ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Quarter final Scheule

2011 ICC World Cup 2011 Quarter Final Schedule (23rd March-26th March)

• Pakistan v/s West Indies - 23rd March - Mirpur
• Australia v/s India   - 24th March - Ahmedabad
• South Africa  v/s New Zealand - 25th March - Mirpur
• England v/s Sri Lanka - 26th March - Colombo

2011 UEFA Champions League Schedule: Quarter finals/Semi finals/ Finals

 2011 UEFA Champions League Schedule - Quarter Final
(5thApril /6th April & 12th April/13th April)

• Real Madrid v/s Tottenham Hotspur (A1)
• Chelsea v/s Manchester United (B1)
• Barcelona v/s Shakhtar Donetsk (C1)
• Inter Milan v/s Schalke (D1)

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2011 UEFA Champions League Schedule - Semi Final
(26th April/27th April & 3rd May/4th May)

• Winner of B1 v/s D1
• Winner of A1 v/s C1

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2011 UEFA Champions League Schedule -Final
(28th May)
Winner of Semi final1 v/s Winner of Semi Final2

After World Cup Shoaib Akthar to retire

Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has decided to retire after the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He told this news to his team mates at the Premadasa Stadium. Shoaib's World Cup campaign began on a good note till he was torn apart by Ross Taylor in the final overs of the match. He was rested in the game against Canada and was dropped in the game against Zimbabwe.
One can recall Shoaib Akthar's rise to fame in the test match against India when he dismissed Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. Although he has been caught in several controversies rearding his bowling action and discipline he has always been a valuable asset to Pakistan. Shoaib bowled at 100mph against New Zealand in 2002 and needs just 3 more wickets to touch the 250 mark in one day cricket. He said that he hoped that he would play his last match on 2nd April.

Which teams will qualify from Group B for quarter finals: WC 2011

South Africa has sailed through to the quarterfinals but there is a lot of uncertainity for the remaining 3 slots. Will India qualify for the quarter finals? Will Enland qualify for the quarter finals? Will West Indies qualify for the quarter finals or Will Bangladesh qualify for the quarter finals?
Below are some permutations and combinations required by the different teams in Group B to qualify for the next stage.

The qualification depends on these matches:



1. ENG (5) Vs WI (6)


2. SA (8) Vs BAN (6)


3. IND (7) Vs WI (6).


Right now the points (nrr) for teams: ENG -> 7 (0.013); WI-> 6 (2.206); SA-> 8 (1.606); BAN-> 6 (-0.765); IND-> 7 (0.768);


I hope every body knows that, if India wins in the last match they will be second in the group, provided, SA wins over BAN, otherwise, they will top the group. Let’s see what happens if they don’t win that last match.


Since we assume WI win, WI will have 8 points. The possible scenarios are:


1. If ENG win Vs WI and SA win Vs BAN,  B1: SA (10); B2: WI (8); B3: IND (7); B4: ENG (7). IND (7) will be ahead of ENG (7) since the nrr is better for India, for ENG to be ahead of IND, the margin of runs combined (margin of ENG win margin of IND loss) should be more than 192 runs, which is very difficult or impossible.


2. If ENG win Vs WI and BAN win Vs SA,  B1: WI (8); B2: SA (8); B3: BAN (8); B4: IND (7). Again, IND (7) will be ahead of ENG (7) since the nrr is better for India, for ENG to be ahead of IND, the margin of runs combined (margin of ENG win margin of IND loss) should be more than 192 runs, which is almost impossible.


3. If WI win Vs ENG and SA win Vs BAN,  B1: SA (10); B2: WI (10); B3: IND (7); B4: BAN (6). SA and WI position may interchange with nrr. ENG (5) is out.



4. If WI win Vs ENG and BAN win Vs SA,  B1: WI (10); B2: SA (8); B3: BAN (8); B4: IND (7). ENG (5) is out.

South Africa qualify for Quarter Finals

South Africa qualified for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup quarter finals in Group B defeating Ireland by 131 runs. Eden Garden hosted the first match of the World Cup. JP Duminy scored a well deserved knock of 99 runs and along with Ingram who scored 46 runs rescued South Africa who were reeling at 117/5. South Africa now have qualified for the quater finals with the next three qualifying spots still remaining open in Group B.

Update: Bahrain Grand Prix 2011

Latest development from Bahrain suggest that the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix 2011 is very unlikely to be held in the year end. The country was placed under military rule on Tuesday after the protest showed no signs of stopping. It is unlikely that peace will return back so soon to Bahrain and that's the reason I dont see the race takin  place over there this year.

Pakistan enter quaterfinals of 2011 Cricket World Cup

Pakistan booked themselves a place in the quaterfinals of the 2011 Cricket World Cup by defeating Zimbabwe by 7 wickets. Pakistan finished with a score of 164/3 after Zimbabwe made 151/7 in a rain interupted match. For Pakistan Shafiq scored a fluent 78 not out after Hafeez made a patient 49. For Zimbabwe Ervine top scored with 52.