24 Wednesday, February 16, 2011 www.southlandtimes.co.nz The Southland Times

THE SQUADS CCRICKETRICKET WORLDWORLD CUPCUP PREDICTIONSPREDICTIONS INDIA: M S Dhoni (captain, wk), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, R Ashwin, Piyush Chawla and S Sreesanth. LOGAN SAVORY SHAUN FITZGIBBON ANDY SAINSBURY PETER SKELT STEVE JACKSON GEOFF FOLSTER AUSTRALIA: Ricky Ponting Former Southland rep & Southland captain Otago Country Former Southland rep & Southland Southland Southland Southland Times cricket writer & SCA development officer Hawke Cup coach Hawke Cup coach Hawke Cup coach cricketer (captain), Michael Clarke (vice- Tournament star: Tournament star: Tournament star: Tournament star: Tournament star: Tournament star: captain), Shane Watson, Callum Kumar Sangakkara Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Virender Sehwag/Graeme Swann Jacques Kallis Virender Sehwag Ferguson, David Hussey, Cameron New Zealand's finish: New Zealand's finish: New Zealand's finish: New Zealand's finish: New Zealand's finish: New Zealand's finish: White, Brad Haddin (wk), Tim Paine Semifinalist Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist Semifinalist Quarterfinalist Quarterfinalist Tournament flop: Tournament flop: Tournament flop: Tournament flop: Tournament flop: Tournament flop: (wk), John Hastings, Steven Smith, England Pakistan England Pakistan Australia England Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Doug Tournament winner: Tournament winner: Tournament winner: Tournament winner: Tournament winner: Tournament winner: Bollinger, Jason Krejza and Shaun SSRIRI LANKALANKA AAUSTRALIAUSTRALIA IINDIANDIA IINDIANDIA SSOUTHOUTH AFRICAAFRICA IINDIANDIA Tait. ENGLAND: Andrew Strauss (captain), Paul Collingwood, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wk), Tim Bresnan, Michael Yardy, Luke Wright, Ajmal Shahzad, Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, James Anderson and James Tredwell. Cup for dummies SRI LANKA: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Mahela Jayawardene (vice-captain), Tillakaratne Dilshan, (NZ time), while day-night games Upul Tharanga, Thilan To guide you through the next six weeks of are likely to start at 10pm. Games Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, World Cup cricket viewing, Southland Times are scheduled to be played every Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo day from February 19 through to Mathews, Thissara Perera, Nuwan March 20, before the quarterfinals cricket writer Logan Savory answers some start on March 23. The final will Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara be played on April 2. Fernando, Muthiah Muralitharan, of the questions you may be asking. What are the TAB odds for Ajantha Mendis and Rangana each team to win it? Herath. ow does the are allowed outside the 30m circle. India $3.75, Australia $5.50, Sri PAKISTAN: Shahid Afridi (captain), 2011 tourna- However, there is no mandatory Lanka $5.50, South Africa $6, Eng- Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, ment format number of close catchers during land $8, New Zealand $12, West Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal work? this power play. Indies $20, Bangladesh $50, Zim- (wk), Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, The 2011 World Where is the tournament be- babwe $200, Ireland $500, Canada Abdul Razzaq, Ahmed Shehzad, Cup will start ing played? $1000, Netherlands $1000, Kenya with 14 teams that are split The tournament games will be $1000. Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib H into two groups of seven. spread throughout India, Sri Who has won the tournament Akhtar, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz and Each of the seven teams Lanka and Bangladesh. One semi- previously? Sohail Tanvir. will play each other in final is set for Colombo, Sri Lanka, Australia are champion of SOUTH AFRICA: Graeme Smith group play, with the top and the second Mohali in India. champions when it comes to one- (captain), Jacques Kallis, Hashim four teams in each group The final will be played in day World Cup titles. Amla, A B de Villiers (wk), J P advancing to the quarter- Mumbai, India. They have won the tournament Duminy, Colin Ingram, Francosis du finals. Pakistan was originally also four of the nine times it has been Plessis, Morne van Wyk (wk), Johan What is the format of awarded hosting rights but had held and have won the past three Botha, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, the games? that stripped following ongoing World Cups. This World Cup is concerns about security in the Other countries that can lay Wayne Parnell, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, played under the 50-overs- country. claim to a World Cup title are the Robin Petersen and Imran Tahir. a-side format. Power plays How do I follow the tourna- West Indies (twice), India, WEST INDIES: Darren Sammy will also be a key feature for ment? Pakistan and Sri Lanka. (captain), Chris Gayle, Dwayne teams. First port of call for scores each Where will the opening cer- Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpual, Power play one is held in day during the tournament is ob- emony be held? Ramnaresh Sarwan, Darren Bravo, the first 10 overs, with only viously The Southland Times and The opening ceremony for 2011 Kieron Pollard, Adrian Barath, two players being allowed to Stuff.co.nz for your Black Caps cricket World Cup will be held in Devon Smith, Carlton Baugh (wk), stand outside the 30m circle news. For other info from the tour- Bangladesh at Bangabandhu Kemar Roach, Ravi Rampaul, Andre and two fielders required to be nament head to cricinfo.com. It’s a National Stadium in Dhaka. The placed in close catching pos- beauty for live scoring and up-to- event will take place tomorrow, Russell, Nikita Miller and Sulieman ition. date information straight from two days before Saturday’s open- Benn. Then there is a batting power India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. ing game. NEW ZEALAND: Daniel Vettori play and a bowling power play As far as television coverage, Sky What prizemoney is on offer? (captain), Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, of five overs. The bowling team TV will be the one-stop shop in The World Cup winners will Martin Guptill, Jamie How, Brendon can take its five-over power play New Zealand. take home US$3m, while the McCullum (wk), Kane Williamson, when it wishes at any time in When will the games start runner-up will get US$1.5m. The Scott Styris, Jacob Oram, James the innings, as can the batting each day in New Zealand? total prizemoney on offer for the Franklin, Luke Woodcock, Nathan team with its power play. During Day games in the subcontinent tournament for the teams placing McCullum, Kyle Mills, Tim Southee this period only three fielders are expected to start about 4.30pm from first to eighth is US$7.48m. and Hamish Bennett. BANGLADESH: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Tamim Iqbal (vice- captain), Mohammad Ashraful, Imrul Blazing bat: Kayes, Junaid Siddique, Mushfiqur India’s Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah Riyad, Virender Raqibul Hasan, Naeem Islam, Sehwag will be Suhrawadi Shuvo, Shahriar Nafees, one to watch Rubel Hossain, Nazmul Hossain, out for at the 2011 World Shafiul Islam and Abdur Razzak. Cup in the IRELAND: William Porterfield subcontinent. (captain), Trent Johnston, Kevin Photo: REUTERS O’Brien, Niall O’Brien (wk), Alex Cusack, Gary Wilson (wk), Ed Joyce, George Dockrell, Nigel Jones, John Mooney, Albert van der Merwe, Andrew White, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling and Andre Botha. ZIMBABWE: Elton Chigumbura DID YOU KNOW . . . (captain), Tatenda Taibu, Brendon Taylor, Tino Mawoyo, Craig Ervine, ❚ New Zealand and Australia will jointly host the next Charls Coventry, Regis Chakabva, one-day cricket World Cup in 2015. Sean Williams, Gregory Lamb, ❚ New Zealand have advanced to the semifinals in Graeme Cremer, Prosper Utseya, Little five of the nine World Cups that have been held but Shingirai Masakadza, Christopher Master: have never progressed to a final. Mpofu, Edward Rainsford and India’s ❚ The first cricket World Cup was hosted in 1975 by Raymond Price. Sachin England and was won by the West Indies. ❚ KENYA: Jimmy Kamande (captain), Tendulkar New Zealand’s Glenn Turner, with 333 runs, was the holds the highest run scorer from any of the eight teams which Steve Tikolo, Thomas Odoyo, record for took part. Tanmay Mishra, Maurice Ouma, Alex most World ❚ At the 1992 World Cup held in New Zealand and Obanda, Rakep Patel, Seren Waters, Cup runs. Australia, New Zealand’s Martin Crowe was named Collins Obuya, David Obuya (wk), Photo: player of the tournament with his total of 456 runs. Nehemiah Odhiambo, Peter REUTERS ❚ India’s Sachin Tendulkar is the leading World Cup Ongondo, Elijah Otieno, James runs scorer with 1796 runs from his first World Cup Ngoche and Shem Nagoche. in 1992 to the previous World Cup in 2007. Tendulkar NETHERLANDS: Peter Borren also holds the World Cup record for most runs at a (captain), Bas Zuiderent, Eric single tournament, which was 673 in 2003. ❚ Szwarczynski, Ryan Ten Doeschate, Australia’s Glenn McGrath has the most World Cup wickets, taking 71 in tournaments from 1999 to 2007. Alexei Kervezee, Wesley Baressi, He also holds the record for most wickets at a single Mudassar Bukhari, Atse Buurman, tournament, claiming 26 at the 2007 World Cup. Tom Cooper, Tom de Grooth, Added to this is the honour of having the best indi- Bradley Kruger, Bernard Loots, vidual bowling figures, seven for 15 against Namibia Adeel Raja, Pieter Seelaar and in 2003. Berend Westdijk. ❚ India hold the record for the highest score in a CANADA: Ashish Bagai (captain, World Cup game, scoring 413 for five against Bermu- wk), John Davison, Harvir Baidwan, da in 2007. ❚ Rizwan Cheema, Balaji Rao, Parth Current India coach Gary Kirsten holds the record for the highest individual score at a World Cup, scor- Desai, Tydon Gordon, Ruvindu ing an unbeaten 188 for South Africa against the UAE Gunasekera, Jimmy Hansra, in 1996. Khurram Chohan, Nitish Kumar, ❚ Australia have won 23 consecutive World Cup Henry Onsinde, Hiral Patel, Zubin games from the 1999 tournament through to their win Surkari, Karl Whatham and Hamza at the 2007 World Cup. Tariq. [email protected]