Top run-rate in World Cup history

The ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup top the average run-rate of more than five runs per over for the first time in its 36-year-old history.The tenth version of the event averaged 5.03 per over, compared to the preceding highest of 4.95 per over in the 2007 competition in the West Indies. The scoring rate has changed since the first three edition in 1975, 1979 and 1983 during which per innings consisted of 60 overs, somewhat than the current 50 over-format. In...

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Yuvraj hail Gary "the father figure"

India's colorful batsman Yuvraj Singh has hail team coach Gary Kirsten as the father figure and would be missed.For all the joy that the ICC Cricket World Cup victory has brought in, there is also a dash of sadness in the Indian cricket team as it marks the end of inspiring coach Gary Kirsten's tenure and batsman Yuvraj Singh says the "father figure" would be missed. "He always reserved a check on me. He pull me up when the chips were down. He is...

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ICC confirms 10-team World Cup arrangement

The ICC has established the next two World Cups will be contest by 10 teams, commerce a major blow to connect nations such as Ireland.The recently finished competition featured 14 sides but the ICC management board had made their intention clear last October to cut that by four for the 2015 and 2019 events. There was opposition from relate nations, who felt their likely keeping out from the World Cup would hinder growth, and the cause took on new...

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