Cricket News

Inzamam-ul-Haq mulled over a state of affairs turbulent enough to rattle even the most implacable souls, and admitted that Pakistan are in considerable bother just days before the side departs for the Caribbean.

Troy Cooley, Australia's bowling coach, has been made a permanent part of their World Cup plans after an initial decision that he'd only be involved in the preparation period

Bangladesh's players have been handed a financial incentive to perform at the World Cup with the BCB announcing bonuses for group wins and progression to the Super Eights

Maina Kamanda, Kenya's sports minister, has promised his ministry will donate KS500,000 (approx. $7,150) to the national team whose World Cup squad leave on Thursday for the Caribbean

Rahul Dravid has no worries over motivation and believes his side is "fully equipped" for Caribbean conditions in next month's World Cup

The injury-hit Australian squad received a boost after Adam Gilchrist made himself available for the entire World Cup following the birth of his third child

Brett Lee, the injured Australian fast bowler, may undergo surgery in a fortnight to repair ankle tendons so severely torn they sheered off part of the bone they were attached to

Stuart Clark has put his hand up for the two most challenging jobs in the Australian one-day team at next month's World Cup - bowling in the Powerplays and at the end of the innings

Cricinfo has launched its popular Fantasy League competition. Based on player performances during the World Cup

Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif will not travel to the Caribbean for the World Cup if they fail to take a dope test, according to Pakistan cricket officials

Cricket lovers in the United States and the Caribbean will be able to watch the World Cup live on televisions and computers

Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's coach, isn't losing faith in his side's World Cup chances if his strike bowlers, Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, have to sit out the tournament

Pakistan received some long overdue good news in the form of fast bowler Umar Gul's encouraging progress towards full fitness in time for the World Cup

While Sri Lanka's name does the round of pre-World Cup predictions, Muttiah Muralitharan believes the side that lifted the 1996 World Cup was much better than the current contenders

Stuart Clark will replace Brett Lee in Australia's World Cup squad after Lee was ruled out with an ankle injury

Matthew Hayden is in danger of missing Australia's two World Cup warm-up matches in the Caribbean with a broken toe

Australia have given Brett Lee until the day before the team leaves for the World Cup to prove his fitness as they desperately search for answers to their bowling woes

Lionel Cann, the former Bermuda captain, has hit back at Michael Holding's comments about Associates taking part in the World Cup

The Pakistan Cricket Board's move to invite former greats for delivering pep-talk to the World Cup-bound players has not found favour from Javed Miandad, who thinks it's too late to organise such meetings

Michael Vaughan remains confident of making a full recovery from the hamstring injury that forced him to pull out of England's victorious CB Series squad in Australia last month