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Teams in Battle at ICC Cricket World Cup 2011: Who Will Be the King Of SPORTS WEEKLY Pakistan ABDUL RAZZAQ Who will be the Age: 31 years 47 days Abdur Rehman Age: 30 years 323 days Playing role: Bowler king of ODIs? Ahmed Shehzad Age: 19 years 56 days Asad Shafiq Teams in Battle at ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Age: 24 years 355 days Only few days left till the start of the biggest fiesta in which were qualified to participate in the tournament Kamran Akmal Cricket when the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be have nominated their squads. In this week’s Daily News wicketkeeper held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The 14 teams Sports Weekly, we take a look at the teams. Age: 29 years 5 days Mar 5 : Sri Lanka vs Australia - Colombo. Misbah-ul-Haq Group A Group B Age: 36 years 235 days Sri Lanka Mar 6 : India vs Ireland - Bangalore. Mohammad Hafeez KUMAR SANGAKKARA Australia India Mar 6 : England vs South Africa - Chennai. Age: 30 years 93 days CAPTAIN/KEEPER Age: 33 years 72 days Pakistan South Africa Mar 7 : Kenya vs Canada New Delhi. Saeed Ajmal Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman New Zealand England Age: 33 years 96 days Mar 8 : Pakistan vs New Zealand - Pallekele. MAHELA JAYAWARDENE Sri Lanka West Indies vice-captain Zimbabwe Bangladesh Age: 33 years 225 days Mar 9 : India vs Netherlands - New Delhi. Shahid Afridi Playing role: Batsman Canada Ireland Age: 30 years 323 days Kenya Netherlands Mar 10 : Sri Lanka vs Zimbab we - Pallekele. TILLAKARATNE DILSHAN Age: 34 years 85 days Mar 11 : West Indies vs Ireland - Mohali. SHOAIB AKHTAR Playing role: Allrounder Age: 35 years 158 days Mar 11 : Bangladesh vs England - Chittagong. DILHARA FERNANDO Sohail Tanvir Age: 31 years 172 days 2011 Cricket World Cup Mar 12 : India vs South Africa - Nagpur. Age: 26 years 37 days Playing role: Bowler schedule RANGANA HERATH Mar 13 : New Zealand vs Canada - Mumbai. Umar Akmal Age: 32 years 294 days wicketkeeper Feb 19 : India vs Bangladesh - Dhaka. Mar 13 : Australia vs Kenya - Bangalore. CHAMARA KAPUGEDERA Age: 20 years 237 days Age: 23 years 317 days Feb 20 : New Zealand vs Kenya - Chennai, Mar 14 : Pakistan vs Zimbabwe - Pallekele. Playing role: Batsman Umar Gul Feb 20 : Sri Lanka vs Canada - Hambantota. Mar 14 : Bangladesh vs Netherlands - Chittagong. Age: 26 years 279 days NUWAN KULASEKARA Age: 28 years 169 days Feb 21 : Australia vs Zimbab we - Ahmedabad. Mar 15 : South Africa vs Ireland - Kolkata. Wahab Riaz Playing role: Bowler Age: 25 years 204 days Feb 22 : England vs Nether lands - Nagpur, Mar 16 : Australia vs Canada - Bangalore. LASITH MALINGA Age: 27 years 132 days Younis Khan Playing role: Bowler Feb 23 : Pakistan vs Kenya - Hambantota. Mar 17 : England vs West Indies - Chennai. Age: 33 years 50 days ANGELO MATHEWS Feb 24 : South Africa vs West Indies - New Delhi, Mar 18 : Sri Lanka vs New Zealand - Mumbai. Age: 23 years 219 days Playing role: Allrounder Feb 25 : Australia vs New Zealand - Nagpur. Mar 18 : Ireland vs Netherlands - Kolkata. AJANTHA MENDIS Feb 25 : Bangladesh vs Ire land - Dhaka. Mar 19 : Australia vs Pakistan - Colombo. Age: 25 years 302 days Playing role: Bowler Feb 26 : Sri Lanka vs Pakistan - Colombo. Mar 19 : Bangladesh vs South Africa - Dhaka. MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN Age: 38 years 265 days Feb 27 : India vs England - Kolkata. Mar 20 : Zimbabwe vs Kenya - Kolkat. Playing role: Bowler Feb 28 : West Indies vs Netherlands - New Delhi. Mar 20 : India vs West Indies - Chennai. THISARA PERERA Age: 21 years 279 days Feb 28 : Zimbabwe vs Canada - Nagpur. Mar 23 : First quarter-final - Dhaka. Playing role: Allrounder Mar 1 : Sri Lanka vs Kenya - Colombo. Mar 24 : Second quarter-final - Colombo. THILAN SAMARAWEERA Age: 34 years 107 days Mar 2 : England vs Ireland - Bangalore. Mar 25 : Third quarter-final - Dhaka. Playing role: Batsman Mar 3 : South Africa vs Netherlands - Mohali. Mar 26 : Fourth quarter-final - Ahmedabad. CHAMARA SILVA Age: 31 years 24 days Playing role: Batsman Mar 3 : Pakistan vs Canada - Colombo. Mar 29 : First semi-final - Colombo. UPUL THARANGA Mar 4 : New Zealand vs Zimbabwe - Ahmedabad. Mar 30 : Second semi-final - Mohali. Age: 25 years 339 days Playing role: Batsman Mar 4 : Bangladesh vs West Indies - Dhaka. Apr 2 : Final - Mumbai New Zealand Canada Australia DANIEL VETTORI CAPTAIN ASHISH BAGAI RICKY PONTING Age: 31 years 357 days CAPTAIN/KEEPER CAPTAIN Playing role: Bowler Age: 28 years 358 days Age: 36 years 30 days Playing role: Top-order batsman HAMISH BENNETT RIZWAN CHEEMA Age: 23 years 331 days VICE-CAPTAIN MICHAEL CLARKE Age: 32 years 157 days VICE-CAPTAIN JAMES FRANKLIN Age: 29 years 291 days Age: 30 years 73 days HARVIR BAIDWAN Playing role: Middle-order batsman Playing role: Bowler Age: 23 years 172 days DOUG BOLLINGER Kenya MARTIN GUPTILL BALAJI RAO Age: 29 years 178 days Age: 24 years 111 days Zimbabwe Age: 32 years 321 days Playing role: Bowler JIMMY KAMANDE JAMIE HOW JOHN DAVISON BRAD HADDIN CAPTAIN Age: 29 years 245 days Age: 40 years 255 days wicketkeeper ELTON CHIGUMBURA Age: 33 years 87 days Age: 32 years 38 days BRENDON MCCULLUM PARTH DESAI CAPTAIN Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman wicketkeeper Age: 20 years 39 days TANMAY MISHRA Age: 24 years 304 days JOHN HASTINGS Age: 24 years 28 days Age: 29 years 114 days TYSON GORDON Age: 25 years 75 days Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman REGIS CHAKABVA Age: 28 years 353 days Playing role: Allrounder JAMES NGOCHE Age: 23 years 114 days Age: 22 years 355 days NATHAN MCCULLUM Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman RUVINDU GUNASEKERA NATHAN HAURITZ Age: 30 years 140 days Age: 19 years 183 days Age: 29 years 92 days SHEM NGOCHE CHARLES COVENTRY Age: 21 years 227 days KYLE MILLS Age: 27 years 310 days JIMMY HANSRA Playing role: Bowler Age: 31 years 310 days Age: 26 years 21 days ALEX OBANDA Playing role: Bowler GRAEME CREMER DAVID HUSSEY Age: 23 years 25 days Age: 24 years 115 days KHURRAM CHOHAN Age: 33 years 187 days JACOB ORAM Age: 30 years 331 days Playing role: Middle-order batsman COLLINS OBUYA Age: 32 years 175 days CRAIG ERVINE Age: 29 years 176 days Playing role: Allrounder Age: 25 years 146 days NITISH KUMAR MICHAEL HUSSEY Age: 16 years 243 days Age: 35 years 236 days DAVID OBUYA JESSE RYDER SEAN ERVINE Playing role: Top-order batsman wicketkeeper Age: 26 years 166 days Age: 28 years 37 days HENRY OSINDE Playing role: Allrounder Age: 32 years 94 days MITCHELL JOHNSON Age: 31 years TIM SOUTHEE Age: 29 years 77 days 158 days Age: 22 years 39 days GREG LAMB HIRAL PATEL Playing role: Bowler Age: 29 years 314 days Age: 19 years 162 days NEHEMIAH ODHIAMBO SCOTT STYRIS BRETT LEE Age: 27 years 165 days Age: 35 years 193 days SHINGIRAI MASAKADZA ZUBIN SURKARI Age: 34 years 71 days Playing role: Allrounder Age: 24 years 130 days Age: 30 years 327 days Playing role: Bowler THOMAS ODOYO Age: 32 years 252 days ROSS TAYLOR CHRIS MPOFU KARL WHATHAM TIM PAINE Age: 26 years 317 days Age: 25 years 46 days Age: 29 years 145 days wicketkeeper PETER ONGONDO Age: 33 years 343 days KANE WILLIAMSON RAY PRICE HAMZA TARIQ Age: 26 years 41 days Age: 20 years 164 days Age: 34 years 214 days standby player Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman ELIJAH OTIENO Age: 20 years 182 days Age: 23 years 16 days LUKE WOODCOCK ED RAINSFORD STEVEN SMITH Age: 28 years 306 days Age: 26 years 29 days Age: 21 years 230 days MAURICE OUMA Playing role: Allrounder wicketkeeper TATENDA TAIBU wicketkeeper SHAUN TAIT Age: 28 years 72 days Age: 27 years 243 days Age: 27 years 330 days Playing role: Bowler RAKEP PATEL BRENDAN TAYLOR Age: 21 years 191 days Age: 24 years 340 days SHANE WATSON Age: 29 years 215 days STEVE TIKOLO PROSPER UTSEYA Playing role: Allrounder Age: 39 years 208 days Age: 25 years 292 days CAMERON WHITE SEREN WATERS SEAN WILLIAMS Age: 27 years 153 days Age: 20 years 283 days Age: 24 years 108 days Playing role: Middle-order batsman Playing role: Opening batsman =.
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