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Facing a summary exit if they stumble any further, Pakistan aim to put their World Cup campaign back on the rails in Paarl here against lowly-rated Holland on Tuesday.

No excuse in the world exists as to why the International Cricket Council has not adopted anti-doping regimes with the same fervour it applied to anti-match-fixing and gambling

The Greatest One-Day Innings Ever

JOHANNESBURG - Two years after he joined Richie Richardson, Courtney Walsh and Brian Lara in the West Indies' captaincy out tray, Jimmy Adams in enthused over the progress of the young batsmen who first appeared under his leadership

JOHANNESBURG - Two years ago Niaz Ahmed had one thing in mind: a job in the 2003 Cricket World Cup working with the West Indies

Almost 20 years ago - on 9 June 1983 to be precise - Zimbabwe met Australia in their first-ever World Cup match at the historic Trent Bridge ground in Nottingham

Carl Hooper (WI) needs 8 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club

The instructions were carried out to the letter, as India first piled up a mammoth score - 311/2 - and then used spin to tighten the screws on an inexperienced Namibian side, skittling them for 130 and winning easily by 181 runs.

Article: Report by Agha Albar, Eng-v-Pak, 23 Feb 2003, WC2003

Shoaib Akhtar's 43 against England produced a number of interesting statistics

A brilliant century off off 67 balls - the fastest in World Cup history - from Canadian John Davison could not prevent a comfortable West Indies win in their Group B encounter at SuperSport Park in Centurion.

Article: Comments by Agha Akbar on Eng v Pak, WC2003

After their comprehensive win against Zimbabwe, the morale in the Indian camp must be very high indeed

JOHANNESBURG - The West Indies' serious World Cup intentions were made plain last night when they maintained the same XI they used in the triumphant opener against second favourites South Africa for today's match in Centurion against the weekend club

Kenya are eying a place in the Super Sixes after New Zealand's refusal to travel to Nairobi gifted Steve Tikolo's side four unexpected points

Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) needs 6 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club Chaminda Vaas (SL) needs 3 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club

Australian captain Ricky Ponting was shocked and saddened by Shane Warne's 12-month suspension but predicted it would not be the the end of the great leg spinner's career

JOHANNESBURG - What an amazing difference a day can make

What I saw at Kingsmead is probably the best bowling performance by the Indian seamers; all three bowled superbly

Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK) needs 5 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club Shoaib Akhtar (PAK) needs 3 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club Waqar Younis (PAK) needs 8 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club