Cricket News

Andrew Symonds and Matthew Hayden must be careful not to get ahead of themselves

Sri Lanka's veteran batsmen proved too strong for Scotland's bowlers in their warm-up match at the 3Ws Oval in Barbados, as Kumar Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya rattled up an imposing total of 294 for 7

Andrew Hall saved South Africa's blushes in their opening World Cup warm-up match against Ireland at the Frank Worrell Ground in Trinidad

Brian Lara, the West Indies captain, was hopeful that the fans don't pin them as favourites just as yet

Heading into his final World Cup, Sachin Tendulkar admits that the expectations of millions of Indians isn't as daunting as made out to be, and that if it was, he would have stayed home

Justin Kemp and Herschelle Gibbs suffered injury scares during training on the eve of South Africa's warm-up match against Ireland.

Andrew Symonds has completed his first batting training session in St Vincent

Inzamam-ul-Haq believes his team can shrug off their controversial World Cup build-up and clinch a second title to add to the trophy they won in 1992

Jamie Dalymple and Jon Lewis combined with bat and ball respectively to put the minnows of Bermuda firmly in their place

Tony Howard, the West Indies manager, has spoken boldly of his side's chances in the World Cup

Tom Moody, Sri Lanka's coach, has singled out Upul Tharanga, Chamara Silva and Lasith Malinga as key members of Sri Lanka's World Cup campaign

The attention on Australia's attack has all been on the fast bowlers in the lead-up to the World Cup, meaning Brad Hogg's recent lack of wickets has slipped under the radar

Australia's fast-bowling line-up will be able to bounce back at the World Cup despite a lack of experience on Caribbean wickets, according to Jason Gillespie

Glenn McGrath wants to ease Australia's fast-bowling problems by taking the new ball and returning to his best for his farewell at the World Cup

Ricky Ponting has conceded Australia's injury troubles and less-than-ideal training facilities have provided a mixed start to their World Cup campaign

Andrew Symonds is set for his first net session since injuring his right biceps but Ricky Ponting said the allrounder was still three to four weeks away from being 100% fit

Greg Chappell and Ian Chappell believe that a team scoring 500 runs in an ODI innings could be a real possibility in the near future

Arjuna Ranatunga believes India, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand will be the semi-finalists

Kenya, World Cup semi-finalists in 2003, believe they are ready to return to the world stage after their success in the World Cricket League tournament they hosted in January and February

The 25-year-old Ashish Bagai, batsman-wicketkeeper will be at the peak of his powers in the Caribbean and will be crucial if Canada are to have even the slightest hope of being one of the two teams from Group C to qualify for the second round