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CAPE TOWN, Feb 21: Prediction of the outcome of a one-dayer especially when there is not much difference between two teams is risky business

Pakistan registered its first victory in the World Cup 2003, by crushing Namibia, and finally made their presence felt on the points table

It was not very long ago that England looked at the number of one-day internationals played by the likes of Pakistan and claimed that their own comparative inexperience would count against them at the final reckoning

It may be amusing to some, but to me its quite amazing that the fate of the world's premier cricket tournament may be decided by the weather

Article: Taha Noor comments on Eng v Pak, WC2003

The allrounder was hit on the back of his head, fell to the ground and suffered a cut lip

West Indies will conduct a development clinic at the Irene Villages Country Club today (Friday) at 4.30pm with local U-19s players organised by the Northerns Cricket Union and the team's sponsor

Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya will urge his players to be on guard against complacency before their fourth Pool B match against Kenya in Nairobi on Monday, warning that one false step could shatter their World Cup dreams

If it is a World Cup, it seems only right that each game should be treated as a cup-tie

Article: Match preview, Pak v Eng WCup 2003 from Agha Akbar

A fumbled catch, a sensational run-out, a few reckless strokes, an abandoned match and, suddenly, the euphoria of the West Indies' opening World Cup victory over South Africa has turned to apprehension over whether they can get past the preliminary

Former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga has called for the International Cricket Council (ICC) to take firm action against Shane Warne as the world waits to hear the outcome to the biggest drugs scandal in cricket history

So, as was expected by most before the tournament began, Zimbabwe are out of the World Cup without reaching the Super Six stage

Replica West Indies kits are not on sale at the Cricket World Cup 2003 in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya because of the licensing arrangements in place for the event

On the first match-free day of the World Cup, South Africans were yesterday left to contemplate the unthinkable - their team being on the verge of first-round elimination

BRISBANE, Feb 20 AAP - Nathan Hauritz expects his next match to be in suburban Brisbane and not South Africa

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, Feb 19 AAP - Taciturn all-rounder Andrew Symonds may have silenced his critics with his match-winning century in Australia's opening World Cup match but his new-found fame means he can't escape the spotlight anymore

The Pakistan cricket team will practice under lights on Thursday 20th February at Newlands Cricket Ground between 2000hrs to 2100hrs

Entry permit required

Pakistan's first two matches in the World Cup have emphatically underlined the team's shortcomings, not that it came as a revelation