ICC World Cup 2011

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to takeoff inquiry into a report of 'Sunday Times'claimed that “the Indian bookmakers are fixing the results of England county games and international fixtures”.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni reserved the festivity on for a billion admirers as India finalized the World Cup for the second time after a six- wicket triumph in the keenly- challenged final against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.

Trevor Bayliss, the Sri Lankan coach says that, his team can defeat the favorite India in Saturday's World Cup final in spite of injury concerns to their brilliant bowler Muttiah Muralidaran.

Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi claims that the expectation and pressure will all be on India in Wednesday's ICC World Cup semifinal smash hit. "We are not the most favourite team for this competition.

Sri Lanka won New Zealand by 5 wickets in the first semifinal ODI at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 29 Mar 2011. Thilan Samaraweera's outside edge between the wicketkeeper and slip off the fifth ball of the 48th over took the proud Lankans through to the final in Mumbai on April 2, their opponents being either of the two bitter rivals India or Pakistan. It will be the first all-Asian final at the World Cup.

Instants afterward Daniel Vettori had endorsed the last act of their disastrous Bangladesh tour (the series-ending press conference) in October, a fellow journalist wisecracked that New Zealand could end up losing everything before the World Cup but like the Germans in the football World Cup (twelve times semifinalists), they would be in the semifinals come what may.

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Sri Lanka hand England 10-wicket thrashing, move into semis World Cup. The most puzzling aspect of the England batting was the amateurishness of their play against spin. The batsmen never used their feet; to wicket to wicket lines, they consistently tried to force square rather than play straight; and in the final phase of the innings they repeatedly expended vast amounts of energy on reverse sweeps that went nowhere, when conventional shots would have fetched better returns.

Chasing a target of 261, Dhoni's men appeared to be in trouble at 187-5 in the 38th over but Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina carried the team to a five-wicket win with 14 balls to spare at the packed Sardar Patel Stadium. India is now geared for pakistan battle.