Sam Loxton was the oldest living Australia cricketer at the time of his demise at the age of 90.

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India and Sri Lanka have been thumped by Australia and South Africa by massive margins in test matches in the past few weeks. “White men can’t jump” was a 1992 American comedy movie about two basketball players – one black and the other white. The insinuation of the title is pretty obvious. Today that famous title is an idiom for those who cannot perform.

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Fittingly, it was skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni who hit the winning six in the 2011 World Cup Final to herald India as champions in Mumbai. This video article captures the drama and incidents over the preceding six weeks to this moment as one of the most successful world cup editions of all time unfolded in the cricket mad sub-continent.

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Captain Andrew Strauss is leading the side with renewed confidence and they are well drilled by coach Andy Flower of Zimbabwe. The batting is built around the powerful presence of Kevin Pietersen with Graeme Swann the key bowling attack option.

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Graeme Smith skippers them for his last throw at World Cup glory, and they are coached by Corrie van Zyl.

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Bangladesh bring recent ODI form into this world cup. Captain Shakib Al Hasan thinks his side can reach the quarterfinals. They are well coached by Jamie Siddons of Australia.

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India have a lot of expectation to live upto from their fanatical local supporters who have been waiting for a repeat of their best World Cup performance in 1983 when they won the crown.

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Sri Lanka is one of the tournament favourites on their home soil and in familiar conditions. Especially if they get to contest the semi final scheduled for Colombo at their fortress of R Premadasa Stadium at Kettarama.

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Pakistan have a talented and young squad of players with recent form and promise. They are well led by the mercurial Shahid Afridi and coached by the respected Waqar Younis. Younis

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Australia is the current holders of the ICC World Cup. They have now won the cup a record 4 times (1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007) and still pose a threat to other teams in 2011 despite showing signs of a team in gradual decline. Ricky Ponting returns from injury after missing the 5th Ashes test and the entire 7 ODI series against England.

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