Cairns strikes back with vital run out
PORT ELIZABETH (South Africa), Feb 14: Chris Cairns experienced a day of mixed fortunes as New Zealand held their nerve to seal a 20-run victory over West Indies in World Cup...
South African World Cup campaign back on track
POTCHEFSTROOM (South Africa), Feb 14: The blazing bat of Herschelle Gibbs led South Africa to a crushing 10-wicket win over outclassed Kenya in World Cup Group ‘B’ on Wednesday....
Canadian plumber shocks Bangladesh
DURBAN, Feb 14: Dreadlocked plumber Austin Codrington took five wickets to inspire Canada to the first major upset of the World Cup on Tuesday as they beat Test nation Bangladesh by...
Tendulkar’s landmark
PAARL (South Africa), Feb 14: Sachin Tendulkar became the top run-scorer in World Cup history and Javagal Srinath claimed his 300th one-day victim as India recovered from a poor batting display...
Rhodes calls quit
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 14: South Africa’s Jonty Rhodes said good-bye to his team mates, the World Cup and international cricket on Friday after confirming his retirement....
‘Leave my family alone’
MELBOURNE, Feb 14: Shane Warne, back home from the World Cup after failing a drugs test, has appealed to the Australian media to leave his family alone....
Agassi demolishes Philippoussis
SAN JOSE,(California), Feb 14: America’s Andre Agassi lost just four points on his serve, and won five service games at love to defeat Australia’s Mark Philippoussis 6-4, 6-1 in the second...
Venus strolls into semifinals
ANTWERP (Belgium), Feb 14: Top seed and defending champion Venus Williams beat Slovenian Tina Pisnik 6-1 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the WTA Antwerp Diamond Games on Friday....
Flower, Olonga escape censure
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 14: The ICC decided on Friday not to charge Zimbabwe players Andy Flower and Henry Olonga with bringing the game into disrepute during a World Cup game in Harare....
Pacer Vaas back in record books with unique hat trick
PIETERMARITZBURG (South Africa), Feb 14: Chaminda Vaas claimed an extraordinary slice of history by taking a unique hat trick with the first three balls of the match as Sri Lanka crushed...
Shaky Indians gear up for big Aussie test
CENTURION (South Africa), Feb 14: Out-of-form India go into Saturday’s World Cup clash against Australia as rank underdogs, a tag captain Saurav Ganguly believes will work to his team’s advantage....
Preferential attitude upsets players
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 14: All is not well with the Pakistan cricket team here and the body language of several players tells the story that they are not happy with the special...
Controversies run riot in 2003 World Cup
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 14: The on-going World Cup is turning out to be the most controversial one. None of the seven previous editions of the game’s biggest show were as debatable as...
PCB stays away from Rashid’s legal threat
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 14: Pakistan’s cricket chiefs distanced themselves from wicket-keeper Rashid Latif on Thursday following media reports that he was considering legal action against Australia after being accused of making a...
‘Kenya can make next round’
CAPE TOWN, Feb 14: Kenya’s frontline batsman and captain Steve Tikolo on Friday warned World Cup rivals not to under-estimate his team’s chance of making the Super Six round despite being...