Five World Cup magic moments
Five magical moments from the first round of the 2011
World Cup:
Lasith Malinga's hat-trick
Sri Lanka's king of sling claimed a second World Cup hat-trick in a
six-wicket haul against hapless Kenya in Colombo. Malinga sent back
Tanmay Mishra, Peter Ongondo and Shem Ngoche in successive balls. In
2007, he had taken four in four balls against South Africa.
Kevin O'Brien's record century
Irish whirlwind Kevin O'Brien scored the fastest-ever World Cup
century, off just 50 balls, as Ireland completed a stunning three-wicket
win over England.
Shoulder to shoulder after quake tragedy
Australia and New Zealand players stood shoulder to shoulder and
observed a minute's silence in Nagpur on February 25 in honour of the
Christchurch earthquake victims. "We are neighbours and brothers," said
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting.
Tait v Tillakaratne
Aussie speedster Shaun Tait and Sri Lanka opener Tillakaratne Dilshan
squared up in Colombo and Tait won hands down. Dilshan edged through the
slips to enrage the fiery Tait. The Sri Lankan then pulled away from the
crease just as Tait went into his next delivery stride, before the
speedster had his man next ball, courtesy of a slip catch.
Brother bother
Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal's calamitous performance behind
the stumps against New Zealand unleashed a stream of criticism and paved
the way for younger brother Umar to take over. That was until Umar hurt
his finger and ankle in two training accidents and was accused by
sections of the Pakistan media of feigning injury to save his brother's
job. NEW DELHI, Tuesday, AFP
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