chennai
• Match 3 world Cup - Sri Lanka Vs Canada

Perhaps this is the trend of all world cup tournaments be it hockey, cricket, soccer or any other game. Games get exciting as the competition goes by. My best wishes to the Zimbabwe team this nation definitely needs a world cup win for the game to survive and grow in the nation. I really want them not to exit in the first phase of the tournament
Perhaps this is the trend of all world cup tournaments be it hockey, cricket, soccer or any other game. Games get exciting as the competition goes by. My best wishes to the Zimbabwe team this nation definitely needs a world cup win for the game to survive and grow in the nation. I really want them not to exit in the first phase of the tournament

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Finally Shakib named Bangladesh captain.

As was widely expected, Shakib Al Hasan will lead Bangladesh into this year's World Cup after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), on Friday, named the world's number all-rounder as captain and dashing opener Tamim Iqbal as his deputy for the next one year.


After Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's latest knee injury there was no other choice for the game's governing body but to declare Shakib as the Tigers' skipper. However, the appointment of Tamim as vice-captain came as a surprise to many with wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim long mooted as the most likely candidate.

It was still not an easy decision for the BCB president AHM Mustafa Kamal to select Shakib as captain, as the number one all-rounder was reportedly not ready to take charge only for the World Cup, instead insisting on long-term duty when he met with the BCB president in the morning.

The BCB boss finally agreed on a one-year tenure after a meeting with the high-ups including the selectors at his Mirpur office and the decision this time made Shakib happy. The world's best all-rounder had previously expressed his disappointment on his short-term, stop-gap role.

“Yes, this time I am happy. I always believe in a long-term policy. Now I can plan something for the team,” said Shakib soon after the BCB made the official announcement on the eve of the New Year.

“Now my first job will be to work towards a good team for the World Cup. I firmly believe that the captain has to have a strong opinion on team selection. Definitely I will be part of the team selection this time,” he added.

The world's number one all-rounder also said that he was looking forward to the 2011 World Cup where Bangladesh is one of the co-hosts along with India and Sri Lanka.

“Definitely my first target is to play good cricket in the World Cup and do something as a co-host. I have to take all the responsibility for good or bad result in this big event. I am however excited to lead the team in the World Cup,” said Shakib.

The Bangladesh captain also believes that there will be a good partnership with Tamim.

“We have a very good relationship and hope we can work together to inspire the team for good results in the coming days,” Shakib hoped.

Tamim was however quite surprised by the decision but he was delighted to do his duty.

“I'm surprised because I never thought about it. I will try my best to do my duty as the vice-captain,” said the left-hander, who just went through a very successful year with the bat.

BCB's media committee chairman Jalal Yunus explained the reason behind the board's decision of declaring the captain and vice-captain for one year.

“We took the decision because we thought that it will help our cricket and team performance. Shakib successfully led the team in the last couple of series and we have faith on him that's why we went for a long-term policy,” explained Yunus.

“What we believe is that this decision will also help Shakib to become a good leader because he will get enough time to think about his captaincy. On the other hand we picked up Tamim as vice-captain because he is a performer and has a good future and we want to give him an opportunity so that he can prepare himself as a leader,” he added.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011: Probable semi-finalists

 With the 2011 World Cup around the corner, speculation on the probable champions has started to rise. Australia has dominated the competition for a long time winning the Cup 3 consecutive times, in 1999, 2003 and 2007. This time, however, many fear that the 4-time World Cup winners will face a much stiffer challenge to reclaim the title.


An interesting fact to notice is that in all their previous three wins, Australia has faced the three Asian giants in the final. 1999 was the year when Wasim Akram’s Pakistan failed miserably after scoring just 132 runs in the final. The 2003 final saw Indian bowlers being smashed to all parts of the ground in South Africa. In 2007, Sri Lanka were hoping to replicate their 1996 World Cup win but failed.

Another stat regarding Asian teams in the tournament is that in the previous 5 ICC World Cups, there has been an Asian team in the Final. In 1992, Pakistan won their only ODI World Cup under the influential captaincy of Imran Khan. In the following 1996 competition, Sri Lanka beat Australia in the final at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Pakistan.


Considering the fact that the 2011 World Cup is being played in Asia, the three mighty Asian teams have a good chance of winning the tournament. The list of for probable semi-finalists, however, is easily topped by India.

1. India: One of the greatest batsmen of all time, Sir Viv Richards, has labelled India as the favourites for the 2011 tournament. Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, India has developed a formidable team which will be difficult to beat on home soil. A batting line up which includes the little master Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yousaf Pathan, Dhoni and the inform Virat Kohli, can demolish any bowling attack. Perhaps the only worry the Indian camp has is the lack of pace in their bowling attack which is held together by only Zaheer Khan.

2. Australia: Australia might not be as strong a team as they were a couple of years back, nonetheless, it is still hard to rule out a team which has made it to the final in the previous four attempts. The Kangaroos have managed to reach the final of the World Cup 6 times in the 9 tournaments held so far. As a Captain, Ricky Ponting has a remarkable 100% record in the competition. Australia have won all 22 matches played under his leadership. Their experience in the tournament is bound to come in handy even with this less high profile team.

3. Sri Lanka: This will be spin-wizard Muttiah Muralitharan’s final World Cup outing and he will surely be looking to end his illustrious ODI career on a high. On World Cup pitches, which are expected to support spin bowling, Murali’s magic can single-handedly win games for Sri Lanka. He will be supported by the Lasith Malinga in the bowling department, who will be looking to exploit batsmen with his reverse swing. The batting will be anchored by Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene and players like Tillakaratne Dilshan will look to impose themselves on the opposition.

4. Pakistan: Most people will be surprised to see this name in the list as Pakistan has failed to secure an ODI series win since 2008. However, given the fact that the World Cup will be played in conditions similar to Pakistan, this unpredictable team has the ability to cause an upset. With players like captain Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq and Shoaib Akhtar, who can win matches single-handedly, Pakistan can go on to win their second World Cup title.