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Cricket World Cup Biggest Upsets - Who Will Provide the Upset in 2011 Cricket World Cup?

Greatest Cricket World Cup Upsets - Who Will Provide the Upset in 2011 Cricket World Cup? (This article was initially published at www.xomba.com) Who will provide the customary upset in this Cricket World Cup 2011? The ICC Cricket World Cup is from February 19 - 2nd April 2011. No Cricket World Cup in recent times has escaped a major upset. Some of them have been really really shocking - like the one Ireland gave Pakistan in the 2007 World Cup. The teams causing the upsets have been Zimbabwe, Kenya, Bangladesh and even Ireland! Here are some major World Cup upsets in the last three editions of the World Cup. 2007 World Cup Upsets Ireland shocked Pakistan and shell shocked the nation with a win in the preliminary rounds. Set a target of just 132 - Ireland reached the target much to the horror of Pakistan fans. This horror ended in tragedy with the death of high profile Pakistan Coach Bob Woolmer (a death first speculated to be homicide by media - but later confirmed to be from...