The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup.

It was
played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first time
co-hosting a World Cup. The World Cup was also supposed to be co-hosted
by Pakistan, but in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national
cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council The headquarters
of the organising committee were originally situated in Lahore, but have now
been shifted to Mumbai. Pakistan was supposed to hold 14 matches, including
one semi-final. Eight of Pakistan's matches (including the semi-final) were
awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh. (ICC) decided to
strip Pakistan of its hosting rights.

All matches in the World Cup were accorded One Day Internationalfull
membersassociate members. The World Cup took place between February
and 2nd April 2011, with the first match played on 19 February 2011 with co-
hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla National
Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka. The opening ceremony was held on 17 February
2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, two days before the start of
the tournament with the final on 2 April 2011 between India and Srilanka at
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. status, with all matches being played over 50
overs. Fourteen national cricket teams competed in the tournament,
including ten and four

The tournament was won by India who defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets.
India became the first host-nation to win the world cup with final played in
the host country itself. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a captain's
knock of unbeaten 91 in the final and was adjudged man of the match. The
biggest upset of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 was the defeat of England
by Ireland. Ireland's Kevin O'Brien made 100 in just 50 balls (and a total of
113 off 63 balls), the fastest World Cup Century. Also Ireland made the
highest successful run chase in World Cup history beating Sri Lanka's 313
against Zimbabwe at New Plymouth in New Zealand in 1992.

Hosts Selection:

Bids
The ICC originally announced its decision as to which countries would host
the 2011 World Cup on 30 April 2006. Australia and New Zealand also bid
for the tournament, and a successful Australasian bid for the 2011 World
Cup would have seen a 50–50 split in games, with the final still up for
negotiation. The Trans–Tasman bid, Beyond Boundaries, was the only bid for
2011 delivered to ICC headquarters in Dubai ahead of the 1 March deadline.
Considerable merits of the Australasian bid were the superior venues and
infrastructure and the total support of both the New Zealand and
Australian governments on tax and customs issues during the tournament,
according to Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland. The New
Zealand government had also given assurance that Zimbabwe would be
allowed to compete in the tournament, following political discussions in the
country over whether their cricket team should be allowed to tour Zimbabwe
in 2005.

ICC President Ehsan Mani said the extra time taken by the Asian block to
hand over its bid compliance book had harmed the four-nation bid. However,
when the time came to vote, Asia won the hosting rights by seven votes to
three. The Pakistan Cricket Board has revealed that it was the vote of the
West Indies Cricket Board that swung the matter, as the Asian bid had the
support of the four bidding countries along with South Africa and Zimbabwe.
It was reported in Pakistani newspaper Dawn that the Asian countries
promised to hold fund-raising events for West Indian cricket during the
2007 World Cup, which may have influenced the vote. that there "was no
quid pro quo for their support", and that playing the West Indies had
"nothing to do with the World Cup bid". However, chairman of the
Monitoring Committee of the Asian bid, I. S. Bindra, said it was their
promise of extra profits in the region of US$400 million that swung the
vote,

The ICC prefers to rotate World Cup venues between major cricket playing
nations. The World Cups have been hosted by England (three times: 1975,
1979, 1983), India/Pakistan (1987), Australia/New Zealand (1992),
India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka (1996), England/Netherlands (1999), South
Africa/Zimbabwe/Kenya) (2003) and West Indies (2007). For the 2011
World Cup Australia/New Zealand were a strong contender ahead of
India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh because they had not hosted a World
Cup since 1992. In the final voting India won because they argued that since
they were a bigger group of countries they should be assigned a World Cup
more frequently. Australia/New Zealand were awarded the 2015 World Cup.

Format

Late in 2007, the four host nations agreed upon a revised format for the
2011 World Cup identical to the 1996 World Cup, the only change being the
number of teams: it was 12 in 1996 and 14 in 2011. The first round of the
tournament will be a round-robin in which the 14 teams are divided into two
groups of 7 teams each. The 7 teams play each other once with the top 4
from each group qualifying for the quarter-finals. The format ensures that
each team gets to play a minimum of 6 matches even if they are ruled out of
the tournament due to early defeats.

Qualification:

As per ICC regulations, all 10 full members automatically qualify for the
World Cup, including Zimbabwe who have given up their Test playing status
until the standard of their team improves.

The ICC also organised a qualifying tournament in South Africa to determine

which Associate teams would participate in 2011 event. Ireland, who had
been the best performing Associate nation since the last World Cup, won the
tournament, beating Canada in the final. The Netherlands and Kenya also
qualified by virtue of finishing third and fourth respectively.

The following 14 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Group A Group B
Rank Team Rank Team
Full Members
1 Australia 2 India
3 Pakistan 4 South Africa
5 New Zealand 6 England
7 Sri Lanka 8 West Indies
9 Zimbabwe 10 Bangladesh
 Associate Members
11 Canada 12 Ireland
13 Kenya 14 Netherlands

Preparations

Pakistan loses co-host status

In April 2009 the ICC announced that Pakistan had lost its right to co-host
the 2011 World Cup due to ongoing concerns about the "uncertain security
situation" prevailing in the country, especially in the aftermath of the 2009
attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore.

It is estimated that the PCB will lose $10.5 million due to the tournament
being taken away from them. This figure only includes the match-fee of
$750,000 per match guaranteed by the ICC. The overall loss to the PCB and
the Pakistani economy is expected to be much greater.

On 9 April 2009, PCB chairman Ijaz Butt revealed that they had issued a
legal notice to oppose ICC's decision. However, the ICC claims that PCB is
still a co-host and they have only shifted the matches out of Pakistan.2015
World Cup and Australia/New Zealand host 2011, however this option did not
find favour with their co-hosts and hence didn't materialise. Pakistan had
proposed that South Asia host the

Allocation of matches

On 11 April 2005, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan The

original plan involved India hosting the final, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka
would host the semi-finals. and the opening ceremony will take place in
Bangladesh. announced an agreement about the allocation of games.

After being stripped of its co-host status, Pakistan made the bid to host its
home games in the cities of UAE as a neutral home venue. This is a result of
Pakistan playing matches in the preceding months in Abu Dhabi,
DubaiSharjah. The pitches in these stadiums have also been developed to
suit the Pakistani players. and
However, on 28 April 2009, the ICC announced the re-allocation of matches
originally intended to be played in Pakistan. As a result, India hosted 29
matches across eight venues including the final and one semi-final; Sri Lanka
hosted 12 in three venues, including one semi-final; while Bangladesh staged
eight at two grounds as well as the opening ceremony on 17 February 2011.

On 1 June 2010, the first phase of tickets for the 2011 World Cup in India,
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were put on sale following a meeting of the
tournament's Central Organising Committee in Mumbai. The tickets were
priced affordably, with the cheapest costing 20 US cents in Sri Lanka, the
committee said. In January 2011, the ICC declared the Eden Gardens ground
in Kolkata, India to be unfit and unlikely to be complete by 27 February when
it was scheduled to host a match between India and England. As a result, the
match was moved to Bangalore.

Media and promotion

The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament. The
International Cricket Council has sold the rights for broadcasting of the
2011 Cricket World Cup for around US$ 2 Billion to ESPN Star Sports and
Star Cricket.
Song and other promotions

The official event ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is Sachin
Tendulkar, promoting various ICC initiatives for the tournament.

The official song of the 2011 World Cup "De Ghuma Ke" was composed by
the trio of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, and is sung in Hindi, Bengali and Sinhala. It
incorporates an array of Indian rhythms, as well as elements of rock and hip-
hop. The song was performed at the opening ceremony of the tournament,
which was held in Bangladesh on 17 February 2011.

Mascot

Stumpy, a young elephant, is the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World
Cup. He was unveiled at a function in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Friday, 2 April
2010. The official name of the mascot was released on Monday, 2 August
2010 after an online competition conducted by the International Cricket
Council in the last week of July, 2010.

Opening ceremony

The Opening Ceremony was held in Bangladesh. The venue for the opening
ceremony was Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The
event took place on 17 February 2011, 2 days prior to the first match of the
World Cup.

Prize money

The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team would be taking home a prize
money of US$ 3 million and US$ 1.5 million for runner-up, with the
International Cricket Council deciding to double the total allocation for the
coveted tournament to US$ 10 million. The winning team will also take home
a replica of the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy, that has been awarded since
1999. The decision was taken at the ICC Board meeting which was held in
Dubai on April 20, 2010. The total prize money on offer for the tournament
for the teams placing from 1st to 8th is US$7.48 million. The remaining two
semi-finalists will receive 0.75 million US$ each. The last four quarter-
finalists will each receive 0.37 million US$.

Venues

All the venues of the 2011 Cricket World Cup were announced on 2
November 2009 in Mumbai by the International Cricket Council. Two new
stadiums in Sri Lanka have been constructed for the World Cup at
KandyHambantota. and

Venue City Capacity

India
Wankhede Stadium Mumbai 33,317
Eden Gardens Kolkata 90,000
MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai 50,000
M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore 55,000
Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad 54,000
Feroz Shah Kotla New Delhi 48,000
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium Nagpur 45,000
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Mohali 35,000
Sri Lanka
R Premadasa Stadium Colombo 35,000
Muttiah Muralitharan International
Kandy 35,000
Cricket Stadium
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium Hambantota 35,000
Bangladesh
Shere Bangla National Stadium Dhaka 25,000
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium Chittagong 20,000

Umpires

The Umpire selection panel selected 18 umpires excluding a reserve umpire,

Enamul Haque (Bangladesh) to officiate at the World Cup: 5 from Australia,
6 from Asia, 3 from England, 2 from New Zealand and 1 each from South
Africa and West Indies.

Australia South Africa England

• Simon Taufel • Marais Erasmus • Ian Gould

• Steve Davis • Richard Kettleborough
• Rod Tucker Pakistan • Nigel Llong
• Daryl Harper
• Aleem Dar Sri Lanka
• Bruce Oxenford
• Asad Rauf
New Zealand • Asoka de Silva
India • Kumar Dharmasena
• Billy Bowden
• Shavir Tarapore West Indies
• Tony Hill
 • Amiesh Saheba
• Billy Doctrove

Matches

Group A
Team Pld W L T NR NRR Pts
Pakistan 6 5 1 0 0 +0.758 10
Sri Lanka 6 4 1 0 1 +2.582 9
Australia 6 4 1 0 1 +1.123 9
New Zealand 6 4 2 0 0 +1.135 8
Zimbabwe 6 2 4 0 0 +0.030 4
Canada 6 1 5 0 0 −1.987 2
Kenya 6 0 6 0 0 −3.042 0
20 Kenya v New Zealand New Zealand won by
February 69 (23.5 overs) 72/0 (8 overs) 10 wickets
2011 MA Chidambaram
Scorecard Stadium, Chepauk,
Chennai

20 Sri Lanka v Canada Sri Lanka won by

February 332/7 (50 overs) 122 (36.5 overs) 210 runs
2011 (D/N) Mahinda Rajapaksa
Scorecard International
Stadium,
Hambantota

21 Australia v Zimbabwe Australia won by 91

February 262/6 (50 overs) 171 (46.2 overs) runs
2011 (D/N) Sardar Patel
Scorecard Stadium, Motera,
 Ahmedabad

23 Pakistan v Kenya Pakistan won by 205

February 317/7 (50 overs) 112 (33.1 overs) runs
2011 (D/N) Mahinda Rajapaksa
Scorecard International
Stadium,
Hambantota

25 New Zealand v Australia Australia won by 7

February 206 (45.1 overs) 207/3 (34 overs) wickets
2011 Vidarbha Cricket
Scorecard Association Stadium,
Jamtha, Nagpur

26 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Pakistan won by 11

February 277/7 (50 overs) 266/9 (50 overs) runs
2011 (D/N) R Premadasa
Scorecard Stadium, Colombo

28 Zimbabwe v Canada Zimbabwe won by

February 298/9 (50 overs) 123 (42.1 overs) 175 runs
2011 Vidarbha Cricket
Scorecard Association Stadium,
Jamtha, Nagpur

1 March Kenya v Sri Lanka Sri Lanka won by 9

2011 (D/N) 142 (43.4 overs) 146/1 (18.4 overs) wickets
Scorecard R Premadasa
 Stadium, Colombo

3 March Pakistan v Canada Pakistan won by 46

2011 (D/N) 184 (43 overs) 138 (42.5 overs) runs
Scorecard R Premadasa
Stadium, Colombo

4 March Zimbabwe v New Zealand New Zealand won by

2011 (D/N) 162 (46.2 overs) 166/0 (33.3 overs) 10 wickets
Scorecard Sardar Patel
Stadium, Motera,
Ahmedabad

5 March Sri Lanka v Australia Match abandoned

2011 (D/N) 146/3 (32.5 overs) R Premadasa
Scorecard Stadium, Colombo

7 March Kenya v Canada Canada won by 5

2011 (D/N) 198 (50 overs) 199/5 (45.3 overs) wickets
Scorecard Feroz Shah Kotla,
New Delhi

8 March New Zealand v Pakistan New Zealand won by

2011 (D/N) 302/7 (50 overs) 192 (41.4 overs) 110 runs
Scorecard Pallekele
International Cricket
Stadium, Kandy
 10 March Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Sri Lanka won by
2011 (D/N) 327/6 (50 overs) 188 (39 overs) 139 runs
Scorecard Pallekele
International Cricket
Stadium, Kandy

13 March New Zealand v Canada New Zealand won by

2011 (D/N) 358/6 (50 overs) 261/9 (50 overs) 97 runs
Scorecard Wankhede Stadium,
Mumbai

13 March Australia v Kenya Australia won by 60

2011 (D/N) 324/6 (50 overs) 264/6 (50 overs) runs
Scorecard M Chinnaswamy
Stadium, Bangalore

14 March Pakistan v Zimbabwe Pakistan won by 7

2011 (D/N) 164/3 (34.1/38 151/7 (39.4/39.4 wickets
Scorecard overs) overs) Pallekele
International Cricket
Stadium, Kandy

16 March Canada v Australia Australia won by 7

2011 (D/N) 211 (45.4 overs) 212/3 (34.5 overs) wickets
Scorecard M Chinnaswamy
Stadium, Bangalore

18 March Sri Lanka v New Zealand Sri Lanka won by

2011 (D/N) 265/9 (50 overs) 153 (35 overs) 112 runs
Scorecard Wankhede Stadium,
Mumbai

19 March Australia v Pakistan Pakistan won by 4

2011 (D/N) 176 (46.4 overs) 178/6 (41 overs) wickets
Scorecard R Premadasa
Stadium, Colombo

20 March Zimbabwe v Kenya Zimbabwe won by

2011 306/6 (50 overs) 147 (36 overs) 161 runs
Scorecard Eden Gardens,
Kolkata

Group B
Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Group B
Team Pld W L T NR NRR Pts
South Africa 6 5 1 0 0 +2.026 10
India 6 4 1 1 0 +0.900 9
England 6 3 2 1 0 +0.072 7
West Indies 6 3 3 0 0 +1.066 6
Bangladesh 6 3 3 0 0 –1.361 6
Ireland 6 2 4 0 0 –0.696 4
Netherlands 6 0 6 0 0 –2.045 0

19 India v Bangladesh India won by 87

February 370/4 (50 overs) 283/9 (50 overs) runs
2011 (D/N) Shere Bangla
Scorecard National Stadium,
Mirpur, Dhaka
 22 Netherlands v England England won by 6
February 292/6 (50 overs) 296/4 (48.4 overs) wickets
2011 (D/N) Vidarbha Cricket
Scorecard Association Stadium,
Jamtha, Nagpur

24 West Indies v South Africa South Africa won

February 222 (47.3 overs) 223/3 (42.5 overs) by 7 wickets
2011 (D/N) Feroz Shah Kotla,
Scorecard New Delhi

25 Bangladesh v Ireland Bangladesh won by

February 205 (49.2 overs) 178 (45 overs) 27 runs
2011 (D/N) Shere Bangla
Scorecard National Stadium,
Mirpur, Dhaka

27 India v England Match tied

February 338 (49.5 overs) 338/8 (50 overs) M Chinnaswamy
2011 (D/N) Stadium, Bangalore
Scorecard

28 West Indies v Netherlands West Indies won by

February 330/8 (50 overs) 115 (31.3 overs) 215 runs
2011 (D/N) Feroz Shah Kotla,
Scorecard New Delhi

2 March England v Ireland Ireland won by 3

2011 (D/N) 327/8 (50 overs) 329/7 (49.1 overs) wickets
Scorecard M Chinnaswamy
Stadium, Bangalore

3 March South Africa v Netherlands South Africa won

2011 351/5 (50 overs) 120 (34.5 overs) by 231 runs
Scorecard Punjab Cricket
Association Stadium,
Mohali, Punjab

4 March Bangladesh v West Indies West Indies won by

2011 (D/N) 58 (18.5 overs) 59/1 (12.2 overs) 9 wickets
Scorecard Shere Bangla
National Stadium,
Mirpur, Dhaka

6 March England v South Africa England won by 6

2011 171 (45.4 overs) 165 (47.4 overs) runs
Scorecard MA Chidambaram
Stadium, Chepauk,
Chennai

6 March Ireland v India India won by 5

2011 (D/N) 207 (47.5 overs) 210/5 (46.0 overs) wickets
Scorecard M Chinnaswamy
Stadium, Bangalore

9 March Netherlands v India India won by 5

2011 (D/N) 189 (46.4 overs) 191/5 (36.3 overs) wickets
Scorecard Feroz Shah Kotla,
New Delhi

11 March West Indies v Ireland West Indies won by

2011 275 (50 overs) 231 (49 overs) 44 runs
Scorecard Punjab Cricket
Association Stadium,
Mohali, Punjab

11 March England v Bangladesh Bangladesh won by

2011 (D/N) 225 (49.4 overs) 227/8 (49 overs) 2 wickets
Scorecard Zahur Ahmed
Chowdhury Stadium,
Chittagong

12 March India v South Africa South Africa won

2011 (D/N) 296 (48.4 overs) 300/7 (49.4 overs) by 3 wickets
Scorecard Vidarbha Cricket
Association Stadium,
Jamtha, Nagpur

14 March Netherlands v Bangladesh Bangladesh won by

2011 (D/N) 160 (46.2 overs) 166/4 (40.2 overs) 6 wickets
Scorecard Zahur Ahmed
Chowdhury Stadium,
Chittagong

15 March South Africa v Ireland South Africa won

2011 (D/N) 272/7 (50 overs) 141 (33.2 overs) by 131 runs
Scorecard Eden Gardens,
Kolkata

17 March England v West Indies England won by 18

2011 (D/N) 243 (48.4 overs) 225 (44.4 overs) runs
Scorecard MA Chidambaram
Stadium, Chepauk,
Chennai

18 March Netherlands v Ireland Ireland won by 6

2011 306 (50 overs) 307/4 (47.4 overs) wickets
Scorecard Eden Gardens,
Kolkata

19 March South Africa v Bangladesh South Africa won

2011 284/8 (50 overs) 78 (28 overs) by 206 runs
Scorecard Shere Bangla
National Stadium,
Mirpur, Dhaka

20 March India v West Indies India won by 80

2011 (D/N) 268 (49.1 overs) 188 (43 overs) runs
Scorecard MA Chidambaram
Stadium, Chepauk,
Chennai

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

23 March – Dhaka,
Bangladesh

West
112
Indies

30 March – Mohali,
India

Pakistan 113/0

Pakistan 231

24 March –
Ahmedabad, India

India 260/9

Australia 260/6

2 April – Mumbai,
India

India 261/5

India 277/4

25 March – Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Sri 274/6
 Lanka

New
221/8
Zealand

29 March – Colombo,
Sri Lanka

South
172
Africa

New
217
Zealand

26 March – Colombo,
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 220/5

England 229/6

Sri Lanka 231/0

Quarter-finals
23 March West Indies v Pakistan Pakistan won by 10
2011 (D/N) 112 (43.3 overs) 113/0 (20.5 overs) wickets
Scorecard Shere Bangla
National Stadium,
Mirpur, Dhaka
 24 March Australia v India India won by 5
2011 (D/N) 260/6 (50 overs) 261/5 (47.4 overs) wickets
Scorecard Sardar Patel
Stadium, Motera,
Ahmedabad

25 March New Zealand v South Africa New Zealand won by

2011 (D/N) 221/8 (50 overs) 172 (43.2 overs) 49 runs
Scorecard Shere Bangla
National Stadium,
Mirpur, Dhaka

26 March England v Sri Lanka Sri Lanka won by

2011 (D/N) 229/6 (50 overs) 231/0 (39.3 overs) 10 wickets
Scorecard R Premadasa
Stadium, Colombo

Semi-finals
29 March New Zealand v Sri Lanka Sri Lanka won by 5
2011 (D/N) 217 (48.5 overs) 220/5 (47.5 overs) wickets
Scorecard R Premadasa
Stadium, Colombo

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Semifinal: India v Pakistan

30 March India v Pakistan India won by 29
2011 (D/N) 260/9 (50 overs) 231(49.5 overs) runs
Scorecard Punjab Cricket
Association Stadium,
Mohali, Punjab
Final
Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Final
2 April Sri Lanka v India India won by 6
2011 (D/N) 274/6 (50 overs) 277/4 (48.2 overs) wickets
Scorecard Wankhede Stadium,
Mumbai

Team statistics

Highest team totals

The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.

Team Total Opponent Ground

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur,
India 370/4 Bangladesh
Dhaka
New
358/6 Canada Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Zealand
South Punjab Cricket Association Stadium,
351/5 Netherlands
Africa Mohali
India 338 England M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
England 338/8 India M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sri Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket
332/7 Canada
Lanka Stadium, Hambantota
West
330/8 Netherlands Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Indies
Ireland 329/7 England M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
England 327/8 Ireland M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Sri Pallekele International Cricket Stadium,
327/6 Zimbabwe
Lanka Kandy

Batting statistics

Most runs
The top ten highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included
in this table.

Runs Matches Inns Avg HS 100s 50s 4s 6s

Player Team S/R

Tillakarat Sri 62.5

500 9 9 90.74 144 2 2 61 4
ne Dilshan Lanka 0
Sachin 53.5
482 9 9 91.98 120 2 2 52 8
Tendulkar India 5
Kumar
Sri 93.0
Sangakkar 465 9 8 83.78 111 1 3 44 5
Lanka 0
a

Jonathan Englan 60.2

422 7 7 80.84 92 0 5 28 0
Trott d 8

Upul Sri 56.4

395 9 9 83.68 133 2 1 52 2
Tharanga Lanka 2
Gautam 43.6
Gambhir India 393 9 9
6
85.06 97 0 4 37 0

Virender 47.5 122.5

Sehwag India 380 8 8
0 8
175 1 1 49 7

Yuvraj 90.5
Singh India 362 9 8
0
86.19 113 1 4 37 3

AB de South 353 88.2 108.2

5 5 134 2 1 31 7
Villiers Africa 5 8

Andrew Englan 334 47.7

7 7 93.55 158 1 1 34 3
Strauss d 1

Highest scores

This table contains the top ten highest scores of the tournament made by a
batsman in a single innings.

Player Team Score Balls 4s 6s Opponent Ground

Virender Shere Bangla
India 175 140 14 5 Bangladesh National
Sehwag
 Stadium,
Mirpur,
Dhaka
M
Andrew Chinnaswamy
England 158 145 18 1 India
Strauss Stadium,
Bangalore
Pallekele
International
Tillakaratne
Sri Lanka 144* 131 16 1 Zimbabwe Cricket
Dilshan
Stadium,
Kandy
Punjab
Cricket
AB de South
134 98 13 4 Netherlands Association
Villiers Africa
Stadium,
Mohali
Pallekele
International
Upul
Sri Lanka 133* 141 17 0 Zimbabwe Cricket
Tharanga
Stadium,
Kandy
Pallekele
International
New
Ross Taylor 131* 124 8 7 Pakistan Cricket
Zealand
Stadium,
Kandy
M
Sachin Chinnaswamy
India 120 115 10 5 England
Tendulkar Stadium,
Bangalore
Vidarbha
Cricket
Ryan ten
Doeschate Netherlands 119 110 9 3 England Association
Stadium,
Nagpur
Kevin Ireland 113 63 13 6 England M
O'Brien Chinnaswamy
Stadium,
Bangalore
Punjab
Cricket
Hashim South
113 130 8 0 Netherlands Association
Amla Africa
Stadium,
Mohali

• * = Not out

Highest partnerships

The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the
tournament.

By wicket
Wicket Runs Team Players Opposition
Tillakaratne
1st 282 Sri Lanka Upul Tharanga Zimbabwe
Dilshan
Sachin
2nd 134 India Gautam Gambhir England
Tendulkar
South
3rd 221 Hashim Amla AB de Villiers Netherlands
Africa
4th 132 Canada Ashish Bagai Jimmy Hansra Kenya
Ryan ten
5th 121 Netherlands Peter Borren Ireland
Doeschate
6th 162 Ireland Kevin O'Brien Alex Cusack England
New
7th 85 Ross Taylor Jacob Oram Pakistan
Zealand
New Nathan
8th 54 Daniel Vettori Australia
Zealand McCullum
New
9th 66 Pakistan Abdul Razzaq Umar Gul
Zealand
Nehemiah
10th 23 Kenya James Ngoche Zimbabwe
Odhiambo
 By runs
Tillakaratne
1st 282 Sri Lanka Upul Tharanga Zimbabwe
Dilshan
Tillakaratne
1st 231* Sri Lanka Upul Tharanga England
Dilshan
South
3rd 221 Hashim Amla AB de Villiers Netherlands
Africa
Virender
3rd 203 India Virat Kohli Bangladesh
Sehwag
1st 183 Australia Shane Watson Brad Haddin Canada
3rd 181 Zimbabwe Tatenda Taibu Craig Ervine Canada
Kumar Mahela
3rd 179 Sri Lanka Canada
Sangakkara Jayawardene
William
1th 177 Ireland Paul Stirling Netherlands
Porterfield
Andrew
3rd 170 England Ian Bell India
Strauss
3rd 167 England Jonathan Trott Ian Bell Ireland

Bowling statistics

Most wickets

The following table contains the ten leading wicket-takers of the

tournament.

Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI

Shahid Afridi Pakistan 21 8 12.85 21.2 3.62 5/16
Zaheer Khan India 21 9 16.66 22.5 4.45 3/20
Tim Southee New Zealand 18 8 17.33 24.1 4.31 3/13
South
Robin Peterson 15 7 15.86 22.4 4.25 4/12
Africa
Muttiah
Sri Lanka 15 8 16.80 25.2 4.0 4/25
Muralitharan
Yuvraj Singh India 15 9 25.13 30.0 5.02 5/31
 South
Imran Tahir 14 5 10.71 16.9 3.79 4/38
Africa
Umar Gul Pakistan 14 8 19.42 25.9 4.49 3/30
Kemar Roach West Indies 13 6 15.00 21.2 4.23 6/27
Brett Lee Australia 13 7 18.07 25.0 4.42 4/28
Harvir Baidwan Canada 13 6 23.61 25.3 5.58 3/35

Best bowling figures

This table lists the top ten players with the best bowling figures in the
tournament.

Player Team Overs Figures Opponent Ground

West Feroz Shah Kotla,
Kemar Roach 8.3 6/27 Netherlands Delhi
Indies
Lasith Sri R Premadasa
7.4 6/38 Kenya
Malinga Lanka Stadium, Colombo
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Shahid International
Afridi Pakistan 8.0 5/16 Kenya
Cricket Stadium,
Hambantota
Shahid R Premadasa
Afridi Pakistan 10.0 5/23 Canada
Stadium, Colombo
M Chinnaswamy
Yuvraj Singh India 10.0 5/31 Ireland
Stadium, Bangalore
Punjab Cricket
Wahab Riaz Pakistan 10.0 5/46 India Association Stadium,
Mohali
M Chinnaswamy
Tim Bresnan England 10.0 5/48 India
Stadium, Bangalore
Vidarbha Cricket
South
Dale Steyn 9.4 5/50 India Association Stadium,
Africa
Nagpur
MA Chidambaram
West
Ravi Rampaul 10.0 5/51 India Stadium, Chepauk,
Indies
Chennai
 Pallekele
Tillakaratne Sri International
3.0 4/4 Zimbabwe
Dilshan Lanka Cricket Stadium,
Kandy

Hat-tricks

Batsmen
Player Team Opponent Figures Ground
out
Pieter
Seelaar
Kemar West Bernard Feroz Shah Kotla,
Roach Indies Loots Netherlands 6/27 Delhi
Berend
Westdijk
Tanmay
Mishra
Lasith Sri Peter R Premadasa
Kenya 6/38
Malinga Lanka Ongondo Stadium, Colombo
Shem
Ngoche

Fielding statistics

Most dismissals

This is a list of the wicketkeepers who have made the most dismissals in the
tournament.

Player Team Matches Dismissals Caught Stumped

Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 8 14 10 4
Brad Haddin Australia 7 13 13 0
Kamran Akmal Pakistan 8 12 8 4
Matt Prior England 7 10 7 3
Devon Thomas West Indies 7 10 7 3
M S Dhoni India 9 10 7 3
Most catches

This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the
tournament.

Player Team Matches Catches

Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 8 18
Jacques Kallis South Africa 7 6
Robin Peterson South Africa 7 6
Kieron Pollard West Indies 7 6
John Davison Canada 5 5

Player of the match awards

This is a list of the top 5 players awarded Player of the match more than
once in the tournament.

Player Team Matches Awards

Yuvraj Singh India 9 4
AB de Villiers South Africa 5 2
Kemar Roach West Indies 6 2
Imrul Kayes Bangladesh 6 2
Shahid Afridi Pakistan 8 2

Incidents

• The West Indies' team bus had rocks thrown at it by Bangladeshi

fans on its way back to the team hotel after their win over Bangladesh
in Dhaka on March 4. It was later claimed that the rock-throwers had
confused the Windies' bus with the Bangladesh bus.Bangladesh’s elite
Rapid Action Battalion arrested 38 people after the attack.
• On 8 March, fans who lined up outside the Vidarbha Cricket
Association Ground in Nagpur to buy tickets of the match between
India and South Africa were caned by the local police.
• The political party Shiv Sena threatened to disrupt the match if
Pakistan had reached the final in Mumbai.
• The Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) came under scrutiny
when Indian skipper MS Dhoni complained about inconsistencies about
the 2.5m rule in the LBW dismissal appeal for Ian Bell's wicket during
the India-England match in the group stage which eventually ended in
a tie. The rules were subsequently revised and the umpires were given
new guidelines. Subsequently, Sri Lanka captain, Kumar Sangakkara
criticized the decision to alter 2.5m rule during an ongoing
tournament.
• In the final between India and Sri Lanka, there was a mix up at the
toss. Due to the loud crowd noise, match referee Jeff Crowe couldn't
hear the Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara's call as the coin was
tossed by the Indian captain MS Dhoni and as a result the toss had to
be redone - a virtually unheard of event, especially on a stage as big as
the World Cup Final. The next time, the call was heads and
Sangakkara won the toss and decided to bat first.