Top 10 Bowler For 2011 World Cup

BRETT LEE  (AUSTRALIA)

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His childhood hero was Allan Donald.
A member of the winning ICC CWC Australia side in 2003, he missed out on the 2007 event.
Took a hat-trick against Kenya in theICC CWC 2003 and against Bangladesh in the ICC WT20 2007.
Recorded a duet with Asha Bhosle that reached number two in the Indian charts.

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HARBHAJAN SINGH (INDIA)

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Trained to be a pace bowler at an academy in Chandigarh.
First India bowler to take a hat-trick in Tests (v Australia 2001).
Was conferred the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour, in 2009.
Has taken more wickets than any other Indian off-spinner in ODI history.

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DANIEL VETTORI (NEW ZEALAND)

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The youngest man to play Test cricket for New Zealand at 18.
Has completed the double of 3000 runs and 300 wickets in Test cricket (one of eight players to achieve this feat).
Leading ODI wicket taker for New Zealand and second in ODI appearances for his country.
Of Italian descent (his middle name is Luca) from his father, Renzo’s side.

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SHOAIB AKHTAR (PAKISTAN)

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Broke the 160 kmph barrier in the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2003 with a delivery clocked at a world record 161.3 kmph. His father was a worker in Attock Oil Refinery, Morgah.
One of the six Pakistan bowlers to claim over 200 ODI wickets.
His best ODI figures, prior to the ICC CWC 2011, are 6-16 v New Zealand in 2002.

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LASITH MALINGA (SRI LANKA)

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First bowler to take four wickets in four balls at an ICC CWC event when he achieved this feat against South Africa in 2007.
Picked up 18 wickets at 15.77 from eight games at the ICC CWC 2007.
Holds the record for the highest partnership for the ninth wicket in ODI cricket, 132 against Australia in November 2010, with Angelo Mathews.

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MUTTIAH  MURALIDARAN (SRI LANKA)

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He is the highest wicket-taker in both Test cricket and in One Day Internationals.
His ODI figures of 7-30 against India in Sharjah in October 2000 are the fourth best in history.
He has played in four ICC CWC – 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007.
Going into the ICC CWC 2011 event, he has captured 53 wickets in 31 matches, and played in two finals.

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ZAHEER KHAN (INDIA)

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Runs a restaurant named ZK in Pune.
Is one of the six bowlers to have taken 200 ODI wickets for India.
Played in the ICC CWC in 2003 and 2007, with a best of 4-42 against New Zealand at Centurion.
His 75 against Bangladesh in 2004 is the highest by a number 11 batsman in a Test match.

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SHAUN TAIT (AUSTRALIA)

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His childhood heroes were boxer Mike Tyson and Australian footballer Glenn Jackovich.
He was a member of the triumphant ICC CWC 2007 squad, taking 23 wickets (joint second-highest at that event).
Took a break from the game in 2008 due to exhaustion.
During a ODI against England in 2010 bowled a ball at 161.1 kmph, the second fastest in history.

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JAMES ANDERSON (ENGLAND)

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Burst onto the ODI scene in Australia in 2002 as a 20 year-old.
At the ICC CWC 2003 he took four wickets against the Netherlands and Pakistan.
Second highest ODI wicket-taker for England in history.
Took the first ODI hat-trick by an England bowler, achieving the feat against Pakistan in 2003.
Leading wicket-taker in the Ashes 2010-11 series.

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MITCHELL JOHNSON (AUSTRALIA)

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Hit a six off the first ball he faced in first-class cricket against New Zealand.
Suffered four back stress fractures early in his career.
Made his ODI debut for Australia in December 2005, as a super-sub, against New Zealand.
Won the LG ICC Cricketer of the Year Award in 2009.