ICC Cricket WC 2011 match Australia vs Canada, Live Score Card

CANADA CAPTAIN Ashish Bagai won the toss against Australia in the 35th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at the dry pitch of M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore this afternoon and decided to bat first time in the tournament.
The Canada all-rounder, John Davison, has announced his retirement from the international cricket after this match.

Australia captain Ricky Ponting is playing with the same team that beat Kenya on Sunday by 60 runs in their fourth match of the Cricket World Cup 2011. It was expected that fast bowler Shaun Tait is likely to be rested for this match.

The Canadian team have made a two changes in their playing XI from the last match against New Zealand, which they lost by 97 runs. Canadian captain Ashish Bagai has brought back 16-year-old Nitish Kumar, and picked spinner Karl Watham for the first time.

Four teams from group 'A' including Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New Zealand have already qualified for the quarter finals of the tenth edition of the Cricket World Cup 2011.

Earlier, Bangaloreans witnessed, twice, a high-voltage drama during the Cricket World Cup 2011. The first match ended in  tie between India and England, and in the next Ireland won against England by three wickets. However, at the same venue Australia won against Kenya by 60 runs on last Sunday and Collins Obuya of Kenya scored 98 runs.

Given below are the playing XI of Australia and Canada at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore in the 35th league matches of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011:

Australia: Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Jason Krejza, Shaun Tait.

Canada: Hiral Patel, John Davison, Zubin Surkari, Ashish Bagai (capt & wk), Jimmy Hansra, Rizwan Cheema, Nitish Kumar, Harvir Baidwan, Karl Watham, Henry Osinde, Balaji Rao.

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Not the most exciting game – we all know who is going to win – but interesting to watch, nevertheless: Australia meets Canada at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, in the 35th match of the ICC World Cup 2011. Stay with us for live cricket scores, Castrol index updates (via Yahoo! Cricket), and more. Fans who want to watch the game online, free of charge, find that information at the end of this intro.

Australia and Canada only met once, 32 years ago, and since Australia have won the World Cup four times while Canada continue to be the competition’s whipping boys – as the Reuters stat box reveals. I like that term “whipping boys” – they are not the only ones though. Canada will be watching this with a lot of interest, and maybe, just maybe, they can show what they are really made of: even if they cannot cause an upset, at least they’ll put up a good fight? One can only hope – and judging by this year’s beautiful competition, nothing seems impossible. Minnows can turn to sharks with the right motivation…

And here comes another interesting fact: Australia are the only undefeated side left in the World Cup and only the very “foolish” — would put money on a bunch of part-time Canadians to break that run. Well, call me foolish, but I’d love to take that chance. Can you imagine my fortune, if Canada decides to prove us all wrong? Joking aside, Canada need the victory, at least for pride.

As promised, for those who want to watch the game online, here are a few websites providing live streaming, live scorecards and updates: ESPNstar.asia (live streaming available only in Asian countries), Crictime.com (site for live streaming, broadcasting on four different servers) and ESPN3.com (ideal for US viewers). Willow TV is also an official online broadcaster in the United States. Our most recent feed came via a very nice mail from someone who created a nice feed here called CricZero. Fans in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland can watch the game via BSkyB. A complete list of 2011 Cricket World Cup broadcasting rights can be found via Wikipedia, or at Yahoo! Sports, in *pdf format.