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Heros and Villains...11
Scott Styris Remains at Top Spot
Day 11 of the Cricket World Cup 2007 saw two matches. One of the matches was India Vs Sri Lanka with India required to win to stay in the championship while Sri Lanka was already through to the next round. The other match was between West Indies and Ireland both of whom have moved to the next round. While India failed to win the match and are out of the championship, West Indies won their match convincingly to move ahead with a clean record of three wins.
In the NCR system, Muralitharan and Chanderpaul were the heros of the respective matches while Sangakkara and Rankin (Ireland) were the villains of the matches.
The top 20 spots in the NCR table was as follows:
Ranking NCR Name Country 1 197 Scott Styris New Zealand 2 185 JM Davison Canada 3 182 S. Dhaniram Canada 4 177 Dwayne Bravo West Indies 5 168 Chigumbara Zimbabwe 6 157 Sanath Jayasurya Sri Lanka 7 148 Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka 8 147 Virender Sehwag India 9 142 Marlon Samuels West Indies 10 138 BRM Taylor Zimbabwe 11 131 Dwyane Smith West Indies 12 130 Neil O Brien Ireland 13 129 Jeremy Bray Ireland 14 128 S C Williums Zimbabwe 15 127 Chamara Silva Sri Lanka 16 123 Iftikhar Anjum Pakistan 123 Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka 17 121 Jacob Oram New Zealand 18 116 Imran Nazir Pakistan 116 TBM de Leede Netherlands 19 115 RN ten Doeschate Netherlands 20 113 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka It may be observed that Dwyane Smith of West Indies is continuously leading the race closely followed by Scott Styris of New Zealand. The lone Indian in the above table is Sehwag. After tomorrow's Australia match, some changes are likey in the rankings. England and Kenya will also be battling tomorrow for a place in the next round and it is likely to throw up more changes in the ranking table.
Naavi
March 24, 2007
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