Cricket World cup records: Netherlands vs South Africa cricket team

• Netherlands cricket team and South African cricket team have played two matches against each other in world cups. Both of the matches have been won by South Africa by big margins.
• In all two matches, South Africa scored more than 300 runs which shows South Africa’s dominance over Netherlands in ODIs.
• In 1996 Cricket World Cup, South African batsman Andrew Hudson scored 161 while in 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup Jacques Kallis scored 128 not out against Netherlands.
• Netherlands is considered a very weak team but still they have managed to play matches against South Africa without being bowled out.
• In 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, former South African all rounder Shaun Pollock took 1 wicket for 4 runs in 6 overs with 3 maidens.
• Netherlands have a weak bowling attack against South Africa as they have managed to get only 6 wickets in two matches.
• South Africa scored 328 and 353 in 1996 and 2007 cricket world cup respectively.
• Netherlands have till now played in 1996, 2003 and 2007 world cup. South African did not played any match against the Dutch team in 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup.
• Although with the presence of great players like Ryan Netherlands has great chances of playing some good cricket, South African Cricket team is a far more seasoned Cricket team to beat. South African cricket team is one of the strongest teams in the world of Cricket today.  

Popular players of South African cricket team: Jacques Kallis

Formidable batsman, splendid bowler and an extremely athletic fielder, very few cricketers in the history of the game have been as complete in all departments as the South African cricket team all-rounder Jacques Kallis.

Born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1975, the tall, good looking South African made his ODI debut against England cricket team in 1996. Since then he has represented South African team in 307 matches and scored a staggering 1100,2 runs at a fantastic average of 45.84. Kallis likes to spend a lot of time at the crease; hence he has 17 centuries and 80 fifties to his name with a top score of a 139. With the ball, Jacque Kallis has often been the opening bowler for his team and has not shied back from bowling at the toughest stages of the game. To his credit he has 259 wickets in the ODIs at a decent average of just under 32 with his best bowling being 5/30.

Kallis has always been a solid performer for his team during the World Cups but has not been lucky to have won any edition of the tournament yet. His high point in his world cup career came in the 2007 Cricket World Cup tournament held in the West Indies where he was the leading run scorer for his team with 485 runs though this was not without heavy criticism from the South African press, who blamed the stylish right hander for playing at a slower rate than he normally does.

At the 2011 Cricket World Cup which is to be held in the sub continent, Jacques Kallis seems to be the main stay of the South African side and a lot depends on his shoulders if his side our to lift the gold laden trophy for the first time.

Record holder players in 2011 ICC Cricket World cup

One Day International Cricket is thrilling and interesting. With the world cup 2011 just round the corner, some interesting facts and figures have grabbed my attention. While going through the list of bowlers and batsmen who have been the most successful in their fields in ODI cricket, I started noting the players who are amongst the chart toppers, and are playing in the 10^th world cup cricket 2011. Looking at the figures and record lists closely, one can easily predict the probable finalists of ICC cricket World Cup 2011.

Most wickets in cricket career-Bowling Records ODI: Muralitharan has taken 519 wickets for Sri lanka so far. He is the top ranked bowler in the world as far as career wicket taking record is concerned. Waseem Akram, Waqar Younis, Chaminda Vaas, Shaun Pollock, Glenn McGrath and Anil Kumble are next in line but none of these brilliant bowlers is playing now. The 8^th highest wicket taker in ODI, Brett Lee from Australia has taken 335 wickets so far. Next in line are Sanath Jayasuriya, Juvagal Srinath and Shane Warne all three of them retired now. The 12^th most successful bowler in ODI cricket is Shahid Afridi, the Pakistani captain in cricket world cup 2011. Saqlain Mustaq and Agarkar are next in line who are retired now, while the 15^th highest wicket taker in ODI cricket is Daniel Vettori, representing New Zealand. After A Donald and Ntini from South Africa, we have Abdul Razzaq from Pakistan cricket team as most successful bowler ever. He is the 18^th highest wicket taker in ODI in the world. Abdul Razzaq has taken 262 wickets. Following him closely is the 19^th highest wicket taker in ODI cricket, J Kallis from South Africa. Kallis has taken 259 wickets so far.  Great all rounder and the world cup winning captain Kapil Dev is the 20^th most successful bowler in ODI to date.

Most runs in cricket career-Batting Records ODI: Sachin Tendulkar tops the chart with 17629 runs so far. He is very much there in the Indian squad. Jayasuriya is second on this list of highest run scorers in Cricket ODI but he is not playing in this world cup. Ricky Ponting is on the list with 13082 runs in his career so far, making him the third highest run scorer in ODI cricket history ever. Inzimam ul Haq and Saurav Ganguly are next in line, both retired from cricket now. J Kallis from South Africa has scored 11002 runs so far and he is the 6^th highest run scorer in ODI cricket. Rahul Dravid, Brain Lara, Mohammad Yousuf, Adam Gilchrist, Muhammad Azharuddin, and Aravinda De silva are next in line. D Jayawardene is 13^th on the list of highest run scorers in the ODI cricket with 9119 runs on the board. Saeed Anwer from Pakistan is 14^th on the list of highest run scorer in career in the ODI cricket. On 15^th number we have Kumar Sangakkara of Sri lanka with 8699 runs.  S Chanderpaul from West Indies is 16^th on the list with 8664 runs. Desmond Haynes, Atapattu, Mark Waugh and H Gibbs are the next in line constituting the top 20 run scorers in the ODI cricket.

Now looking at the players who are amongst the top 20 bowlers or batsmen ever in the cricket ODI history, Sri lanka has the most experienced highly skilled batsmen and bowler. 3 best ever cricketers (Jayawardene, Sangakkara and Muralitharan) amongst the top few are in this list. Sri lanka thus stands a great chance this time around. Second in line is Australia, with one all time great batsman and one all time great bowler in the squad (Ponting and Lee). Pakistan can be considered as the third best team to be there in the final match. The Pakistani squad includes two all time best bowlers (Afridi and Razzaq).  South Africa is next in line with J Kallis being the only player appearing in both the lists. Kallis is undoubtedly one of the best all rounder ODI cricket has ever produced. Sachin Tendulkar brings hope to India. Looking at the current form of Indian cricket team, they stand a good chance. West Indies and New Zealand have one great player each (Chander Paul and Daniel Vettori) but lack of consistency in the team’s recent performance shows these teams have lesser chances to reach the finals. So the stats show that it will be any two amongst Sri lanka, Pakistan, Australia and India who will be playing the Cricket world cup 2011 final on 2^nd of April 2011 in Mumbai, India.

2011 ICC World Cup squad of South Africa

South Africa is currently fighting to be the number one team in test cricket. They are playing against India at the moment and the series so far is the most thrilling cricket experience going around. Although the South African cricket team has all the potential to win the 2011 ICC World Cup but their unpredictable performance in the recent past has made their win claim a little dubious. However with captain like Graeme Smith, anything can be expected. Like England, South Africa has never won the World Cup trophy even after making into semi-finals with their best team and performance. The South African cricket team always chokes its fans by giving away the almost won match. Although they are many times called as chokers for the sam reason, they are always a strong contender for the cup. Same goes for World Cup Cricket 2011.  Let’s see if South Africa chokes its fans with a win this time. The 2011 ICC World Cup Squad of South Africa is:

1)      Graeme Smith )Capt)

2)      Hashim Amla

3)      Johan Botha

4)      AB de Villiers (WK)

5)      JP Duminy

6)      Faf du Plessis

7)      Colin Ingram

8)      Jacques Kallis

9)      Morne Morkel

10)   Wayne Parnell

11)   Robbie Peterson

12)   Dale Steyn

13)   Imran Tahir

14)   Lonwabo Tsotsobe

15)   Morne van Wyk (WK)

ICC Cricket World Cup: Best All-rounders World Cup Wise

ICC Cricket World Cups are organized every four years.  Cricket World Cup is still the most prestigious One Day International tournament. Importance of all rounders cannot be denied as they play important role in the victory of their teams.  There is no clear-cut prerequisite for a cricketer to be deemed as an all-rounder. However, the conventional criterion for an indisputable all-rounder is someone whose batting and bowling proficiency would aid his team to win a match. ICC Cricket World Cup has also seen some great performances by all rounders. Although the concept of an all-rounder was there since the early days of cricket, this position was solemnly acknowledged during 1983 Cricket World Cup once Mohinder Amarnath, Kapel Dev and Imran Khan changed the face of cricket by their outstanding bowling and batting capabilities. Though it’s difficult to report the best all rounders for 1975 and 1979 Cricket World Cup due to lack of availability of statistics, following is the list of world cup wise best all-rounders of Cricket World Cup.

1983 ICC Cricket World Cup – Mohinder Amarnath

1987 ICC Cricket World Cup – Allan Border 1987

1992 ICC Cricket World Cup – Wasim Akram

1996 ICC Cricket World Cup – Sanath Jayasuriya

1999 ICC Cricket World Cup – Lance Klusener

2003 ICC Cricket World Cup – Sachin Tendulker

2007 ICC Cricket World Cup – Jaques Kallis

2011 ICC Cricket World Cup- Shahid Afridi

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