The USA’s ABC News reports how China has used the World Cup to score diplomatic points over rivals Taiwan

In a no-holds-barred column in The Daily Telegraph , Mark Nicholas has launched a stinging broadside at the ICC and the way it handles the world game, which, he says, is based on greed overruling good sense.

Steve Tikolo, Kenya's captain, has pleaded for more international exposure for his side, as well as the other leading Associates.

The ICC are keeping a stern eye on ambush marketing, according to charlierandallcricket.com – not the brand of crisps spectators eat, but almost down to that sort of level

Michael Henderson, never one to take the safe option, writes a long article in The Daily Telegraph on Pakistan cricket and its place in the modern game.

In The Daily Telegraph , Peter Foster looks at the bookmakers who still stalk cricket, seven years after the ICC set about rooting corruption out of the game.

A Frenchman has been fined and sent back to France after pleading guilty to attempting to sell World Cup tickets illegally in St Lucia

Australia have been cut to 7/4 to win the World Cup, and Ladbrokes admitted they lost money from Ireland’s upset win over Pakistan in Jamaica

TV viewers might have noticed that commentators have been very chartable to the so-called minnows during this World Cup so far

TV viewers might have noticed that commentators have been very chartable to the so-called minnows during this World Cup so far

Furious Indian cricket fans stormed the home of national wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday after the five-wicket defeat by Bangladesh

Amid all the celebrations at Ireland’s fightback to tie with Zimbabwe last Thursday, what many overlooked was that the result was another major blow to Zimbabwean cricket

Maurice Odumbe, the former golden boy of Kenyan cricket who was subsequently banned for five years for associating with known bookmakers, is now forging a new career on local television and radio

Charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer throughout the Twenty20 Cup competition in 2007

The Kenyan media has rounded on the country’s players after they stopped training in a dispute over non payment of match fees for the cancelled game against Canada in January

Matthew Pryor in The Times take a look at the reality behind stories that cricket is about to take off in China:-

Matthew Pryor in The Times take a look at the reality behind stories that cricket is about to take off in China:-

Charles Randall, writing in The Daily Telegraph , interviews Peter Moores, the England A coach touted by many to be the successor to Duncan Fletcher

Allan Donald, the former South Africa fast bowler, has been interviewed in Cape Town for the job of director of cricket at Yorkshire.

Ryan Steede, who was never considered for inclusion in Bermuda’s World Cup squad because of medical reports which indicated he was unfit to compete at that level, has insisted he never received a “fair” opportunity to prove himself fit for team