Hampshire's Zimbabwean all-rounder Sean Ervine has decided against returning to play for his country and will instead continue to represent Hampshire.
Ervine had been named in Zimbabwe's 15-man squad for the ICC World Cup in Asia, but has now changed his mind and will remain at Hampshire as a non-overseas player.
Ashish Bagai has been confirmed as Canada's captain for the upcoming 2011 World Cup, becoming the fourth man to captain his country in World Cup cricket.
Rank outsiders Canada have named their squad, which includes John Davison and Henry Osinde, who both featured in the 2003 and 2007 competitions.
The West Indies have named a youthful 15-man squad for the 2011 World Cup, as they bid to return to the glory years when they won the tournament in 1975 and 1979.
In among experienced players such as Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan are exciting talents including Adrian Barath, Darren Bravo, Kemar Roach and Andre Russell.
The team at Cricket World make their predictions ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka. The show is brought to you in association with bet365
India are the favourites to win the tournament while Jim and JP also make their predictions for who will be the man of the match and which team will hit most sixes.
The final show looking back at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 and India's thrilling six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a closely-fought final in Mumbai.
28 years after Kapil Dev lifted the Prudential World Cup, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni did the honours in front of a packed Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This after he led the chase for 275 runs as India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup final by six wickets.
Gary Kirsten has bid farewell to India having achieved his goals as coach leaving the side as top-ranked side in Test cricket and having won the 2011 World Cup on home soil.
Former South African opening batsman Kirsten was appointed as India coach in 2008 when he took over from Chandu Borde, overseeing the team's rise to the top in both Test and ODI cricket.
Newly crowned ODI World Champions India were always the favourites to lift the trophy. That was something the team planned for well in advance and the fans expected victory from the very beginning, nothing less.
The reactions haven’t stopped following from the moment MS Dhoni lifted the gold-silver plated trophy. The players partied until early on Sunday morning, before their itineraries took a new shape, this time one worthy of champions.
Just as the 2007 World Cup final ended in farce, the 2011 World began with confusion as the toss had to be conducted twice following Kumar Sangakkara's inaudible call. Thankfully, it proved irrelevant with India winning and the cricket on show being particularly memorable.
Neither semi-final saw an abundance of great quality so it was fitting that the final was a close game with both sides performing near to their best.
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