Andrew McGlashan looks back at the week that was April 15 to April 22

A full house at the Kensington Oval turned up for Brian Lara's farewell

As the county season swings into action Cricinfo provides a lowdown on all the silverware that is on offer over the coming months

Ireland's World Cup adventure ended with a chastening experience as they crumbled for 77 against Sri Lanka in Grenada. Farveez Maharoof took three wickets in an over and Muttiah Muralitharan bamboozled the middle order

South Africa have not always played like a recent world No. 1 team during this World Cup, but at Bridgetown they were at their disciplined and incisive best, rolling England for 154 before disdainfully racing to their target in under 20 overs

Sussex suffered a significant blow ahead of their County Championship defence with Michael Yardy picking up a broken finger after being struck by Steve Harmison at Lord's

Steve Harmison struck with his 22nd ball in competitive cricket since the end of a humbling Ashes series during an encouraging outing for MCC against Sussex at Lord's

With the ruthlessness that everyone has come to expect from the Australians, they overwhelmed Ireland by nine wickets at Bridgetown after demolishing them for 91

As England's World Cup campaign fumbles on in the Caribbean the domestic season swings into action at Lord's on Friday as MCC take on the county champions Sussex

Ricky Ponting's 86 was the major feature for Australia as they completed a seven-wicket win against England in Antigua, with 16 balls to spare

Jacques Kallis helped himself to a steady half-century as South Africa boosted their Super Eights position with a handsome seven-wicket win against Ireland

Imran Khan is commonly regarded as Pakistan's greatest cricketer and it's a title earned with performances such as his stunning allround contribution at Faisalabad in 1982-83

West Indies lurched a step closer to leaving their own World Cup as Sanath Jayasuriya's 115 condemned them to a 113-run defeat in front of a rare full house in Guyana

England overcame some uneasy moments with bat and in the field to record a comfortable 48-run win against Ireland in their opening Super Eights match

Some players are enjoying stellar World Cups, scoring runs and taking wickets as though they were going out of fashion. Others have not been so fortunate

England cruised into the Super Eights with a seven-wicket win over Kenya in St Lucia as Ed Joyce and Kevin Pietersen made light work of the run chase with a stand of 103

Imran Nazir's destructive career-best 160 was the centrepiece of Pakistan's defiant 93-run victory over Zimbabwe under the Duckworth-Lewis method

New Zealand had few problems securing their place in the next stage as they gave Kenya a reality check with a 148-run victory in St Lucia

Andrew McGlashan looks back at the week that was March 12 to March 18

After the discipline problems of the previous day England managed to keep their focus, dispatching Canada by 51 runs in St Lucia, to open their World Cup account