The Winner - ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Part-2
1999 ICC Cricket World Cup
The match was played on 26th May, 1999 at County Ground, Taunton. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 posted a mammoth total of 373 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Sourav Ganguly hammered 183 runs off 158 balls with 7 sixes and 17 fours, partnering
with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 Dravid who scored 145 runs off 129 balls, comprising of 1 six and 17 fours.
Pramodya Wickramasinghe took three wickets, and Vaas, and Jayasuriya claimed a wicket each.
The Sri Lankan team was bowled out at 216 runs in 42.3 overs. Aravinda was the top scorer with 56 runs and Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arjuna-Ranatunga-c45447 shared 42 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-Singh-c86341 destroyed the Lankan batting by grabbing five wickets, with Srinath, Debasis Mohanty and Kumble sharing a wicket each.
India won the match comprehensively by 157 runs.
2003 ICC Cricket World Cup
Both teams qualified for the Super Sixes stage, which was conducted on 10th http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391, 2003 at Johannesburg. India scored 292 runs in 50 overs and lost six wickets. Sachin Tendulkar missed his century by three runs with a stable partnership from Virender
Sehwag who contributed 66 runs.
Muralitharan was the main wicket taker with three wickets; Vaas came out with two, as De Silva had a wicket as well.
The Sri Lankan team was all out in just 23 overs, and could only score a mere 109 runs, Kumar Sangakkara was the highest scorer with 30 runs with an assistance of 16 runs from Muralitharan.
Srinath and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashish-Nehra-c46293 wrecked the Lankan batting by grabbing four wickets each, with Zaheer Khan claiming two wickets.
India won the match by a huge margin of 183 runs.
2007 ICC Cricket World Cup
Both, India and Sri Lanka were in the same pool, and encountered each other on 23rd march, 2003 at Queens’ Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Sri Lanka scored 254 runs in 50 overs when they had lost six wickets. Upul Tharanga was the
highest scorer with 64 runs and Chamara Silva came out with 59 runs.
Zaheer khan took two wickets as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ajit-Agarkar-c972, Munaf Patel, Ganguly and Tendulkar shared a wicket each.
The Indians were bowled out at 185 runs in 43.3 overs, Dravid top scored with 60 runs as Sehwag posted 48 runs.
Muralitharan was the highest wicket taker with three; Vaas held two wickets as Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Jayasuriya, and Tilakaratne Dilshan each shared a wicket.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 won the match by 69 runs.
The Sri Lankan team has never lost a World Cup match in India and the Final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is being staged in Mumbai, India. The real question is can the Lankan Lions keep up with history? They have reached the Final after beating stronger
outfits in the tournament, and overcame http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in the semi-final. They are just one match away from another glorious win they can give to their nation, and will definitely fight hard for that.
On the other hand, the Indian team seems to be in great form, they won the match against former Champions, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 is their turf, with throngs of people supporting their national team; they
aspire to write history by becoming the first host nation to win the coveted World Cup.
At the end of the day the Trophy will be forwarded to the team that brings their best today to add another feather to its list of cricketing triumphs.
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