Apr 5, 2011 Gary Kirsten says South Africa needed a more experienced middle order to win crunch games
Apr 5, 2011 Wahab Riaz, who picked up his maiden ODI five-for against India in the World Cup semi-final, had spent three nights planning his strategy against India's batsmen ahead of the clash
Oh to be in Colombo, smelling the flowers, watching the birds soar past the Premadasa and hanging out at the Blue Leopard (or is that the Blue Elephant?)
McGrath accounts for South Africa's top order in a high-pressure match
... and that's that
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| Most Runs | ||||||
| Players | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tillakaratne Dilshan(SL) | 9 | 500 | 144 | 62.50 | 90.74 | |
| Sachin Tendulkar(India) | 9 | 482 | 120 | 53.55 | 91.98 | |
| Kumar Sangakkara(SL) | 9 | 465 | 111 | 93.00 | 83.78 | |
| Most Wickets | ||||||
| Players | Mat | WKts | BBI | Ave | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahid Afridi(Pak) | 8 | 21 | 5/16 | 12.85 | 3.62 | |
| Zaheer Khan(India) | 9 | 21 | 3/20 | 18.76 | 4.83 | |
| Tim Southee(NZ) | 8 | 18 | 3/13 | 17.33 | 4.31 | |
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Highest totals | Lowest totals | Most runs | High scores | Most hundreds | Most wickets | Best bowling | Best averages | Most dismissals | Most catches | More
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| Group A | |||||||
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts | Net RR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +0.758 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +2.582 |
| Australia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +1.123 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1.135 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.030 |
| Canada | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1.987 |
| Kenya | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3.042 |
| Group B | |||||||
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts | Net RR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +2.026 |
| India | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | +0.900 |
| England | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | +0.072 |
| West Indies | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.066 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1.361 |
| Ireland | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.696 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.045 |
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