February 21, 2011 12:22 PM

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Australia meet Zimbabwe in World Cup 2011

In today's only match of the World Cup Cricket, defending champions Australia meet Zimbabwe at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Amedabad. Co-hosts Sri Lanka beat Canada by 210 runs in their opening match of Group A in the ICC Cricket World Cup yesterday at Hambantota in Sri Lanka. Winning the toss, Sri Lanka chose to bat and amassed a huge 332 for seven. Chasing the winning target of 333, minnows Canada were all out for just 122 runs, with 13.1 overs to spare. For Sri Lankan, Man of the Match Mahela Jayawardene plundered 100 runs. It was also the fastest century by a Sri Lankan in World Cup. Skipper Kumar Sangakkara struck 92 after Tillakaratne Dilshan kick-started his team's campaign with a solid half-century. Earlier, New Zealand crushed Kenya by 10 wickets in Group A fixture in Chennai yesterday. It was the second fastest win in the history of the tournament. After bowling out Kenya for 69 runs, the Kiwis took just 49 balls to overhaul the target.

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