Tendulkar Appointed As Official Ambassador Of The Cricket World Cup 2011

 The evergreen batting genius Sachin Tendulkar "was designated as official ambassador of the event for the World Cup Cricket 2011 to the International Criminal Court on Thursday. It will become the second player in cricket history to take participated in six World Cups.

The only cricketer so far was Pakistan Javed Miandad. As an official ambassador of the 2011 World Cup Tendulkar would promote and support a wide range of initiatives for the ICC tournament The ICC said in a statement. The sites of the 2011 World Cup, Bangladesh, Srilanka and India and its going to become the third largest sporting event in the world, from February 19 to April 2 2011.

ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat announced Tendulkar to name the ambassador. "We are very fortunate to have an extraordinary player Sachin support our main event. I don` t think any other player has inspired a nation and as he has the respect and affection that he likes to go much beyond its India home.

Many other athletes and fans around the world admire what he always knows and what he does for cricket, "he said. Sachin made his debut in cricket in India in 1989 when he was 16. Tendulkar has inspired hundreds of millions of cricket fans around the world with its evergreen character and performance in the field. "There are only 100 days and am very anxious to play in another World Cup cricket," Tendulkar said.

"The fact that the event 2011 will take place here in the subcontinent, it is even more special for me and I am eager to make sure we play well. As a team, we would do everything possible to win World Cup on home soil, "he added. There are only 100 days for the mega-tournament of 43 days, which will contain the world's leading competition for first prize out of cricket.

ICC Twenty20 World Cup: Complete Schedule, fixture

 THE ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010 is scheduled to take place in West Indies from 30 April to May 16 this year. It will be the third Twenty20 World Cup cricket series. The ICC World Twenty20 2010 will be contested by 12 teams which have been divided into four groups are A, B, C and D.

ICC has announced the schedule of T20 World Cup 2010 which will be held in West Indies in April, 2010. The first match of the T20 tournament will be played between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on April 30 at Guyana. The final will be held on May 16.

The ICC T20 World Cup will be played at three venues Bridgetown  (Barbados), Guyana and St Lucia. There will be 27 matches. In this tournament 10 regular teams, two associate teams, Afghanistan and Ireland will also take part in the ICC T20 World Cup 2010.

Group A – Pakistan , Australia and Bangladesh

Group B – Sri Lanka , New Zealand and Zimbabwe

Group C – South Africa , India and Afghanistan

Group D – West Indies , England and Ireland

Fri Apr 30

17:00 GMT | 13:00 local | 22:30 IST                 1st Match, Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka Providence Stadium, Guyana    

Fri Apr 30         

21:00 GMT | 17:00 local | 02:30 IST D/N             2nd Match, Group D - West Indies v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana    

Sat May 1

13:30 GMT | 09:30 local | 19:00 IST                 3rd Match, Group C - Afghanistan v India Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia    

Sat May 1

17:30 GMT | 13:30 local | 23:00 IST                 4th Match, Group A - Bangladesh v Pakistan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia    

Sun May 2

13:30 GMT | 09:30 local | 19:00 IST                 5th Match, Group C - India v South Africa Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia    

Sun May 2

17:30 GMT | 13:30 local | 23:00 IST                 6th Match, Group A - Australia v Pakistan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia    

Mon May 3

13:30 GMT | 09:30 local | 19:00 IST                 7th Match, Group B - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Guyana    

Mon May 3

17:30 GMT | 13:30 local | 23:00 IST                 8th Match, Group D - West Indies v England Providence Stadium, Guyana    

Tue May 4

13:30 GMT | 09:30 local | 19:00 IST                 9th Match, Group B - New Zealand v Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Guyana    

Tue May 4

17:30 GMT | 13:30 local | 23:00 IST                 10th Match, Group D - England v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana    

Wed May 5

13:30 GMT | 09:30 local | 19:00 IST                 11th Match, Group A - Australia v Bangladesh Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados    

Wed May 5

17:30 GMT | 13:30 local | 23:00 IST                 12th Match, Group C - Afghanistan v South Africa Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados    

Thu May 6

13:30 GMT | 09:30 local | 19:00 IST                 13th Match - TBC v TBC (A1 v D2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados    

Thu May 6

17:30 GMT | 13:30 local | 23:00 IST                 14th Match - TBC v TBC (C1 v B2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados    

Fri May 7

13:30 GMT | 09:30 local | 19:00 IST                 15th Match - TBC v TBC (A2 v C2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados    

Fri May 7

17:30 GMT | 13:30 local | 23:00 IST                 16th Match - TBC v TBC (B1 v D1) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados    

Sat May 8

13:30 GMT | 09:30 local | 19:00 IST                 17th Match - TBC v TBC (A1 v B2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados    

Sat May 8

17:30 GMT | 13:30 local | 23:00 IST                 18th Match - TBC v TBC (D2 v C1) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados    

Sun May 9

13:30 GMT | 09:30 local | 19:00 IST                 19th Match - TBC v TBC (C2 v D1) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados    

Sun May 9

17:30 GMT | 13:30 local | 23:00 IST                 20th Match - TBC v TBC (B1 v A2) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados    

Mon May 10

13:30 GMT | 09:30 local | 19:00 IST                 21st Match - TBC v TBC (A1 v C1) Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia    

Mon May 10

17:30 GMT | 13:30 local | 23:00 IST                 22nd Match - TBC v TBC (B2 v D2) Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia    

Tue May 11

17:00 GMT | 13:00 local | 22:30 IST                 23rd Match - TBC v TBC (B1 v C2) Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia    

Tue May 11         

21:00 GMT | 17:00 local | 02:30 IST D/N            24th Match - TBC v TBC (D1 v A2) Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia    

Thu May 13

15:30 GMT | 11:30 local | 21:00 IST                 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia    

Fri May 14

15:30 GMT | 11:30 local | 21:00 IST                 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia    

Sun May 16

15:30 GMT | 11:30 local | 21:00 IST                 Final - TBC v TBC Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Catch the Cricket World Cup frenzy with Yahoo!

 Yahoo! India and the International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced the launch of the official ICC World Cup 2011 . This website will be the official ICC World Cup online destination for cricket enthusiasts from around the world who are following the ICC Cricket World Cup frenzy.

Cricket lovers can be a part of the World Cup celebrations on Yahoo! through live match updates, detailed match analysis, exclusive video content, engaging games and rewarding contests. The experience will feature more interactivity by choosing from a variety of cool World Cup themed avatars, the ability to buy game tickets and other ICC merchandise through the website.

Prem Panicker, Managing Editor, Yahoo! India, said, "Cricket is the most passionately followed game in India and many countries around the world. Cricket fans can now catch all the excitement of the game on the ICC World Cup 2011 official website. Yahoo! Cricket will deliver compelling and unique content alongside interactive contests to build on the euphoria for the game. Enthusiasts can share their thoughts, play games, create personalized profiles and track matches through interactive schedulers.  Cricket fanatics can also watch and share exclusive video content and photographs on the site. We have ensured that Yahoo! Cricket provides a platform for millions of supporters to come as close to living, feeling and breathing the action unravel in the forthcoming 2011 World Cup."

According to Campbell Jamieson, ICC General Manager, Commercial, "As the countdown continues to the Cup that Counts, we are thrilled to be working with Yahoo! to launch an online destination that offers the exclusive ICC Cricket World Cup content in an innovative and engaging way. We are also grateful to our partners who have helped make the ICC's flagship event such a great success."

The ICC World Cup website on Yahoo! offers a range of unique highlights including Live scorecard interaction and Commentweeter.

Cricket World Cup 2011 - Sachin Tendulkar

 Sachin Tendulkar is unbeatable Indian talent that is going to be our best bet in upcoming World Cup 2011. He has been consistent and spectacular in all his performances and thus been appreciated with several awards and felicitations.

Yesterday in Mumbai at the Castrol Awards for Cricketing Excellence, Sachin Tendulkar was declared the Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year as well as the Castrol Test Batsman of the Year 2009. He was also felicitated with a Special Award for his double record feat of becoming the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs and to score 50 test centuries.

Honored by the Award, Sachin commented, "The Castrol Awards for Cricketing Excellence are really special. The Castrol Awards are the premier awards for Indian cricketers for over ten years now and what makes them special are that they are based on recognition by my peers – fellow cricketers who understand the game and the pressures that go into every performance".

In the past Sachin impressed the world with his centuries against Australia in Sydney in Perth in the 1991-92 series. He is the first player to score fifty Test centuries, and the first to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined; he now has 97 centuries in international cricket. He is also the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket.

In September 2007, the Australian leg spinner Shane Warne rated Tendulkar as the greatest player he has played with or against. Tendulkar was the only player of the current generation to be included in Bradman's Eleven. There are many awards and accomplishments to Sachin's credit. Some of them include Wisden Cricketer of the Year, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan.

Flashback: ICC Cricket World Cup records

WITH JUST few days to go for the cricketing extravaganza ICC World Cup 2011 to begin, we take a quick lookup at the scores and champions who helped in carving history in the last nine world cups. The analysis includes team and individual scores.

Highest Individual Score

1. Gary Kirsten (South Africa) 188* vs. UAE
2. Sourav Ganguly (India) 183 vs. Sri Lanka
3. Vivian Richards (West Indiaies) 181 vs. Sri Lanka
4. Kapil Dev (India) 175* vs. Zimbabwe
5. Craig Wishart (Zimbabwe) 172* vs. Nambia

Leading Run Scorers

1. Sachin Tendulkar (INDIA) 1796 (36 Matches)
2. Ricky Ponting (AUS) 1537 (39 Matches)
3. Brian Lara (WI) 1225 (34 Matches)
4. Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) 1165 (38 Matches)
5. Adam Gilchrist (AUS) 1085 (31 Matches)

Best Batting Strike Rate

1. Shane Watson (AUS) 170.58 (8 Matches)
2. Dwayne Smith (WI) 163.33 (6 Matches)
3. Chris Lewis (ENG) 155.76 (9 Matches)
4. Andy Blignaut (ZIM) 138.20 (7 Matches)
5. Ian Smith (NZ) 132.69 (17 Matches)

Best Batting Average

1. Shane Watson (AUS) 145 (8 Matches)
2. Lance Klusener (SA) 124 (14 Matches)
3. Andrew Symonds (AUS) 103 (18 Matches)
4. James Franklin (NZ) 95 (9 Matches)
5. Michael Clarke (AUS) 87.2 (11 Matches)

Most 100s

1. Sourav Ganguly (INDIA) 4 (21 Matches)
2. Mark Waugh (AUS) 4 (22 Matches)
3. Sachin Tendulkar (INDIA) 4 (36 Matches)
4. Ricky Ponting (AUS) 4 (39 Matches)
5. Rameez Raja (PAK) 3 (16 Matches)

Most 50s

1. Sachin Tendulkar (INDIA) 13 (36 Matches)
2. Graham Gooch (ENG) 8 (21 Matches)
3. Martin Crowe (NZ) 8 (21 Matches)
4. Steve Tikolo (KEN) 8 (23 Matches)
5. Herschelle Gibbs (SA) 8 (25 Matches)

Best Bowling

1. Glenn McGrath (AUS) 7/15 (7 Ovrs) vs. NAM
2. Andrew Bichel (AUS) 7/20 (10 Ovrs) vs. ENG
3. Winston Davis (WI) 7/51 (10.3 Ovrs) vs. AUS
4. Gary Gilmour (AUS) 6/14 (12 Ovrs) vs. ENG
5. Shane Bond (NZ) 6/23 (10 Ovrs) vs. AUS

Highest Team Total

1. INDIA 413 vs. BER
2. SL 398 vs. KEN
3. AUS 377 vs. SA
4. INDIA 373 vs. SL
5. NZ 363 vs. CAN

Lowest Team Total

1. CAN 36 vs. SL
2. CAN 45 vs. ENG
3. NAM 45 vs. AUS
4. SCO 68 vs. WI
5. PAK 74 vs. ENG

Largest Victory Margin (Runs.)

1. INDIA 257 vs. BER
2. AUS 256 vs. NAM
3. SL 243 vs. BER
4. AUS 229 vs. NED
5. SA 221 vs. NED

Largest Victory Margin (Wts.)

1. INDIA 10 vs. ZIM
2. WI 10 vs. PAK
3. WI 10 vs. ZIM
4. SA 10 vs. KEN
5. SL 10 vs. BAN

Most Catches

1. Ricky Ponting (AUS) 25 (39 Matches)
2. Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) 18 (38 Matches)
3. Chris Cairns (NZ) 16 (28 Matches)
4. Brian Lara (WI) 16 (34 Matches)
5. Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK) 16 (35 Matches)

Most Stumping

1. Moin Khan (PAK) 7 (20 Matches)
2. Adam Gilchrist (AUS) 7 (31 Matches)
3. Kiran More (INDIA) 6 (14 Matches)
4. Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 6 (21 Matches)
5. Romesh Kaluwitharana (SL) 4 (11 Matches)

Most Run Outs

1. Jonty Rhodes (SA) 5 (24 Matches)
2. Dwayne Bravo (WI) 4 (9 Matches)
3. Chris Harris (NZ) 4 (28 Matches)
4. Lou Vincent (NZ) 3 (6 Matches)
5. Mark Waugh (AUS) 3 (22 Matches)

2011 Calendar Major Events, ICC Cricket World Cup

 Go forward in the near future and you will see yourself in the brand  new year. The Hogmanay will be spectacle, the roaring celebrations. The fireworks will glitter the night; as the countdown begins and clock ticks at 12, the whole world will shout out loud "HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011." 

The New Year means, new resolutions, new adventures, new aspirations and 2011 calendar. One cannot overlook the fact that, calendar 2011 is very important and a must-have to start a New Year. Calendar 2011 hanging on the walls, on the PC desktop, pocket sized calendars, school calendars will make our future days more well-planned and systematic. Even before the end of 2011, the advent 2011 calendar is making rounds in the market. Although, its futuristic, but has a lot of facts and interesting information in store for us. Like, one doesn't need to hunt for the list of US holidays here and there, just a glance at the 2011 calendar, is all it takes. 

In this fast-paced and advanced life, when, multi-tasking is a norm, it's very important to keep a track on the daily activities, do all the scheduling of the meetings and on holidays take family out on outings- 2011 calendar brings a volley of good times and one can look forward to a range of calendars 2011 in great designs, shapes, sizes and colors. There are free printable calendars, paper calendars like personal calendars and wall calendars and also in e-formats. E-calendars are available on online sites. One can place it on their computer or laptop desktop and share it with friends. Range of these 2011 calendars are accessible in stunning images, featuring pics of divine figures, beautiful scenery, angels, cupids, nature, snowfall, waterfall and a lot more hat will entice everyone's imagination.  

There are some interesting info in-store for us such as the start of New Year 2011 will fall on Thursday and end on Thursday too. There are the list of holidays, which include National Holidays, Festivals, advent of the season, weekends and a lot more. 

The major sports event in 2011 is cricket world cup , In this year India, Bangladesh and sri lanka  hosted this icc cricket world cup 2011, It's a proud movement for all Asians, from 123newyears you can get all details about this mega sports carnivals as cricket world cup tickets booking , schedule, dates, where to stay , shopping, matches, world cup history, players details, participating countries, match venues in India, sri lanka, Bangladesh, cricket world cup theme songs, mascot, last world cup history and man of the match players history and lots more in 123newyears cricket world cup section.  

All the important dates and Sundays that are fun days are marked bold with bright colors that one can easily pin-point and locates within in 12 months and daunting 365 days. The sneak peak into 2011 Calendars will inform you it's not a leap year and has total 365 days. Before you slip into New Year, keep you 2011 calendar ready, close by your side.

Cricket world cup 2011, A magnificent scenario with bat and ball in india

Wonderful dream of Indian cricket lovers is to win coming cricket world cup 2011 and the most respected sporting event in all over the world. This important event of cricket world cup 2011 has organized by the governing body of the cricket, the international cricket council, with beginning qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which has held every four years. Who will win Cricket world cup 2011 on New Year 2011.

This is very interested game how to win this is another wonderful game and a dream of hosting has been completed, but to win 2011 cricket world cup is the most amazing and wonderful dream of Indian cricket lovers and fans on coming New Year 2011.International cricket council declares the cricket world cup schedule 2011 with India taking Bangladesh in the opening match on 19th of February 2011. Booking Cricket world cup 2011 tickets is the good option and a chance to watch a beautiful scene of an energetic cricket player with a bat with a ball in India, who are hitting a ball go up in sky and audience cry with vast mouth and enjoying this interesting game of the cricket and happily go on a house. Apart from all important things, cricket is one of the most popular sports in India that have got positive response from all over the world. This is not only most popular for its sports in India but also renowned for prominent and reputed sponsors internationally.

Like IPL, Asian cup, mini world cup, ashes and many other cups are held between different countries all over the year on different dates. The zeal and fervor of Cricket World Cup 2011 is going to be a special one, especially for the Indians since their favorite Master Blaster, the grand personality in the cricket world, Sachin Tendulkar would offer goodbye to the international cricket after this world cup 2011. In such a scenario, it would be truly interesting and funny for the Indian fans to see whether Sachin Tendulkar would get the only kitty left to be put on his long successful career, the cricket world cup 2011. The song is titled 'De Ghuma Ke' which in itself is a passionate expression that creatively captures the fierce sense of competition and the desire is to win. The song has been composed in 3 various versions namely Hindi, Bangla and Sinhalese will feature in the build-up to and during the tournament in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. People in India are mad and crazy about the world cup matches and nowadays, they are eagerly waiting for the cricket world cup 2011.

The ICC cricket world cup 2011 is the tournament where 14 teams will be competing for one cup. This icc cricket world cup will be counted as the tenth cricket world cup and will be organized by south Asian test cricket playing countries. The cricket World Cup 2011 uses the One Day International configuration which has produced innumerable moments of exciting cricket world cup 2011. The national cricket teams of fourteen countries are scheduled to take part in this tough competition of the world including the major cricketing nations – the full members of the International Cricket Council - as well as the leading non-members.