Half a century of Tatenda Taibu and Ervine and Craig donkey Xhibition spin bowling attack set the stage for the full implementation of 175 Zimbabwe over Canada in their group game Cricket World Cup in Nagpur.

Zimbabwe posted 298 for nine before the delivery of Canada's second straight defeat in the heavy firing for 123 in 42.1 overs with spinners to take all ten wickets to fall.

Taibu missed a century by two points, making 98 to 99 balls, while Ervine scored 85 as the pair put on 181 for the third window.

Zimbabwe slipped to seven for two at an early stage, when Brendan Taylor opens (0) and Charles Coventry (4) fell cheaply, but Taibu and Ervin, who faced 81 balls and struck six fours and two sixes , won the sleeves back on track.

Both were later rejected by Balaji Rao, who returned four figures in 1957, but the innings was given further impetus to Sean Williams (30), Graeme Cremer (26) and Prosper Utseya (22), despite Khurram Chauhan and Harvie Baidwan and taking two wickets.

Canada then failed to build partnerships and lost wickets regularly as Zimbabwe were in full control of the match, led by left-arm spinner Ray Price, who opened the bowling and returned three for 15 He dismissed John Davison opens without Nitish Kumar and mark for a single window and also took over the captain Ashish Bagai for a golden duck.

Cremer leg-spinner took three for 31 windows with Tyson Gordon (7), Chuah (8) and, finally, Rao (1) when there were two windows for each of the spinners Greg Lamb (2-29) and Utsey (2-24).

Christopher Mpofu, who opened the bowling alongside the price was the only fast bowler in use in Zimbabwe and completed only five overs, to keep things tight conceding only 12 runs.

Canada's top scorer was Zubin Surkari, who made 26 in 48 balls and contained only four and two top ten rounds.

Both teams lost their first match of the tournament - Canada down to 210 runs with co-hosts Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe under small series of 91 defending champions Australia.

more

As if not enough players gagging on Friday, the Indian Cricket Board asked the media to "refrain" from contact with Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men for interviews, the team wants to "focus" on his campaign World Cup.

"The members of the media are requested to refrain from constantly contacting the members of the Indian Cricket Team on phone/SMS for interviews/bytes as players would like to concentrate on the ongoing World Cup matches," Board Secretary N Srinivasan said in a statement.

The Indian team won its opening match against Bangladesh and is currently training in Bangalore for the second Group B game against England on Sunday.

Any movement of the Indian cricket team made national headlines during the World Cup, with reports of the color of their jerseys for minor niggles picked up during practice makes the news on television.

Before the World Cup is the world, the BCCI said that the player does not write anything Syndicate columns of the newspapers to avoid any controversy in the countryside.

Meanwhile, BCCI also said that Virender Sehwag opens should be fit for the match against England, despite an injury scare after being hit in the ribs during training.

"Virender Sehwag was hit on the left ribcage in the nets earlier today. He is currently under medication; however he is expected to be fit for the match against England on Sunday," the BCCI statement read.

more

Ryan scored ten Doeschate a superb century, but it proved in vain as England survived to beat the Netherlands by six wickets in their Group B Cricket World Cup meet in Nagpur.

Ten Doeschate was rich in a way that the Netherlands has shown an impressive score of 292 for six, but half a century from Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott and late fees of Ravi Bopara saw England home with eight balls alternatives.

Ten Doeschate needed to reach his century 98 balls, going to hit 119 in 110 deliveries, playing very well, but also taking advantage of a lower return than normal, England with the ball and field.

England fly much better than what they offered, but continued to work as hard as the Netherlands and upset, although they could not completely close the game.

The Netherlands, who won the toss and decided to bat, went to a great start to the opener Alexei Kervezee (16) and Wesley Barresi (29) putting on an early bowling from James Anderson and Stuart Broad.

Andrew Strauss quickly rang the changes with Tim Bresnan and Graeme Swann into the attack and were rewarded when Swann struck with his fourth ball to have tripped after Barresi Bresnan Kervezee was caught by Matthew Prior.

Tom Cooper, who made 47 to 73 balls and added 78 with Doeschate ten for the third wicket before he was caught by Anderson, Paul Collingwood.

Ten Doeschate, however, continued to impress, and while Swann removed Bas Zuiderent for one and Tom Grooth was overthrown by Broad for 28, England were unable to dismiss him.

Full stop late power play, ten Doeschate added a half-century partnership in only 31 balls as England, Peter Borren leaked works.

The partnership was broken when ten Doeschate large loft Ravi Bopara at deep sublime ending entries that included nine fours and three sixes and there was no late drama when Borren was shot by Major, but recalled after England did not stay online with implementation constraints.

Borren then hit an unbeaten 35 in 24 balls to make England pay for their mistakes. Swann was by far the best of England bowling with two of 35, when Broad took two for 65th Swann Bresnan and Collingwood were the only three Bowling, who has managed to maintain their economy rate of less than six runs per over.

England opens Strauss and Kevin Pietersen gave their side an excellent start, Strauss ran away and punish short of the usual style on his way to 88 in 83 balls, while Pietersen offered good support to 39th

Pietersen was the first to go when he was caught out by Borren Pieteer Seelaar before Strauss and Trott (62) put on 61 for the second wicket, which fell when Strauss Mudassar Bukhari Cooper in depth.

Trott and Ian Bell, who made a fluent 33 and 40 balls, then took the score on 224 English, before he was baffled by Barresi Trott and Bell bowled the same bowler.

The off-road then known to have a decisive influence on the game with the ball and stick, but it should not be 30 unbeaten Collingwood and Bopara 30 to 20 balls in England's side on the line.

Bopara ensured the game does not go to the last when he hit the spinner over Bernard Loots Max and two fours in the penultimate over of the match.

more

Pink is the color of the day wenty Cricket Leagues Club hosts the test strains of pink rose day, Saturday, February 19.

Cricket clubs across Australia will be thinking pink in the annual event to be held at Monty Bennett Oval, Wentworthville, at 15:00.

Cricketers Wenty Leagues and height will be dressed in bright red when they rose and stem bundles, cricket balls Security wicketkeeper pads, caps game and sew on badges.

Wenty leagues Cricket Club secretary Aaron Martin wants residents to have family and friends.

"Come down for a great cause and enjoy a nice afternoon at the park," he said.

If the fund-raising, such as massages and manicures for mothers, lottery prizes, barbecue and night cricket match of less than 12s.

Volunteers will roam the fields with collection boxes for donations of the day.

The event is a joint initiative of Cricket Australia and McGrath Foundation.

All proceeds will go to the McGrath Breast nurses across Australia.

The club is also in the draw to have a cricketer as leading Adam Gilchrist and Glenn McGrath, participate in stem Pink event of the day.

more

Leg spinner Piyush Chawla has played only one ODI in the last two years, but after the match winning performance against Australia in World Cup warm-up, he looks like a crowded place, the Indian team.

Black and control in the legs Chawla spin not only brought him four wickets on Sunday, but also makes him the favorite to win the slot spinner second World Cup in India line-up.

The 22 years was the surprise inclusion in the team in India to 15 people on February 19 at 2 ab jewel that was last played in the 50s in the format in July 2008 - in the Asia Cup against Pakistan - before playing a match against South Africa last month.

Chawla was written before the smooth side of the left arm spinner Pragyan Ojha to provide variation in attack already has two off-spinners Harbhajan Singh and Ravichandran Ashwin.

"They have wisely included a leg spinner, Piyush Chawla, to partner Harbhajan Singh in the World Cup," Pakistan's World Cup-winning captain Imran Khan said.

"I have always believed that leg-spinners are essential in ODIs as they are attacking options and take wickets."

opportunities in India spin part time are also the most time spinning off Yusuf Pathan, Virender Sehwag and Suresh Raina Yuvraj Singh with spin-left arm is the only exception.

If Yuvraj regularly dons the role of left-arm spinner for India leg spin and amortized Chawla gives more options to attack Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Chawla, in his 50 games of the first home to India on Sunday, has caused a collapse of the dough to pick up windows Michael Clarke, Cameron White, David Hussey and Callum Ferguson.

"The wicket of Ferguson was most satisfying. I had gully and slips and I was mixing things up," Chawla said after the match.

"My place in the eleven will depend on things. If the pitch is slow and helps spinners, I will have a good chance to make it."

The performance earned him rich accolades from Australia captain Ricky Ponting.

"That is probably the best I've seen him bowl," Ponting said.

"He spun the ball a bit more... his control was pretty good."

Dhoni was also pleased with the performance with the ball, but not outspoken, but said he wanted a better performance of Chawla, who was out for a duck with the bat.

"As a specialist spinner he has done well in whatever games he has played," Dhoni said.

"In the first game that he played in South Africa, he was under pressure which is quite acceptable as he was playing for the country after a long time... you can't really rate a player by just one performance.

"So it's really good to see him play the first ODI game here... and he made the batsmen really think hard about the variations."

more

2011 Cricket World Cup Schedule and calendar schedule was announced by the International Cricket Council. ICC World Cup 2011 will be organized by three countries of South Asia like India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. World Cup scheduled for February 19, 2011 April 2, 2011.

The good news is that India will play host to the tournament games at the World Cup. India will host 29 matches in 46 and Sri Lanka will host 12 of the remains and the rest of Bangladesh. In addition to these three countries, Pakistan is also scheduled to host the World Cup, but because the attack on the Sri Lanka team in Lahore, seven players were injured April 17, 2009.

The ICC Cricket World Cup was the battle between 14 teams. The 14 teams were divided into two halves so that each team will have the opportunity to play six games and advance atleast instead of being expelled from the tournament due to early defeat. The calendar has been revised since the previous tournament in the World Cup. The top four teams from each group go into a post and hit the last four for the semifinals and the final battle will take place on April 2, 2011.

Group A: Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada and Kenya.

Group B: India, South Africa, England, Bangladesh, West Indies, Netherlands and Ireland.

Complete ICC Cricket Schedule 2011:

Feb 19: Bangladesh v India, Dhaka
Feb 20: New Zealand v Kenya, Chennai
Feb 20: Sri Lanka v Canada, Hambantota
Feb 21: Australia v Zimbabwe, Ahmedabad
Feb 22: England v Netherlands, Nagpur
Feb 23: Pakistan v Kenya, Hambantota
Feb 24: South Africa v West Indies, New Delhi
Feb 25: Australia v New Zealand, Nagpur
Feb 25: Bangladesh v Ireland, Dhaka
Feb 26: Sri Lanka v Pakistan, Colombo
Feb 27: India v England, Kolkata
Feb 28: West Indies v Netherlands, New Delhi
Feb 28: Zimbabwe v Canada, Nagpur
March 1: Sri Lanka v Kenya, Colombo
March 2: England v Ireland, Bangalore
March 3: South Africa v Netherlands, Mohali
March 3: Pakistan v Canada, Colombo
March 4: New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Ahmedabad
March 4: Bangladesh v West Indies, Dhaka
March 5: Sri Lanka v Australia, Colombo
March 6: India v Ireland, Bangalore
March 6: England v South Africa, Chennai
March 7: Kenya v Canada, New Delhi
March 8: Pakistan v New Zealand, Pallekele
March 9: India v Netherlands, New Delhi
March 10: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, Pallekele
March 11: West Indies v Ireland, Mohali
March 11: Bangladesh v England, Chittagong
March 12: India v South Africa, Nagpur
March 13: New Zealand v Canada, Mumbai
March 13: Australia v Kenya, Bangalore
March 14: Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Pallekele
March 14: Bangladesh v Netherlands, Chittagong
March 15: South Africa v Ireland, Kolkata
March 16: Australia v Canada, Bangalore
March 17: England v West Indies, Chennai
March 18: Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Mumbai
March 18: Ireland v Netherlands, Kolkata
March 19: Australia v Pakistan, Colombo
March 19: Bangladesh v South Africa, Dhaka
March 20: Zimbabwe v Kenya, Kolkata
March 20: India v West Indies, Chennai
March 23: Quarter-final, Dhaka
March 24: Quarter-final, Colombo
March 25: Quarter-final, Dhaka
March 26: Quarter-final, Ahmedabad
March 29: Semi-final, Colombo
March 30: Semi-final, Mohali
April 2: Final, Mumbai

more

Shahid Afridi has been appointed captain of Pakistan's World Cup, the decision, ending weeks of uncertainty, which leads to the side of the world tournament begins later this month.

Pakistan was the only team in the 14 participating teams have not named a team captain when the World Cup were announced in January, fueling the debate on whether Misbah-ul-Haq, the Test captain, could take over of limited off Afridi leader. Misbah has been named vice-captain of the team World Cup.

Afridi was captain of the ODI Pakistan last year, but just before the current tour in New Zealand, several of the major players and team managers expressed concern about the status of the master board. The development board placed in a dilemma, caught between the players and the captain, ultimately forced to delay the announcement of a leader.

PCB chairman Ijaz Butt earlier this week traveled to New Zealand, where the team has just found the first one-day series win in more than two years, to hold talks Afridi, the players and officials of government should hand.

"I had detailed discussions with team management and players in New Zealand regarding captain and vice captain," Butt said, "and am pleased to state that everyone fully endorsed these decisions."

Pakistan to play the final match of their six ODI series against New Zealand in Auckland on Saturday.

more