Thursday, March 31, 2011
Scandalous Cricket Bits
Maurice Odumbe, playing for Kenya, received a five year ban for taking money from bookmakers.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Cricket Record Makers
The highest partnership resulted in 318 runs. It was between Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid in 1999.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Did you know?
The 1979 World Cup saw the introduction of the ICC Trophy competition to select non-Test playing teams for the World Cup, with Sri Lanka and Canada qualifying
Friday, March 25, 2011
2011 Cricket World Cup: Facts
The official event ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is India's Sachin Tendulkar, promoting various ICC initiatives for the tournament.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Scandalous Cricket Bits
Ajay Sharma, playing for India, was found guilty in 2000 for associating with bookmakers and received a life ban from the sport.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Cricket Record Makers
In 1999, South Africa's Lance Klusener was declared 'Man of the Tournament' at the end of the World Cup Final for his 281 runs and 17 wickets.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Did you know?
South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya hosted the 2003 World Cup. The number of teams participating in the event increased from twelve to fourteen.
Friday, March 18, 2011
2011 Cricket World Cup: Facts
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. The tournament will be broadcast all around the world in about 220 countries.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Scandalous Cricket Bits
Saleem Malik, playing for Pakistan, was banned for life in 2000 for actually offering bribes. But it was overturned eight years later.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Cricket Record Makers
The West Indies and Australia are the only nations to have won consecutive titles: West Indies in 1975 and 1979 and Australia 1999, 2003 and 2007.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Did you know?
The first multilateral competition at international level was the 1912 Triangular Tournament, a Test cricket tournament played in England between all three Test-playing nations at the time: England, Australia and South Africa.
Friday, March 11, 2011
2011 Cricket World Cup: Facts
The biggest upset of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 thus far has been the defeat of England by Ireland.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Scandalous Cricket Bits
India's Ajay Sharma has received a life ban after he was found guilty in 2000 for associating with bookmakers to fix the results of matches.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Cricket Record Makers
Cricket has always awarded outstanding performances and handed out a Man of the Match award to these players. This has trend continued into the Cricket World Cup. Since 1992, at the end of each World Cup, one player is declared as "Man of the Tournament".
Monday, March 7, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
2011 Cricket World Cup: Facts
All matches in the World Cup will be accorded One Day International status.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Scandalous Cricket Bits
Implicated in the Hansie Cronje match fixing scheme, South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs was banned for only 6 months. He did not receive a life ban because even though he agreed to under-perform (to score less than 20) in an ODI, he actually scored 74 off only 53 balls.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Cricket Record Makers
Chaminda Vaas, Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath all took more than 20 wickets in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Did you know?
The Test-playing nations qualify automatically for the World Cup main event, while the other teams have to go through a series of preliminary qualifying tournaments.
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