World Cup 2006/07 / Features

The revamped Kensington Oval has not lost its sense of history

Grand stage awaits fitting drama

Apr 27, 2007: The Kensington Oval has been given an extensive makeover, and has also got back its famous bounce

The Friday Column

One-way traffic, and Tait and Hogg turn it on

Apr 27, 2007: Despite so many well-matched teams, the World Cup has witnessed far too many one-sided contests

McGrath still on top as he prepares for final fling

Bowl it one last time, Glenn

Apr 25, 2007: To watch the chuntering maestro Glenn McGrath at work was to see an entire era of wicket-to-wicket back-of-length menace flash before the eyes

Australia v South Africa, 2nd semi-final, St Lucia

Anxious South Africa fall to mindless adventure

Apr 25, 2007: A disappointing World Cup has just got worse. Just when it seemed a World Cup semi- final couldn't get any lower than the first one, it did

Top Performer - Mahela Jayawardene

When Sabina woke up to Mahela

Apr 25, 2007: Dileep Premachandran on Mahela Jayawardene's Sabina Park epic

Australia v South Africa, 2nd semi-final, St Lucia

Powerhouses flex muscles in Power Cricket

Apr 24, 2007: Australia are pioneering a new brand of one-day cricket, and South Africa are not far behind. Power Cricket is here

The thrills of the last four World Cup semi-finals

Heartbreaks and red-letter days

Apr 24, 2007: The drama of the World Cup, its very weight and its scope, its highest joys and deepest sadnesses, have been found in the semi-finals

Nobody made the game look better and few ever played it better

The last king of Trinidad

Apr 21, 2007: Brian Lara, maker of epics, will bat one last time on Saturday. As ever, man and batsman, leader and performer, will take stage together in familiar conflict.

The game against Australia was our least important

Too much has been made of our selection

Apr 20, 2007: A lot of fuss has been made about the Sri Lankan team resting their key bowlers. Would the same noise be made if Australia, South Africa or New Zealand were to do the same, asks Kumar Sangakkara

The Friday Column

Hayden's power play

Apr 20, 2007: While most of the other teams are struggling to score runs in the early overs, Australia are doing just fine, thanks to Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist

Timeline of Lara's career

A long and eventful innings

Apr 19, 2007: Brian Lara will play his last international match against England on Saturday. Cricinfo looks at the highlights of an illustrious career

Selectors want captain dropped for England tour

Flawed legacy of Lara's mortal genius

Apr 19, 2007: Saturday could be the last time we will watch Brian Lara in an international match. West Indian cricket is unlikely to miss him

Top Performer - Andrew Hall

South Africa's go to man

Apr 18, 2007: Top Performer: Andrew Hall would be the first to admit that there's much more to life than a century or a five-wicket haul

England v South Africa, Super Eights, Barbados

Ntini given a wake-up call

Apr 17, 2007: A glance at the South African team-sheet first thing in the morning was enough to remove any lingering cobwebs of sleep

Left-handers in ODIs and Tests

The rise of the southpaw

Apr 17, 2007: Today's List is about teams with the most left-handers and matches in which they've taken the most wickets and scored the most runs

World Cup tour diaries

Barbados breathes cricket

Apr 17, 2007: You can feel cricket everywhere in Barbados. There are roundabouts named after cricketers, there is a university ground named after the 3Ws.

Australia v Sri Lanka, Super Eights, Grenada

High profile omissions and a ball that went to sea

Apr 16, 2007: Plays of the Day

The 2007 World Cup is a PR disaster

Apr 13, 2007: The game is like a tree; if you keep the trunk and the roots healthy the branches will take care of themselves

The Friday Column

Vaughan's ODI travails, and peerless Vettori

Apr 13, 2007: With an average in the mid-20s and a strike rate of 66, Michael Vaughan clearly doesn't cut it as a one-day batsman

Boyd Rankin

In the skin of a lion

Apr 12, 2007: Boyd Rankin forsook a potential rugby career for his first love, cricket