ICC World Cup 2015(Australia & New Zealand)-Pools

ICC Chief Executive David Richardson unveils the two groups for 2015 ICC World Cup

ICC World Cup 2015 will commence on February 14th with host New Zealand taking on Sri Lanka at Christchurch.While on the same day itself co-host Australia will be facing England at MCG.Defending Champions India will start their campaign against their arch rivals Pakistan.

Pool A	Pool B
England	South Africa
Australia	India
Sri Lanka	Pakistan
Bangladesh	West Indies
New Zealand	Zimbabwe
Qualifier 2	Ireland
Qualifier 3	Qualifier 4

Venue Cities- Adelaide,Auckland,Brisbane,Canberra,Christchurch,Dunedin,Napier,Nelson,Hamilton,Hobart,Melbourne,Perth,Sydney,Wellington

List of Playes who scored century on debut in ODI's

Desmond Haynes ahs the record of highest score by a debutant in ODI

Dennis Amiss of England was the first to score a century on debut in ODI's.While Desmond Haynes(WI) has the highest score by a debutant.He scored 148 vs Australia in 1978.The latest to join this list is Phil Hughes who scored hundred vs Sri lanka in 2013

List of Century Makers on Debut

Runs Scored	Player	Opposition	Year
148	Desmond Haynes	Australia	1978
124	Colin Ingram	Zimbabwe	2010
122*	Martin Guptill	West Indies	2009
115*	Andy Flower	Sri Lanka	1992
112	Phil Hughes	Sri lanka	2013
108*	Rob Nicol	Zimbabwe	2011
103	Dennis Amiss	Australia	1972
102*	Saleem Elahi	Sri Lanka	1995

Shahid Afridi completes 400 sixes in his International Career

Shahid Afridi has completed 400 sixes in the 1st T20 against West Indies on July 27.He is the 1st Cricketer to achieve this feat.The second in the list is Chris Gayle with 353 sixes

First player to complete 400 sixes in international cricket

Here's an expanded list of it(Top 5)

No of Sixes	Player
400	Shahid Afridi
353	Chris Gayle
352	Sanath Jayasuriya
277	Brendon McCullum
264	Sachin Tendulkar

As we shift our eyes to the field of most number of sixes hit by a team,it is 3543 by West Indies.Also they are the only team to hit more than 3500 sixes

Only Team to hit 3500+ sixes in International cricke

No of Sixes	Team
3543	West Indies
3352	Australia
3103	India
3061	Pakistan
2851	New Zealand

Sri Lanka-South Africa Series-4th ODI-Sri Lanka vs South Africa-July 28,Pallekele

Sri Lanka vs South Africa-4th ODI at Pallekele

Tilakaratne Dilshan's unbeaten 115 helped Sri Lanka to chase the total with ease

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets with 6.0 overs remaining

South Africa(50 overs)			238/10
Jean Paul Duminy	97	Ajantha Mendis	4/51
Hashim Amla	77	Lasith Malinga	3/52
Faf Du Plessis	23	Tilakaratne Dilshan	2/40

Sri Lanka(44 overs)	Target-239 from 50 overs		239/2
Thilakaratne Dilshan	115*	Lonwabo Tsotsobe	1/48
Kumar Sangakkara	91	Morne Morkel	1/62
Mahela Jayawardene	12

Man of the Match-Tilakaratne Dilshan(115* runs and 2 wickets)

Zimbabwe-India Series-3rd ODI-Zimbabwe vs India-July 28,Harare

Zimbabwe vs India-3rd ODI at Harare 

India by winning the first three matches,have won the series with 2 matches still left to play

India won by 7 wickets with 14.1 overs to spare

Zimbabwe(46 overs)			183/10
Sean Williams	45	Amit Mishra	4/47
Hamilton Masakadza	38	Mohammed Shami	2/25
Tendai Chatara	23	Jaidev Unadkat	1/24

India(35.5 overs)	Target-184 runs from 50 overs		187/3
Virat Kohli	68*	Tendai Chatara	1/34
Shikhar Dhawan	35	Michael Chinouya	1/36
Ambati Rayudu	33	Brian Vitori	1/53

Man of the Match-Amit Mishra(4 wickets)

Sri Lanka-South Africa Series-3rd ODI-Sri Lanka vs South Africa-July 26,Pallekele

Sri Lanka vs South Africa-3rd ODI at Pallekele

David Miller got his 1st Man of the Match Award in ODI for his 85*

South Africa won by 56 runs

South Africa(50 overs)			223/7
David Miller	85*	Ajantha Mendis	3/35
AB De Villiers	47	Thissara Perera	2/51
Jean Paul Duminy	23	Lasith Malinga	1/57

Sri Lanka(43.2 overs)	Target-224 from 50 overs		167/10
Thissara Perera	65	Lonwabo Tsotsobe	4/22
Dinesh Chandimal	29	Farhaan Behardein	3/19
Mahela Jayawardene	24	Ryan McLaren	1/18

Man of the Match-David Miller(85* runs)

Zimbabwe-India Series-2nd ODI-Zimbabwe vs India-July 26,Harare

Zimbabwe vs India-2nd ODI at Harare

Shikhar Dhawan's 115 helped India tackle the tricky start and reach to a good total

India won by 58 runs

India(50 overs)			294/8
Shikhar Dhawan	115	Brian Vitori	2/27
Dinesh Karthik	63*	Tendai Chatara	1/34
R Vinay Kumar	20	Sean Williams	1/46

Zimbabwe(50 overs)	Target-295 from 50 overs		236/9
Vusi Sibanda	55	Jaidev Unadkat	4/41
Prosper Utsaya	52*	Amit Mishra	2/46
Elton Chigumbura	46	Ravindra Jadeja	1/30

Man of the Match-Shikhar Dhawan(115 runs)

Indian Players with 50+ scores in their debut ODI Match

11 Indian Players has so far scored 50 or more in their debut match.The first to achieve this feat was Ajit Wadekar.But in that same match Brijesh Patel also scored 50.While the latest to enter this club is Ambati Rayudu as he scored 63* vs Zimbabwe in his 1st ODI yesterday.Robin Uthappa has the highest score by an Indian in debut-86 vs England

Robin Uthappa has the highest score by an Indian on debut

Runs Scored	Player	Opposition
86	Robin Uthappa	England
82	Brijesh Patel	Engalnd
73	Navjot Singh Sidhu	Australia
67	Ajit Wadekar	England
64	Sandeep Patil	Australia
64	Raman Lamba	Australia
63*	Ambati Rayudu	Zimbabwe
60*	Ravindra Jadeja	Sri Lanka
57	Amay Khusariya	Sri Lanka
55	Pravin Amre	South Africa
55	Saba Karim	South Africa

Rayudu scored 63* in his debut vs Zimbabwe