India beat West Indies by 80 runs in the 42th match of ICC World cup

India  beat West Indies by 80 runs in the 42th  match of  ICC World cup. The threatened Yuvraj Singh's century on a track whose bounce by Ravi Rampaul exploited, but not to the fullest. Rampaul, the hero of West Indies' last win against a major side, took his first five-for in ODIs on his World Cup debut to hurt the start, the middle and the end of the Indian innings. However, West Indies' insistence on opening the bowling with Sulieman Benn despite the helpful track, and the obvious plan of trying to bounce India out meant they couldn't capitalise on a first over that claimed Sachin Tendulkar. Then there was Yuvraj, with his maiden World Cup century, fighting dehydration, vomiting on the field, and then coming back to take two wickets.The game might have ended in a whimper, but it began explosively. Inside the first 11 overs, two deliveries bounced over the keeper's head for byes, two batsmen got out to deliveries dug in short, one was dropped off another short delivery, but Benn went for 21 off his three overs to ease the pressure. To make matters worse Darren Sammy dropped Yuvraj twice, chances not easy but not impossible, at 9 and 13 runs.Working with Yuvraj was Virat Kohli, for whom it was almost a homecoming to bat at No. 3 in the absence of the injured Virender Sehwag. In familiar environs of not having to score at a strike-rate of 150, Kohli did just what was required on a tough pitch after a tough start, scoring 59 off 76, letting Yuvraj take the majority of the strike in a 122-run partnership, after the two had come together at 51 for 2.Even after Yuvraj was reprieved twice, the bouncers still kept coming, the odd ball still misbehaved especially for the left-hand batsman. He got dehydrated and threw up but nothing seemed to be able to stop the Yuvraj specials in between, shots that kept the scoring rate up in the middle overs. Kohli was smart too: he had played 21 deliveries when Yuvraj came to join him, but so good was the strike manipulation that Yuvraj had played 12 more deliveries than him by the time their partnership ended. During the partnership, Yuvraj pulled over midwicket, cover-drove for fours along the ground, swept the legspin of Devendra Bishoo, and on-drove Sammy over long-on for a majestic six. His mates, though, managed to engineer another collapse from 218 for 3 in the 42nd over.

 Zaheer Khan's dismissal of Devon Smith in the first over of his second spell as the turning point of the match. Zaheer had only bowled two overs in his first spell and was, presumably, being saved for when the ball got a bit older and reverse-swing came into play. He struck with the older ball, in the 31st over, with a slower ball that bowled Smith, who had anchored West Indies' chase with a well-compiled 81. The game really changed once Zaheer gave the breakthrough; until then Devon was batting really well," They could apply pressure from both ends, and eventually they got more wickets.Prior to Zaheer's strike, West Indies had eased their way to 154 for 2 with first Darren Bravo and then Ramnaresh Sarwan building fifty partnerships with Smith. The game seemed to be slipping away from India, but the fall of Smith's wicket allowed Dhoni to attack - at one point he had three close-in fielders for Harbhajan Singh and West Indies crumbled under the pressure. Turned out they needed a bit of help from India to kickstart the collapse. It came through a maiden from Harbhajan, who came back remarkably after an uninspiring spell of four overs for 23 with the new ball. Harbhajan and Munaf Patel put together a spell of 19 balls for just eight runs before Zaheer was called upon to provide the exclamation mark.

Pakistan were the last team to overcome Australia at a World Cup 2011

Pakistan were the last team to overcome Australia at a World Cup and it was they who brought Ricky Ponting's 34-match unbeaten run to an end with a four-wicket victory to secure top spot in Group A. An impressive display in the field laid the foundations as the reigning champions were bundled out for 176 on a difficult surface, their lowest total in a World Cup and despite a mighty effort from Brett Lee Pakistan were guided home by Umar Akmal and Abdul Razzaq.Despite not having either team's progression at stake, the final group positions determine quarter-final opposition while momentum is also a factor. Both teams were hyped for the contest, and it came to an early head when Umar and Brad Haddin almost came to blows in the field. After their batting subsided with 20 balls unused, Australia's only chance was to bowl Pakistan out, but in the event it required Lee himself to do most of the damage. He removed both openers in a fiery new-ball burst before returning to claim Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq with consecutive deliveries in 23rd over, leaving Pakistan wobbling on 98 for 4. Smart stats Australia's defeat ends a 34-match World Cup streak without a loss.The scoring patterns of the two teams were distinctly different in this match: Australia took 89 singles, 13 twos, and struck ten fours; Pakistan took 59 singles, eight twos, but struck 21 fours, more than twice the number that Australia managed.Brett Lee's figures of 4 for 28 are his best against Pakistan. In his last 12 ODI innings, Ricky Ponting has scored 289 runs at an average of 24.08, with only one half-century. However, support for Lee was too late in coming which didn't leave enough runs for Australia to play with. Mitchell Johnson had Asad Shafiq taken at slip off the glove for a composed 46 and Shahid Afridi brainlessly carved to long-on against Jason Krejza. Surprisingly, Lee wasn't immediately recalled with 34 runs still needed and by the time he came back the target was down to 10. Umar played one of his most composed innings yet, and Razzaq finished the chase with consecutive boundaries. Lee could easily have removed Kamran Akmal in the first over of Pakistan's reply, while in his second over he squared up Mohammad Hafeez and made good ground to take the return catch. With attacking fields set by Ricky Ponting, further boundaries were notched up by Kamran and Shafiq, who had to battle some pain after twisting his ankle, but Lee kept his side in the match singlehandedly. After being carved over the covers he thundered a rapid delivery into Kamran's pads and this time he was given out by Marais Erasmus with the review unable to save him. However, Ponting knew he had to save some of Lee for later and his spell ended after five overs which released the pressure on Pakistan. Shafiq, who showed his composure against Zimbabwe in his first World Cup outing, played another mature hand knowing that the required rate was always in hand. Both he and Younis had a few nervous moments - with the pair edging through a vacant slip cordon - but together they took the requirement below 100. Eventually, though, Younis flashed once too often outside off and gave a simple catch to Brad Haddin, and from the very next ball, the match was back in the balance when Misbah, the other half of Pakistan's experienced middle order, hung his bat out at a Lee outswinger.Umar wasn't going to fiddle his way towards the target and drilled his fifth ball through the covers, but to his immense credit he throttled back to play a very mature hand. He picked the right moments to attack, including a six off Krejza, and didn't panic after Lee's rapid inroads. It helped that he had the experience of Razzaq at the end to see them across the line. Australia have been saying how they wanted a test after easing through most of the group stage but the batting wasn't up to it on a difficult surface that offered spin and a touch of uneven bounce. Two batsmen desperate for a substantial innings, Ponting (19) and Cameron White (8), both struggled leaving the lower order exposed to an attack that had all the bases covered on a surface offering spin and reverse swing. Not for the first time spin brought his downfall when he tried to cut Hafeez, who produced a superb 10-over spell for 26, and got a thick edge that Kamran did well to take in the webbing of his right glove there was an altercation between Haddin and the Pakistanis.Hussey couldn't perform a rescue-act, either, when he chipped a simple catch to midwicket and the innings was coming off the rails as Razzaq produced a nippy delivery to find Johnson's outside edge. It left the tail to cope with Gul and Afridi which proved too much, but Australia weren't many short of a match winning total. The quarters and semi-final will be fascinating viewing if the pitches are anything like this surface.

Against Canada a seven-wicket win, an Australian World Cup-record

Before starting World cup 2011 the fans of Australian fans were  worried about their performance but in the world cup they also playing good. Against Canada a seven-wicket win, an Australian World Cup-record opening partnership, a 34th consecutive World Cup match without a loss. That all sounds pretty good for  an Australian fan. But if Australia play like they did against Canada when the knockout stage begins next week, they won't be lifting the World Cup. Fortunately for Shane Watson and Brad Haddin, luck was on their side. Watson should have been caught in Harvir Baidwan's first over when he skied a chance to mid-on, and Haddin nearly played on to Osinde and then survived a perfect lbw shout that Canada should have reviewed. The openers were loose and lazy early, but they were wonderful later, and that is the one great positive Australia can take.In the field, they lacked polish. In the lead-up to the tournament, the former swing bowler Damien Fleming said Australia could be bowling teams. And when the Canadian top order slapped and sliced their way to the fastest team half-century of the World Cup, getting there in 4.4 overs, it seemed that Fleming's throwaway line wasn't so far from the truth.

That's the risk of playing Shaun Tait, Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson. As Canada showed, their speed can be used against them. Lee ended up with four wickets, but in his new-ball spell varied between being too full with no swing, and too short and inaccurate.

By the time Shane Watson and Brad Haddin were launching the ball with frightening regularity into sparsely populated stands, Australia had taken control of a game that extended their unbeaten run in World Cups to 34 matches, and vaulted them from fourth to first in Group A. Though the margin of victory - seven wickets with 91 balls to spare - was huge, they did not have it easy throughout. Canada ambushed them with the bat, and then created some chances with the new ball. Australia's pace and power eventually swamped them but Ashish Bagai's team exceeded expectations in their final World Cup appearance.

When Bagai chose to bat, the probability of an early finish in Bangalore increased significantly, but Australia's inevitable supremacy was delayed by an extraordinary attack from Hiral Patel, who batted fearlessly to score a rapid half-century off the world's fastest bowlers. After the labour against Kenya, Ponting had said he wanted to win this convincingly but it wasn't until the 29th over, by which time Canada had reached 150 for 2, that Australia began to dominate.

Their surge was led by the wayward Shaun Tait, who had Bagai edging to Haddin. The ball was now scruffy and had begun to reverse. In his next over, Tait wasted a review on an unsuccessful lbw appeal for the second time, not spotting an inside edge from Zubin Surkari. He floored Surkari, though, with his next two balls, a toe-crushing yorker followed by a full toss that struck the batsman painfully on the thigh. Rattled, Surkari attempted a flamboyant drive after getting back on his feet, and inside-edged on to middle stump.

Between those wickets, Jason Krejza dismissed Jimmy Hansra, whose attempted hit down the ground landed in long-on's hands. Brett Lee, who bore the brunt of the early onslaught, returned to uproot Rizwan Cheema's middle stump with a slower ball. Canada lost four wickets in four overs, and five for 19, and were soon dismissed for 211. Having struggled in the field with his injured pinky, Ponting was unhappy, and his frustration showed when he collided with Steve Smith moments before catching Harvir Baidwan. Ponting flung the ball into the ground after taking the catch. There was no memorable swansong for 40-year-old John Davison, who was playing his final game. After three attacking boundaries, he gloved a slower bouncer from Lee to Haddin, ending the opening stand on 41, Canada's best of the World Cup. Thereafter opportunities for Canada were few. Haddin and Watson dominated the bowling during the batting Powerplay - 41 runs between overs 21 and 25 - and were soon finding the boundary at will. Both batsmen missed their centuries, though, holing out to catches in the deep, leaving the finish to their mates in the middle order.

England win a thrilling match against South Africa

 England win a thrilling match against South Africa. England come back in the track of World cup 2011 by this victory.  What a World Cup England are producing. From a thrilling tie against India to the shock of losing to Ireland they have now conjured a stunning fight back to beat South Africa by six runs in a gripping contest on a tough pitch in 21th match of ICC World Cup 2011. They took all ten wickets for 102 through a combination of spin, reverse swing, perseverance and the never-say-die-attitude which is such a trait of this team, with Stuart Broad sealing the victory with two wickets in four balls after Dale Steyn's 31-ball 20 had taken his team close to the winning line. After the batting struggled to post 171 - as Broad took 4 for 15, James Anderson produced a devastating burst of reverse swing shortly before the 34-over ball change and Graeme Swann bowled with guile and craft to set up the prospect of victory.

Despite the tricky pitch, South Africa had broken the back of the run-chase after an opening stand of 63 between Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla. However, they suffered two slumps; the first as three wickets fell for 19-with Broad claiming the vital scalps of Amla and Jacques Kallis - then the more significant slide from 124 for 3 to 165 all out as Anderson produced some wonderful reverse swing, Ian Bell pulled off a fine piece of fielding at short leg to run out Faf du Plessis, and Broad cleaned up the tail.AB de Villiers, who began the tournament with back-to-back hundreds, and du Plessis are normally free-flowing batsman, but they decided to consolidate rather than attack during their 42-run stand. It wasn't a major problem for South Africa at the time with the asking rate remaining comfortable, but it conceded the momentum and when the breakthroughs came England still had runs to play with.

Anderson produced his finest spell of reverse-swing he trimmed de Villiers' bails and then clattered JP Duminy's stumps two balls after he'd been reprieved by the DRS having been given caught down the leg side. It had been a controversial moment because there didn't seem enough evidence to overrule the on-field umpire, but Anderson soon made it irrelevant. In between those two wickets, Bell showed brilliant alertness at short leg as he stopped du Plessis's shot and flicked it to Prior in time to complete the run out. Ravi Bopara, back in the side at the expense of Paul Collingwood, set about the recovery with Jonathan Trott, who was saved by the DRS after being given lbw against Imran Tahir on 20. Bopara nearly ran himself out on 26 - it wouldn't have been the first time - but a dive just saved him, then he broke a run of singles with a handsome straight drive for six before Trott reached fifty from 87 balls. Having used up considerable time Trott needed to up the tempo but Tahir pulled off a fine return catch after deceiving his former Warwickshire team-mate in the flight. Prior had the chance to build an innings after previously needing to slog from the start but was undone by Morkel.

India won a easy victory in world cup against Ireland team

India won a another victory in world cup against Ireland team on Sunday 6^th march in icc world cup 2011. The superb bowling & bating  of  Yuvraj singh is the reason of India’s win. Yuvraj  singh taken five wickets & given only 30 runs in 10 over. At first India won the toss and chose to bowl first. India start their match excellent in the first over Zaher Khan took Stirling’s wicket. Stirling became bold by Zahir Khan’s bowl when his score is just zero by two balls. Then EC Joyce came for batting but he became failed when team score was only  9 , the second wicket hunter was also Zahir Khan. After EC Joyce NJ O'Brien is come for batting.  Then  opening batsman WTS Porterfield & NJ O'Brien try to build up team score. After NJ O'Brien became run out by superb fielding of Kohli, he taken 46 runs by 78 balls when the opening batsman WTS Porterfield leading onside of Ireland. Then the magical bowling of Yuvraj Singh stared by taking AR White’s wicket, AR White picked 4 runs by 10 balls when team score is 129/4 in 29.1 over. The firing batsman of  Ireland who made a century in only 50 balls in previous match against England, he taken only 9 runs in 13 balls. After 37.1 over the opening batsman WTS Porterfield became caught by Yuvraj Singh’s bowl, he taken 75runs by 104 balls. Then Moony became lbw by Yuvraj Singh, he took only 5runs by 7 balls. Then Cusack became lbw by Yuvuraj in 24 runs by 30 balls. DT Johnston became lbw by Patel in17runs by 20balls &  GH Dockrell taken 3 runs in 10 balls he became bold by Zahir Khan’s bowl. After 47.5 over Ireland took207 runs.

Then India stared their bating and after 1.1 over Shewag became by Johnston’s ball he took only 5 runs in 3 balls. SR Tendulkar picked 38 runs in 56 balls he became lbw by Dockrell’s ball. In the field, Ireland were also struck by Johnston's knee injury in his fifth over and his guile and experience was sorely missed later on. Scans revealed no fracture or ligament damage. The bowling attack stuck gamely to their plans in his absence, and there was a touch of a wobble in India's chase when Virat Kohli was run out to reduce them to 100 for 4. M S Dhoni has masterminded just this sort of chase countless times before, however, and he nudged his way into the 20s with little fanfare, biding his time and playing himself in and coming to terms with the vagaries of a pitch which offered far more succor to bowlers of all types than had been the case in the previous two games here.

With less than 50 needed, Porterfield's last throw of the dice was to hand the ball to his two most dangerous bowlers: Boyd Rankin and George Dockrell. Dockrell skipped to the crease and delivered a perfectly-flighted delivery that nipped past Dhoni's lunging defensive stroke and would've smashed into middle had his back leg not got in the way. India were 167 for 5 and it seemed there would be a final twist to the chase. Enter Yusuf, he responded to the situation in explosive fashion, re-awakening the stadium with a volley of enormous hits. He blasted 16 off the last five balls Dockrell bowled, hammered a third six straight down the ground off Paul Stirling, and finished the job with a flashing glance to the fine-leg boundary shortly afterwards. The end came quickly for Ireland, but the lasting impression they gave was of a team that truly believes it can win every game it plays, no matter who the opposition is.

Netherlands have slipped to a massive defeat, the fourth-biggest in World Cup history

Netherlands have slipped to a massive defeat, the fourth-biggest in World Cup history. South Africa defeated the Netherland team by 231 runs. AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla reeled off contrasting hundreds to set up a hammering of Netherlands. The Netherland’s captain Peter Borren elected to field under overcast skies, but things unraveled at an alarming rate after a disciplined show in the first quarter of the match. Amla overcame a sluggish start and focused on accumulation, while de Villiers shredded the attack in a blaze of big hits that was reminiscent of Herschelle Gibbs' assault in the last World Cup encounter between these two teams. South Africa's bowlers then backed up the batting with a near-perfect display to set up the fourth-biggest win in World Cup history. Amla and de Villiers set up a mammoth score, though it didn't seem as though South Africa would get that far given the manner in which they had gone about their innings in the first half. South Africa now lead Group B with two wins in two games.

HM Amla & GC Smith starting opening batting but they not starting good, after 12.5 over smith bold by Loots bowl. He take 20 by 32 balls. After Smith Kallis come for batting but he took only 2 runs by 12 balls when team score is 58/2.Then  AB de Villiers  come for batting, after coming AB de Villiers,  Amla  & he make a good partnership  of 221 runs 176 balls. Amla taken 113 runs by 130 balls, he became caught in Cooper’s hand by Doeschate’s bwol. After Amla, F du Plessis   came in batting. After 45.4 over AB de Villiers  became run out  before outing he took 134 runs in only 98 balls when team score was 283/4. After 50 over South Africa took 351 runs, F du plessis took 18  by 14 balls, JP Duminy take 40 in only 15 balls & MN van Wyk  took 0 runs by 1 balls not out. RN ten Doeschate took 3 wickets by 72 runs.

Then Netherland start their batting but they can’t  able to good start against South Africa. After 34.5 over they lost their 10 wickets & able to pick up only 120 runs, they lost the match by 231 runs. Imran Tahir taken three wickets & give 19 runs in 6.5 over. The outstanding bowling performance of South Africa made them to win this types of crucial victory. Dale Steyn, has said the mandatory ball change after 34 overs in an ODI innings could benefit seamarks in this tournament. "The change of ball helped to get some reverse swing," he said from Chandigarh. "We worked nicely on the second ball, and it has become clear that it's going to play a massive role."    

Ireland won a historical match in world cup 2011 aganist England..........

Everyone knows that  cricket is a uncertainty  game this proverb also proved in the 15th match of World cup 2011 against England vs Ireland. In the previous match of England  showed a good performance it was  a historical match in world cup cricket. Andrew Strauss made a unbitten score 158 by 148 balls but Kevin O'Brien stunned England with the fastest hundred in World Cup history as Ireland secured their greatest victory with a monumental three-wicket triumph. England won the toss and chose to bat first after England pick up 327 runs by 8 wickets it was not a easy target for Ireland but they do it. Ireland’s player  Kevin O'Brien  showed a  magical bating in the World cup history, he took a century with only 50 balls it is the  most fastest century in the world cup. Kevin O'Brien’s superb bating give Ireland a great victory against England, they are blown by the superb bating line of Ireland. O'Brien clubbed a magnificent 113 off 63 deliveries as Ireland earned the highest World Cup run-chase with four balls to spare. After he'd added a match-changing 162 with Alex Cusack, John Mooney joined him to play the innings of his life and help write another famous chapter in Irish sport.

When the partnership was broken with 55 still needed Ireland could have lost their way, especially when O'Brien couldn't get the strike back. However, after struggling to get the ball away Mooney suddenly started locating the boundary, firstly off the outside edge but then with two nerveless drives through the covers, each coming after England had strung together a few dot balls to build pressure. He was the dominant partner in the seven-wicket stand.

There was a final twist when O'Brien was run out in the penultimate over. Trent Johnston, however, drove his first ball, a full toss from Stuart Broad, for four as the equation came down to below a run-a-ball for the first time in the entire chase. The final over started with just three needed and off the second ball Mooney clipped Anderson through midwicket to set off. O'Brien's innings was breathtaking. He entered when Ed Joyce, seemingly Ireland's last chance of making the chase a contest, was stumped off Graeme Swann to leave their run-chase floundering at 106 for 4, which soon became 111 for 5 when Gary Wilson fell lbw. But O'Brien proceeded to tear the England attack apart. He showed power reminiscent of Kieron Pollard but with a calmer head and better technique, bringing up his hundred off 50 balls with a tuck for two into the leg side to beat Matthew Hayden's World Cup record of 66 deliveries.

He showed his intent early when he thumped Swann through the covers second-ball and the tucked into the off spinner’s ninth over with two sixes over midwicket. O'Brien was on 35 off 22 balls when Ireland took the batting Power play and it was during those five overs that the chance of the impossible became possible as 62 runs surged onto the total.

England captain Andrew Strauss admitted to being shocked and disappointed at his side's three-wicket defeat to Ireland in Bangalore, as Kevin O'Brien's record-breaking hundred highlighted lapses in the field and a worrying lack of penetration with the ball. Strauss backed his side to bounce back from the loss, however, and insisted "we're not out of the World Cup by any means".The inability of his bowlers to stem the flow of runs towards the end of the innings will be a particular worry for Strauss and 62 runs came from the batting Powerplay, effectively bringing Ireland back into the game. Strauss pointed out that bowlers on both sides had struggled, and would continue to do so on wickets tailored to suit batsmen.

Andrew John Strauss the match building player of England squad

 Andrew John Strauss the destroying  match building player of England squad. Nowadays his showing a out standing bating performance. He is playing a destructive score in ICC World cup 2011, He made a firing score against India 158 by 148 balls. Andrew Strauss was England's inspiration, producing an extraordinary performance, he has the highest score by an English batsman in World Cup history, as England threatened the unthinkable. Strauss plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and he is the captain of the England cricket team. He is a fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favours scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots. Strauss is also known for his fielding strength at slip or in the covers of field.

Full name: Andrew John Strauss

Born: March 2, 1977, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Current age: 33 years 363 days

Major teams: England, Middlesex, Northern Districts

Nickname: Straussy, Levi, Mareman, Muppet

Playing role: Opening batsman

Batting style: Left-hand bat

Bowling style: Left-arm medium

Height:5 ft 11 in

Strauss made his first-class debut in 1998 and his One Day International (ODI) debut in Sri Lanka in 2003. He quickly rose to fame on his Test match debut replacing the injured Michael Vaughan at Lords against New Zealand in 2004.With scores of 112 and 83 in an England victory, and the man of the match award, he became only the fourth batsman to score a century at Lord's on his debut and was close to becoming the first Englishman to score centuries in both innings of his debut. Strauss again nearly scored two centuries 126 and 94 not out and was named man of the match in his first overseas Test match. Strauss suffered a drop in form during 2007, and as a result he was left out of the Test squad for England's tour of Sri Lanka, and announced that he was taking a break from cricket. After a poor tour for England, Strauss was recalled into the squad for the 2008 tour of New Zealand, and subsequently reestablished himself in the side with a career-best 177 in the third and final Test of that series, and a further three centuries in 2008.

Having deputized for Michael Vaughan as England captain in 2006, Strauss was appointed on a permanent basis for the 2008/09 tour of the West Indies following Kevin Pietersen's resignation. He enjoyed success with three centuries, and retained the captaincy into 2009. Strauss captained the England team to a 2–1 victory in the 2009 Ashes, scoring a series total of 474 runs, more than any other player on either side, including 161 in England's first victory in an Ashes Test at Lord's in 75 years.

Batting and fielding averages of Strauss

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	ct	St
Tests	82	147	6	6084	177	43.14	12116	50.21	19	24	753	10	94	0
ODIs	122	121	8	4117	158	36.43	5066	81.26	6	27	447	23	56	0
T20Is	4	4	0	73	33	18.25	64	114.06	0	0	9	0	1	0
First-class	208	368	20	14715	177	42.28			38	67			186	0
List A	249	242	14	7543	163	33.08			10	49			89	0
Twenty20	28	28	0	519	60	18.53	442	117.42	0	2	73	3	12	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	122	1	6	3	0	-	-	-	3.00	-	0	0	0
T20Is	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	208		126	140	3	1/16		46.66	6.66	42.00		0	0
List A	249		6	3	0	-	-	-	3.00	-	0	0	0
Twenty20	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

 In Englands opening match of the ICC world cup 2011 against Netherlands, Andrew Strauss hit a better than run-a-ball 88 to get England off to a good start and help them clinch a 6 wicket victory. Strauss  proved himself equal to one of the best performances of a legendary career. In world cup 2011’s second match of  England against India such was the clarity of Strauss's strokeplay and the passivity of India's attack, at 280 for 2 in the 43rd over, England were cruising towards an extraordinary triumph. However a late intervention, sparked by a reverse-swinging Zaheer Khan, left them clawing for breath as a silenced . Strauss headed to the 2010-11 Ashes series hoping to join Mike Brearley and Len Hutton as the only England captains to win the Ashes both home and away. He is a compact left-hander with a preference for pummelling the ball square off the back foot with a crunching cut, Andrew Strauss has worked out a superb technique for Test cricket. He put early problems against Shane Warne behind him to make two hundreds in the epic 2005 Ashes series, and added another big one 161 runs in 2009 to set up England's first victory over the old enemy at Lord's since 1934. Mike Atherton and Alec Stewart, by contrast, only ever managed one century apiece against Australia.