March 16th, 2011 : Today was a match between Australia vs Canada in the ICC World Cup 2011. This was the 35 match of the league. The match was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore,. Team Canada won he toss and elected to bat. Hiral Patel scored a fine 54. John Davison davidson made 14 runs. Zubain Surkari bowled out at 34 by Shaun Tait. At 150 for three in the 29th over, Canada would have harboured outside hopes of a big score, if not an upset but Shaun Tait and Brett Lee pulled the Canadians back with a combination fine full-length and short-pitch bowling in the middle overs. Team captain Ashish Bagai departed at 39 runs. With new man Jimmy Hansra at the crease, Aussie spinner Jason Krejza got an opportunity to open his account and he got what he wanted. He removed Hansra in the very next over post Bagai’s dismissal. And Canada were reduced to 157/4 in 30 overs. Other players of canadian team falled like cards. The disciplined Australian bowling display restricted Canada to a paltry score of 211 in their World Cup Group A match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday.

Match Notes
Toss – Canada won the toss and elected to Bat.
Innings Break – 211/10 in 45.4 overs.
Result – Australia beat Canada by 7 wickets.

Shane Watson and Brad Haddin of the Australian Innings started very slowly keeping in mind that the target was not a heavy hitting. The inning progressed and both of them scored 183 runs for the first wicket where Haddin departed at 88 runs in 84 balls. Shane Watson scored 94 runs in 90 balls and returned to pavilion in the 30th over of the match. Chasing 212, Australia reached home in the 35th over with Michael Clarke and Cameron White at the crease as Australia beat Canada by 7 wickets in their World Cup Group A mach at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Wednesday.

Australia vs Canada

Match: 35st ODI Match ICC CWC 2011
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore
Date: March 16th,2011 (Wednesday)
Toss: Canada won the toss and elected to Bat
Result: Australia beat Canada by 7 wickets

Scoreboard : Canada Innings

Fall of wickets (Canada):

1-41 (Davison, 3.5 ov), 2-82 (Patel, 11.3 ov), 3-150 (Bagai, 28.2 ov), 4-157 (Hansra, 29.6 ov), 5-157 (Surkari, 30.4 ov), 6-161 (Rizwan Cheema, 31.3 ov), 7-169 (Kumar, 36.3 ov), 8-195 (Baidwan, 41.2 ov), 9-204 (Balaji Rao, 43.6 ov), 10-211 (Whatham, 45.4 ov)

Powerplay: 1-10, 11-15 (Bowling), 46-50 (Batting)

Scoreboard : Australia Innings

Fall of wickets (Australia):

1-183 (Haddin, 28.5 ov), 2-185 (Watson, 29.3 ov), 3-207 (Ponting, 34.2 ov)

Powerplay: 1-10, 21-25 (Batting)

Teams
Australia (Playing XI): Shane Watson, Brad Haddin(w), Ricky Ponting(c), Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Jason Krejza, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait

Canada (Playing XI): Hiral Patel, John Davison, Zubin Surkari, Ashish Bagai(w/c), Jimmy Hansra, Rizwan Cheema, Nitish Kumar, Karl Whatham, Harvir Baidwan, Balaji Rao, Henry Osinde

March 16, 2011 : The 35th game of the ICC World Cup 2011 will see Australia take on Canada at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Australia have three wins and an abandoned game from their four matches and having already qualified for the quarter-final, could use this game to give some of their player a go. John Hastings, for one, could be selected in place of one of the bowlers that they may want to rest while the David Hussey is another of the middle-order all-rounders who could be given a go. Canada put up a much-improved performance against New Zealand but apart from a win against Kenya, they have not come close to winning anything else. win against Australia will be as far as they currently are from their homes and one can expect an easy picking for the Aussies.

Match Details
Match – ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 35 Match
Date – March 16th,2011 (Wednesday)
Time – 09:00 GMT (14:30 IST)
Venue – M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore

While Brad Haddin did have a prolonged session at the crease against the Kenyans, Ricky Ponting has continued to miss out on getting to the big scores. While playing in the sub-continent has never been in his best books, Ponting will be desperate to get going with the bat. His problems have to border on those related to concentration one senses and it could just be a case of one good game. There is also a case for David Hussey to make it back to the side given his abilities as a spinner. With the likes of Steven Smith and Jason Krejza having captured almost nothing with the ball, Hussey could answer the captain’s call as a better batsman than the pair and a reasonable spin bowler.

Canada had a woeful start to the competition but in the last three games, they have had something to cheer about. Against Pakistan they bowled well, then defeated the fellow-minnows Kenya before batting like how one would like them to. Ashish Bagai has obviously been one of those who has led the resurrection while Jimmy Hansra has been his right-hand man. The decision to send John Davison down the order has worked well too as it has helped him concentrate on his bowling. Expect Davison to continue batting at the number six or seven position in the line-up. The reigning champions Australia have been solid but unspectacular so far in the tournament, but let’s not forget they are still unbeaten, the only team in Group A who can make such a claim. With the knockout stages just around the corner, expect the Aussies to come out swinging in a bid to gain some confidence before the real stuff starts.

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Bangalore March 15 [AP] : Australia have already secured their World Cup quarterfinal place and face what should be their easiest game in the group, but captain Ricky Ponting doesn’t see any reason to keep his best lineup off the field.

Australia meet Canada on Wednesday and will go top of Group A with a win, ahead of Saturday’s match against Pakistan that will decide the final placings and the quarterfinal opposition.

Ponting insisted Tuesday he wasn’t so much worried about the group permutations, but making sure Australia peaks at the right time.

“One of our great keys to success in previous World Cups is we’ve been able to build our way up through the tournament,” Ponting said. “And when the semifinal and final have come around is generally when we’ve been playing our best cricket.”

Australia were certainly not at their best in Sunday’s 60-run win over Kenya, although Ponting was keen to highlight the value of playing 100 overs after the team’s sparse schedule at the start of the tournament.

In the Kenya game, Ponting experimented with his bowling attack, and in particular spinners Jason Krejza and Steve Smith, who are still yet to have an impact at the tournament. But the time for experimentation is now over, according to the captain.

“I think it’s important that from here we start to put in place what we think is the best way for us to win big games of cricket,” he said. “We’ll look at doing that certainly tomorrow.

“We’ve got to give our guys the most exposure that we can to different situations in games. From now on, I don’t think we can afford to be experimenting too much, we have to get down to playing a brand of cricket that’s going to hold up in big games.”

And while Ponting said he was pleased to have had a good workout against Kenya, he is hoping for a more comfortable time against a Canada side that has won one of its five games so far.

“I’d hope to think we have a good enough and skillful enough team to win tomorrow’s game and win it comfortably,” he said. “That’s certainly the approach we’ll take into the game as we do for every game, we want to win very game as easily as we possibly can.

“It’s about us now putting the foot down and playing the way we want to play.”