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Sardar Patel Stadium will host 3 WC Matches One of the venues of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is Sardar Patel Stadium. Sardar Patel Stadium is established in 1982 at Motera, Ahmadabad, Gujarat and owned by Gujarat Cricket Association.  This is also commonly known as "Motera Stadium".  Total capacity of Motera is 54000 spectators, which makes him largest stadium in Gujarat,India.  This cricket stadium is earlier knows as Gujarat Stadium and later named on first home minister and deputy prime minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Pate.  It took just 9 months in 1982 to construct this stadium and ever since all international cricket matches being held in here where earlier they were hosted in Muncipal Corporation Stadium,Ahmedabad. Sardar Patel Stadium has seen many noted event and most favorite of them is 10,000 runs scored by former Indian opener and captain Sunil Gavaskar which was done against Pakistan.  Kapil Dev too become the highest wickets taker in test match whe...

Eden Garden,Venue of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Eden Garden is established way back in 1864 and has been renovated for ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 , after which total capacity will be 86961 spectators.   For peoples who love numbers in the game of cricket, Eden Garden is the second biggest stadium behind Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia and also second to Salt Lake Stadium in term of size. 1st Cricket Test Match hosted by Eden Garden was way back in 5th January 1934 between India and England.   First ODI was hosted on 18th February 1987 between India and Sri Lanka.  It has also hosted Cricket World Cup Final 1987, won by Australian Cricket Team defeating England by 7 Runs.  VVS Laxman During his Knock of 281 Though this is a one of the noted cricket grounds in world there have been many incidents, which can be considered as the black spot on Eden Garden's History.  Riot broke down in 1966/67 during West Indies tours and again in 1969/70 duri...

Ricky Ponting Hit a Six with Graphite Bat If you are watching cricket and from new generation then you must be a great fan of one day cricket which looks like second to Twenty20 these day. One day cricket is dominant by batsmen from start of this format and later encouraged by the world cup winners Sri Lanka.  Everyone seems to be like hard hitting batsmen who can clear the boundary at any given time during a one day internationals.   If we talk about the cricket world cup, there are many names thats flashes on everyones mind like, sanath jayasurya, virender sehwag, sachin tendulkar, andrew symonds etc. who are considered in top list of power players, but are you aware who hitted the most sixes till the start of  icc cricket world cup 2011?   its ricky ponting who is toping the list with 27 sixes.    Here is the list of top six batsman with most sixes in all Cricket World Cups : 27 Ricky Ponting (Australia) - 31 matches  2...

For cricket records fans India's Sachin Tendulkar is leading the charts of most world cup runs.  Before starting of 2011 world cup he has scored 1796 runs since 1992 world cup, Ricky Ponting with 1537 runs is second to him. Indeed this is a great achievement from "Little Master" who is considered the leading cricketer of his generation.  I am sure he will delight his fans world wide with more runs and one of many records under his belt. Here are few more facts about Sachin Tendulkar in world cup cricket: Best Batting average by batsmen in world cups: Sr. No. Player  Batting Average 1 SB Styris (NZ) 69.72 2 IVA Richards (WI) 63.31 3 R Dravid (India) 61.42 4 GM Turner (NZ) 61.20 5 RR Sarwan (WI) 58.40 6 SR Tendulkar (India)  57.93 Best Individual score by batsman in cricket world cups: Sr. No. Player  Batting Average 1 G Kirsten (SA) 188* ...

As everyone has started talking about the cricket world cup 2011 happening in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh most of the fans discussing the amount of prize money ICC re-announced which is more then double the previous announcement.  Yes its has been raised from USD 4 million to USD 10 million. All this has been done just to reflect the importance of the ICC’s flagship competition, which was on a low after the start of IPL.  If you compare the cricket world cup 2011 prize money with world cup 2007 its double the previous i.e. USD 5 million.  Here is the complete distribution of prize money during world cup 2011 to cricket teams: Winning Team              3,000,000 Runner up              1,500,000 Semi-final Losers                 750,000 Se...

There would be a lot of warm up matches before the start of ICC world cup 2011.  First match will be played on 12th February 2011 at R Premadasa Stadium,Colombo,Sri Lanka between Kenya and West Indies. Complete schedule of world cup warm-up matches are as follows:   Sat Feb 12   Tue Feb 15 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 09:30 IST Kenya v West Indies 09:30 IST Kenya v Netherlands R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Pallekele International Cricket Stadium   Sat Feb 12   Tue Feb 15            04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 08:30 GMT | 14:30 local 09:30 IST Sri Lanka v Netherlands 14:00 IST Bangladesh v Pakistan Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur   Sat Feb 12             Tue Feb 15  ...

This is a great news for all the cricket lovers world over! world cup matches schedule are already announced by the ICC and would be available live through ESPNSTAR to worldwide audiences.  So keep a close watch on ESPNSTAR as there would be many excited cricket matches. As there would be 49 matches totality, first match will happen on 19th February 2011 host India and Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur at 08:30 GMT (14:30 local/IST).   Please remember this is the event after 4 years wait,hence do not forget to cheer for your favorite team (s).  Go and buy a new HD plasma to watch the match clearly and closely :).  Here is the complete schedule for your information: Day/Date/Time Teams/Group/Venue Sat Feb 19           1st Match, Group B - India v Bangladesh 08:30 GMT | 14:30 local Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Sun Feb 20 2nd Match, Group A...