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Australia show their true colours

Australia finished third in Group B as a result of their defeat against Pakistan in their final group clash in Colombo on Saturday

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Cricket's gloomy future?

According to a report in the Courier Mail , a research produced at a Cricket Australia conference shows that cricket is under siege at junior level: seven out of 10 Australian children have no interest in the sport

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Hastings waits in the wings

John Hastings has yet to play a game for Australia in the World Cup, but Jesse Hogan, writing in the Herald on Sunday says that this has not dampened the enthusiasm of the youngest member of Australia's World Cup squad

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A visit to the MRF Pace Foundation

Andrew Alderson from the New Zealand Herald visits the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai and looks at how the school has groomed generations of pace bowlers to represent India and others in international cricket, helped in no small measure by the

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England's great escape

England pulled off a thrilling victory over West Indies in what was a must-win game for them in Chennai on Thursday

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Tackling Murali will be key

Ahead of the all-important Group A clash between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, Nathan Astle in the New Zealand Herald writes that if the New Zealand batsmen are able to negotiate the threat posed by Muttiah Muralitharan, it will go a long way in

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Australia living on borrowed time

Australia have been heavily reliant on their pace attack in this World Cup with mixed results and post Australia's victory over Canada in Bangalore on Wednesday, Peter Roebuck, in the Sydney Morning Herald writes that Australia cannot keep losing

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Forty-five weddings and a World Cup

We’ve heard of restaurant menus customised to include ‘World Cup’ specials, but have you ever heard of a wedding with the cricket World Cup as its theme

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Australia are there for the taking

In the New Zealand Herald Nathan Astle reckons that Friday's game against Australia in Nagpur could possibly be New Zealand's best chance to beat them on the World Cup stage

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Eden Gardens goes ‘healthy’ to draw the crowds

Having lost the marquee India-England World Cup clash, and being reduced to three decidedly lower-profile games, you’d have expected gloom and doom at Eden Gardens

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Don’t hunt the minnows

In the Guardian Mike Selvey writes that Netherlands showing against England proves the importance of underdogs

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Action replay

Richard Hinds in the Sydney Morning Herald takes a look at (and tries to recreate) Ricky Ponting's tetchy outburst in the game against Zimbabwe that earned him a reprimand from the ICC.

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All the (unending) chatter

In the Indian Express , Shailaja Bajpai looks at how the various TV channels in India are doing their best to whip up mass hysteria in the Indian public, driving expectations on how this could be India's World Cup.

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Bennet's form poses selection dilemma

Dylan Cleaver in the New Zealand Herald writes that Hamish Bennett, who was picked for the game against Kenya following an injury to Kyle Mills, starred with the ball in that game

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England endure shaky start to World Cup

Michael Atherton in the Times writes that while it would be tempting to write off England's chances after a three-hour horror show in which they conceded - to an associate nation - more runs than on any occasion in the World Cup bar the 300 made

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A nifty Indian dance move

Ruchir Joshi in the Telegraph writes that while it would too much to suggest that India's World Cup win transformed our society for ever, it’s only accurate to say that the win was a building block on which rest several different cross-beams of

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Ponting's not ready to walk away yet

Peter Badel in the Sunday Telegraph writes that Ricky Poting won't tell you he's gone eight years without a single World Cup defeat as captain

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'The Indian team inspires hope'

Sourav Ganguly in the Open magazine writes that the balance in the Indian team is good, with the batting looking strong and the bowling available in full strength

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A true gentleman of the game

Former England allrounder Trevor Bailey died in a fire in his home on Thursday at the age of 87

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Akram coaches Akshay Kumar?

Cricketers have made their presence felt on the silver screen often enough; films like The Final Test have featured cameos from Len Hutton, Denis Compton, Godfrey Evans and Jim Laker, while Salim Durani, Derek Pringle, Ian Botham, Kapil Dev and

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