Contrary to the view of some of his counterparts, Indian captain Rahul Dravid has said minnows teams should be a part of the cricket World Cup for they add character and charm to the competition. They add a lot of character and charm to the event, Dravid said after helping his team clinc

Bringing shock for Stephen Fleming's New Zealand squad, minnows Bangladesh registered victory, shattering the joy of the kiwi's last month's series win over Australia. Fleming struggled to explain an upset two-wicket loss to Bangladesh in a World Cup warm-up match yesterday, while Austra

A confident India will warm-up against cricket minnows the Netherlands at Trelawny stadium here tomorrow, seeking to acclimatise to the Caribbean conditions before launching their quest of regaining the World Cup after nearly a quarter of a century. The Rahul Dravid-led team, which is regar

Former Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly today came in support of seamer Irfan Pathan and hoped that the Baroda all-rounder will prove his fitness, Sahara Samay sources said. Addressing a press conference here, Ganguly said that Pathan’s selection for the World Cup beginning on

Former West Indies Test star Michael Holding believes the World Cup will be devalued by the number of non-Test playing nations taking part. The fast bowling legend insists that only the top-ranked Associate country in the world should be allowed to take part. When the 2007 World Cup gets un

Netherlands have named the same squad that played in the World Cricket League for the World Cup in west Indies next month. The team will play its opening match against South Africa on February 16 after playing two warm-up matches. Squad: Luuk van Troost (capt), Peter Borren, Daan van B

Scotland's cricket selectors have named an unchanged side for next month's cricket Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean following a successful build-up in Kenya over the last few weeks. The 15 players who originally set out on the five-week tour to Sharjah, Mombasa and Nairobi have been inv