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Fastest Century in World Cup by Kevin O'Brien

Dashing Kevin O'Brien (113) smashed the fastest World Cup century to set up Ireland's scintillating three-wicket win over England at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday. The right-handed batsman completed his century off just 50 balls to beat Matthew Hayden's record of century in 66 balls in the 2007 tournament. Man of the match Kevin O'Brien lashed 13 boundaries and six sixes in his memorable One-day century to silence the spirited, in majority, English supporters at the Bengaluru stadium. The stadia were all on their feet after witnessing a stunning display of sportsmanship by the Irish team over their old enemy. Kevin, a lookalike of Andrew Flintoff from the stands, played his strokes fearlessly on a wicket where the ball came nicely on to the bat. The destructive middle-order batman played a typically attacking innings, racing to his century with a flick towards the mid-wicket. The crowd and Irish box went up in roar to celebrate Kevin's second One-day ...

Why Ponting break LCD during World Cup

Box broke TV, not bat, says Ponting Australia captain Ricky Ponting said it was his box, employed to protect a batsman's most sensitive area, and not his bat which damaged a World Cup dressing room television set. <a href="http://in.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=15q6imoiu/M=794523.14593216.14400487.13990286/D=insports/S=2023151593:SKY/Y=IN/EXP=1298708484/L=UCDP0XllmL56UWqcTVYKaBUcykGIjU1om.QABPg9/B=PhdBAnllkJE-/J=1298701284342407/K=mIb4wKIa2mIt.lRUxCfvbg/A=6337188/R=2/id=noscript/SIG=11j8gqt7c/*http://www.credila.com/vsf_index.html?media=Yahoo" target="_blank"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/t/i/in/adv/credila_cri/794523_harbhajan_cricket_120x600_021811.gif" width="120" height="600" border="0"></a> <iframe src="http://in.adserver.yahoo.com/a?f=2023151593&p=cricket&l=SKY&c=h&bg=white" width=...

Sehwag fit despite ribs blow

India's in-form opener Virender Sehwag will be fit for the crucial World Cup clash with England despite receiving a painful blow to the ribs in the nets on Friday. <a href="http://in.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=15qkhc3p4/M=794523.14593216.14400487.13990286/D=insports/S=2023151593:SKY/Y=IN/EXP=1298707786/L=C2IiK3llmL56UWqcTVYKaAgtykGIjU1omSoACX3V/B=R3w7AnllkJI-/J=1298700586638113/K=ATDkEGvRtwdaRrPASVsQDw/A=6337188/R=2/id=noscript/SIG=11j8gqt7c/*http://www.credila.com/vsf_index.html?media=Yahoo" target="_blank"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/t/i/in/adv/credila_cri/794523_harbhajan_cricket_120x600_021811.gif" width="120" height="600" border="0"></a> <iframe src="http://in.adserver.yahoo.com/a?f=2023151593&p=cricket&l=SKY&c=h&bg=white" width="120" height="600" marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=no> </iframe> ...

Sehwag, Kohli set up strong Indian win in World Cup opener

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Sehwag hits first century of World Cup

India 's Virender Sehwag hit the first century of the 2011 World Cup on Saturday in the opening match against Bangladesh. &amp;lt;a href="http://in.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=15qn2oo5j/M=794523.14593216.14400487.13990286/D=insports/S=2023151593:SKY/Y=IN/EXP=1298131613/L=BepT23llmL56UWqcTVYKaBRbykGIjk1fzn0AClVh/B=f4YAm3llkJM-/J=1298124413687278/K=C0qkfC2ByGfARuW0X6W_JQ/A=6337188/R=2/id=noscript/SIG=10pacveis/*http://www.credila.com/" target="_blank"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src="http://l.yimg.com/t/i/in/adv/credila_cri/794523_harbhajan_cricket_120x600_021811.gif" width="120" height="600" border="0"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;iframe src="http://in.adserver.yahoo.com/a?f=2023151593&amp;amp;p=cricket&amp;amp;l=SKY&amp;amp;c=h&amp;amp;bg=white" width="120" height="600" marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 hspace=0 vspace=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=no&amp;...

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Tendulkar returns as World Cup looms

  For Latest Cricket Scorecards,News,Videos Visit http://crick4all.blogspot.com Superstar batsman Sachin Tendulkar returns to bolster India's batting line-up on Wednesday as the World Cup favourites play their last warm-up game ahead of the much-anticipated tournament opener. India take on New Zealand in their second and final practice match in Chennai ahead of the first World Cup clash against co-hosts Bangladesh in Dhaka on Saturday.   For Latest Cricket Scorecards,News,Videos Visit http://crick4all.blogspot.com The other top team in action on Wednesday is England, playing minnows Canada as the three-time finalists look for a confidence boost after a 6-1 mauling at the hands of Australia, the top-ranked ODI side. As teams finalise their preparations, on Tuesday strongly fancied Sri Lanka comfortably beat the West Indies, South Africa thumped three-times defending champions Australia and Pakistan crushed Bangladesh. Tendulkar, who has a record 17,629 runs in a st...