Ozias Bvute, the managing director of Zimbabwe Cricket, has hit back at suggestions that his organisation reneged on an agreement to host Ireland for a ODI and first-class tour in late 2011

Tamim Iqbal says that his achievement of being named one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year is all the more special for the fact that he is the first Bangladeshi to secure the honour

Having more or less been in stasis since he completed his starring role in the Ashes back in January, Alastair Cook is back at the County Ground in Essex, and gagging to get stuck into Friday's first round of the County Championship

But the ICC's decision to chop out the Associates - especially Ireland, who were integral to the excitement - is both baffling and tragic

Twenty-eight years on from the match that transformed the history of world cricket, India recaptured the crown that Kapil Dev and his men first lifted at Lord's in 1983, and this time they did in their very own back yard

Sri Lanka overcame a serious bout of the jitters to book their place in Saturday's World Cup final in Mumbai, as New Zealand bowed out in the last four for the sixth time in ten campaigns

After living on the edge throughout the World Cup, England's campaign was ended by a thumping defeat as a worn out team finally imploded

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga put their team within touching distance of the World Cup semi-finals, as they overcame a tricky start to their innings to lay into England's bowlers with an unbeaten first-wicket stand of 132

England are back in the knock-outs for the first time in four World Cups, and given the excitement they have served up in the past month, their Colombo encounter once again has the makings of a humdinger

ESPNcricinfo previews the first quarter-final between Pakistan and West Indies in Mirpur

The euphoria at the fall of the final wicket against West Indies answered all lingering doubts about England's hunger

Andrew Strauss won the toss and chose to bat first, as England's bid for World Cup survival prepared to get underway against West Indies at Chennai

After five cliffhangers in five contests, the permutations are simple. Anything less than a victory, and England are gone, eliminated in embarrassing fashion for the fifth World Cup in succession

Shafiul Islam raised Bangladesh's World Cup campaign from the dead, as he turned yet another astonishing contest on its head

Right when it most matters, Bangladesh's bubble of optimism has been cruelly pricked, while at the same time, the fear of embarrassment that might have undermined England's approach has been significantly eased

An inspired fightback against South Africa has revived a campaign that has been an emotional roller-coaster thus far

Bangladesh's batsmen froze catastrophically in a performance that was a throwback to their years of ineptitude in the early 2000s, as West Indies sauntered to a nine-wicket victory

After a week of ever-escalating entertainment in Group B, the tournament is just about to get deadly serious for Bangladesh and West Indies

Ireland's stunning victory has certainly enlivened the World Cup but has left England's game in an urgent need for revival

Tim Bresnan scalped Sehwag in his first over, claimed three wickets in four balls in his last, and was the only bowler on a night of extraordinary strokeplay who displayed the range of skills required