South Africa will have to shed their burden of history and perform out of their skin to halt the unstoppable march of Australia as the two teams square off in an epic semifinal showdown of the cricket World Cup tomorrow. Emotions will run high as world's top two cricketing nation once again s

The 2007 cricket World Cup signalled the end of another era when Stephen Fleming stepped down as New Zealand's one-day captain. The elegant southpaw announced his decision after the 81-run defeat in the semi-final against Sri Lanka on Tuesday and said he took the step in a bid to provide

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat first in their World Cup semi-final against New Zealand at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica today. Sri Lankans were 13 runs for one in the third over of their inning. Opener Jayasuriya was clean bowled by James Franklin on

The Indian cricket team's new manager and coach would be appointed for a tenure of two years, the Cricket Board disclosed on Tuesday. A day after constituting a seven-member panel to pick Greg Chappell's successor, the BCCI said it was yet to zero in on possible candidates for the job but ha

Pakistan will be without senior batsman Younis Khan in their one-day cricket series against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi next month, the Chairman of selectors Salahuddin Ahmed said today. Salahuddin said that Younis had informed them from England where he has gone to play for Yorkshire that he

Sri Lanka and New Zealand will count on their enviable variety in bowling attacks to overpower each other in the high-octane first semifinal clash of the cricket World Cup here tomorrow. Sri Lanka, however, would seek a psychological boost from their Super Eights dominating win over the K

Former Pakistan cricket captain and bowling legend Wasim Akram will train fast bowlers for the national team. The channel sources added that Akram, Pakistan's leading wicket-taker who retired four years ago, will supervise a special two-week camp in the eastern city of Lahore from mid-M

Bermuda skipper Irvine Romaine today said that he has gained at least millions of Indian supporters as the hopes of Men in Blue are resting on the outcome of Bermuda's match against Bangladesh. "Tomorrow India is really banking on us to play well," Bermuda skipper Irvine Romaine

Matthew Hayden has said his pulverising of the South African bowling, which gave Australia a thumping 83-run win in the World Cup encounter here on Saturday, was premeditated. "To some degree, yes. But I still had to weigh up the conditions," the Australian opening batsman said

Antigua has been Brian Lara's happy hunting ground and the West Indies captain hopes to be lucky again when his team crosses sword with Australia in the World Cup Super Eights opener here tomorrow. Australia have been in menacing form, amassing 300-plus score in each of the three group ma

The Australia can once again be termed mighty after their World Cup win over South Africa on Saturday which erased the bad memories of their consecutive defeats against New Zealand recently. Australia need to win this week's Super Eights World Cup matches against the West Indies and Bangl

Reigning champions Australia stormed into the Super Eight with a crushing 229-run win over the Netherland in the World Cup Group 'A' cricket one-dayer here today. After Brad Hodge smashed the Orange attack to post his maiden ODI century to propel Australia to a massive 358 for five, the p

Full marks to New Zealand for beginning their maiden World Cup hunt with roaring confidence notwithstanding some worrying moments during the onset of chasing a modest total of 207 set by the English team. Kiwis are a very strong contender for the World Cup this time around as they are riding h

Team India is ready to begin its World Cup campaign with their match against Bangladesh today even as Indian captain Rahul Dravid said he'd rather keep Bangladesh guessing discussing all 15 opposition players than 11. Interacting with newsmen here at the Queens Park Oval after a practice

The difference between a good player and a great player is that a great player never stops believing until he achieves his dreams, goals and desires. One such great player is Herschelle Gibbs. After having donned the limelight in the record chase of 400 plus runs against Australia last y

Team India is ready to begin its World Cup campaign with their match against Bangladesh today even as Indian captain Rahul Dravid said he'd rather keep Bangladesh guessing discussing all 15 opposition players than 11. Interacting with newsmen here at the Queen's Park Oval after a practice

Having got enough time to acclimatise to Carribean conditions, India will launch their cricket World Cup campaign against minnows Bangladesh here tomorrow faced with the dilemma of whether to field an out of form Virender Sehwag. Sehwag has been woefully short of runs in recent times but

Internal bickerings and disagreement on several issues in the Pakistan team management have demotivated players taking part in the World Cup, according to sources in their camp. They said that already there have been a couple of incidents which highlight there is friction in the squad and cap

Pakistan has protested against the International Cricket Council's instructions to its players to speak in English at the post-match presentation ceremonies during the World Cup.The Pakistan team's media manager, Pervez Mir said that the ICC had not stopped the players from speaking in Urdu at

Pakistan captain Inzamam ul Haq has said the team in the World Cup was severly missing allrounders Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq, who were experienced to release pressure on the top order batsmen in one day matches. Inzamam said the absence of Razzaq and Afridi had put pressure on him, Moh

Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat against Bermuda in the World Cup Group B encounter today. Lankans openers Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya were helped their team to cross 50 in 6.1 overs. Sri Lanka were 74 for one in 11th overs. Jayasuriya wa

Sri Lanka will take on debutante Bermuda in their opening World Cup Group B clash of on Friday. The 1996 winners have served a warning after deciding to field both their strike bowlers, off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and left-arm paceman Chaminda Vaas. Vaas, 33, would be buoyant

Experienced Zimbabwe will take on minnows Ireland today. The Irish cricket team is playing for their first ever World Cup in Sabina Park, Jamaica. According to Sahara Samay, Ireland, like Bermuda in Group B, are playing in the World Cup for the first time, but they are confident to beat Zi

Three-time champions Australia sounded an ominous warning to their World Cup rivals thumping minnows Scotland by a record 203-run margin in the Group 'A' encounter here on Wednesday. The Aussies, smarting under a five-match losing streak and dethroned as world's number one one-day side,

S Sreesanth is yet to cement a regular place in the one-day squad but the sprightly Kerala paceman believes he has an important role to play in Team India's scheme of things in this World Cup. "I have set a goal for myself and I am sure it's going to help the team. I have been workin

Three-time champions Australia sounded an ominous warning to their World Cup rivals thumping minnows Scotland by a record 203-run margin in the Group 'A' encounter here on Wednesday. The Aussies, smarting under a five-match losing streak and dethroned as world's number one one-day side,

Australian captain Ricky Ponting hit his fourth World Cup century registering a 203-run victory over Scotland in their opening Group A match on Wednesday. Ponting batted with determination after being dropped on 23 to make 113 with five sixes before he was bowled by Craig Wright. Tail-en

Australian openers, Mathew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist have given flying start to their team against cricket minnow Scotland in a Group A match here at Warner Park. Australia were 82 runs without loss in the 15th overs. Gilchrist and Hayden are playing on 40 and 38 respectively at this mom

Pakistan pacer Rana Naved ul Hasan and Umar Gul were summoned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for random dope test after their opening World Cup match against the West Indies.ICC had summoned Umer Gul and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan for a random dope test after the World Cup opening match

Indian team coach Greg Chappell has allayed fears on Sourav Ganguly's ankle injury, saying the brief break gave the side a chance to be fully fit before their opening game in the cricket World Cup scheduled against Bangladesh on Saturday."We're prepared for it, and we are ready to go. Mos