Young pace bowler James Anderson had a dream start to his World Cup career, while England emerged from the nightmare of the last week to get their World Cup campaign off to a very satisfactory winning start

Exactly a week after the cricket got under way in this World Cup, England will at last take the field

The bid by the England and Wales Cricket Board to have the World Cup match against Zimbabwe played at a South African venue has failed

As a result of wins against Ireland and Norfolk in the first two rounds of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy, played in 2002, Berkshire have been rewarded with a home tie against Durham in the third round

Jonty Rhodes has been axed from South Africa's World Cup squad after breaking a bone in his right hand

England's hopes of having their World Cup match against Zimbabwe played at a ground in South Africa rather than Harare will be decided tomorrow by the World Cup technical committee

Craig White is an injury concern for England ahead of their World Cup match against Holland at East London on Sunday.

Shane Warne has arrived back in Australia after being sent home from the World Cup following the news of his positive drugs test

Legspinner tests positive for a diuretic and will play no part in the tournament

The chances of England fulfilling their World Cup fixture in Harare on February 13th seem to be receding as the clock ticks on, but after another day of confusion verging on fiasco, nobody can be absolutely sure what will happen

The Bangladeshis have finally got off the mark in their World Cup campaign

A finger injury to Shane Warne dominated the news from Centurion where the Australians beat Northerns by five wickets

On Tuesday evening David Graveney, chairman of the England selectors and chief executive of the Professional Cricketers' Association, was in London where World Cups seem to be like the buses

England all-rounder Craig White is to be given extra time to pass a fitness test prior to the World Cup

As the World Cup approaches and there appears to be no end to the political wrangling surrounding the scheduled matches in Zimbabwe and Kenya, a saga that has already had more twists than an over from Muttiah Muralitharan has taken a new turn

The England players, who want their proposed World Cup match in Harare on February 13th moved to South Africa on safety grounds, have expressed their support for New Zealand's decision to forfeit the points from their match in Nairobi because they

South Australia and Australia A fast bowler Mark Harrity has signed a two-year contract to play for Worcestershire next season, but not as an overseas player

England's World Cup match against Zimbabwe in Harare on February 13th will go ahead as planned after the International Cricket Council revealed that there had been no formal motion tabled by the England and Wales Cricket Board to have the fixture

The result of the International Cricket Council's teleconference today on the question of where scheduled World Cup matches in Zimbabwe and Kenya will be played is that the matches will not be moved

The International Cricket Council have restated their position that England's World Cup match against Zimbabwe in Harare on February 13th will go ahead as planned, following today's teleconference over security at the tournament