Amid the chaos of the past ten days the apparent lack of competitiveness in the opening round of the World Cup has been largely forgotten

The Dutch have now won two World Cup matches in three tournaments and the success of players with county experience shows what they can achieve

The Dutch have now won two World Cup matches in three tournaments and the success of players with county experience shows what they can achieve

Plays of the day

The end of a one-sided fortnight is nigh. On March 22 in St Kitts, the first competitive fixture of a lop-sided Group A gets underway, when Holland and Scotland square up to each other in their minnow's Cup final

The South African camp has been in a sombre mood since the news broke of the death of their former coach, Bob Woolmer, on Sunday

Andrew Symonds looks set to be passed fit for Australia's crucial Group A encounter against South Africa

As you might expect from members of an old-boys network, Graeme Smith and Ryan Watson talked up the prospects of the other team

Interesting moments and sidelights of the day's play

One last mismatch presents itself tomorrow, when the high-flying South Africans take on the undaunting Scots

Andrew Miller previews New Zealand's match against Kenya, with the winners guaranteed a place in the Super Eights

All too often, the press and public in England are guilty of what is known as "tall-poppy syndrome". They build a star up, particularly if he is a sportsman, and then hack him down with a vengeance the moment he oversteps the mark

There are days when cricket simply doesn't begin to matter. Today in St Kitts, the world went by as if in a trance

It's a safe bet Australia's group match with The Netherlands won't be providing the next great upset

The SA batsman on his world-record feat

The arguments against the minnows have raged all week and are about to get louder

Herschelle Gibbs leads the Plays of the Day

Scotland's captain, Craig Wright, has flown home from the World Cup following the sudden death of his maternal aunt

Rain may force a one-hour delay at St Kitts says Andy Atkinson, the ICC Grounds consultant

For two years Brad Hodge has been the nearly man of Australian cricket