2011 ICC World Cup Trivia

1. Where was the opening match on 19th February played?

From Quiz Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

The opening match was played between India and Bangladesh in Group B. India beat Bangladesh in that match.

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: 10th

This was the 10th tenth World Cup with the first being held in 1975.

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag was lbw by Malinga in the second innings of India in the first over. Virat Kohli scored 32 runs in the 3rd wicket partnership with Gautam Gambhir who missed his century only by 3 runs. Kumar Sangakkara the Sri Lankan captain missed his half century only by 2 runs in the 1st innings. Mahela Jayawardene scored a century not out in the 1st innings.

From Quiz The Final: India vs Sri Lanka

Answer: Nuwan Kulasekara

The last ball of the match was bowled by Sri Lankan Nuwan Kulasekara and was hit for six by the Indian captain MS Dhoni. It gave India the World Cup after 28 years.

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

This World Cup was Bangladesh's first time co-hosting the World Cup. The opening ceremony was held in Dhaka, two days before the start of the tournament.

From Quiz 2011 ICC WC Qualifying: Div 4

Answer: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

2008 ICC World Cricket League Division IV took place between October 4th and October 11th, 2008, and featured Fiji, Hong Kong, Italy, Jersey, Afghanistan and the hosts Tanzania.

From Quiz Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka jointly hosted the 2011 World Cup. The ifnal was played in India, one semi-final was played in Sri Lanka and the other in India. Bangladesh hosted two of the four quarter-finals, with India and Sri Lanka hiosting on each. The 42 group matches (Group A and Group B) were spread across the three countries.

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: 14

The nations were Australia, India, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand, England,Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, and The Netherlands.

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: India

India's captain MS Dhoni's excellent innings saw India lift the World Cup. India became the first country to lift the World Cup on home soil. Pakistan won the World Cup once and they were the semi-finalists who played against India. Sri Lanka lifted once, and New Zealand were the semi-finalists. MS Dhoni became the first captain to lift the World Cup as a wicket keeper.

From Quiz The Final: India vs Sri Lanka

Answer: Steve Davis

The two main umpires on the field were Simon Taufel (Australia) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan). The third umpire was Ian Gould (England), and the fourth umpire was Steve Davis (Australia).

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: 14

The teams were split into two group of seven teams each. They included Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Canada, India, West Indies, South Africa, Ireland, England, Bangladesh, and the Netherlands.

From Quiz 2011 ICC WC Qualifying: Div 4

Answer: Afghanistan and Jersey

Afghanistan and Jersey finished in the top two spots in the 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division V, held in May of the same year.

From Quiz Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: Pakistan

Pakistan, under the captainship of Sahid Afridi topped their group with 10 points. Sri Lanka and Australia both had 9 points, and New Zealnd had 8 pts. Due to their better run rate, Sri Lanka was 2nd and Australia 3rd.

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh of India was crowned the man of the tournament for exceptional performance with the ball(taking 15 wickets) and bat(scoring 362 runs).

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: Ireland defeating England by 3 wickets

Ireland defeated England by 3 wickets by chasing 327 runs. Ireland came with 111/5 in the start. But, Kevin O Brien's 113 runs of 63 balls saw Ireland win their fist match in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. In the 4th quarterfinal, New Zealand gave South Africa a target of 222 but South Africa were bowled out for 179.

From Quiz The Final: India vs Sri Lanka

Answer: 18

India's greatest cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who was expected to get his 100th international century, fell caught behind to Lasith Malinga for a mere 18 runs.

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: Tillakaratne Dilshan

Dilshan played for Sri Lanka and scored 500 runs in nine matches in the tournament.

From Quiz 2011 ICC WC Qualifying: Div 4

Answer: Afghanistan

It was a fairy tale performance by the Afghan players, who defied the odds to go through the tournament unbeaten, defeating the heavily-fancied Hong Kong team twice en route to victory. The team was made up entirely of home-grown players, many of whom had only taken up cricket in the previous ten years.

From Quiz Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: South Africa

South Africa, under the captainship of Graeme Smith, topped the points table of Group B with 10 points. India was 2nd with 9 points, England 3rd with 7 points. Bangladesh and the West Indies both had 6 points but, with a better run rate, the West Indies was placed 4th.

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: Zaheer Khan (India) and Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

Both Zaheer Khan of India and Shahid Afridi of Pakistan wrapped up their World Cup campaign by taking 21 wickets each.

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: India with 370 runs

India scored 370-4 against Bangladesh with Virender Sehwag's 175 at the opening match in Mirpur. India had their first victory by letting Bangladesh score 283-9 by 87 runs, although Bangladesh had their highest totals in World Cup and excellent innings from all the batsmen in Mirpur.

From Quiz The Final: India vs Sri Lanka

Answer: Angelo Mathews

Angelo Mathews was injured in Sri Lanka's semi-final and was replaced in the squad for the final by Suraj Randiv.

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: 21

Shahid Afridi played for Pakistan, and Zaheer Khan played for India. They were both economical bowlers. Shahid Afridi was more economical than Zaheer Khan.

From Quiz 2011 ICC WC Qualifying: Div 4

Answer: Joe Scuderi

Joe Scuderi captained the Italian team during the tournament. After defeat to Afghanistan in the preliminary stages meant that Italy could not gain promotion to Division III, Scuderi announced that this tournament would be his last as a player. In a first-class career spanning 13 years between 1988 and 2001, Scuderi turned out 82 times for South Australia and Lancashire.

From Quiz Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: Ireland, Netherlands, Canada and Kenya

The 10 Test playing nations were: England, Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Bangladesh, West Indies and Zimbabwe. Of those four non-test playing nations, Canada and Kenya were placed in Group A, while Ireland and Netherlands were placed in Group B.

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: Tilakaratne Dilshan

Dilshan was the leading run-scorer scoring 500 runs in nine matches at a whopping average of 62.50 and a strike rate of 90.74.

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: Both Afridi and Kahn

Shahid Afridi, Pakistani captain and Zaheer Khan both took 21 wickets in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Shahid Afridi was more economical than Zaheer Khan.

From Quiz The Final: India vs Sri Lanka

Answer: Munaf Patel

Munaf Patel had a bowling analysis of 9-0-41-0, making him the economical Indian bowler with a economy rate of 4.55.

From Quiz ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Answer: 370

India made a total of 370/4 against Bangladesh in the opening match of the tournament. Sehwag scored 175 in the match. India won the match by 87 runs.

From Quiz 2011 ICC WC Qualifying: Div 4

Answer: Hong Kong

Hong Kong played in the 2004 and 2008 editions of the Asia Cup, losing twice to Pakistan and once to India.

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