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    "title": "2011 World Cup Trivia and Facts",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.142858505249px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\">The 2011&nbsp;Cricket World Cup&nbsp;was the tenth&nbsp;edition of the International Cricket Council&#39;s (ICC) Cricket World Cup. It was held from 19th February&nbsp;to 2nd April&nbsp;2011. It was jointly hosted by&nbsp;India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.142858505249px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Teams<\/strong>&nbsp;- 14&nbsp;Teams participated in the tournament which are categorized in two groups of 7&nbsp;teams each. Group A - Sri Lanka, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Kenya. Canada.&nbsp;Group B - India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Irelands, Netherlands. The top four teams from each group then played the knock-out rounds of quarter-finals,&nbsp;semi-finals and final.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.142858505249px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">ICC 2011&nbsp;World Cup<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.142858505249px; text-align: justify;\">\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(178, 34, 34);\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Tillakaratne Dilshan&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>(Sri Lanka) was the highest scorer of the 2011&nbsp;cricket world cup. He scored 500&nbsp;runs in 9 matches of the tournament at an average of 62.50<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(178, 34, 34);\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Shahid Afridi&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>(Pakistan) and Zaheer Khan (India)&nbsp;were&nbsp;the highest wicket takers of the 2011&nbsp;cricket world cup. Both&nbsp;took 21&nbsp;wickets. Shahid Afridi took in 8 matches &nbsp;at an average of 12.5 and&nbsp;Zaheer Khan took 9 matches at an average of 16.66.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(178, 34, 34);\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Virender Sehwag<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;(India) scored the highest individual score of the&nbsp;world cup. He scored&nbsp;175&nbsp;from 140&nbsp;balls&nbsp;against Bangladesh.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(178, 34, 34);\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Kemar Roach<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;(West Indies) produced the best bowling figures of 6\/27&nbsp;against Netherlands.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(178, 34, 34);\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Yuvraj Singh&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>(India) won the Man of the Tournament Award for his allround performance. He scored 362&nbsp;runs and 15&nbsp;wickets.<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(178, 34, 34);\">Kumar Sangakkara<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;(Sri Lanka) did 14&nbsp;dismissals as a wicket-keeper.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(178, 34, 34);\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Mahela Jayawardene&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>(Sri Lanka) picked highest number of catches (8) as a fielder.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\">Highest team score in the tournament was made by India against Bangladesh. SL scored 370\/4&nbsp;in 50 overs.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\">In the final between India and Sri Lanka, loud crowd noise prevented match referee&nbsp;Jeff Crowe&nbsp;from hearing Sri Lankan captain Sangakkara&#39;s call as the coin was tossed by Indian captain Dhoni. The toss had to be redone.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n",
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